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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

A hero who doesn't exist must save America from an enemy we never knew we had.

1985•2h 1m•6.3/10
ActionAdventureComedy

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6.3/10(275)

Tough Brooklyn street cop Sam Makin is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a secret United States organization known as CURE, who fake his death and give him a new identity: Remo Williams. With his appearance surgically altered, Williams is trained to be a human killing machine by his aged, derisive and impassive Korean martial arts master Chiun.

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Production

Orion Pictures, Dick Clark Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Remo Williams

Joel Grey

Joel Grey

Chiun

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

Harold Smith

J.A. Preston

J.A. Preston

Conn MacCleary

George Coe

George Coe

Gen. Scott Watson

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Maj. Rayner Fleming

Charles Cioffi

Charles Cioffi

George Grove

Patrick Kilpatrick

Patrick Kilpatrick

Stone

Michael Pataki

Michael Pataki

Jim Wilson

Davenia McFadden

Davenia McFadden

N.Y. Traffic Control Cop

Cosie Costa

Pvt. Damico

J.P. Romano

J.P. Romano

Boomer #1

Joel Kramer

Joel Kramer

Boomer #2

Frank Ferrara Sr.

Frank Ferrara Sr.

Boomer #3

Marv Albert

Sports Announcer (voice)

Reginald VelJohnson

Reginald VelJohnson

Ambulance Driver

Jon Polito

Jon Polito

Zack

Jeff Allin

Jeff Allin

Lt. Fox

Tom McBride

Tom McBride

'Jim' in Soap Opera

William Hickey

William Hickey

Coney Island Barker

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