The Thin Blue Lie
In this city, cops are kings...and brutality reigns.
2000 · 1h 37m · R
Drama
Directed by
Roger Young
Overview
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers.
Director and cast
- Roger Young Director
- Rob Morrow as Jonathan Neumann
- Randy Quaid as Phil Chadway
- Paul Sorvino as Frank Rizzo
- Cynthia Preston as Kate Johnson
- G.W. Bailey as K.C.
- Al Waxman as Art Zugler
- Beau Starr as Detective Marshall
- Barry Wiggins as Detective King
- Chuck Shamata as Vinnie
- Louis Di Bianco as Deep Nightstick
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