Badge of the Assassin
DirectorMel Damski
“They killed in cold blood. Not for money. Not for revenge. But for an even more ruthless motive.”
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that leads from New York to San Francisco and down to New Orleans.
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Yaphet Kotto in Badge Of The Assassin Trailer 1985
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Cast
James Woods
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Assistant District Attorney
Yaphet Kotto
Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
Alex Rocco
Detective Bill Butler NYPD
David Harris
Lester Bertram Day
Steven Keats
Harold Skelton, Defense Attorney
Larry Riley
Herman Bell
Pam Grier
Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
Rae Dawn Chong
Christine Horn
Richard Bradford
L.J. Delsa
Kene Holliday
Albert Washington
Kelly Jo Minter
Rachel Torres (as Kelly Minter)
Toni Kalem
Diane Piagentini
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