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The Red-Light Sting is a 1984 American crime thriller television film directed by Rod Holcomb and written by Howard Berk, based on true events detailed in the February 2, 1981 New York magazine article "The Whorehouse Sting" by Henry Post. It stars Farrah Fawcett, Beau Bridges, and Harold Gould. It aired on CBS on April 5, 1984.

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The Red-Light Sting
Genre	Crime Thriller
Based on	"The Whorehouse Sting" by Henry Post
Written by	Howard Berk
Directed by	Rod Holcomb
Starring	Farrah Fawcett Beau Bridges Harold Gould
Music by	James Di Pasquale
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Jon Epstein
Cinematography	Woody Omens
Editor	Scott C. Eyler
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color (Technicolor)
Audio format	Mono
Original release	April 5, 1984 (1984-04-05)

Plot

In order to arrest an elusive San Francisco crime boss, agents of the Justice Department come up with a plan to buy a brothel, install hidden cameras, and catch him in a sting operation when he inevitably extorts it for protection money. The rookie agent put in charge of the operation is aided by a veteran call girl at the brothel.[1]

Cast

• Farrah Fawcett as Kathy Dunn
• Beau Bridges as Frank Powell
• Harold Gould as Oliver Sully
• Paul Burke as Brockelhurst
• Alex Henteloff as Jesse Lorner
• Conrad Janis as Bowman
• Sunny Johnson as Sonia
• James Luisi as Renny Lucas
• Philip Charles MacKenize as Ruger
• Murray MacLeod as Ruger's assistant
• Macon McCalman as Jeffers
• Lawrence Pressman as Larry Barton

References

External links

• The Red-Light Sting at IMDb

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