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Badge of the Assassin

Badge of the Assassin

1985TV Movie⏱️ 1h 34mR
Drama
6
IMDB Rating
434 votes

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 ...

Director
Mel Damski
Writers
Lawrence Roman, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Philip Rosenberg
Stars
James Woods, Yaphet Kotto, Alex Rocco
Release Date
November 2, 1985
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 6
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

James Woods
James Woods
as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Kotto
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
Alex Rocco
Alex Rocco
as Detective Bill Butler NYPD
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David Harris
as Lester Bertram Day
Steven Keats
Steven Keats
as Harold Skelton, Defense Attorney
Larry Riley
Larry Riley
as Herman Bell
Pam Grier
Pam Grier
as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
as Christine Horn
Richard Bradford
Richard Bradford
as L.J. Delsa
Kene Holiday
Kene Holiday
as Albert Washington

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Production
Blatt-Singer Productions

🏷️ Keywords

based on true storyblack revolutionarypolice gunned downnew york citynypd

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Disturbing film
by JohnSeal2001-02-27
5/10

"Badge of the Assassin benefits from strong performances by James Woods and Yaphet Kotto, but that shouldn't be surprising. Sadly the film reflects the 'colour blind' attitudes of the time it was made, a time when Americans were willfully trying to ignore the twin legacies of slavery and racism. We are given little (if any) insight into the minds of the revolutionaries, who are portrayed as cold blooded maniacs. Which they may or may not be...but the one dimensional characters depicted here are not satisying. There is no attempt to place their actions in context or to explain the..."

📖 Synopsis

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 ...