No Good Deed is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Bob Rafelson. It starred Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård and Doug Hutchison. The screenplay by Christopher Cannan and Steve Barancik is based on the short story The House on Turk Street by Dashiell Hammett. The original music score is by Jeff Beal. The film was marketed with the tagline "He was more than a cop. She was more than a thief." Over the opening credits, police detective Jack Friar is shown practicing Johannes Brahms' Trio #1 in B Major, Op.8 and injecting himself with insulin. His neighbor arrives and... begs him to retrieve her daughter, who has been staying with her disreputable boyfriend on Turk Street. Friar protests that he is just a grand theft auto cop, and she needs to report the case to missing persons. He is packed and ready to go to a fantasy music camp in the Berkshires for two weeks, but he gives in to the neighbor's pleas and agrees to search for her daughter. On Turk Street, Friar shows the picture of the boyfriend to several people with no luck. As it begins to rain, he notices an elderly woman, Mrs.
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| Release date: | September 12, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Bob Rafelson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Producer: | Barry M. Berg, David Braun, Herb Nanas, Sam Perlmutter, Andre Rouleau, Maxime Remillard |
| Editor: | William S. Scharf |
| Music by: | Jeff Beal |
| Cinematography: | Juan Ruiz Anchia |
| Screenplay by: | Steve Barancik, Dashiell Hammett, Christopher Canaan |
| Estimated budget: | $12,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The House on Turk Street |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |