Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

"The wrong arm of the law is back!"

1992 1h 25m EN

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A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead...again...to do his bidding.

“The wrong arm of the law is back!”

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Cast

Robert Davi
Det. Sean McKinney
Caitlin Dulany
Dr. Susan Fowler
Gretchen Becker
Kate Sullivan
Paul Gleason
Hank Cooney
Jackie Earle Haley
Frank Jessup
Julius Harris
Houngan
Grand L. Bush
Willie
Doug Savant
Dr. Peter Myerson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alan Smithee
Writers: Larry Cohen
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Maniac Cop Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alan Smithee, shot by Jacques Haitkin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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ERA

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Original score by Joel Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor David Kern shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Robert Davi and Caitlin Dulany and Gretchen Becker carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The wrong arm of the law is back!".

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The take

Alan Smithee directs. Jacques Haitkin behind the camera. Joel Goldsmith scores. David Kern cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Maniac Cop Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Alan Smithee, shot by Jacques Haitkin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Joel Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor David Kern shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Robert Davi and Caitlin Dulany and Gretchen Becker carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The wrong arm of the law is back!".
9IMDB entry: tt0104808 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jacques Haitkin
Original score: Joel Goldsmith
Editing: David Kern
Production design: Clark Hunter
Costume design: Dorothy Amos
Makeup / hair: Greg Nicotero
Stunt coordinator: Spiro Razatos
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992)

Part of

Maniac Cop Collection

Maniac Cop is a series of American slasher films centered around a man in a cop's uniform starts killing people for no apparent reason in New York.

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JPV8522021-11-20
★ 3/10
This one had production issues (for one, the director walked away with only ~50 minutes of footage shot) and it's pretty apparent. This one is just plain bad, with a poor screenplay and some laughable moments that were not in the good-bad variety. And Robert Davi looked like he wanted to be anywhere else. On the plus side, the finale had some okay stunt work but by that point I just wanted it to end. 1.75/5

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