Year: 1987
Runtime: 92 mins
Language: English
Director: Jerry London
Deadlier than Dirty Harry and faster than Cobra, Detective Tony Church is forced into early retirement after a drug sting ends in murder by a masked killer. He takes a low‑pay job as a store’s rent‑a‑cop, then partners with a prostitute—the only witness who can identify the assassin—to track down the killer and bring him to justice.
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