Case Closed
GenreMystery, Detective
Screenplay byByron Allen
Directed byDick Lowry
StarringCharles Durning
Byron Allen
Erica Gimpel
ComposerSylvester Levay
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersAndrew Gottlieb
Byron Allen (co-producer)
Karol Pozniak (line producer)
Production locationAtlanta, Georgia
CinematographyBrian West
EditorFred A. Chulack
Running time93 minutes
Production companiesHouston Motion Picture Entertainment
CBS Entertainment
Original release
NetworkCBS
Release
  • April 19, 1988 (1988-04-19)

Case Closed is a 1988 American made-for-television film. The film starred Charles Durning and Byron Allen.[1] Byron Allen was also the co-writer and co-producer on the film.[2] It was directed by Dick Lowry.[1] The film was shot in Atlanta, Georgia, and was broadcast on CBS on April 19, 1988.[2]

Plot

David Brockman, a hip young black police detective, uncovers a suspicious link between three recent murders and an unsolved, 15-year old cold case involving the theft of The Third Star of Africa diamond.

Desperate for a lead, he seeks the reluctant assistance of gruff Les Kabalski, the now retired police officer who investigated the diamond case - the only case he never solved. This unlikely pair strikes up a strange partnership full of arguments about love, life and the law.

High-powered action mixes with high-spirited comedy (Brockman's quicksilver tongue often gets him into trouble with killers, cuties and other police officers) as the two men follow a deadly trail of murders through a contemporary Los Angeles of transvestites and midget wrestlers, capped by some hair-raising car chases.[3]

Reception

Don Shirley of the Los Angeles Times gave the movie a negative review.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Case Closed (1988) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 Hal Erickson (2016). "Case-Closed - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  3. ↑ Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation Television and Radio Guide; 03/11/1990 - 09/11/1990; Page 2
  4. ↑ Shirley, Don (1988-04-19). "Television Reviews : 'Case Closed': Cop Story That Can't Find the Beat". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-10-30.


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