Stacy Keach melts down in 74 minutes of pure paranoid chaos.
A district attorney becomes a fugitive from justice after a number of botched drug busts lead to conflict with a miltaristic narc. As the days drag on, he sinks deeper into drugs and paranoia.
Acting
Keach's physical deterioration is genuinely disturbing.
Direction
Parsons keeps it claustrophobic and queasy throughout.
Director
John Parsons
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director John Parsons' only feature film; he disappeared back into obscurity after its limited release.
Shot during the actual tail end of Nixon's war on drugs, it plays like a poisoned rebuttal to Dragnet's clean cops.
US
