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Slow Burn (1989 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Slow Burn' is a 1989 film directed by John Eyres and starring Ivan Rogers, William Smith, Anthony James and Stephen M.D. Chang. A veteran cop's partner is killed by a Mafia hitman, and he goes after him. Also on the trail of the hitman is a rookie cop who has his own personal reasons for pursuing him.
Story
A veteran cop has the task of preventing two rival criminal organizations from warring with each other. The two organizations happen to be the Mafia and the Triads.AllMovie - [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/slow-burn-v45211 Slow Burn (1990), Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine]'VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996', Visible Ink Press, 1 Sep. 1995 - [https://books.google.com/books?id=qOH7eCG59M4C&q=%22Slow+Burn%22Mafia+Triads%22&dq=%22Slow+Burn%22Mafia+Triads%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9uoqY78nUAhVFi7wKHcSBAQsQ6AEIIjAA Page 1989] Besides this, the cop is also pursuing a hitman who is also being pursued by a less experienced cop. The veteran cop has no idea that rookie cop who has put himself in a close position to the hit man's boss is after the same target.Movie Chit Chat - [http://moviechitchat.com/movies/171813-slow-burn Slow Burn (1990)]Vestron Video International, Thursday, April 23, 2009 - [http://dan-vestronvideointernational.blogspot.com/2009_04_19_archive.html Slow Burn] The Mafia don was played by William Smith and the hitman Emilio Renzetti played by Anthony James.'The Indianapolis Star', October 18, 1991 - [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/106870023/ Page 48 'Slow Burn 9 is clunker for Hoosier filmmaker]
Personnel
Cast
* Ivan Rogers ... Murphy* William Smith ... Antonio Scarpelli
* Anthony James ... Renzetti
* Scott Anderson ... Gino
* Melissa J. Conroy ... Lisa
* Thom Schioler ... Babe
* Stephen M.D. Chang ... Sun Cheng
* Don Kline ... Corigliano
* Mervon Bowman ... Drug Dealer
* William Britos ... Drug Dealer
* Frank Wilson ... Captain Fahey
* Paul McLean ... Patterson
* Michael Tiernan ... O'Brien
* Gerry Vivash ... Petrie
* Keith Beardwood ... SilvermanImdb - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098351/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_14 Slow Burn (1989)]BFI - [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79da1c94 Slow Burn (1989)]
Crew
* Steven Lister ... Screenwriter* Geoff Griffiths ... Producer
* John Eyres ... Director, producer, executive producer
* John A Curtis ... Executive producer
* Zafar Malik ... Executive producer
* Nathaniel Massey ... Director Of Photography
* Alan M Trow ... Camera OperatorTurner Classic Movies - [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/507769/Slow-Burn/# Slow Burn, OVERVIEW]
Technical and release information
'Slow Burn' was released in Belgium in 1990 on Excalibur Video.VHS Collector - [http://vhscollector.com/movie/slow-burn Slow Burn] One piece of movie-related material bears the line, '"In Chinatown, The Only Thing That Runs Deeper Than Tradition Is Blood"'.Rotten Tomatoes - [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/slow_burn_1990 Slow Burn (1990)]
References
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