a gun. In self-defence, Hanna forces Waingro through a hotel window, and Waingro falls fifteen floors to his death. In the final sequences, Hanna is reunited with his wife. Cast Scott Plank as Vincent Hanna, sergeant of detectives working for the Los Angeles Police Department Robbery-Homicide division. Alex McArthur as Patrick McLaren, professional robber, head of his own gang of criminals. Michael Rooker as Detective Bosko, Hanna's second-in-command. Ely Pouget as Lillian Hanna, Vincent Hanna's estranged wife. Vincent Guastaferro as Michael Cerrito Victor Rivers as Detective Arriaga Richard Chaves as Detective Lou Casals Laura Harrington as Eady, McLaren's love interest. Peter Dobson as Chris Sheherlis Xander Berkeley as Waingro, a new recruit to McLaren's gang. Daniel Baldwin as Detective Bobby Schwartz R.D. Call as Harry Dieter Juan Fernández as Harvey Torena Clarence Gilyard, Jr. as Mustafa Jackson Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Hugh Benny The majority of the main cast appeared as guest stars in episodes of one or both of Michael Mann's two shows produced in the 1980s, Miami Vice and Crime Story. Background and production The origins of L.A. Takedown lay in real life. Michael Mann, the film's producer and screenwriter, cited producer, screenwriter and Chicago ex-police officer Chuck Adamson as an inspiration for the character of Vincent Hanna. Mann, who collaborated with Adamson on Miami Vice and Crime Story and several minor projects, was told of an investigation Adamson partook in. In 1963, he was investigating Neil McCauley, a professional robber. According to Mann, "one day they simply bumped into one another. [Adamson] didn't know what to do: arrest him, shoot him or have a cup of coffee." Adamson later killed McCauley in a stand-off after a failed robbery. In 1979, Mann wrote an early 180-page draft for the screenplay. After making his first feature film, Thief, he re-wrote the draft. In a 1983 interview, he mentioned he was planning to make a film based on the draft, and was looking for someone to direct it. He later offered the director position to Walter Hill, but Hill refused. In the late 1980s, NBC commissioned Mann to produce a new television series. Mann felt the draft would make a good pilot episode, but decided to set the story in Los Angeles, deeming the L. A. Robbery–Homicide Division a better basis for a TV show. He took the 180-page screenplay and edited out roughly 110 pages to make room for a