A dispirited cop chucks his job on the force and, with the help of a college co-ed, sets out to solve the murder of a police colleague who had been his best friend.
Acting
Michael Parks smolders with wounded dignity throughout.
Direction
Swackhamer squeezes noir atmosphere from TV budget constraints.
Director
E.W. Swackhamer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Parks later became a Tarantino favorite in Kill Bill and Django Unchained.
This aired in the dying days of network TV movies, when grit could still sneak past censors.
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