Against the Law (1997 film)
1997 American film
- September 16, 1997 (1997-09-16)
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Against the Law is a 1997 American action crime directed by Jim Wynorski and starring Nick Mancuso, Nancy Allen and Richard Grieco.
Plot
In California, a homeless and mentally ill man, Rex, comes to believe he is a gunfighter from the American Old West, and heads for Los Angeles. While travelling, he begins a murder spree, and his victims include police officers. He becomes fixated on Los Angeles police officer John Shepard, who is in the news after killing a drug dealer in a shootout, and news anchor Maggie Hewitt, who broke the story. He terrorizes Hewitt before arriving in Los Angeles, where he challenges Shepard to a Western-style showdown at high noon.[1]
Cast
- Nancy Allen as Maggie Hewitt
- Richard Grieco as Rex
- Nick Mancuso as Det. John Shepard
- Steven Ford as Lt. Bill Carpenter
- Thomas Mikal Ford as Det. Siegel
- Gary Sandy as Chief Leitner
- Leslie Bega as Lucia
- James Stephens as Det. Ben Hamada
- Herb Mitchell as Carl Stensgard
- Heather Thomas as Felicity
- Jaime Pressly as Sally
- B.K. Byron as Lars Reder
- Tim Colceri as Officer I.Q.
- Randy Crowder as Lt. Fuller
- Billy Gallo as DJ
- Randy Hall as Security Guard
- Frank Lloyd as Officer Caultman
Additional Cast
Christopher Pettiet as Tommy
Production
The film was written by Steve Mitchell with Bob Sheridan. Mitchell hoped to direct and wrote it with John Terlesky in mind for the lead. Jim Wynorski bought the script for Sunset Films, a company he was operating with Andrew Stevens for Cinetel Films. Mitchell said he thought the film "ultimately turned out to be one of Jim’s best movies, but there are a lot of things I’m not happy with. The casting was a lot of it."[2]
References
External links
- Against the Law at IMDb
- Against the Law at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films directed by Jim Wynorski
- The Lost Empire (1984)
- Chopping Mall (1986)
- Deathstalker II (1987)
- Big Bad Mama II (1987)
- Not of This Earth (1988)
- The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
- Transylvania Twist (1989)
- The Haunting of Morella (1990)
- Sorority House Massacre II (1990)
- Hard to Die (1990)
- 976-Evil II (1992)
- Munchie (1992)
- Sins of Desire (1993)
- Little Miss Millions (1993)
- Munchie Strikes Back (1994)
- Dinosaur Island (1994)
- Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994)
- Ghoulies IV (1994)
- Sorceress (1995)
- Victim of Desire (1995)
- Body Chemistry 4 (1995)
- Virtual Desire (1995)
- Hard Bounty (1995)
- The Wasp Woman (1995)
- Demolition High (1996)
- Vampirella (1996)
- Against the Law (1997)
- The Pandora Project (1998)
- Desert Thunder (1999)
- Final Voyage (1999)
- Rangers (2000)
- Ablaze (2001)
- Thy Neighbor's Wife (2001)
- Raptor (2001)
- Project Viper (2002)
- Gale Force (2002)
- Treasure Hunt (2003)
- Cheerleader Massacre (2003)
- Curse of the Komodo (2004)
- Gargoyle (2004)
- The Thing Below (2004)
- Crash Landing (2005)
- Lust Connection (2005)
- Sub Zero (2005)
- The Witches of Breastwick (2005)
- Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
- The Witches of Breastwick 2 (2005)
- Cry of the Winged Serpent (2005)
- Bone Eater (2008)
- Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)
- Camel Spiders (2011)
- Piranhaconda (2012)
- Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015)
- Nessie & Me (2016)
- A Doggone Christmas (2016)
- A Doggone Hollywood (2017)
- CobraGator (2024, filmed 2014)
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