1989 film directed by John Eyres

Slow Burn

Directed by| John Eyres
Written by| Stephen Lister[1]
Produced by| Stephen Chang
John A. Curtis
John Eyres
Zafar Malik (exec prod)
Lloyd Simandl (exec prod)
Starring| William Smith
Anthony James
Scott Anderson
Ivan Rogers
Thom Schioler
Melissa J. Conroy
Stephen M.D. Chang[2]
Cinematography| Nathaniel Massey
Edited by| Derek Whelan[3]
Music by| Alan Grey

Release date

| 1989
Language| English

Slow Burn is a 1989 film directed by John Eyres and starring Ivan Rogers, William Smith, Anthony James and Stephen M.D. Chang. A veteran cop's partner is killed by a Mafia hitman, and he goes after him. Also on the trail of the hitman is a rookie cop who has his own personal reasons for pursuing him.

## Contents

* 1 Story
* 2 Personnel
* 2.1 Cast
* 2.2 Crew
* 3 Technical and release information
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Story[edit]

A veteran cop has the task of preventing two rival criminal organizations from warring with each other. The two organizations happen to be the Mafia and the Triads.[4][5] Besides this, the cop is also pursuing a hitman who is also being pursued by a less experienced cop. The veteran cop has no idea that rookie cop who has put himself in a close position to the hit man's boss is after the same target.[6][7] The Mafia don was played by William Smith and the hitman Emilio Renzetti played by Anthony James.[8]

## Personnel[edit]

### Cast[edit]

* Ivan Rogers ... Murphy
* William Smith ... Antonio Scarpelli
* Anthony James ... Renzetti
* Scott Anderson ... Gino
* Melissa J. Conroy ... Lisa
* Thom Schioler ... Babe
* Stephen M.D. Chang ... Sun Cheng
* Don Kline ... Corigliano
* Mervon Bowman ... Drug Dealer
* William Britos ... Drug Dealer
* Frank Wilson ... Captain Fahey
* Paul McLean ... Patterson
* Michael Tiernan ... O'Brien
* Gerry Vivash ... Petrie
* Keith Beardwood ... Silverman[9][10]

### Crew[edit]

* Steven Lister ... Screenwriter
* Geoff Griffiths ... Producer
* John Eyres ... Director, producer, executive producer
* John A Curtis ... Executive producer
* Zafar Malik ... Executive producer
* Nathaniel Massey ... Director Of Photography
* Alan M Trow ... Camera Operator[11]

## Technical and release information[edit]

Slow Burn was released in Belgium in 1990 on Excalibur Video.[12] One piece of movie-related material bears the line, "In Chinatown, The Only Thing That Runs Deeper Than Tradition Is Blood".[13]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Imdb - Slow Burn (1989 Video), Full Cast & Crew
2. ^ Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze - Slow Burn (TV film)
3. ^ Imdb - Slow Burn (1989 Video), Full Cast & Crew
4. ^ AllMovie - Slow Burn (1990), Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine
5. ^ VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996, Visible Ink Press, 1 Sep. 1995 - Page 1989
6. ^ Movie Chit Chat - Slow Burn (1990)
7. ^ Vestron Video International, Thursday, April 23, 2009 - Slow Burn
8. ^ The Indianapolis Star, October 18, 1991 - Page 48 'Slow Burn 9 is clunker for Hoosier filmmaker
9. ^ Imdb - Slow Burn (1989)
10. ^ BFI - Slow Burn (1989)
11. ^ Turner Classic Movies - Slow Burn, OVERVIEW
12. ^ VHS Collector - Slow Burn
13. ^ Rotten Tomatoes - Slow Burn (1990)

## External links[edit]

* Imdb: Slow Burn