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Turk 182
A graffiti guerrilla undermines the New York mayor's "Polish the Big Apple" re-election campaign. He has justice, and the entire populace, on his side, too; and the chipper, Irish-accented background music tugs us back to the heyday of Ford, Capra, and McCarey. But the whole thing is a bit flat, no fault of the cast, least of all Robert Culp as the beleaguered mayor -- a very deft and light-footed heavy. And it should not go unnoticed that the filmmakers are every bit as patronizing and manipulative as any American politician in fact or fiction. With Timothy Hutton, Kim Cattrall, Robert Urich, Peter Boyle, and Darren McGavin; directed by Robert Clark. 1985.
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MPAA Rating: PG-13