L.A. Takedown (1989) on Netflix
Vincent Hanna, a Los Angeles robbery-homicide sergeant, hunts a crew of robbers led by Patrick McLaren. The job strains his marriage to Lillian, while McLaren falls for Eady and condemns it.
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Plot summary
Patrick McLaren is a methodical planner who leads a crew of professional robbers in Los Angeles. Sergeant Vincent Hanna of the robbery-homicide division is an intense detective on his trail, and with his second-in-command, Detective Bosko, he keeps the crew under surveillance while McLaren prepares another heist. The police work strains Hanna's marriage to his wife, Lillian. McLaren, meanwhile, falls for Eady and condemns the attachment, since his profession demands commitment. The newest member of the crew, Waingro, is a loose cannon. The story of Hanna and McLaren was drawn from a real-life police investigation of a professional robber in Chicago.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about L.A. Takedown (1989)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- NBC was willing to buy the series only if Michael Mann replaced Scott Plank as the lead, but Mann refused, and the network rejected the show.
- Michael Mann based the detective Vincent Hanna on Chuck Adamson, a Chicago ex-police officer he worked with on Miami Vice and Crime Story. In 1963 Adamson was investigating professional robber Neil McCauley, and, per Mann, the two once bumped into each other, leaving Adamson unsure whether to arrest him, shoot him or have coffee.
- Michael Mann took his 180-page screenplay and edited out roughly 110 pages to make room for a 90-minute pilot.
