One Tough Cop

One Tough Cop
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Directed by	Bruno Barreto
Screenplay by	Jeremy Iacone
Based on	One Tough Cop: The Bo Dietl Story by Bo Dietl and Ken Gross
Produced by	Michael Bregman Martin Bregman
Starring	Stephen Baldwin Chris Penn Gina Gershon Mike McGlone Paul Guilfoyle
Cinematography	Ron Fortunato
Edited by	Ray Hubley
Music by	Bruce Broughton
Distributed by	Stratosphere Entertainment
Release date	October 9, 1998 (1998-10-09)(United States)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,223,034 (domestic)

One Tough Cop is a 1998 American action crime film. It was directed by Bruno Barreto and written by Jeremy Iacone. The movie stars Stephen Baldwin as the protagonist and first-person narrator Bo Dietl, a real-life New York City detective who wrote the book that the film is based on. Chris Penn costars as Dietl's partner. Gina Gershon, Mike McGlone and Paul Guilfoyle also play key roles.

Plot summary

Detective Bo Dietl and his partner investigate the rape and murder of a nun. Meanwhile, Dietl learns that his partner has a gambling problem, and is in debt to loan sharks.

Cast

• Stephen Baldwin as Bo Dietl
• Chris Penn as Duke Finnerly
• Gina Gershon as Joey O'Hara
• Mike McGlone as Richie La Cassa
• Luis Guzmán as "Papi", Gunman
• Harvey Atkin as Rudy
• Paul Guilfoyle as Frankie "Hot" Salvino
• Victor Slezak as FBI Agent Burt Payne
• Amy Irving as FBI Agent Jean Devlin
• Jason Blicker as Philly Nose
• Bo Dietl as Detective Benny Levine
• Frank Pellegrino as Lieutenant Frank Raggio
• Michael Rispoli as Lieutenant Denny Reagan
• Paul Calderón as Sergeant Diaz
• Jean Paul as Juano
• Larry Gilliard Jr. as Curtis Wilkins
• Philip Akin as Inspector Cheney
• Nigel Bennett as Inspector Bassie

Reception

One Tough Cop was poorly received by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 24% from 21 reviews with the consensus: "An aimless vanity piece starring a miscast Stephen Baldwin, this limp thriller tries too hard to portray the real-life Bo Dietl as One Tough Cop for him to be a believable one, too." ^[1]

References

1. "One Tough Cop". Rotten Tomatoes .

External links

• One Tough Cop at IMDb
• One Tough Cop at Rotten Tomatoes
• One Tough Cop at the TCM Movie Database
• One Tough Cop at Box Office Mojo