Rent a Cop (1988)

Director
Jerry London

Main cast
Burt Reynolds; Liza Minnelli; James Remar; Richard Masur; Dionne Warwick

Genres
Action, Comedy

Description
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of staging the aborted bust. Ex-ballplayer turned drug dealer Roger is in tight with corrupt vice cops and their superiors And the fireworks start popping.


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