Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)- Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
- Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
Chiefs (TV Mini Series) (1983)- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis… - A well–regarded television series stretching across three generations of policemen in a small city in the American South, beset by changing…
Corrupt (a.k.a Copkiller; Order Of Death; L'assassino Dei Poliziotti) (1983)- Dir. Roberto Faenza
Feat. Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia… - Surprisingly intense thriller has Harvey Keitel playing a dodgy NYC detective taunted by disturbed youth John Lydon (formerly 'Johnny Rotten' of the…
Murder In Coweta County (1983)- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Johnny Cash, Andy Griffith, June Carter-Cash - A gritty fact–based policier about a cold–blooded land baron in 1940s rural Georgia (Griffiths) who murders a black tenant farmer and…
Sudden Impact (1983)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood - Eastwood directs this fourth Dirty Harry outing with magnum force.
48hrs (48 Hours) (1982)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Annette O'Toole… - Eddie Murphy excels in his film debut as a street–smart ex–con who teams up with veteran cop Nick Nolte to track down some bad…
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…
Firefox (1982)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman - Eastwood directs himself as a Vietnam vet assigned to steal a supersonic prototype from the Russians. Slow to start but gives way to some fine…
Fort Apache: The Bronx (1982)- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Paul Newman, Danny Aiello - Taut urban policier finds Bronx cop Paul Newman in a moral quandary over fellow officer Danny Aiello (who's just thrown a Puerto Rican teenager off a…
New York Ripper (1982)- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Jack Hedley, Daniela Doria - A sadistic tale from Italian dir. Fulci (THE BEYOND) which concerns a killer roaming New York City and murdering women while babbling like 'Donald…
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