

Dead Heat
1988-05-06 · 86 min · ★ 6.2
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.
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- Directors
- Mark Goldblatt
- Production companies
- New World Pictures, Helpern / Meltzer
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 5,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 3,588,626
Top Cast
Treat WilliamsDet. Roger Mortis
Joe PiscopoDet. Doug Bigelow
Lindsay FrostRandi James
Darren McGavinDr. Ernest McNab
Vincent PriceArthur P. Loudermilk
Robert PicardoLt. Herzog
Martha QuinnNewscaster
Keye LukeMr. Thule
Clare KirkconnellRebecca Smythers
Mel StewartCaptain Mayberry
Shane BlackPatrolman
Professor Toru TanakaButcher
Tom NolanJonas
Lew HopsonWhitfield
Monica LewisMrs. Von HeisenbergTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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