One Good Cop

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One Good Cop

Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by Heywood Gould
Produced by Harry Colomby
Joan Bradshaw
Laurence Mark
Written by Heywood Gould
Starring Michael Keaton
Rene Russo
Anthony LaPaglia
Music by David Foster
William Ross
Cinematography Ralf D. Bode
Editing by Richard Marks
Distributed by Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of United States May 3, 1991
Flag of Argentina May 9
Flag of Spain August 30
Flag of Netherlands September 13
Flag of Colombia September 19
Running time 114 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
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One Good Cop is a 1991 film starring Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Artie Lewis (Keaton) is a New York City cop who believes in his work, loves his wife Rita (Russo), and stands by his partner Stevie Diroma (LaPaglia). Stevie is a single parent, and when Stevie is killed by Mickey Garrett during a hostage situation, Stevie's three daughters Marian, Barbara, and Carol are left with nowhere to go. Artie and Rita take them in and want to adopt them, but the Child Welfare Service decides that their apartment is too small for three children. Barbara is a diabetic who needs two insulin shots per day. Artie needs to buy a house so he and Rita will be able to adopt the girls, and the house he chooses requires a $25,000 down payment that he doesn't have. Desperate, Artie grabs his gun and robs drug kingpin Beniamino Rios, who was, in a way, involved in Stevie's death. Artie uses $25,000 of the take to buy the house, and he gives the rest to Father Wills, who runs a local shelter. But Beniamino's girlfriend, Grace De Feliz, turns out to be an undercover narcotics agent who decides to go after Artie...until Beniamino kidnaps Artie. Grace then decides to help Artie.

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