Dead Heat

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Dead Heat is a 1988 action-comedy horror film about two cops who become entangled in a bizarre resurrection scheme, blending buddy-cop antics with zombie and sci-fi elements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf action film
buddy cop film
comedy film
film
horror film
zombie film
character Arthur P. Loudermilk
Doug Bigelow
Dr. Ernest McNab
Randi James
Roger Mortis
cinematographyBy Robert Yeoman
countryOfOrigin United States
director Mark Goldblatt
distributor New World Pictures
editor Harvey Rosenstock
genre action
comedy
horror
science fiction
hasTheme corruption
crime
life and death
police investigation
resurrection
musicBy Ernest Troost
notableFor mixing buddy-cop comedy with zombie and sci-fi elements
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Two Los Angeles police detectives uncover a criminal operation that uses a resurrection machine to reanimate dead criminals.
producer David Helpern Jr.
Michael L. Meltzer
productionCompany New World Pictures
ratingMPAA R
releaseDate 1988-05-06
releaseYear 1988
runtimeMinutes 84
setting Los Angeles
starring Darren McGavin
Joe Piscopo
Keye Luke
Lindsay Frost
Mel Stewart
Professor Toru Tanaka
Robert Picardo
Treat Williams
Vincent Price
writer Terry Black

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Mark Goldblatt directed Dead Heat
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