One Good Cop is a 1991 film starring Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia and written and directed by Heywood Gould.
Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton) is an NYPD 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 (Grac...
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One Good Cop is a 1991 film starring Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia and written and directed by Heywood Gould.
Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton) is an NYPD 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.
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