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Teri Copley, Ronny Cox, Geoffrey Deuel, Becky Gelke, Bruce Greenwood ... see more see more... , Richard Jenkins , Ronald G. Joseph , Dorothy Keller , Anne Lange , Silvio Luciano , Deborah May , Peter McRobbie , Doug Sheehan , David Soul , Craig Thomas , Jaime Tirelli , Michael Gross , Randal Patrick , Loren Peele , Kathleen Layman , Tracy Roberts

The first of several 1980s TV movies based on official FBI files, In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders premiered on November 27, 1988. Veteran TV "good guys" David Soul and Michael Gross do a typec... read more read more...asting about-face, playing two vicious, homicidal Miami-based bank robbers. The deadly duo's crime spree was climaxed by a bloody 1986 gun battle. Extremely violent, the film tempers its bloodshed with several instructive scenes showing how the FBI pieced together the clues that enabled them to track down their quarry. Doug Sheehan, Ronny Cox and Bruce Greenwood represent the forces of the Law. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Dick Lowry

Release Date: November 27, 1988

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DVD Release Date: December 13, 2005

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  • leekyle1968
    October 10, 2010
    leekyle1968
    I originally saw this in the 80's and I have to say was the best damn made for tv movie i have ever seen. Definatly made me research the actual crime spree and shootout that Matix and Platt did during this period. Fbi still consider the shootout with these two one of the worst i... read moren us history. David Soul and Michael Gross do a impressive job as the cold blooded killers expecially Michael Gross, for those of you who dont know who he is, he was Steven Keaton in Family Ties. I remember being a fan of Family Ties when it was airing weekly back in the 80's and seeing this movie I had trouble looking at Michael Gross the same way lol!
    Another actor in my mind was under rated. This is the second made for tv movie that I have seen David Soul in (Hutch in Starsky and Hutch) The first being Salem's Lot another film he was superb in. Dick Lowry gives us and pretty accurate account of the shootout and these 30 smoething ex marines who were not going to be taken alive!
  • walftone
    November 27, 2007
    walftone
    I have this in both VHS and DVD and can't begin to say how many times I have watched it. Outstanding movie. Also based on real events.

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