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Striking Point

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Striking Point
Directed byThomas H. Fenton
Written byThomas H. Fenton
Produced byBret McCormick
StarringChristopher Mitchum
Ivan Rogers
Jeff Blanchard
Mark Hanson
Patrick Swinnea
Bob Flynn
Rocky Patterson
Tracy Spaulding
Music byLaura Porter
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Striking Point is an action film directed by Thomas H. Fenton and starring Christopher Mitchum, Ivan Rogers, Stan Morse, Mark Hanson, Tracy Spaulding, and Rocky Patterson. It is about detectives in their quest to stop the KGB from bringing in weapons for gangs in the United States.

Background

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Even though the cold war is over, the KGB are shipping deadly weapons into the US and supplying street gangs with them, thus priming one of their own.[1] It's up to the determined police detectives to stop them.[2] The lead villain Romanov is played by Christopher Mitchum.[3] The police officers, Captain Matthews and Detective Joe Morris are played by Ivan Rogers and Rocky Patterson.[4]

The April 1, 1995 issue of Billboard recorded it as a new entry at 35 in the Top 40 video rentals.[5]

Cast

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  • Christopher Mitchum ... Col. Ivan Romanov
  • Tracy Spaulding ... Tina Wells
  • Rocky Patterson ... Det. Joe Morris
  • Jeff Blanchard ... John Burke
  • Rob Flynn ... Mikial
  • Mark Hanson ... Vladimir
  • Stan Morse ... Nick Harris
  • Ivan Rogers ... Capt. Matthews
  • Jeremy Schwartz ... Mickey
  • Patrick Swinnea ... Konrad[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ DVD and Video Guide 2004, Mick Martin, Marsha Porter - Ballantine Books, 2003 - Page 1066
  2. ^ VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996, VideoHound Editors, Visible Ink Press, 1 Sep. 1995 - Page 1985
  3. ^ TV Guide - Striking Point
  4. ^ BFI - Striking Point (1993)[dead link]
  5. ^ Billboard, April 1, 1995 - Page 75 Billboard Top Video Rentals
  6. ^ Interfilmes.com - Striking Point >> Elenco
  7. ^ Cine-Review - Striking Point - Na Mira De Fogo (Striking Point), Dados Técnicos
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