L.A. Takedown (1989)
August 27, 1989Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Scott Plank
Sgt. Vincent Hanna
Alex McArthur
Patrick McLaren
Michael Rooker
Bosko
Ely Pouget
Lillian Hanna
Vincent Guastaferro
Michael Cerrito
Richard Chaves
Lou Casals
Michael Mann
Director
Patrick Markey
Producer
Victor Rivers
Detective Arriaga
Laura Harrington
Eady
Tim Truman
Composer
Ronald Víctor García
Cinematographer
Daniel Baldwin
Bobby Schwartz
Dov Hoenig
Editor
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Mustafa Jackson
Dean Taucher
ProductionDesigner
R. D. Call
Harry Dieter
Peter Dobson
Chris Sheherlis
John Santucci
Joe Cusomano
Xander Berkeley
Waingro
Juan Fernández
Harvey Torena
Tony Xauet
Cezar Kelso
Sam J. Jones
Jimmy
J.W. Smith
Witness Talking to Hanna
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Hugh Benny
Mary Broussard
Prostitute
Aixa Clemente
Black Mother
Mike De Luna
Armored Van Guard #1
Ed DeFusco
Solenko
Robert Gammons
Bank Guard
Donald Grant
Dr. Bob
Emmett Grennan
Towner
Al Jones
Bank Guard
Anthony Lattanzio
Detective #2
Leo Lee
Detective #1
Mimi Lieber
Elaine Cerrito
Albert Michel Jr.
Dancer
Jan Munroe
Forensic Technician
Gilbert O. Parra
Lt. Heinz
Dennis Scott
Armored Van Guard #2
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L.A. Takedown, also called L.A. Crimewave and Made in L.A., is a 1989 American crime action film originally filmed as an unsuccessful pilot for an NBC television series, but reworked and aired as a stand-alone TV film. The film was later released on VHS and, in Region 2, on DVD. L.A. Takedown was written and directed by Michael Mann and its ensemble cast includes Scott Plank, Alex McArthur, Michael Rooker, Daniel Baldwin, and Xander Berkeley. Scott Plank starred as Vincent Hanna, a detective on the hunt for professional criminal Patrick McLaren, played by McArthur; the story was based on the real-life investigation of Chicago criminal Neil McCauley. The film is best known as the basis for the 1995 film Heat. The film was moderately well received in retrospective reviews, but remains overshadowed by its remake.