Badge of the Assassin (1985)
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Based on the true story that took place in Harlem during 1971, this made-for-TV crime drama centers on assistant district attorney Robert Tanenbaum's desperate search for a trio of cop killers. Tanenbaum (James Woods) is assisted by an equally determined detective (Yaphet Lau Kotto). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Woods, Yaphet Kotto, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mel Damski
Synopsis of Badge of the Assassin
Based on the true story that took place in Harlem during 1971, this made-for-TV crime drama centers on assistant district attorney Robert Tanenbaum's desperate search for a trio of cop killers. Tanenbaum (James Woods) is assisted by an equally determined detective (Yaphet Lau Kotto). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Badge of the Assassin
- James Woods - Robert K. Tannenbaum
- Alex Rocco - Bill Butler
- Larry Riley - Herman Bell
- Rae Dawn Chong - Christine Horn
- Kene Holliday - Albert Washington
- Tamu Blackwell - Gloria Lapp
- Akosua Busia - Ruth
- Alan Blumenfeld - Charlie
- Ray Girardin - Agent King
- Kelly Minter - Rachel Torres
- Noble Willingham - Airport Guard
- Henry Sanders - 2nd Foreman
- Drew Snyder - Insp. McCoy
- Kim Delgado - Waverly Jones
- Terry Brannon - Mississippi Officer
- Daniel H. Blatt - 2nd Reporter
- Sheila Johns - Linda McGill
- Tom Kindle - New Orleans Officer
- Fred Lerner - Sgt. Kowalski
- Charlie Stavola - Judge Aloysius Melia
- Charles Walker - 1st Court Clerk
- Yaphet Kotto - Cliff Fenton
- David Harris - Lester May
- Pam Grier - Alie Horn
- Richard Bradford - L.J. Delsa
- Toni Kalem - Diane Piagentini
- Richard Brooks - Tony Bottom
- Lewis Arquette - 1st Foreman
- Ernie Lively - US Marshal
- David Wohl - Ken Klein
- Lew Palter - Judge Greenfield
- Paul Perri - Joseph Piagentini
- Michael Sandoval - Francisco Torres
- Judy Brown - 1st Reporter
- John Brandon - 2nd Clerk
- Reginald Bruce - Road Gang Guy
- Tomas Gorosteita - Gabriel Torres
- Glenn-Michael Jones - San Francisco Officer
- Paul McCauley - Mississippi Judge
- Robert Benjamin Pope - Ulysses Tatum
- Dierk Torsek - Defense Attorney
- Steven Keats
- Director(s):
- Mel Damski
- Writer(s):
- Lawrence Roman
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