Martial Outlaw

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Martial Outlaw
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Directed byKurt Anderson
Written byJohn Bryant
Pierre David
Thomas Ritz
George Saunders
Produced byPierre David
Starring Jeff Wincott
Gary Hudson
Richard Jaeckel
CinematographyJürgen Baum
Edited byMichael Thibault
Music by Louis Febre
Distributed byImage Organization
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Martial Outlaw is a 1993 action/martial arts film written by Thomas Ritz, produced by Pierre David, directed by Kurt Anderson and stars Jeff Wincott, Gary Hudson and Richard Jaeckel in his final film appearance before his death in June 1997.

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Plot

DEA agent Kevin White has followed the movements of drug-dealing ex-KGB kingpin Nikolai Radchenko (Vladimir Skomarovsky) from Moscow to San Francisco, then to Los Angeles, where Kevin crosses paths with his older brother Jack, a maverick LAPD cop who attempts to become involved in the operation, placing both brothers' lives at risk from a group of dangerous Soviet martial arts experts.

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