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Directed by Andrew Davis
Produced by Beverly J. Camhe and Tobie Haggerty
Written by John Bishop
With: Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, Dennis Franz, Pam Grier, Kevin Crowley, Ron Dean, and Reni Santoni
Cinematography: Frank Tidy
Editing: Billy Weber and Don Zimmerman
Music: James Newton Howard
Runtime: 108 min
Release Date: 25 August 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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Hackman, Cassidy, and Jones play military officers entangled in a political assassination scheme in this serviceable but not exactly credible political thriller from Davis.