Silk

Dec 1, 1986

1h 24m

★ 4.6

When the heat's on no one's smoother than...

Overview

Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

Genres

Action

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Concorde Pictures

Solar Pictures

Silk Trailers

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Cast

Jenny 'Silk' Sleighton

Cec Verrell

Tom Stevens

Bill McLaughlin

Yashi

Joe Mari Avellana

Brown

Frederick Bailey

Tyler

Nick Nicholson

Musgrave

Berto Spoor

Knox

Najid Jadali

Hospital Attendant

Sam Lombardo

Officer

Bill Kipp

Officer

Steve Rogers

Officer

Warren McLean

Officer

Jack Starr

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