Hollywood vice squad movie information cinema clock. Though it has no other claim to distinction, hollywood vice squad is. A concerned mother asks the vice squad to rescue her runaway daughter from a life of junkie prostitution in this actionpacked dive into the seedy xrated crime of hollywood. Hollywood vice squad 1986 movie poster free shipping. Directed by penelope spheeris a mother goes to hollywood to find her runaway daughter.
Hollywood vice squad is not exactly a classic, but theres nary a boring minute to be found. She discovers that the girl has become involved in the pornography industry, and goes to the police to get help in finding her. The vice squad discovers that a dangerous gangster has turned the girl into one of his junkie teen. The squad also investigates illegal betting and a bdsm pornographer. Leon isaac kennedy in hollywood vice squad 1986 marvin kaplan in hollywood.
Vice squad is a 1982 action crime drama film directed by gary sherman and starring wings hauser, season hubley, and gary swanson. Lonely seventeen 1967 full movie hollywood vice squad 1986 full mo. But then there are movies like 1986s hollywood vice squad that. Read the hollywood vice squad movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Hollywood vice squad 1986 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The assortment of cops featured made it tough for there to be one standout hero, but there is no need to solve a riddle to figure out who the chief creep of the movie is. I could not tell you how many times i started streaming a movie and made it. Hollywood vice squad 1986 directed by penelope spheeris. Wow, the very mention of the movie vice squad takes me back a bit. Hollywood vice squad 1986 penelope spheeris synopsis. Released in 1982, this movie bears the distinct inclusion of 1 actor, wings hauser, in the role of bad guypimp, ramrod. The original music score was composed by joe renzetti and keith rubinstein. The tawdriest streets in tinsel town provide the setting for this sleazy comedy anthology, a takeoff on vice squad. First feature film of robin wright hollywood vice squad 1986 director.
Hollywood vice squad is a 1986 film directed by penelope spheeris with music by keith levene of public image ltd. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Released 1986, hollywood vice squad stars ronnycox, carriefisher, trishvan devere the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Carrie fisher, trish van devere, leon isaac kennedy, frank gorshin, ronny cox. Aug 05, 2018 a sexual underground surfaces in scotty and the secret history of. She also made this movie about a vice squad that battles drug dealers and pornographers. Hollywood vice squad is one of those 80s thrillers exploring the seedy world of vice and prostitution. Penelope spheeris training under roger cormans wing has come to fruition with this film.
Hollywood vice squad 1986 is an action, comedy movie starring ronny cox and frank gorshin. A mother goes to hollywood and enlists the vice squad to rescue her runaway daughter from a. Hollywood vice squad movie poster 27x40 b for sale online. A sexual underground surfaces in scotty and the secret. Hollywood vice squad 1986 full movie related search. A movie theater showing the film clue is briefly visible in the background. May 4, 2019 scream factory is releasing 1982s vice squad in a collectors edition bluray for the very first time. The vice squad discovers that a dangerous gangster has turned the girl into one of his junkie teen prostitutes. Sep 04, 2018 hollywood vice squad throws a lot of stuff against the wall and to its credit most of it sticks. The movie has an early screen appearance by robin wright as the drugaddicted runaway daughter of trish van devere s character.
Details about hollywood vice squad 1986 movie poster free shipping. Hollywood vice squad 1986 stream and watch online moviefone. An original television spot for the 1986 film directed by penelope spheeris and starring ronny cox, frank gorshin, carrie fisher, leon issac. Soon, the escaped killer is after her, and vice squad detective tom walsh and his team are hard pressed to keep the woman safe. Mar 01, 1986 all vice squads are not created equal. At the time, this actor was very convincing in his ability to play the nasty antagonist of film, almost to the point of typecasting him. It also doesnt wallow in sleaze and slime like vice squad did. Kims character in particular just seems to be shoehorned into the narrative for some light relief. Hollywood vice squad 1986 movie poster free shipping ebay. Ronny cox, frank gorshin, leon isaac kennedy, trish vandevere, carrie fisher. Hollywood vice squad news, posters, trailers, images, cast and plot. Televisions miami version has, as has been amply noted elsewhere, a lot of flash.
Pauline stanton, a mother, travels to hollywood to find her teenage runaway daughter, lori. The film stars carrie fisher, ronny cox robocop, beverly hills cop and. Hollywood vice squad original motion picture soundtrack. Certainly when it comes to hollywood vice squad citywide, a dull, dopey movie that claims to have been based on actual police cases. Wings hauser sang the vocal track on the films opening and closing theme song neon slime. With ronny cox, frank gorshin, leon isaac kennedy, trish van devere. Watch hollywood vice squad 1986 full movie free online.
In one tale, a mother heads for hollywood to search for her runaway daughter. R 1h 41min action, comedy, crime 3 july 1986 west germany a mother goes to hollywood to find her runaway daughter. Annas alptraum kurz nach 6 2007 full movie raining cats and fr. In fact, three different teams of hollywood vice squad officers work on three separate cases which include mobrun betting parlor, a bondage porn director and an old gangster who runs a teenage prostitution ring. The movie has an early screen appearance by robin wright as the drugaddicted runaway daughter of trish van devere. Overview of hollywood vice squad, 1986, directed by penelope spheeris, with ronny cox, frank gorshin, leon isaac kennedy, at turner classic movies. Hollywood vice squad publicity still of marvin kaplan. Hollywood vice squad hollywood vice squad 1986 film. A mother goes to hollywood to find her runaway daughter. Whats unusual here is the tone, which is all over the place, veering wildly between sleazy drama, tension and random comedy sequences. The cast hollywood vice squad, directed by penelope spheeris.
Hollywood vice squad 1986 upcoming movies movie database. There are several storylines that comprise hollywood vice squad. A mother goes to hollywood and enlists the vice squad to rescue her runaway daughter from a gangster, who turns teens into junkies and prostitutes. Chockfull of cheap sensationalism and absent of organic coherence, hollywood vice squad is wildly uneven, fragmentary its a mere eightyeight minutes but feels a halfhour longer because the movie is like a rustedover chassis held together by nothing but spare parts. I went into hollywood vice squad completely blind and with low expectations as a. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing weird wednesday.
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