Steele's Law (1991)
Steele, a plainclothes Chicago cop, is recruited by the FBI to foil an assassination plot in Dallas, Texas. It seems that Joe Keno, a former nemesis of Steele, is planning to assassinate the Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. Keno is funded by several prominent Texas businessmen. Steele travels to Dallas, where he makes friends with Barnes; Steele is contacted by a Dallas-based FBI agent who sets him up with his contact, "Peacekeeper." Joe Keno has abandoned previous ways and methods; the assassin is now also a serial killer. While Keno's victims are found in abandoned warehouses and parks, Steele encounters numerous obstacles. The Chicago cop encounters friendly Texas racists, is ambushed in a redneck saloon, and battles the incompetence and petty jealousy of Dallas police. Meanwhile Steele tries to stop Keno before the Iraqi ambassador becomes his next victim.
Director: Fred Williamson
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Fred Williamson as Steele |
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Bo Svenson as Sheriff Barnes |
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Doran Ingram as Keno |
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Robin McGee as Richards |
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Phyllis Cicero as Rose Holly |
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Vincent Gaskins as Special Agent Votel (as Vinnie Gaskins) |
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Grant James as R.J. Bowen |
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Jerry Haynes as Ben Slade |
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Paul Tepper as Big John Taggard |
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Harvey Martin as Captain Fargo |
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Benton Jennings as Agent West |
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Alan Ackles as Agent Wills |
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Walter Hardys as Mojo |
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Quentin Morgan as Bartender |
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Erin Chandler as Quino's Date |
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Richard Perrin as Peanut |
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John Cadenhead as Redneck in Park |
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Rocky Patterson as Cab Driver |
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Jennifer Kaye Evans as Passenger |
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Mary Chris Wall as Waitress |
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Kim Parker Thompson as Female Police Officer |
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Steve Flanagan as Official #1 |
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Diggs Brown as Official #2 |
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C.M. Galindo as Iraqi Ambassador |
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Chris Otis as Keno's Henchman |
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Son Yon Kin as Ming |
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Robert Voltl as Kowalski |
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Serita Powell as Hooker #1 |
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Sally Page Struck as Hooker #2 |
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Chuck Kelley as Cop #1 |
| Directing | Fred Williamson | Director |
| Writing | Charles Eric Johnson | Writer |
| Writing | Fred Williamson | Writer |
| Production | Marvin Towns Jr. | Producer |
| Production | Fred Williamson | Producer |
| Sound | Mike Logan | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Doug Bryan | Editor |
| Production | Shirley Abrams | Casting |
| Editing | Logan Breit | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Omar Godinez | Color Timer |
| Camera | David Blood | Director of Photography |