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Release year: 1988

Storyline

McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime suspect is high ranking U.S. Army officer which brings their lives in danger.

Top credits

Directors

Christopher Crowe

Writers

Cast

Willem Dafoe — Buck McGriff
Gregory Hines — Albaby Perkins
Fred Ward — Dix
Amanda Pays — Nicole

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Did you know

• Director and co-writer Christopher Crowe helped toss out dummies in the sequence with Scott Glenn in the helicopter. Crowe was supposed to have a safety cord attached to the helicopter to prevent him from falling out, but found out after the sequence was shot that said cord was never attached to the helicopter.

• Although Willem Dafoe is seen carrying a 3rd Generation Colt Detective Special 38, the gun was not manufactured until 1973. CID Agents frequently carried a snub nosed S&W model 10 38 Special, as well as the adjustabke sighted model 15. The 1911A1 45 was seldom carried by rear echelon personnel. Oddly, it was not common to find concealment holsters for them. Although there would have been some latitude for personally owned firearms, few agents carried them as their jobs largely involved paperwork, phone calls, interviews and escort.

• Gregory Hines improvised the stuff about crushing a man's testicles during an interrogation scene, and the moment in which he gives the middle finger to an angry crowd.