Murphy's Law

Los Angeles. Relentless sun. A ringing telephone. Detective Jack Murphy is framed for a string of vicious murders. Soon he's on the run, handcuffed to a young thief. One of Cannon's grittiest, least cartoonish action pictures.

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J. Lee Thompson directed Murphy's Law in 1986. See J. Lee Thompson's full filmography, where to start with J. Lee Thompson, or where to go after you've seen everything by J. Lee Thompson.

Murphy's Law was released in 1986 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.