Rent-a-Cop

"Deadlier than Dirty Harry, faster than Cobra"

Jan 15 1988 R 1h 36m
Action, Comedy, Crime

Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.

Plot

When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of staging the aborted bust. Ex-ballplayer turned drug dealer Roger is in tight with corrupt vice cops and their superiors And the fireworks start popping.

Written by

Michael Blodgett, Dennis Shryack

Directed by

Jerry London

Cast

Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Kings Road Entertainment, Zealcorp Productions Limited

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Trailers
Rent-a-Cop (1987) trailer
Scores
# of Votes
2,174
Average Rating
4.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA