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Against the Law (1997 film)

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Against the Law
Promotional film poster
Directed byJim Wynorski
Written bySteve Mitchell
Bob Sheridan
Produced byBenjamin R. Reder
Betsy Chasse
StarringRichard Grieco
Nancy Allen
Nick Mancuso
Jaime Pressly
Gary Sandy
Thomas Mikal Ford
Heather Thomas
CinematographyAndrea V. Rossotto
Edited byRichard Gentner
Music byKevin Kiner
Production
company
Sunset Films International
Release date
  • September 16, 1997 (1997-09-16)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Against the Law is a 1997 American action crime directed by Jim Wynorski and starring Nick Mancuso, Nancy Allen and Richard Grieco.

Plot

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In California, a homeless and mentally ill man, Rex, comes to believe he is a gunfighter from the American Old West, and heads for Los Angeles. While travelling, he begins a murder spree, and his victims include police officers. He becomes fixated on Los Angeles police officer John Shepard, who is in the news after killing a drug dealer in a shootout, and news anchor Maggie Hewitt, who broke the story. He terrorizes Hewitt before arriving in Los Angeles, where he challenges Shepard to a Western-style showdown at high noon.[1]

Cast

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Additional Cast

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Christopher Pettiet as Tommy

Production

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The film was written by Steve Mitchell with Bob Sheridan. Mitchell hoped to direct and wrote it with John Terlesky in mind for the lead. Jim Wynorski bought the script for Sunset Films, a company he was operating with Andrew Stevens for Cinetel Films. Mitchell said he thought the film "ultimately turned out to be one of Jim’s best movies, but there are a lot of things I’m not happy with. The casting was a lot of it."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Audio Cine Films Inc". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  2. ^ "Bring on the Killbots: An Interview with Steve Mitchell". Mondo Digital.
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