Under the Gun (1987)
He made the first move, she made the second. The third was a killer!
86 min
A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles. Mike rushes to LA and finds that his brother has been murdered and his brother Tony's girlfriend gunned down right in front of him. Mike quickly learns Tony was a courier for an arms smuggler, Simon Stone (John Russell). When Mike meets Stone's lawyer, Samantha Richardson (Vanessa Williams), the two team up to bring down Stone's arms smuggling empire. However, Mike's infatuation with Samantha keeps putting them in greater danger.
- Release date
- April 25, 1988
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Sam J. Jones as Mike Braxton
- Vanessa Williams as Samantha Richards
- John Russell as Simon Stone
- Michael Halsey as Frank
- Nick Cassavetes as Tony Braxton
- Steven Williams as Gallagher
- Bill McKinney as Miller
- Rockne Tarkington as Leon
- Don Stark as Joey
- Chris Mulkey as Larry
Crew
- James Sbardellati · Director
- Almer John Davis · Writer
- James Devney · Writer
- James Sbardellati · Writer
- John Sterling · Composer
- Gary Thieltges · Cinematographer
- George Copanas · Editor
- Cathy Henderson · Casting director
- James R. Shumaker · Production designer