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Rent-a-Cop

Rent-a-Cop

Deadlier than Dirty Harry, faster than Cobra

19874.71h 32m

Overview

Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.

Directed by Jerry London
Written by Michael Blodgett, Dennis Shryack
Produced by Raymond Wagner
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Top Cast

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Tony Church

Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Della Roberts

James Remar

James Remar

Dancer

Richard Masur

Richard Masur

Roger

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Beth

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

Lemar

Robby Benson

Robby Benson

Pitts

John Stanton

John Stanton

Alexander

John P. Ryan

John P. Ryan

Wieser

Larry Dolgin

Larry Dolgin

Capt. James

Themes & Keywords

prostituteshootout

About Rent-a-Cop

Rent-a-Cop is a comedy, crime, action film released in 1987 exploring themes of prostitute, shootout. Directed by Jerry London, it stars Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar. Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.

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