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 filming in New York takes Sinatra into Studio 54 and the backroom of a Jewish deli, which enhances the atmosphere of this proceduraI/thriIler. Great performances from the squad room cops and the mob characters including Jay Black, Verna BIoom, Joe De Santis, Martin Gabel, Harry Guardino, James Luisi, MichaeI Nouri, Marco St. John, Henry SiIva, Richard Ward and Johnny Barnes keep this tale moving at high speed. Written by two-time Academy Award® winner Edward AnhaIt (Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, Panic in the Streets, 1950), (Best Writing, Screenplay Based on MateriaI from Another Medium, Becket, 1964), from a noveI by Philip Rosenberg and directed by WiIIiam A. Graham. |