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Fortune Dane (1986)
Director: Nicholas Sgarro
Cast: Carl Weathers, Joe Dallesandro, Daphne Ashbrook, John Hancock
Runtime83 min
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Carl Weathers is a former championship athlete turned police officer. He is about to face the most vicious challenge of his life in this action packed adventure. When a hitman brutally massacres nine people, including his personal friend in a cold-blooded attack, Fortune Dane demands justice. As he pieces together the facts surrounding the slaughter, he get’s too close to the truth. Someone important wants him stopped. Hired killers stalk him, blackmailers plant drugs to threaten him, and his captain pulls him off the case. The unthinkable happens when the evidence condemns the last person Dane would ever suspect. He turns in his badge and takes matters into his own hands – fighting for his goal, his code, and his life! When the going gets tough, the tough turn to Fortune Dane.
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Fortune Dane is an action-packed 1986 film directed by Nicholas Sgarro, starring Carl Weathers as a former champion athlete turned police officer. While the film's critical reception is unclear, it likely found favor with audiences as an intense action thriller about a cop seeking justice after a brutal massacre.
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Fans of gritty 1980s action films will appreciate the intensity and personal stakes in Fortune Dane, a 1986 thriller directed by Nicholas Sgarro and starring Carl Weathers as a police officer turned vigilante in pursuit of a ruthless killer.
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Fortune Dane is an American crime drama series that aired at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on ABC from February 15 to March 27, 1986. It stars Carl Weathers as the title character. It was cancelled after only six episodes, due to low ratings after failing to compete with NBC's The Golden Girls and 227. A few months after the series ended, the series was re-edited as a television movie. As of 2021, the series is available to stream on Crackle.
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