# Braker

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{{Short description|1985 television film directed by Victor Lobl}}
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| image              = Braker 1985 TV movie.jpg
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| caption            = 
| genre              = Crime<br>Drama
| writer             = 
| director           = [Victor Lobl](/source/Victor_Lobl)
| starring           = [Carl Weathers](/source/Carl_Weathers)<br>[Joseph Bottoms](/source/Joseph_Bottoms)
| music              = [Brad Fiedel](/source/Brad_Fiedel)
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| producer           = 
| executive_producer = 
| editor             = 
| cinematography     = Roger Sherman Jr.
| runtime            = 90 minutes
| company            = [Blatt-Singer Productions](/source/Blatt-Singer_Productions)<br>[Centerpoint Productions](/source/Centerpoint_Productions)<br>[MGM/UA Television](/source/MGM%2FUA_Television)
| budget             = 
| network            = [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)
| released           = {{Start date|1985|04|28}}
}}

'''''Braker''''' is a 1985 American [made-for-television](/source/television_film) [crime drama film](/source/crime_film) starring [Carl Weathers](/source/Carl_Weathers) and [Joseph Bottoms](/source/Joseph_Bottoms). It was intended as a [pilot](/source/television_pilot) for a series which was never produced.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jerry Roberts|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors, Volume 1|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press, 2009|isbn=978-0810861381}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Vincent Terrace|title=Experimental television, test films, pilots, and trial series, 1925 through 1995|year=1997|publisher=McFarland, 1997|isbn=0786401788}}</ref> It was broadcast on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) on April 28, 1985.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kevin Thomas|title=Movies of the week|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 28, 1985}}</ref>

==Plot==
Harry Braker is a tough veteran cop. [Rookie](/source/Rookie) detective Eddie Kelso is his inexperienced partner.  They are both drawn in to investigate the murder of Kate Taylor, a music video editor. The investigation is linked to both the music and adult-film industries.<ref>{{cite news|title=Americans Watch More Television Than Ever|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3kdDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d60MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1221,812973&dq=braker+weathers&hl=en|access-date=2 September 2012|newspaper=Daily Leader|date=April 28, 1985}}</ref>

== Cast ==
*[Carl Weathers](/source/Carl_Weathers) as Lieutenant Harry Braker
*[Joseph Bottoms](/source/Joseph_Bottoms) as Eddie Kelso
*[Anne Schedeen](/source/Anne_Schedeen) as Lieutenant Polly Peters
*[Alex Rocco](/source/Alex_Rocco) as Orsini
*[Randall "Tex" Cobb](/source/Randall_%22Tex%22_Cobb) as R.E. Packard
*[Peter Michael Goetz](/source/Peter_Michael_Goetz) as Captain Joyce
*[Dann Florek](/source/Dann_Florek) as Hayes
*[Tracey Ross](/source/Tracey_Ross) as Janice
*[Shanna Reed](/source/Shanna_Reed) as Dede Drummond
*[Ed O'Neill](/source/Ed_O'Neill) as Danny Buckner
*[Ian McShane](/source/Ian_McShane) as Alan Roswell
*[Kristoffer Tabori](/source/Kristoffer_Tabori) as Bruce Wines
*[Gwen Humble](/source/Gwen_Humble) as Kate Taylor
*[Robert Pastorelli](/source/Robert_Pastorelli) as Forensics Specialist
*[Enrique Castillo](/source/Enrique_Castillo) as Booker

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0088843}}

Category:1985 television films
Category:1985 films
Category:1985 crime drama films
Category:American crime drama films
Category:Films scored by Brad Fiedel
Category:Films about pornography
Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series
Category:Television films as pilots
Category:American drama television films
Category:1985 English-language films
Category:1985 American films
Category:English-language crime drama films
Category:American Broadcasting Company original films

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