''Mean Tricks'' (original name: ''Hornsby e Rodriguez - Sfida criminale'') is a 1992

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produced in

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and directed by

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. Released in 1992, it starred Charles Napier, David Warbeck and Stefano Sabelli. It was shot between Kinepolis Studios in

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and

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Plot

Hornsby, a recently retired FBI agent (Charles Napier) goes to South America to find his old partner because rumor has it that his old partner has become a criminal. When the former partner is killed, Hornsby alters the crime scene to make it appear that his ex-partner killed the gunman himself. The rest of the movie follows Hornsby as he tries to discover who killed his partner and why.

Cast

* Charles Napier as Brian Hornsby * Stefano Sabelli as Rodriguez *

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as Candelaria * David Brandon as Jimmy Gandelman / Cobra * David Warbeck as Frank Mendoza *

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References

External links

* 1992 films Italian crime thriller films 1992 crime thriller films 1990s Italian-language films English-language Italian films Films directed by Umberto Lenzi Films scored by Franco Micalizzi 1990s Italian films 1992 multilingual films Italian multilingual films {{crime-thriller-film-stub