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Payback

Payback

One woman's stand against a maniac cop.

19976.71h 34m

Overview

Kathryn runs a restaurant but one night she calls the police after she sees a suspicious man waiting in his car. However Kathryn sees one of the three police officers, Kaleen, assault the man with their sticks and kicking them. Under advice from Jack, the police internal investigator, she tells a court and Kaleen is put on suspension and kept to his rank for the rest of the career. However Kathryn gets weird phone calls, her son is arrested for murder and her teaching husband's career is threatened by checks on his record. All of this is because Kaleen is out for revenge and he plans to use the law and his friends in the police to do it. Only Kathryn, her family and Jack stands in his way.

Directed by Ken Cameron
Written by Dennis Nemec
Produced by Robert S. Baker
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Top Cast

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore

Kathryn Stanfill

Ed Asner

Ed Asner

Jack Patkanis

Denis Arndt

Denis Arndt

Neil Stanfill

Fredric Lehne

Fredric Lehne

Sgt. Brian Kaleen

Adam Scott

Adam Scott

Adam Stanfill

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Kate Asner

Lisa

Tamara Clatterbuck

Tamara Clatterbuck

Janet

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John C. Moskoff

Paul Deacon

Beverly Sanders

Beverly Sanders

Barbara

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Patrick DeSantis

Agnone

About Payback

Payback is a drama, crime, tv movie film released in 1997. Directed by Ken Cameron, it stars Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Denis Arndt. Kathryn runs a restaurant but one night she calls the police after she sees a suspicious man waiting in his car. However Kathryn sees one of the three police officers, Kaleen, assault the man with their sticks and kicking them. Under advice from Jack, the police internal investigator, she tells a court and Kaleen is put on suspension and kept to his rank for the rest of the career. However Kathryn gets weird phone calls, her son is arrested for murder and her teaching husband's career is threatened by checks on his record. All of this is because Kaleen is out for revenge and he plans to use the law and his friends in the police to do it. Only Kathryn, her family and Jack stands in his way.

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