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Movie Description A bigoted cop in love with a hooker has a heart attack. At the same time, the hooker's lawyer, whom the cop hates, dies in a questionable car accident. It's bad enough when the cop gets the lawyer's heart, but the lawyer comes back from the dead to help the cop solve his murder and protect the hooker from the same killers.
Synopsis Jack Moony, a bigoted, white policeman in Los Angeles, stalks a black criminal lawyer, the handsome Napoleon Stone, who is his rival for the affections a hooker named Crystal. But the triangle doesn't end there: Moony has a heart attack and gets a transplant from the recently murdered Stone, who then comes back as a ghost, hoping that the detective will avenge his death. Now constant companions, the unlikely pair get to know each other as never before, and end up becoming buddies.
Meanwhile, Crystal begins an affair with a dangerous drug dealer, and avoids Moony for her own safety. But the transformed cop has a soulful new way of dealing with things...
Film Notes Additional cast: Robert Apisa (Teller) and Frank R. Roach.
Feature film debut for James D. Parriott (writer-director).
Industry Reviews "...Throughout, HEART seems crammed with talent..." Los Angeles Times - Michael Wilmington (02/02/1990)
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