Movie: The Thin Blue Lie

Top 10 Billed Cast

Rob Morrow
Rob Morrow

Jonathan Neumann

Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid

Phil Chadway

Paul Sorvino
Paul Sorvino

Frank Rizzo

Cynthia Preston
Cynthia Preston

Kate Johnson

G.W. Bailey
G.W. Bailey

K.C.

Al Waxman
Al Waxman

Art Zugler

Beau Starr
Beau Starr

Detective Marshall

Barry Wiggins
Barry Wiggins

Detective King

Chuck Shamata
Chuck Shamata

Vinnie

Louis Di Bianco
Louis Di Bianco

Deep Nightstick

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2000-08-13

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

    In this city, cops are kings...and brutality reigns.

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  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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