Dead Heat

May 6, 1988

1h 24m

★ 6.2

You can't keep a good cop dead.

Overview

Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.

Genres

Action

Horror

Science Fiction

Thriller

Comedy

Production Companies

New World Pictures

Helpern / Meltzer

Dead Heat Trailers

Cast

Det. Roger Mortis

Treat Williams

Det. Doug Bigelow

Joe Piscopo

Randi James

Lindsay Frost

Dr. Ernest McNab

Darren McGavin

Arthur P. Loudermilk

Vincent Price

Lt. Herzog

Robert Picardo

Newscaster

Martha Quinn

Mr. Thule

Keye Luke

Rebecca Smythers

Clare Kirkconnell

Captain Mayberry

Mel Stewart

Patrolman

Shane Black

Pool Zombie

Pons Maar

Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police doctor's investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter's laboratory hidden in the suburbs.

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7.4

The Stronghold

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5.8

Framed

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4.4

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6.3

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4.5

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7.3

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5.2

Horror Hospital

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3.9

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3.8

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6.6

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5.9

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4.7

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3.9

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6.5

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4.9

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3.7

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