Hollywood Vice Squad (1986)

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Country: USA
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Release: 1986-07-03
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Writers: James J. Docherty
Language: English
Stars: Ronny Cox (I) , Frank Gorshin , Leon Isaac Kennedy , Trish Van Devere , Carrie Fisher , Evan C. Kim , Joey Travolta , H.B. Haggerty , Cec Verrell , Julius Harris
Runtime: 101 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Boulevard (Canada) , Hollywood Vice (Finland) , Hollywood Vice Squad (Netherlands the) , Hollywood Vice Squad (United States of America) , Esquadrão Anti-Vício (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Hollywood ciudad del vicio (Mexico) , Hollywood Vice (Brazil) , Hollywood: ciudad del vicio (Colombia) , Голливудская полиция нравов , Hollywood Brigada Antivicio (Spain) , La brigade de Hollywood (Canada) , Hollywood-patruljen (Denmark) , Χόλυγουντ: Τμήμα ηθών (Greece) , Hollywood Vice Squad , 激突　特捜コマンド！恐怖の救出指令 (Japan) , Obyczajówka (Poland) , Loucuras da Delegacia (Brazil) , Hollywood Cop , Hollywood Vice Squad (United Kingdom)
Plot: Three different teams of Hollywood Vice Squad officers work on three separate cases involving illegal betting run by the Mob, a sleazy BDSM porn director and a ruthless old gangster who runs a teenage prostitution ring. Officers Chang and Stevens work the streets busting hookers. Chang's favorite m.o. is turning into an exaggerated caricature of a stereotypical Asian tourist to gain the girls' trust and then bust them. Things take a serious turn when one of the girls turns out to be a dangerous man in drag who puts a knife to Chang's throat and forces him to take a ride with him, forcing Stevens to engage in hot pursuit. Officer Betty Melton is a rookie who wants to prove herself but her superiors, officers Chavez and Miller, won't let her. When she accidentally witnesses a sleazy backyard BDSM porn shoot involving what seems to be an underage actor, Betty turns to Captain Jensen in hopes of finally getting a case to investigate by herself, but Jensen orders Chavez and Miller to grow up and help her. Officer Daley and hulking officer Tank investigate a proud elderly African-American bookie named Jesse who takes illegal bets for a mobster called Luchessi. They need Jesse's cooperation to get Luchessi but can they guarantee Jesse's safety in return? Meanwhile, Pauline Stanton, a desperate mother who arrived in Hollywood to find her beautiful innocent runaway teenage daughter Lori, asks Jensen for help. His men suspect that the girl is alive and may be turning tricks for Walsh, a ruthless old gangster who seduces teenage girls with promise of fame and stardom only to turn them into his junkie prostitutes. Worse yet, once he has no more use for them they usually end up dead from "accidental" overdose. Jensen gives the case to his top undercover officers Hawkins and Judy. Hawkins pretends to be the new player in town with Judy as his main squeeze to get Walsh and his right hand man Farber to literally sell him Lori. After another hot pursuit involving a rampaging man on PCP who stole a bus full of passengers, Chang and Stevens join Hawkins as backup. However, Walsh also has a backup, his equally ruthless madam Veronica and psychotic shotgun-loving goon Daniello.
IMDB:tt0091213