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Badge of the Assassin

They killed in cold blood. Not for money. Not for revenge. But for an even more ruthless motive.

1985★ 5.6 · 91h 36mDramaActionTV Movie

Overview

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 down to New Orleans.

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Cast

James Woods
as Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney

Pam Grier
as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn

Rae Dawn Chong
as Christine Horn

Yaphet Kotto
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD

Alex Rocco
as Detective Bill Butler NYPD

Noble Willingham
as Airport Guard

Ernie Lively
as US Marshal

Richard Bradford
as L.J. Delsa

Akosua Busia
as Ruth

Richard Brooks
as Anthony 'Tony' Bottom

David Wohl
as Kevin Klein

Paul Perri
as Joseph Piagentini

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Release date: 1985-01-04

Runtime: 1h 36m

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DramaActionTV Movie

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