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Dead Bang is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, and Tim Reid. Johnson's character, based on real-life LASD Detective Jerry Beck, tracks the killer of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy and uncovers a plot involving hate literature, white supremacist militias and arms trafficking.
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“How can I make my police action film different from multitudes of other police action films Hollywood churns out now?” That was the question asked by John Frankenhemeir while he was making 1989 film *Dead Bang*. The answer was to base script on the exploits of real life policeman – Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office detective Jerry Beck, who is credited at the author of the story. His fictional alter ego (played by Don J…More
