Raw Deal

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A former FBI agent is recruited to root out the gangsters who killed a fellow agent's son in this Arnold Schwarzenegger action film. After being booted out of the bureau for excessive violence, Kaminski (Schwarzenegger) lives in small-town exile with his bitter wife, Amy (Blanche Baker). He gets the chance to return to the big city, however, when Chicago mobsters murder the son of his old colleague Shannon (Darren McGavin), as well as scads of prosecution witnesses against them in an impending court case. Shannon promises to reinstate Kaminski if he'll help engineer the downfall of gang leader Max (Robert Davi). Working undercover and without government sanction, Kaminski infiltrates the mob by posing as a bodyguard/assassin. Along the way, he tussles with beautiful gambling addict Monique (Kathryn Harrold), who starts off as an enemy but ends up more. The action comes to a head when Kaminski's mob bosses send him to kill none other than Shannon. Released post-Terminator and pre-Predator, Raw Deal is one of several non-science fictional action flicks that cemented Schwarzenegger's '80s box-office appeal. Director John Irvin would return the following year with the gritty Vietnam drama Hamburger Hill. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • Widescreen presentation
  • Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital), English 2.0 (Dolby Stereo)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Scene selection
  • Digitally mastered
  • Interactive menus
  • English closed captions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Arnold Schwarzenegger - Kaminski
       Kathryn Harrold - Monique
       Sam Wanamaker - Patrovita
       Paul Shenar - Rocca
       Robert Davi - Max
       Ed Lauter - Baker
       Darren McGavin - Shannon
       Joe Regalbuto - Baxter
       Mordecai Lawner - Marcellino
       Steven Hill - Lamanski
       Blanche Baker - Amy Kaminski
       Alex Ross - Station Wagon Driver

• Director:

  John Irvin

• Producer:

  Martha Schumacher, Martha de Laurentiis

• Screenwriter:

  Gary de Vore

• Screen Story:

  Sergio Donati

• Screenwriter:

  Norman Wexler

• Cinematographer:

  Alex Thomson

• Songwriter:

  Colonel Abrams

• Composer (Music Score):

  Tom Bahler, Chris Boardman, Albhy Caluten

• Songwriter:

  Jack Conrad, Rodney Crowell, Vito de Stefano, Natalie Delon, Marston Freeman

• Composer (Music Score):

  Claude Gaudette, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber, Steve Lukather

• Songwriter:

  Reed Nielsen

• Featured Music:

  Astor Piazzolla

• Songwriter:

  Barry Renolds

• Composer (Music Score):

  Joel Rosenbaum

• Songwriter:

  Dennis Wilkey

• Editor:

  Anne V. Coates

• Production Designer:

  Giorgio Postiglione

• Art Director:

  Maher Ahmad

• Set Designer:

  Hilton Rosemarin

• Costume Designer:

  Clifford Capone

• Makeup:

  Barbara Page

• Special Effects:

  Joe Lombardi