Murphy's Law (film)

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Murphy's Law
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. Lee Thompson
Produced by	Pancho Kohner
Written by	Gail Morgan Hickman
Starring	Charles Bronson Kathleen Wilhoite Carrie Snodgress
Distributed by	MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
Release date(s)	June 3, 1986 (USA)
Running time	100 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Murphy's Law is an action-crime film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It was released by Cannon Films to the United States on April 18th, 1986. The film stars Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in lead roles with a supporting cast that includes Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons, and Richard Romanus.

[edit] Plot

Charles Bronson plays Jack Murphy, a hardened, antisocial LAPD detective who frequently escapes the harsh reality that his ex-wife, played by Angel Tompkins, is a stripper and his career is going nowhere. His world is turned upside down, however, when he is framed by ex-convict Joan Freeman (Carrie Snodgress) for putting her in prison earlier in his career. After Freeman murders his divorced wife and his close friends and frames him for the crimes, the same police force he worked for places him under arrest with Arabella McGee (Kathleen Wilhoite), a petty thief he locked away. He finds himself handcuffed to her for the remainder of the movie, as he pursues the real killer and she reluctantly follows along, his own men tracking him down and attempting to apprehend the pair by any means possible.

Murphy's Law includes music by Marc Donahue and Valentine McCallum. It was photographed by Alex Phillips Jr.