C6380 COLORS (USA, 1988)

Credits: director, Dennis Hopper ; writer, Michael Schiffer. Cast: , , Maria Conchita Alonso. Summary: Police/crime melodrama set in contemporary Los Angeles. Two LAPD cops, one a veteran (Duvall) and one a rookie (Penn), try to bring peace to the gang wars raging between the Crips and the Bloods on the streets of the city. One of the supporting police characters is a Vietnam vet.

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