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Action Jackson
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| Action Jackson | |
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 Action Jackson DVD Cover |
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| Directed by | Craig R. Baxley |
| Produced by | Joel Silver Steve Perry |
| Written by | Robert Reneau |
| Starring | Carl Weathers Vanity Craig T. Nelson Sharon Stone |
| Music by | Herbie Hancock Michael Kamen |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Editing by | Mark Helfrich |
| Distributed by | Lorimar Film Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | February 12, 1988 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Action Jackson is a 1988 action film, starring Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson, and Sharon Stone, directed by Craig R. Baxley.
Detroit Police Detective, Sgt. Jericho Jackson, known as "Action Jackson", was a Lieutenant in the police force but demoted because of a case he headed involving the son of businessman Peter Delleplane. After his demotion, "Action Jackson" begins investigating murders of Union members for "Delleplane," the company of Jackson's nemesis Peter Delleplane. Delleplane, it is discovered, is murdering his way to power, hiring assassins to kill unfriendly Union members.
Jackson has the help of a mistress of Peter Delleplane, a singer named Sydney Ash, who is a heroin addict. Jackson is framed for murdering Peter Delleplane's wife and is on the run from the police. He receives help from an informant and finds a way to get to Delleplane. The showdown leads to Jackson and Delleplane at the latter's mansion at the party of a Union Leader. Jackson wins the showdown, killing Delleplane; and he gets his job as a Lieutenant back as a result of this victory.
- Carl Weathers ... Sgt. Jericho "Action" Jackson
- Craig T. Nelson ... Peter Delleplane
- Vanity ... Sydney Ash
- Sharon Stone ... Patrice Delleplane
- Bill Duke ... Captain Armbruster
- Robert Davi ... Tony Moretti
- Jack Thibeau ... Detective Kotterwell
- Stan Foster ... Albert
- Roger Aaron Brown ... Officer Lack
- Thomas F. Wilson ... Officer Kornblau
- Chino 'Fats' Williams ... Kid Sable
- Francis X. McCarthy ... Oliver O'Rooney (as Frank McCarthy)
- De'voreaux White ... Clovis
- Dennis Hayden ... Shaker
- Bob Minor ... Gamble
- Brian Libby ... Martin
- In the online game World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, there is a character named "Action Jaxon"
- In the Unhinged expansion of the trading card game Magic: The Gathering, there is a card called Fraction Jackson.
- Arizona Diamondback's first baseman, Conor Jackson, uses the name as his nickname.