(man sobs) Why? Why? Why?

Description: An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.

Cast:
Danny McGavin: Sean Penn
Bob Hodges: Robert Duvall
Louisa Gomez: Maria Conchita Alonso
Ron Delaney: Randy Brooks
Larry Sylvester: Grand L. Bush
Rocket: Don Cheadle
Bird: Gerardo Mejía
High Top: Glenn Plummer
Melindez: Rudy Ramos
Bailey: Sy Richardson
Frog: Trinidad Silva
Reed: Charles Walker
T-Bone: Damon Wayans
Cook: Fred Asparagus
Officer Porter: Sherman Augustus
Spanky: Bruce Beatty
Woman in Recreation Center: Paula Bellamy
Tommie Hodges: Brandon Bluhm
Young Crip #1: Mark Booker
Cop at Sharon's: Ron Boyd
C.R.A.S.H. Secretary: Verda Bridges
Rusty Baines: R.D. Call
Gato: Steven Camarillo
Sullivan: Seymour Cassel
Diaz: Gary Carlos Cervantes
Young Crip #2: Eugene Collier
Officer Young: Lawrence Cook
Phil: Nick Corello
Preacher: Troy Curvey Jr.
Young Crip #3: Gregg Dandridge
Robert Craig: Brian Davis
Felipe: Romeo De Lan
Rita Gallegos: Marianne Díaz-Parton
2nd Man at Recreation Center: Nay K. Dorsey
Flacco: Fabian Escobedo
2nd C.R.A.S.H. Officer: Dennis Fanning
Sheriff Foster: Virgil Frye
Whitey: Courtney Gains
Philip: Tomás Goros
Oso: C.E. Grimes
Young Girl: Trysh Jefferson
Roy: Vaughn Tyree Jelks
Shouting Woman: Annie Joe Edwards
Lee: Clark Johnson
Maria: Kenia
Mrs. Craig: Tina Lifford
Felipe's Friend: Mario Lopez
Cop at Car Wreck: Lawrence Lowe
3rd C.R.A.S.H. Officer: Ted Markland
Grieving Husband: Roberto Martín Márquez
Willie Wright: Shawn McLemore
Angie: Margaret Medina
Joan Hodges: Micole Mercurio
Snakedance: Nigel Miguel
Locita: Karla Montana
Shooter: Allan Moore
Man at Recreation Center: Howard Mungo
Officer Samuels: Jack Nance
Neighbor Woman: Frances E. Nealy
1st C.R.A.S.H. Officer: Roy A. Nunez
Homeboy: Ray Oriel
Fighting Inmate: Roger Vernon Pamplin Jr.
2nd Woman in Recreation Center: Jo Marie Payton
Female Officer: Kim Pawlik
Traffic Officer: Anthony Pena
Bird's Girlfriend: Daniela Piquet
J.C.: David Raynr
Dr. Feelgood: T. Rodgers
Hearing Officer: Richard Rust
Crip Girl: Sharon Schaffer
Lewis: Geoffrey Thorne
Sharon Robbins: Ara Thorpe
Vietnam Vet: Tony Todd
Veterano: Peter Vasquez
Dog-Man: Jeffrey Washington
Spooky: Dion Williams
Officer Rutley: John Zenda
Gangmember: Francisco Aragon
CRASH Officer: Tony Moreno
Blood: Juney Smith
Killer-Bee:

Written by: Michael Schiffer, Richard Di Lello

Director: Dennis Hopper

Production: Orion Pictures

Release date: 29 Apr 1988

Box Office: $46,616,067