Dead Heat
“You can't keep a good cop dead.”
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.
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Cast
39 people
Treat Williams
Det. Roger Mortis
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Joe Piscopo
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Lindsay Frost
Randi James
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Darren McGavin
Dr. Ernest McNab
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Vincent Price
Arthur P. Loudermilk
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Robert Picardo
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Martha Quinn
Newscaster
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Keye Luke
Mr. Thule
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Clare Kirkconnell
Rebecca Smythers
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The Paper Chase
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Mel Stewart
Captain Mayberry
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Shane Black
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Mark Goldblatt Director · Terry Black Screenplay Ernest Troost Composer
Worldwide gross $3.6M · Budget $5M · United States release May 6, 1988
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,588,626
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
New World Pictures
Production
Helpern / Meltzer
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 6, 1988
Theatrical
France
June 24, 1988 · Theatrical
Germany
June 24, 1988 · Theatrical
Spain
November 4, 1988 · Theatrical
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