Rent-a-Cop

Year: 1987

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: English

Director: Jerry London

ActionComedyCrime

Detective Tony Church, once a hard‑nosed cop nicknamed “Deadlier than Dirty Harry, faster than Cobra,” is forced into early retirement after a drug sting ends in murder by a masked assailant. He takes a job as a rent‑a‑cop at a store and teams up with a prostitute who alone can identify the killer, determined to bring the murderer to justice.

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