Silk (1986)

Director
Cirio H. Santiago

Main cast
Cec Verrell; Bill McLaughlin; Joe Mari Avellana; Frederick Bailey

Genres
Action, Drama, Crime

Description
Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.


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