Dead Heat (1988 film)

Dead Heat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMark Goldblatt
Written byTerry Black[1]
Produced by
  • David Helpern
  • Michael L. Meltzer[1]
Starring
CinematographyRobert D. Yeoman[1]
Edited byHarvey Rosenstock[1]
Music byErnest Troost
Production
company
Helpern/Meltzer[1]
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
  • May 6, 1988 (1988-05-06)
Running time
86 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3,588,626

Dead Heat (released in the Philippines as Iron Cops)[2] is a 1988 American buddy cop action zombie comedy film directed by Mark Goldblatt and starring Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Darren McGavin, Lindsay Frost and Vincent Price.[3] The film is about an LAPD police officer who is murdered while attempting to arrest zombies who have been reanimated by the head of Dante Laboratories in order to carry out violent armed robberies, and decides to get revenge with the help of his former partner.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Dead Heat". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Grand Opening Today". Manila Standard. Manila Standard News, Inc. November 10, 1988. p. 26. Retrieved June 19, 2020. You can't keep a good cop dead
  3. ^ Binion, Cavett. "Dead Heat". AllMovie. Retrieved July 17, 2019.