Badge of the Assassin

Jan 4, 1985

1h 36m

★ 5.0

They killed in cold blood. Not for money. Not for revenge. But for an even more ruthless motive.

Overview

Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down to New Orleans.

Genres

Drama

Action

TV Movie

Production Companies

Blatt-Singer Productions

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Cast

Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

James Woods

Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD

Yaphet Kotto

Detective Bill Butler NYPD

Alex Rocco

Alexandra 'Alie' Horn

Pam Grier

Christine Horn

Rae Dawn Chong

Lester Bertram Day

David Harris

Lester Bertram Day

Steven Keats

Herman Bell

Larry Riley

Rachel Torres

Kelly Jo Minter

L.J. Delsa

Richard Bradford

Diane Piagentini

Toni Kalem

Gloria Lapp

Tamu Blackwell

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