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In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1990 · 96 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Dick Lowry
- Starring
- Charles Haid, Tony Plana, Steven Weber, James Farentino, Dan Lauria, Clyde Kusatsu
When a partner’s fellow officer is taken down, the surviving cop is thrust into an even more perilous world. The film follows an undercover detective who constantly walks a razor‑thin line, confronting the bizarre and brutal realities of his assignments. A botched sting brings intense guilt and psychological torment as he mourns the loss of a comrade killed in the line of duty.
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