Mary Cannon Movies

A former FBI agent is recruited to root out the gangsters who killed a fellow agent's son in this Arnold Schwarzenegger action film. After being booted out of the bureau for excessive violence, Kaminski (Schwarzenegger) lives in small-town exile with his bitter wife, Amy (Blanche Baker). He gets the chance to return to the big city, however, when Chicago mobsters murder the son of his old colleague Shannon (Darren McGavin), as well as scads of prosecution witnesses against them in an impending court case. Shannon promises to reinstate Kaminski if he'll help engineer the downfall of gang leader Max (Robert Davi). Working undercover and without government sanction, Kaminski infiltrates the mob by posing as a bodyguard/assassin. Along the way, he tussles with beautiful gambling addict Monique (Kathryn Harrold), who starts off as an enemy but ends up more. The action comes to a head when Kaminski's mob bosses send him to kill none other than Shannon. Released post-Terminator and pre-Predator, Raw Deal is one of several non-science fictional action flicks that cemented Schwarzenegger's '80s box-office appeal. Director John Irvin would return the following year with the gritty Vietnam drama Hamburger Hill. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Mike Kelly (Michael Hawkins) is sure that his truck-driver father's deadly roadside crash was no accident, so he leaves college to take up the old man's profession and seek clues to determine who's responsible. He learns that his father was active in organizing the independent truckers at Midtown Terminal to strike out on their own and leave their corrupt bosses, who are actively shipping stolen merchandise for the syndicate. Kelly convinces his fellow drivers that his father's idea is still valid, marking himself as a troublemaker to the terminal heads and earning his own death threats. Meanwhile, Kelly meets a beautiful, sarcastic blonde (Mary Cannon) in a truck stop and begins a whirlwind affair that turns sour when he learns that her father is in cahoots with the very syndicate he's fighting against. Despite cut brake lines and being framed for hauling stolen freight, Kelly stands his ground against the mob and eventually learns the secret of his father's "accident." ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide