''Slow Burn'' is a 1989 film directed by John Eyres and starring

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, William Smith, Anthony James and Stephen M.D. Chang. A veteran cop's partner is killed by a Mafia

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, and he goes after him. Also on the trail of the hitman is a rookie cop who has his own personal reasons for pursuing him.

Story

A veteran cop has the task of preventing two rival criminal organizations from warring with each other. The two organizations happen to be the Mafia and the Triads. Besides this, the cop is also pursuing a hitman who is also being pursued by a less experienced cop. The veteran cop has no idea that rookie cop who has put himself in a close position to the hit man's boss is after the same target. The Mafia don was played by William Smith and the hitman Emilio Renzetti played by Anthony James.

Personnel

Cast

... Murphy * William Smith ... Antonio Scarpelli * Anthony James ... Renzetti * Scott Anderson ... Gino * Melissa J. Conroy ... Lisa * Thom Schioler ... Babe * Stephen M.D. Chang ... Sun Cheng * Don Kline ... Corigliano * Mervon Bowman ... Drug Dealer * William Britos ... Drug Dealer * Frank Wilson ... Captain Fahey * Paul McLean ... Patterson * Michael Tiernan ... O'Brien * Gerry Vivash ... Petrie * Keith Beardwood ... Silverman

Crew

* Steven Lister ... Screenwriter * Geoff Griffiths ... Producer * John Eyres ... Director, producer, executive producer * John A Curtis ... Executive producer * Zafar Malik ... Executive producer * Nathaniel Massey ... Director Of Photography * Alan M Trow ... Camera Operator

Technical and release information

''Slow Burn'' was released in Belgium in 1990 on Excalibur Video. One piece of movie-related material bears the line, ''"In Chinatown, The Only Thing That Runs Deeper Than Tradition Is Blood"''.Rotten Tomatoes
Slow Burn (1990)
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References

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External links

Imdb: Slow Burn
1989 action films 1989 films American action films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films