Spreading Ground

Feb 25, 2000

1h 40m

★ 3.1

Overview

Veteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the pavement in search of a dangerous killer with five dead bodies already on his record. The mayor, in a rush to see peace restored in her city, makes a deal with the mob instead of waiting for Delopre and McGivern's results. Now that both sides of the law are involved in the killer's capture, the city is turned upside down.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Vine International Pictures

Alpine Pictures

Burman Entertainment

MEB Entertainment

Polson Street

Stonelock Pictures

Tsunami Entertainment

Spreading Ground Trailers

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Cast

Det. Ed DeLongpre

Dennis Hopper

Leslie DeLongpre

Leslie Hope

Michael McGivern

Frederic Forrest

Johnny Gault

Tom McCamus

Milo Spivak

David Dunbar

Mayor Hackett

Elizabeth Shepherd

Capt. Neiman

Chuck Shamata

Mrs. Osterman

Kim Huffman

Paddy Flynn

Tom Harvey

Syphon

Rob Stefaniuk

Carp

Yvan Labelle

Flannery Pincher

Sean O'Hara

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