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{{Short description|1985 television film directed by Victor Lobl}}
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| genre              = Crime<br>Drama
| writer             =
| director           = [[Victor Lobl]]
| starring           = [[Carl Weathers]]
| music              = [[Brad Fiedel]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
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| cinematography     = Roger Sherman Jr.
| runtime            = 90 minutes
| company            = [[Blatt-Singer Productions]]<br>[[Centerpoint Productions]]<br>[[MGM/UA Television]]
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| network            = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| released           = {{Start date|1985|04|28}}
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'''''Braker''''' is a 1985 American [[television film|made-for-television]] [[crime film|crime drama film]] starring [[Carl Weathers]] and [[Joseph Bottoms]]. It was intended as a [[television pilot|pilot]] for a series which was never produced.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jerry Roberts|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors , Volume 1|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press, 2009|isbn=978-0810861381}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Vincent Terrace|title=Experimental television, test films, pilots, and trial series, 1925 through 1995|year=1997|publisher=McFarland, 1997|isbn=0786401788}}</ref> It was broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on April 28, 1985.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kevin Thomas|title=Movies of the week|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 28, 1985}}</ref>
==Plot==
Harry Braker is a tough veteran cop. [[Rookie]] detective Eddie Kelso is his inexperienced partner.  They are both drawn in to investigate the murder of Kate Taylor, a music video editor. The investigation is linked to both the music and adult-film industries.<ref>{{cite news|title=Americans Watch More Television Than Ever|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3kdDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d60MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1221,812973&dq=braker+weathers&hl=en|access-date=2 September 2012|newspaper=Daily Leader|date=April 28, 1985}}</ref>
== Cast ==
*[[Carl Weathers]] as Lieutenant Harry Braker
*[[Joseph Bottoms]] as Eddie Kelso
*[[Anne Schedeen]] as Lieutenant Polly Peters
*[[Alex Rocco]] as Orsini
*[[Randall "Tex" Cobb]] as R.E. Packard
*[[Peter Michael Goetz]] as Captain Joyce
*[[Dann Florek]] as Hayes
*[[Tracey Ross]] as Janice
*[[Shanna Reed]] as Dede Drummond
*[[Ed O'Neill]] as Danny Buckner
*[[Ian McShane]] as Alan Roswell
*[[Kristoffer Tabori]] as Bruce Wines
*[[Gwen Humble]] as Kate Taylor
*[[Robert Pastorelli]] as Forensics Specialist
*[[Enrique Castillo]] as Booker
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0088843}}
[[Category:1985 television films]]
[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:1985 crime drama films]]
[[Category:American crime drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Brad Fiedel]]
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[[Category:Television films as pilots]]
[[Category:American drama television films]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:1980s American films]]
[[Category:English-language crime drama films]]
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