One Good Cop

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One Good Cop
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Heywood Gould
Produced by	Harry Colomby Joan Bradshaw Laurence Mark
Written by	Heywood Gould
Starring	Michael Keaton Rene Russo Anthony LaPaglia
Music by	David Foster William Ross
Cinematography	Ralf D. Bode
Editing by	Richard Marks
Distributed by	Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s)	May 3, 1991 May 9 August 30 September 13 September 19
Running time	114 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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One Good Cop is a 1991 film starring Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia.

[edit] Plot

Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton) is a cop who believes in his work, loves his wife Rita (Rene Russo), and stands by his partner Stevie Diroma (Anthony LaPaglia).

Stevie is a single parent, and when Stevie is killed by Mickey Garrett (David Barry Gray) during a hostage situation, Stevie's three young daughters Marian (Grace Johnston), Barbara (Rhea Silver-Smith), and Carol (Blair Swanson) are left with nowhere to go.

Artie and Rita take them in and want to adopt them, but the Child Welfare Service decides that their apartment is too small for three children, and Barbara is a diabetic who needs two insulin shots per day.

Artie needs to buy a house, and the house he has chosen requires a $25,000 down payment that he doesn't have. Desperate, Artie grabs his gun and robs drug kingpin Beniamino Rios (Tony Plana), who was, in a way, involved in Stevie's death.

Artie uses most of the take to buy the house, and he gives the rest to Father Wills (Vondie Curtis-Hall), who runs a local orphanage. However, Beniamino's girlfriend Grace De Feliz (Rachel Ticotin) is actually an undercover narcotics agent who decides to go after Artie.

When Beniamino kidnaps Artie, Grace decides to help Artie, and they are forced to kill Beniamino. Artie's boss, Lieutenant Danny Quinn (Kevin Conway), tells Artie that no charges will be filed against him.

Artie and Rita are happy, because now they can adopt the girls.