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Rent-a-Cop

Rent-a-Cop1987

★4.792 minComedyCrimeAction

Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.

Director

Writer

Michael Blodgett Dennis Shryack

Score

Jerry Goldsmith Michael Licari

Stars

Burt Reynolds Liza Minnelli James Remar

Cast41

Burt Reynolds
as Tony Church
Liza Minnelli
as Della Roberts
James Remar
as Dancer
Richard Masur
as Roger
Dionne Warwick
as Beth
Bernie Casey
as Lemar
Robby Benson
as Pitts
John Stanton
as Alexander
John P. Ryan
as Wieser
Larry Dolgin
as Capt. James
R
Roslyn Alexander
as Miss Barley
Cyrus Elias
as Victor
Ned Schmidtke
as Lindy
Rick LeFevour
as Young Cop
M
Mary Ann Thebus
as Woman in Mercedes
J
John Shannon
as Lenny
Mickey Knox
as Frank
Martin Dansky
as Trick
Dennis Cockrum
as Man at El
M
Matthew Libman
as Little Roland
Michael Rooker
as Joe
L
Lamar Jackson
as Monster
Paul Raci
as Waiter
JoBe Cerny
as Hotel Clerk No. 1
Joe Greco
as Hotel Clerk No. 2
B
Barbara Houston
as Mother
J
John Drury
as TV Announcer
Rich Wilkie
as Shoplifter
V
Vince Viverito
as Della's John No. 2
S
Stephan Schulberg
as Freak
J
John Scott Ament
as Transvestite
Percy Hogan
as Drug buyer
Del Russel
as Seller
Bruce McGuire
as Cop No. 2
J
Jason Gero
as Reporter
Giovanni Cianfriglia
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
J
James Kall
as Rookie Police Officer (uncredited)
H
Helen Kelly
as Woman at the Park (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa
as Drug Buyer (uncredited)
C
Christine Wagner
as Reporter (uncredited)
Claudio Zucchet
as Drug Buyer (uncredited)

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