Taglines: The richest city in the world. Shut down. Ripped off. Blown up.
The Taking of Beverly Hills movie storyline. A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to plunder the city of all its valuables.
Finding himself siding with a corrupt cop who was once apart of the plan until he discovered the city’s mayor had just been blown away, by one of the chief crooks in charge. Now both on the run with no help in sight…both must do whatever they can to stop these murderous looters.
The Taking of Beverly Hills is a 1991 American action film, directed by Sidney J. Furie. The film stars Ken Wahl, Matt Frewer, Harley Jane Kozak and Robert Davi. In the film, football hero Boomer Hayes (Wahl) battles a group of ex-cops, who are using a chemical spill as a front to rob several homes and bank vaults in Beverly Hills. The film also features Pamela Anderson in her first film part in an uncredited role playing a cheerleader.
The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Starring: Ken Wahl, Matt Frewer, Harley Jane Kozak, Robert Davi, Lee Ving, Branscombe Richmond, Lyman Ward, Michael Bowen, William Prince, Michael G. Kehoe
Screenplay by: Rick Natkin, David Fuller, David J. Burke
Production Design by: Peter Lamont
Cinematography by: Frank E. Johnson
Film Editing by: Antony Gibbs
Costume Design by: Betsy Cox
Set Decoration by: Michael Ford
Art Direction by: Neil Lamont
Music by: Jan Hammer
MPAA Rating: R for language, and for some violence.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: October 11, 1991
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