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Forcibly retired from the FBI on grounds of excessive brutality, Mark Kaminski (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is demoted to being a small town Sheriff, where his wife reaches for the bottle and his career goes nowhere. But when the son of an old friend, Agent Harry Shannon (Darren McGavin), is killed whilst guarding a mob informant against the criminal outfit led by Luigi Patrovita (Barn Wanamaker), Kaminski is given another chance. To infiltrate and single-handedly bring down the mobsters from within, Kaminski assumes a new identity and resists the temptation of the mysterious Monique (Kathryn Harrold) to maintain his cover, with his eyes on reinstatement and a return to the life that was taken away from him. • SPECIAL FEATURES: • ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER - THE MAN WHO RAISED HOLLYWOOD • RAW DEAL - A GENERIC GANGSTER FILM • ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER
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Raw Deal (1986)
106 min
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.