Vice Squad (film)

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Vice Squad
Directed by	Gary Sherman
Produced by	Brian E. Frankish
Written by	Sandy Howard Robert Vincent O'Neill Kenneth Peters Gary Sherman
Starring	Season Hubley Gary Swanson Wings Hauser
Music by	Joe Renzetti Keith Rubinstein
Cinematography	John Alcott
Editing by	Roy Watts
Distributed by	Embassy Pictures
Release date(s)	January 22, 1982
Running time	97 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Vice Squad is a 1982 action/drama film, starring Wings Hauser, Season Hubley, and Gary Swanson, directed by Gary Sherman. The original music score was composed by Joe Renzetti and Keith Rubenstein. Wings Hauser sang the vocal track on the film's opening and closing theme song "Neon Slime".

Tagline: On the street, the real trick is staying alive.

[edit] Plot summary

A Los Angeles businesswoman has turned to prostitution under the name Princess to support herself and her young daughter. She is then forced by the L.A. vice squad to help them nail a brutal pimp named Ramrod, who murdered one of his own girls. Princess sets Ramrod up, he is arrested, but escapes police custody. He then sets out on a long night after Princess, looking for her. Detective Tom Walsh and his vice squad are searching for Ramrod, but Ramrod has managed to stay a step ahead of them.