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6.5A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.
Released: 1989-01-2786 minDir: Eric RedCrime, Thriller, Action, DramaBox office: $64,227
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Cast
- Roy Scheider as Cohen
- Adam Baldwin as Tate
- Harley Cross as Travis Knight
- Cooper Huckabee as Jeff Knight
- Suzanne Savoy as Martha Knight
- Marco Perella as FBI George
Themes
- assassin
- kidnapping
- texas
- witness protection
- houston, texas
- based on short story
- psycho killer
- child kidnapping
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
2,784 votes
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Ransom of Red Chief
- Director
- Eric Red
- Screenwriter
- Eric Red
- Cast member
- Adam Baldwin
- Composer
- Bill Conti
- Production company
- Hemdale films
- Cinematographer
- Victor J. Kemper
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Filming location
- Texas
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 917448
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1989-01-27
- after a work by
- O. Henry
- title
- Cohen and Tate
- distributed by
- Hemdale films
- capital cost
- 5500000
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