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May 2024
58m 35s

Robocop (1987)| Episode 413

Jim Adams
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Jim reminisces about his first viewing of a classic sci-fi film from 1987 that has spawned an iconic franchise and following - "Robocop<" starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer, Kurtwood Smith, Paul McCrane, Ray Wise, Robert DoQui, Felton Perry, Jesse Goins, and directed by Paul Verhoeven. A cop killed in the line of duty is used to create a cybernetic police office in a crime-infested Detroit of the near future. But subterfuge abounds. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated o Old Monster Movies.

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