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Overview

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Director:
James B. Harris
Writers:
James Ellroy (novel)
James B. Harris (screenplay)
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Release Date:
March 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
When a cop cares too much, how far is too far. [USA Theatrical] more
Plot:
Lloyd Hopkins, a hard-boiled American police detective is on the trail of a mass murderer who is victimizing women in Los Angeles... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A great Friday night matinee... more (30 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Woods ... Lloyd Hopkins

Lesley Ann Warren ... Kathleen McCarthy
Charles Durning ... Dutch Peltz
Charles Haid ... Delbert 'Whitey' Haines

Raymond J. Barry ... Captain Fred Gaffney
Randi Brooks ... Joanie Pratt
Steven Lambert ... Bobby Franco
Christopher Wynne ... Jack Gibbs
Jan McGill ... Jen Hopkins
Vicki Wauchope ... Penny Hopkins
Melinda Lynch ... Sarah Smith
John Petievich ... Deputy
Dennis Stewart ... Lawrence 'Birdman' Henderson
Randy Pelish ... Employee
Annie McEnroe ... Amy Cranfield
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blood on the Moon (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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Trivia:
The novel "Blood on the Moon" upon which the movie is based was rejected by 17 publishers due to its violent content. more
Quotes:
Lloyd Hopkins: How'd he know the guys were Mexican?
Detective: They spoke with Mexican accents.
Lloyd Hopkins: To each other?
Detective: Um, didn't ask.
Lloyd Hopkins: There's your first lead.
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References "The Flintstones" (1960) more

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
A great Friday night matinee..., 3 February 2004
Author: MovieAddict2009 from UK

Extremely entertaining film about a cop (Woods) who tries to hunt down a criminal who is murdering women downtown in an apparently random order. I saw this on AMC one Friday night, very late, and I was blown away. Great acting, particularly by James Woods, and just a very fine film with a good fade-to-black ending.

It's sort of dumb and predictable sometimes, but it's one of the best endings I can remember in recent years.

4/5 stars.

- John Ulmer

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Just reading the novel Sumiyoshi
I liked it. Quite a bit better than I did *LA Confidential*, actually... sparrowtrece
DVDs available Derran
spoiled ending noh8red
Question about Possible Scene in Movie chris-hamblett
Recast it! BLOOD ON THE MOON, that is... budlight74
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