Taxman (film)

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Taxman
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Film poster
Directed by Avi Nesher
Written byAvi Nesher
Roger Berger
Produced byAvi Nesher
Kathy Jordan [1]
Starring
Cinematography Jim Denault [1]
Edited byAlex Hall [1]
Music by Roger Neill [1]
Release date
May 1998
Running time
104 minutes [1]

Taxman is a 1998 film directed by Avi Nesher and written by Nesher and Roger Berger. [1]

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Plot

A tax investigator chasing a tax evader stumbles upon a series of bloody murders and gets wrapped up in an investigation with a rookie cop despite his boss' orders to stay out of the way.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Van Gelder, Lawrence (September 17, 1999). "'Taxman': Beyond the Call of Duty, an Odd Couple of Civil Servants". The New York Times .