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A Good Cop ... With a Few Bad Habits!

R 1992 · 96 min · ★ 4.9 · Thriller, Crime, Action, TV Movie, Horror

The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.

Directed by John Flynn · Written by Larry Ferguson

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