- Action Jackson
Infobox Film
name = Action Jackson
caption = Theatrical Release Poster
director =Craig R. Baxley
producer =Joel Silver Steve Perry
writer =Robert Reneau
starring =Carl Weathers
Vanity
Craig T. Nelson Sharon Stone
music =Herbie Hancock Michael Kamen
cinematography =Matthew F. Leonetti
editing =Mark Helfrich
distributor = Lorimar Film Entertainment
released =February 12 ,1988
runtime = 96 min.
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0094612"Action Jackson" is a 1988
action film directed byCraig R. Baxley and starringCarl Weathers , Vanity,Craig T. Nelson , andSharon Stone .Plot
Detroit Police Detective and Sergeant Jericho Jackson, known as "Action Jackson", was a Lieutenant in the police force but demoted because of a case he headed involving the son of businessman Peter Delleplane. After his demotion, "Action Jackson" begins investigating murders of Union members for "Delleplane," the company of Jackson's nemesis Peter Delleplane. Delleplane, it is discovered, is murdering his way to power, hiring assassins to kill unfriendly Union members.
Jackson has the help of a mistress of Peter Delleplane, a singer named Sydney Ash, who is a heroin addict. Jackson is framed for murdering Peter Delleplane's wife and finds himself on the run from the police. He receives help from an informant and finds a way to get to Delleplane. The showdown leads to Jackson and Delleplane at the latter's mansion at the party of a Union Leader. Jackson wins the showdown, killing Delleplane; and he gets his job as a Lieutenant back as a result of this victory.
Cast
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Carl Weathers ... Sgt. Jericho "Action" Jackson
*Craig T. Nelson ... Peter Delleplane
*Vanity ... Sydney Ash
*Sharon Stone ... Patrice Delleplane
*Bill Duke ... Captain Armbruster
*Robert Davi ... Tony Moretti
*Jack Thibeau ... Detective Kotterwell
*Stan Foster ... Albert
*Roger Aaron Brown ... Officer Lack
*Thomas F. Wilson ... Officer Kornblau
*Chino 'Fats' Williams ... Kid Sable
*Francis X. McCarthy ... Oliver O'Rooney (as Frank McCarthy)
*De'voreaux White ... Clovis
*Dennis Hayden ... Shaker
*Bob Minor ... Gamble
*Brian Libby ... Martin
*Nicholas Worth ... Cartier
*Al Leong ... Dellaplane's chauffeurReferences
External links
*imdb title|id=0094612|title=Action Jackson
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