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Subgenre Sampler
Taggart (TV Series) (1983-2010)- Feat. Mark McManus, John Hannah, Alan Cumming
- The rugged and tenacious Scottish detective (McManus) investigates the grim underside of Glasgow in a long–running series of murder cases for…
Vigilante (1983)- Dir. William Lustig
Feat. Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Joe Spinell… - Gritty, solid Reagan–era variation on DIRTY HARRY, featuring strong performances by Willamson and Forster amid typical Lustig violence.
Angel (1982)- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Stephen Rea, Marie Kean, Ray McAnally - The gritty feature debut of Irish director Neil Jordan stars Stephen Rea as a saxophonist who witnesses the gangland murder of the band's manager and…
Balance, La (1982)
- Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry - Money, loyalty and death hang in the balance in this gritty, Cesar–winning thriller. A crime king–pin is exposed by an…
Brimstone and Treacle (1982)- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Sting, Joan Plowright, Denholm Elliott… - Scripted by Dennis Potter, this cult psychodrama is set in the unstable household of Joan Plowright and Denholm Elliot, which is invaded by an…
Cagney and Lacey (TV Series) (1982)- Feat. Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly
- Women’s Lib. makes headway into New York’s crime fighting ranks in this sturdy eighties policier propelled by two staunch female detectives in a…
Crosstalk (1982)- Dir. Mark Egerton
Feat. Gary Day, Penny Downie, John Ewart - Gary Day plays a wheelchair–bound computer genius who devises a system that significantly advances AI technology, but appears to be taking…
Dead Easy (1982)- Dir. Bert Deling
Feat. Scott Burgess, Rosemary Paul, Tim McKenzie - Little–known, but in its own way quite unique thriller in which a crime plot underpins various comic and romantic twists. Burgess plays a…
Death Wish 2 (1982)- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia… - Sequel to the revenge thriller, with Charles Bronson returning as the architect–turned–vigilante, hunting down the people who murdered…
Death Wish 3 (1982)- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland - Gratuitous threequel to the vigilante–revenge thriller, Bronson travelling back to New York for more of the same.
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