China Lake

Year: 1983

Runtime: 34 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Harmon

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The film follows motorcycle officer Donnelly, who spends his off‑duty days cruising the desert on his Harley while still in uniform. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that beneath his disciplined exterior lies a disturbed, psychopathic mind, driven to violence when his warped sense of right and wrong is challenged by a few strangers.

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