The Last of the Finest

Brian Dennehy Director: John MacKenzie John MacKenzie

Overview

Four cops make the painful discovery that not everyone on the force is upholding the law in this crime drama. Frank Daly (Brian Dennehy), Wayne Gross (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Jeff Fahey), and Howard Jones (Bill Patxon) are four undercover cops with the Los Angeles Police Department who work as a team to solve the cases that their colleagues consider too tough to handle. Under Daly's supervision, the four are trying to get the goods on a drug dealing operation working out of a meat packing plant. However, a raid on the plant uncovers little practical evidence, and Daly, a moody and hard-drinking loose cannon, is sharply criticized by his superiors for planning the bust without the input from the department heads or the FBI. Convinced that there's more to the case than they've been able to find so far, the four men begin looking into the matter on their own time. The deeper they dig, the more shocking the evidence becomes, as they learn that the police, the FBI, and even the Federal Government are involved in the smuggling operation, and the parties involved are perfectly willing to use violence and murder to keep troublemakers out of their way. After Jones is murdered while collecting evidence on a businessman in on the operation, the other three quit the police force, determined to see justice done even if they have to overstep the boundaries of the law to do it. Last of the Finest was also released under the titles Blue Heat and Street Legal.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/18/2017
UPC:	0738329214852
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	23,154

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Steve Mitchell, Producer-Director King Cohen, and Film Historian Nathaniel Thompson; Trailer Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brian Dennehy	Frank Daly
Joe Pantoliano	Wayne Gross
Jeff Fahey	Ricky Rodriguez
Bill Paxton	Howard "Hojo" Jones
Deborra-Lee Furness	Linda Daly
Guy Boyd	R.J. Norringer
Henry Darrow	Capt. Joe Torres
Lisa Jane Persky	Hariett Gross
Michael Gwynne	Anthony Reece
Henry Stolow	Stant
John Finnegan	Tommy Grogan
J. Kenneth Campbell	Calvert
Patricia Clipper	Rose
Michelle Little	Anita
Xander Berkeley	Fast Eddie
Pam Gidley	Haley
Ramon Angeloni	Contras
Burke Byrnes	Comdr. Orsini
Ron Canada	Cregan
Larry Carroll	Newsman
Charles Chiquette	Actor
Victor Contreras	Actor
James Delesandro	Actor
Kathleen Dennehy	Lab Technician
Chenoa Ellis	Arresting Officer
Robert Figg	Guest
James W. Gavin	Pilot
Janet Hirshenson	Actor
Robert Lee Jarvis	Armorer
Kimble Jemison	Scared Dealer
Jane Jenkins	Actor
Sheila Kelley	Daly Baby
Susannah Kelly	Actor
Joe Minjares	Actor
Jeanne Mori	Female Journalist
Rudy F. Morrison	Actor
Tom Nolan	Travers
Georgie Paul	Myrna
Jason Ross	Braden
Micah Rowe	Justin Daly
Michael Simpson	Disc Jockey
Michael Strasser	McCade
Frank V. Trevino	Clerk
Ray Vegas	Actor
Joey Wright	Jimmy Gross
David Young	Paramedic
John D. Johnston	Referee
Patrick Stack	Actor

Technical Credits

George Armitage

Jere Cunningham

Thomas Lee Wright

John MacKenzie	Director
Pete Antico	Stunts
George Armitage	Screenwriter
Mel Berns	Makeup
Darlene K. Chan	Associate Producer
Jere Cunningham	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
John Davis	Producer
David R. Ellis	Stunts
Kirk A. Francis	Sound/Sound Designer
Jim Halty	Stunts
Michael Hoenig	Score Composer
Geoff Hubbard	Art Director
William C. Jordan	Consultant/advisor
Dale Martin	Special Effects
Gordon Mills	Songwriter
Kurt Neumann	Co-producer
Jack Nitzsche	Score Composer
John M. Norin	Makeup
Lawrence G. Paull	Production Designer
Chuck Picerni	Stunts
Les Reed	Songwriter
Juan Ruiz-Anchia	Cinematographer
William P. Scott	Asst. Director,Producer
Marilyn Vance	Costumes/Costume Designer
John Thomas Walker	Set Decoration/Design
Graham Walker	Editor
Thomas Lee Wright	Screenwriter