L.A. Takedown

L.A. Takedown
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Genre	Action Crime Drama
Written by	Michael Mann
Directed by	Michael Mann
Starring	Scott Plank Michael Rooker Ely Pouget Vincent Guastaferro Richard Chaves Victor Rivers
Music by	Tim Truman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Michael Mann
Producer	Patrick Markey
Production location	Los Angeles
Cinematography	Ronald Víctor García
Editor	Dov Hoenig
Running time	92 minutes
Production companies	Ajar Inc. Compañía Iberoamericana de TV Movies Film Productions World International Network
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	August 27, 1989 (1989-08-27)
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L.A. Takedown, also called L.A. Crimewave and Made in L.A.,^[1] is a 1989 American crime action film written and directed by Michael Mann. Originally filmed as a pilot for an NBC television series, the project was reworked and aired as a stand-alone TV film after the series was not picked up. The film was later released on VHS and, in Region 2, on DVD.

The ensemble cast includes Scott Plank, Alex McArthur, Michael Rooker, Daniel Baldwin, and Xander Berkeley. Plank starred as Vincent Hanna, a detective on the hunt for professional criminal Patrick McLaren, played by McArthur; the story was based on the real-life investigation of Chicago criminal Neil McCauley.

The film is best known as the basis for the 1995 film Heat. The film was moderately well received in retrospective reviews, but remains overshadowed by its remake.