The murder of a journalist, coming shortly after the killings of a black teenager and a white cop, threatens to inflame passions in the city. To prevent a riot, Lieutenant Sam Danforth and District Attorney Leslie Washburn are determined to find the killer, even though they do not exactly get along with each other and disagree over procedure.
Acting
Hari Rhodes brings ferocious dignity to every scene
Direction
Johnson shoots LA locations like a funeral procession
Writing
Pilot that tried to say too much for 1970 television
Director
Lamont Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a backdoor pilot for a series that NBC passed on, allegedly for being 'too depressing' — which, fair.
Released months after the Manson murders and days before Altamont, it captures the exact moment American optimism curdled into paranoid exhaustion.
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