Striking Distance

Striking Distance is a 1993 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis as a Pittsburgh Police homicide detective Thomas Hardy. The film costars Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore. It was directed by Rowdy Herrington and written by Herrington and Marty Kaplan. The film was shot on location throughout Pittsburgh its early title was Three Rivers.

Two years later, Tom is working for the Pittsburgh Police River Rescue Squad when he is called to the scene of a body dump. The victim turns out to be a stewardess, Cheryl Putnam, with whom Tom had once been romantically involved. He is soon assigned a new partner, Jo Christman Sarah Jessica Parker. District Attorney Frank Morris Andre Braugher reveals Tom had been demoted to River Rescue after he went on the news and publicly stated he believes the Polish Hill Strangler was a member of the police force. His cousin Danny Detillo Tom Sizemore, Jimmys brother, has stepped down from the force and became an alcoholic. He has recently returned from California.At a hospital, a nurse is abducted. Tom receives a phone call similar to ones left by the Polish Hill Strangler two years earlier he hears a woman scream before she is shot and the phone goes dead. Detective Eddie Eiler Brion James states on TV the murder was committed by a copycat. Tom is met with strong opposition by his uncle Nick Detillo Dennis Farina, now a Captain, after claiming he received a phone call from the killer. Tom goes to the precinct and steals Chicanis deposition file in order to conduct an unauthorized investigation. Soon after, the body of another of Toms exgirlfriends is found. ........

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