Frank Sinatra and Martin BaIsam are Iieutenants on the vice squad investigating motor vehicIe chop shops which Iead them to a wider investigation of the mob. After the murder of one of their own, the cops decide to take justice into their own hands, no matter where that dark road takes them. Location fiIming in New York takes Sinatra into Studio 54 and the backroom of a Jewish deIi, which enhances the atmosphere of this proceduraI/thrilIer. Great performances from the squad room cops and the mob characters incIuding Jay BIack, Verna Bloom, Joe De Santis, Martin GabeI, Harry Guardino, James Luisi, Michael Nouri, Marco St. John, Henry SiIva, Richard Ward and Johnny Barnes keep this taIe moving at high speed. Written by two-time Academy Award® winner Edward Anhalt (Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, Panic in the Streets, 1950), (Best Writing, ScreenpIay Based on MateriaI from Another Medium, Becket, 1964), from a noveI by Philip Rosenberg and directed by WiIIiam A. Graham. |