Striking Distance is a 1993 thriller starring Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore as Pittsburgh Police officers pursuing a serial killer. It was directed by Rowdy Herrington and written by Herrington and Marty Kaplan. The film was shot on location throughout Pittsburgh; its early title was Three Rivers. In 1991, Sergeant Tom Hardy , a Pittsburgh Police homicide detective, has just broken the Blue Code of Silence by informing on his partner and cousin, Sergeant Jimmy Detillo , for using excessive force on a suspect. He drives out to the policeman's ball with his... father, Captain Vince Hardy , who supports his son . However, the ball is postponed after a police scan goes out indicating that a serial killer nicknamed the Polish Hill strangler has been spotted on the 31st Street Bridge. After a police chase and subsequent wreck, Tom regains consciousness, learning that his father has been shot dead, and that the killer got away.
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| Release date: | September 17, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Rowdy Herrington |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 102 Minutes |
| Producer: | Arnon Milchan, Hunt Lowry, Tony Thomopoulos |
| Editor: | Mark Helfrich, Pasquale Buba |
| Music by: | Brad Fiedel |
| Cinematography: | Mac Ahlberg |
| Screenplay by: | Marty Kaplan, Rowdy Herrington |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |