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Shakedown

In a city where everyone is for sale... They're the best money can't buy.

Rating 5.8 / 10Release May 6, 1988Runtime 93 min

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.

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