Spreading Ground

Spreading Ground

2000 · 100 min · ★ 3.9 · Drama, Mystery

Veteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the pavement in search of a dangerous killer with five dead bodies already on his record. The mayor, in a rush to see peace restored in her city, makes a deal with the mob instead of waiting for Delopre and McGivern's results. Now that both sides of the law are involved in the killer's capture, the city is turned upside down.

Directed by Derek Vanlint · Written by Mark Nakamura

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Dennis Hopper Det. Ed DeLongpre
Leslie Hope Leslie DeLongpre
Frederic Forrest Michael McGivern
Tom McCamus Johnny Gault
David Dunbar Milo Spivak
Elizabeth Shepherd Mayor Hackett
Chuck Shamata Capt. Neiman
Kim Huffman Mrs. Osterman
Tom Harvey Paddy Flynn
Rob Stefaniuk Syphon
Yvan Labelle Carp
Sean O'Hara Flannery Pincher

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