On May 3, 1985, the action film Code of Silence premiered in theaters. Directed by Andrew Davis, the movie starred Chuck Norris as a tough Chicago cop caught between a brutal drug war and a corrupt police force. The film also featured Dennis Farina in one of his earliest screen roles.
Code of Silence had a budget of 7 million dollars and became a box office success, earning 20.3 million dollars. It was praised for its gritty realism, strong direction, and one of Chuck Norris’s more grounded performances.
Fun fact: Code of Silence was originally written for Clint Eastwood but was reworked for Chuck Norris who delivered what many critics called the best acting performance of his career.