Impulse

Impulse

5.6IMDb Score
Released:1990-04-06
Duration:109 min
Director:Sondra Locke
Actors:Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alan Rosenberg, Nicholas Mele
Production:Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview:

A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relationships, is thrown into a web of murder and deceit.

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