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Code of Silence
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
1985 · Directed by Andrew Davis · 101 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 9 frames
Tagline
Eddie Cusack's a good cop having a very bad day.
Plot
In Chicago's Uptown, Police Sergeant Eddie Cusack leads a sting operation to bust Colombian cocaine traffickers led by Luis Comacho. The plan is derailed when gunmen disguised as painters, led by mafioso "Crazy" Tony Luna, ambush the exchange. Several Colombians are killed, Cusack's partner Dorato is injured, and two of Luna's men die. Amid the chaos, aging cop Cragie kills an unarmed bystander and plants a gun to fake self-defense. He is put on leave pending a hearing.
Fearing retaliation, Luna flees and asks his associate Lou Gamiani to protect his artist daughter, Diana. Cusack, who refuses to sign a petition clearing Cragie, is shunned by fellow officers and stuck with Cragie's rookie partner, Nick Kopalas, who witnessed the gun-planting but will not testify.
The Comachos retaliate, massacring Luna’s family while disguised as food vendors. Gamiani is killed trying to stop Diana's kidnapping, but Cusack saves her in a dramatic chase through an L train. He hides Diana in a safe house with retired cop Ted Pirelli, his late father's former partner.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Mike Gray, Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack
- Edited by: Christopher Holmes, Peter Parasheles
- Music: David Michael Frank
- Production design: Maher Ahmad
- Produced by: Raymond Wagner
Cast
- Chuck Norris as Eddie Cusack
- Mike Genovese as Tony Luna
- Henry Silva as Luis Comacho
- Bert Remsen as Commander Kates
- Ralph Foody as Cragie
- Nathan Davis as Felix Scalese
- Allen Hamilton as Ted Pirelli
- Joe Guzaldo as Det. Nick Kopalas
- Molly Hagan as Diana Luna
- Ron Dean as Det. Brennan
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Raymond Wagner Productions, Orion Pictures
- Budget: $7,000,000
- Box office: $20,345,361
- Themes: martial arts, police, undercover, hitman, fight, gangster, revenge, mafia, police chase, torture
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