Raw Deal
Raw Deal movie poster
Directed by	John Irvin
Produced by	Martha Schumacher
Written by	Luciano Vincenzoni (story) & Sergio Donati (story) Gary DeVore (screenplay) & Norman Wexler (screenplay)
Starring	Arnold Schwarzenegger Kathryn Harrold Darren McGavin Sam Wanamaker Paul Shenar Steven Hill Ed Lauter
Music by	Tom Bähler Chris Boardman Albhy Galuten Claude Gaudette (theme "Kaminski Stomps")
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Editing by	Anne V. Coates
Distributed by	De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Release date(s)	June 6, 1986
Running time	97 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8,500,000
Gross revenue	$16,209,459 (USA)

Raw Deal is 1986 action film directed by John Irvin and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's the story of an FBI agent who wants to get revenge against a Mafia organization, and sends a former FBI agent (now small-town sherriff) played by Schwarzenegger to destroy the organization from the inside.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot

In a remote wooded cabin, a mob informant and his FBI bodyguards are assassinated. One of the agents killed while protecting the informant was Blair Shannon, son of FBI Chief Harry Shannon (Darren McGavin), who vows revenge.

Small-town sheriff Mark Kaminsky (Schwarzenegger) goes home to his wife (Blanche Baker) who is angry at what their lives have been reduced to and in a drunken fit, throws a cake at Mark. Kaminsky once worked for the FBI, but five years before he brutally beat a suspect who molested, murdered, and mutilated a young girl. He was given the option to "resign or be prosecuted" by the ambitious agent Baxter, who is now heading up a committee looking into the dealings of mobster Luigi Patrovita (Sam Wanamaker).

Chief Shannon calls Kaminsky in on a secret assignment of revenge, to infiltrate Patrovita's organization and "tear it up". Harry can't do anything officially, and the FBI has a leak who has been getting agents killed, which is why Kaminsky must go in secret. Harry dangles the prospect of Kaminsky being re-instated with the FBI, leading to Kaminsky faking his own death and posing as convicted felon Joseph P. Brenner. Kaminsky manages to get an audience with Patrovita's right hand man Rocca, and convinces them of his worth by harassing Martin Lamanski, a rival mob boss who is trying to move in on Patrovita's territory. While at Rocca's underground casino, he makes the acquaintance of Monique (Kathryn Harrold), a woman who works for Rocca's top lieutenant Max Keller (Robert Davi).

Kaminsky continues to work his way into the good graces of the Patrovita family, but Keller isn't convinced that 'Brenner' is all that he says he is. Keller eventually manages to find proof, showing Kaminsky's photo to a police informant who arrested the real Brenner in the past, and takes Kaminsky on a "special assignment". The leak the FBI has been looking for is revealed as none other than Baxter, who is forced to stay close to Patrovita. Kaminsky accompanies Keller to a cemetery for the job, but finds out that the target is Chief Harry Shannon, which causes him to blow his cover. Kaminsky and Shannon manage to kill Keller and the other hit man who came along, but not without Shannon being shot and severely wounded.

Kaminsky escapes, assisted by Monique (who has grown fond of him). He then suits up, gathers an arsenal of firearms and raids one of Patrovita's gravel pits, eventually killing everyone (to the tune of "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones) and walking off with the cash left behind. He hands the cash to Monique and gets her on a chartered plane, then sets off to Patrovita's casino, hidden in a basement level of a high class hotel. There, he single-handedly wipes out Patrovita and all of his men, including Rocca. On his way out, he encounters a whimpering Baxter, and offers him a gun with the same line Baxter gave him earlier: "Resign, or be prosecuted. Any way you want it." Kaminsky starts to walk off, and when Baxter attempts to shoot him, Kaminsky turns and shoots Baxter in self-defense.

The coda shows Kaminsky visiting Shannon in a hospital, who was crippled as a result of the gunshot wound to his back. Kaminsky has been reinstated into the FBI and his wife is now pregnant. Kaminsky wants Shannon to be godfather to the child, but only if Shannon will attempt to walk. Shannon makes a strong effort, and eventually manages to walk a few feet on his own, embraced by a smiling Kaminsky.

[edit] Cast

• Arnold Schwarzenegger .... Mark Kaminsky/Joseph P. Brenner
• Kathryn Harrold .... Monique
• Darren McGavin .... Chief Harry Shannon
• Sam Wanamaker .... Luigi Patrovita
• Paul Shenar .... Paulo Rocca
• Steven Hill .... Martin Lamanski
• Joe Regalbuto .... Marvin Baxter
• Robert Davi .... Max Keller
• Blanche Baker .... Amy Kaminsky
• Steve Holt .... Blair Shannon
• Sven-Ole Thorsen .... Patrovita's bearded bodyguard

[edit] See also

• List of American films of 1986

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Raw Deal at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Films directed by John Irvin Hard Times (1977) · The Dogs of War (1980) · Ghost Story (1981) · Champions (1983) · Turtle Diary (1984) · Raw Deal (1986) · Hamburger Hill (1987) · Next of Kin (1989) · Eminent Domain (1990) · Robin Hood (1991)  · Freefall (1993) · Widows' Peak (1994) · A Month by the Lake (1995) · City of Industry (1996) · Crazy Horse (1997) · When Trumpets Fade (1998)  · Noah's Ark (1999) · Shiner (2000) · The Fourth Angel (2001) · The Boys from County Clare (2003) · Dot.Kill (2005) · The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha (2006) · The Moon and the Stars (2007) · The Garden of Eden (2008)