- HD 1080
- Runtime: 110m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: James B. Harris
- Stars: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid, Raymond J. Barry
- keywords: daughter, high school, prostitute, rape, based on novel or book, police, sports car, homophobia, psychopath, machinegun, shotgun, cigarette, coffee, pizza, stalker, dysfunctional family, shootout, feminist, police officer killed, dirty cop, officer involved shooting, male prostitution, rogue cop, vulgarity, poetry quote, crime scene, burglary, mercilessness, internal affairs, drug dealing, police corruption, family abandonment, payphone, los angeles, california, yearbook, neo-noir
- Production_studio: Harris-Woods Productions, Atlantic Entertainment Group, Polyphony Digital
- Slogan: A killer on the loose. A cop on the edge.
- providers: ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
- The Cop is featured in the top rankings of 1988
- #100 in Top Drama Movies of 1988
- #37 in Top Crime Movies of 1988
- #27 in Top Thriller Movies of 1988
- #10 in Top Mystery Movies of 1988
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
