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Murphy's Law (1986)
Director: J Lee Thompson
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From Time Out Film Guide
Murphy's Law, if you recall, states that if anything can go wrong it will. For Bronson's Murphy, however, far more goes right than wrong. When reminded of that law, in fact, he snarls back his own variation: Don't fuck with Jack Murphy. It's a warning to be well heeded. Murphy's a tough LA cop, victim of a frame-up. So he goes on the run from his own colleagues, accompanied by a wily, recalcitrant gamine (Wilhoite) who happens to be handcuffed to his wrist, and who hot-wires cars and spews out more foul phrases than you may ever have heard at one time. Might and right ultimately prevail, of course, but not before nigh on a dozen reasonably inventive killings, the bulk of them utterly gratuitous. JCoh.Author: JCoh
Cast & crew
Director: J Lee Thompson
Producer: Pancho Kohner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F Lyons, Richard Romanus, Angel Tompkins, Janet MacLachlan, Lawrence Tierney full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 100 mins
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