Number One with a Bullet (1987)

Director
Jack Smight

Main cast
Robert Carradine; Billy Dee Williams; Valerie Bertinelli; Valerie Bertinelli; Peter Graves

Genres
Action, Comedy

Description
Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.


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