Dead Heat
“You can't keep a good cop dead.”
Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Comedy
Studio
New World Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Dead Heat performed
Budget
$5.0M
Worldwide Gross
$3.6M
Gross Profit
−$1.4M
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$711K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Det. Roger Mortis
Treat Williams
Det. Roger Mortis
Det. Doug Bigelow
Joe Piscopo
Det. Doug Bigelow
Randi James
Lindsay Frost
Randi James
Dr. Ernest McNab
Darren McGavin
Dr. Ernest McNab
Arthur P. Loudermilk
Vincent Price
Arthur P. Loudermilk
Lt. Herzog
Robert Picardo
Lt. Herzog
Newscaster
Martha Quinn
Newscaster
Mr. Thule
Keye Luke
Mr. Thule
Rebecca Smythers
Clare Kirkconnell
Rebecca Smythers
Captain Mayberry
Mel Stewart
Captain Mayberry
Patrolman
Shane Black
Patrolman
Pool Zombie
Pons Maar
Pool Zombie
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