The '70s cop show so forgotten, even Dennis Weaver probably changed the channel.
Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the force in this pilot to the short-lived series.
Acting
Dennis Weaver doing 'tortured novelist' with full McCloud-adjacent commitment.
Production
That specific 1979 TV-movie beige aesthetic that no longer exists.
Director
Corey Allen
Dennis Weaver
Daniel Ellis Stone
Pat Hingle
Deputy Chief Gene Paulton
Roy Thinnes
Det. Cliff Bell
Joby Baker
Murray Weinstock
Joey Forman
Morty Ruskin
Kim Hamilton
Carla Brown
Vic Morrow
Morgan Teckington
Tom Pedi
Aaron Abromowitz
David Spielberg
Lt. Carey Roth
Mel Stewart
Capt. Patchett
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Mariette Hartley
Dianne Stone
Nancy McKeon
Jill Stone
Tara Buckman
Olivia de Carl
Phillip Pine
Movie Producer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was meant to launch a series that died faster than Stone's literary career. NBC aired only three episodes before pulling the plug in 1980.
The 'writer-cop' archetype peaked with Joseph Wambaugh then immediately became parody; this exists in that awkward transitional space where networks still took it seriously.
US
