
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Cast

Nick Nolte
Jack Cates

Eddie Murphy
Reggie Hammond

Annette O'Toole
Elaine

Frank McRae
Haden

James Remar
Albert Ganz

David Patrick Kelly
Luther

Sonny Landham
Billy Bear

Brion James
Ben Kehoe

Kerry Sherman
Rosalie, Hostage Girl

Jonathan Banks
Algren

James Keane
Vanzant

Tara King
Frizzy, Hotel Desk Clerk

Greta Blackburn
Lisa, Blonde Hooker

Margot Rose
Casey

Denise Crosby
Sally

Olivia Brown
Candy

Todd Allen
Young Cop

Bill Dearth
Thin Cop

Ned Dowd
Big Cop

Jim Haynie
Old Cop

Jack Thibeau
Detective
Jon St. Elwood
Plainclothes Man

Clare Torao
Ruth

Sandy Martin
Policewoman

Matt Landers
Bob

Peter Jason
Cowboy Bartender
Bill Cross
First Cop

Chris Mulkey
Second Cop

Marcelino Sánchez
Parking Lot Attendant
Bennie E. Dobbins
Road Gang Guard
Walter Scott
Road Gang Guard
W.T. Zacha
Road Gang Guard

Loyd Catlett
Prison Guard
B.G. Fisher
Prison Guard

Reid Cruickshanks
Prison Guard

R. D. Call
Duty Sergeant

Brenda Venus
Hooker

Gloria Gifford
Hooker

Nick Dimitri
Torchy's Patron
John Dennis Johnston
Torchy's Patron
Rock A. Walker
Torchy's Patron
Dave Moordigian
Gas Station Attendant

John Wesley
Security Guard
Gary Pettinger
Cop with Gun

Marquerita Wallace
Bar Girl

Angela Robinson Witherspoon
Bar Girl
Jack Lightsy
Bartender
John Hauk
Henry Wong
Bob Yanez
Interrogator
Clint Smith
Leroy

Luis Contreras
Gang Member

Suzanne M. Regard
Cowgirl Dancer

Ola Ray
Vroman's Dancer
Bjaye Turner
Vroman's Dancer

Begonya Plaza
Indian Hooker
Crew

Walter Hill
Director, Writer

Larry Gross
Writer

Steven E. de Souza
Writer

Roger Spottiswoode
Writer
Mark Warner
Editor
Billy Weber
Editor
Freeman A. Davies
Editor
Ric Waite
Director of Photography
D. Constantine Conte
Executive Producer

Lawrence Gordon
Producer

Joel Silver
Producer
John Vallone
Production Design
Judith Holstra
Casting

Marilyn Vance
Costume Design
Dagmar Loesch
Hairstylist
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist
Edouard F. Henriques III
Makeup Artist
John Dunn
Sound Editor
Tim Mangini
Sound Editor
Teri E. Dorman
Sound Editor
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Richard L. Anderson
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Stephen Hunter Flick
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Mark Mangini
ADR Editor
Joseph P. Mercurio
Special Effects

James Horner
Original Music Composer
Richard C. Goddard
Set Decoration

Nick Dimitri
Stunts

Jerry Brutsche
Stunts
Billy C. Chandler
Stunts
Larry Holt
Stunts

Bruce Paul Barbour
Stunts

Tony Brubaker
Stunts
Walter Scott
Stunts

Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Driver
Bennie E. Dobbins
Stunt Coordinator

Terry Leonard
Stunt Double
John Sherrod
Stunt Double

Vince Deadrick Jr.
Stunt Double
Carl Boles
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