Case Closed (film)
{{Short description|1988 American TV film}}
{{Other uses|Case Closed (disambiguation)}}
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| screenplay = Byron Allen
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| director = Dick Lowry
| starring = Charles Durning
Byron Allen
Erica Gimpel
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| composer = Sylvester Levay
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer =
| producer = Andrew Gottlieb
| editor = Fred A. Chulack
| location = Atlanta, Georgia
| cinematography = Brian West
| runtime = 93 minutes
| company = Houston Motion Picture Entertainment
CBS Entertainment
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| network = CBS
| released = {{Start date|1988|04|19}}
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Case Closed is a 1988 American made-for-television film. The film starred Charles Durning and Byron Allen.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/463061/case-closed|title=Case Closed (1988) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=30 October 2015}} Byron Allen was also the co-writer and co-producer on the film.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/124331/Case-Closed/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309104949/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/124331/Case-Closed/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-09|title=Case-Closed - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Hal Erickson|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2016|access-date=2015-10-30}} It was directed by Dick Lowry. The film was shot in Atlanta, Georgia, and was broadcast on CBS on April 19, 1988.
Plot
David Brockman, a hip young black police detective, uncovers a suspicious link between three recent murders and an unsolved, 15-year old cold case involving the theft of The Third Star of Africa diamond.
Desperate for a lead, he seeks the reluctant assistance of gruff Les Kabalski, the now retired police officer who investigated the diamond case - the only case he never solved. This unlikely pair strikes up a strange partnership full of arguments about love, life and the law.
High-powered action mixes with high-spirited comedy (Brockman's quicksilver tongue often gets him into trouble with killers, cuties and other police officers) as the two men follow a deadly trail of murders through a contemporary Los Angeles of transvestites and midget wrestlers, capped by some hair-raising car chases.Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation Television and Radio Guide; 03/11/1990 - 09/11/1990; Page 2
Reception
Don Shirley of the Los Angeles Times gave the movie a negative review.{{cite web|last=Shirley|first=Don|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-19-ca-1101-story.html|title=Television Reviews : 'Case Closed': Cop Story That Can't Find the Beat|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1988-04-19|access-date=2015-10-30}}
References
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Category:1988 television films
Category:Films shot in Atlanta
Category:American police detective films
Category:Films directed by Dick Lowry
Category:Films scored by Sylvester Levay
Category:American mystery television films
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