Murphy's Law (1986) on Netflix
Framed for his ex-wife's murder, LAPD detective Jack Murphy is arrested. Handcuffed to Arabella McGee, a thief he once jailed, he escapes custody to find whoever set him up.
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- Rotten Tomatoes33%
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Plot summary
Jack Murphy is a veteran LAPD detective whose career has stalled and whose marriage has ended; his ex-wife now works as a stripper, and he drinks to get away from both facts. He has also earned the hatred of the mobster Frank Vincenzo by killing Vincenzo's brother. When his ex-wife and her boyfriend are murdered, the case against Murphy is built on evidence pointing to him, and his own department takes him into custody. More deaths follow among people close to him, and he carries the blame. Cuffed to Arabella McGee, a petty thief with a foul mouth whom he arrested on an earlier occasion, he gets out of the station and sets off to learn who is behind the killings while the police hunt the pair.
Cast
- Clifford A. Pellowas Lieutenant Nachman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Murphy's Law (1986)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Joan Jett was strongly considered to play Arabella in Murphy's Law, but Kathleen Wilhoite won the part because of her greater acting experience; Madonna, Rae Dawn Chong and Apollonia Kotero were also considered, and the producers passed on Madonna because her asking price was too high.
- Joan Jett remained friends with Charles Bronson and his wife Jill Ireland, who later inspired her song "Don't Surrender".
