Raw Deal( 1986)

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The system gave him a raw deal. Nobody gives him a raw deal.

Overview

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.

Top Billed Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner
Kathryn Harrold
Monique
Sam Wanamaker
Luigi Patrovita
Paul Shenar
Paulo Rocca
Robert Davi
Max Keller
Ed Lauter
Baker
Darren McGavin
Chief Harry Shannon
Joe Regalbuto
Marvin Baxter
Mordecai Lawner
Marcellino
Steven Hill
Martin Lamanski
Blanche Baker
Amy Kaminski
Louise Robey
Lamanski's Girl
Victor Argo
Dangerous Man
George P. Wilbur
Killer #1
Denver Mattson
Killer #2
John Malloy
Trager
Lorenzo Clemons
Washington 2nd Sergeant
Dick Durock
Dingo
Frank Ferrara
Spike
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Jesus
Jack Hallett
Carson
Leon Rippy
Man in Tux
Jay Butler
Rice
Norman Max Maxwell
Fake State Trooper
Tony DiBenedetto
Rudy
Tom Hull
Metzger
Mary Cannon
Saleswoman
Gary Houston
Patrovita Thug
Greg Noonan
Patrovita Thug
Steve Holt
Blair Shannon
Cedric Guthrie
Agent with Shannon
Brooks Gardner
Elevator Operator
Pat Miller
Kinks Cashier
Jery Hewitt
Stickman
James Eric
Byron
Ralph Foody
Captain
Howard Elfman
Bomb Squad officer
John Hateley
Trooper (Double)
Joel Kramer
Brenner (Double)
Jeff Ramsey
Bodyguard #1
Bill McIntosh
Bodyguard #2
Ted Grossman
Bodyguard #3
Kent Hays
Drunken Player
Greg Walker
Rudy (Double)
Clifford Happy
Tony's Bodyguard
Michael Adams
Patrovita's Bodyguard
Dean Smith
Patrovita's Double
Alex Ross
Stationwagon Driver
Socorro Santiago
Nurse at Center
Richard McGough
Baker's Partner
Sharon Rice
Jogger
R. Pickett Bugg
Lookout Gangster
John Clark
Newscaster
Scott Blount
Performer
Phil Adams
FBI Agent
Chuck Hart
FBI Agent
Larry Holt
FBI Agent
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Patrovita's Bearded Bodyguard (uncredited)
Ken Sprunt
FBI Agent
Peter Kent
Thug shot dead onto garbage cans at rock quarry (uncredited)
Dimitrius Pulido
Body Guard (uncredited)
Gary Olson
Lamanski's Driver
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Patrovita's Bearded Bodyguard

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Nov 24 2019

Because of you a lot of people are dead. And now it's your turn. Raw Deal is directed by John Irvin and written by Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati, Gary DeVore and Norman Wexler. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Robert Davi and Ed Lauter. A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them. Something of a forgotten Schwarzenegger vehicle, it's for sure one of his lesser lights from his 80s output, but there's enough brawn and bonkers machismo to...