L.A. Takedown (1989)
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Producer/director Michael Mann, kappelmeister of the trendy TV series Miami Vice, tried to impose his MTV mentality on Tinseltown with L.A. Takedown. Los Angeles cop Scott Plank is on the trail of master thief Alex McArthur. After McArthur pulls off "the score of a lifetime," the crook and the cop spend the rest of their screen time in a deadly game of one-upsmanship. The usual Michael Mann trademark of style over substance prevails throughout L.A. Takedown. But the vogue had passed, and this TV pilot film failed to graduate into a series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Michael Mann
Synopsis of L.A. Takedown
Producer/director Michael Mann, kappelmeister of the trendy TV series Miami Vice, tried to impose his MTV mentality on Tinseltown with L.A. Takedown. Los Angeles cop Scott Plank is on the trail of master thief Alex McArthur. After McArthur pulls off "the score of a lifetime," the crook and the cop spend the rest of their screen time in a deadly game of one-upsmanship. The usual Michael Mann trademark of style over substance prevails throughout L.A. Takedown. But the vogue had passed, and this TV pilot film failed to graduate into a series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of L.A. Takedown
- Alex McArthur - Patrick McClaren
- Daniel Baldwin
- R.D. Call - Harry Dieter
- Ed de Fusco - Soleneo?
- Clarence Gilyard, Jr. - Mustafa
- Vincent Guastaferro - Michael Cerrito
- Leo Lee - Detective #_
- Ely Pouget - Lillian
- Michael Rooker - Bosko
- Dennis Scott - Guard #2
- Daniel Villarreal - Raoul
- Aixa Clemente - Black Mother
- Jan Munroe - Forensic Technician
- Al Jones - Bank Guard
- Anthony Winters - Ritchie
- Xander Berkeley - Waingro
- Richard Chaves - Casals
- Peter Dobson - Chris Sheherlis
- Donald Grant - Dr. Bob
- Laura Harrington - Eady
- Scott Plank
- Victor Rivers - Arriaga
- John Santucci
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Hugh Denny
- Robert Winley - Nate
- Mimi Lieber - Elaine Cerrito
- Gil Parra - Lt. Heinz
- Director(s):
- Michael Mann
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