Vice Squad (1982 film)
| Vice Squad | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 2006 DVD release cover | |
| Directed by | Gary Sherman |
| Produced by |
Brian Frankish Robert Rehme |
| Written by |
Sandy Howard Gary Sherman Robert Vincent O'Neill Kenneth Peter |
| Starring |
Season Hubley Gary Swanson Wings Hauser |
| Music by |
Joe Renzetti Keith Rubinstein |
| Cinematography | John Alcott |
| Edited by | Roy Watts |
| Distributed by | Embassy Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $13,253,583 (USA)[1] |
Vice Squad is a 1982 action/crime drama film, starring Wings Hauser, Season Hubley, and Gary Swanson, directed by Gary Sherman. The original music score was composed by Joe Renzetti and Keith Rubinstein. Wings Hauser sang the vocal track on the film's opening and closing theme song "Neon Slime".[2]
Plot
When Los Angeles' police force down-on-her-luck businesswoman-turned-prostitute "Princess" to help capture a murderous pimp named Ramrod it's Princess's life that is put on the line. Soon, the escaped killer is after her, and vice squad detective Tom Walsh and his team are hard pressed to keep the woman safe.
Original use of the phrase "make my day"
In a scene early on in the movie, Detective Walsh, while arresting Ramrod, puts his gun up to the side of Ramrod's mouth and utters the phrase "Come on scumbag, make your move...and make my day!". The phrase would be similarly uttered a year later by Detective Harry Callahan in the Clint Eastwood movie Sudden Impact, becoming a catchphrase as a result.
Cast
- Season Hubley as Princess
- Wings Hauser as Ramrod
- Gary Swanson as Det. Tom Walsh
- Pepe Serna as Pete Mendez
- Beverly Todd as Luise Williams
- Joseph DiGiroloma as Kowalski
- Maurice Emanuel as Edwards
- Nina Blackwood as Ginger
- Lydia Lei as Coco
- Kelly Piper as Blue Chip
- Kristoffer Anders as Sgt. Brooks
- Joseph Baroncini as Ted
- Fred Berry as Sugar Pimp Dorsey
- Grand L. Bush as Black pimp
- Michael Ensign as Limosine driver
- Stack Pierce as Roscoe
- Stacy Everly as Teenage Junkie
- Cyndi James Gossett as Black Prostitute (as Cyndi James-Reese)
References
- ↑ Vice Squad at Box Office Mojo
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Vice Squad Retrieved October 14, 2015