Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.
Cast
Joe Don Baker
Chief Earl M. Eischied
Louis Gossett Jr.
Everett Walker
Patrick O'Neal
Police Commissioner
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Martin Delahanty
Christine Belford
Agnes Cusack
Eartha Kitt
Paula
Rosey Grier
Albert Hoyt
Diana Muldaur
Florence
Scott Brady
Insp. James Gleason
George DiCenzo
Capt. Cornworth
Alan Fudge
Ralph O'Connor
Nathan George
Charles
Julius Harris
Det. Baker
Robert Hooks
Capt. Pete Rolfe
Alan Oppenheimer
Capt. Finnerty
Milton Selzer
Myron Klopfman
Ken Swofford
Lt. Fitzgerald
David Toma
Louis
Joyce Van Patten
Betty Eischied
Ric Mancini
Mike Cusack
Allen Price
Richie
Kim Delgado
Butch
Gene Woodbury
Mark D
Rod Colbin
Chief Emerson
Rosalind Miles
Ida
Maxwell Glanville
J.J. Maxwell
Sonny Grosso
Malfitano
Joe Maross
D.A.
Randy Jurgensen
Digillo
Walter Mathews
City Editor
Arthur Rosenberg
Lt. Pappas
Vernon Weddle
Chief Duncan
Heshimu Cumbuka
Stewart
Borah Silver
Det. B.
Richelle Williams
Cookie
Leon Isaac Kennedy
Det. Abernathy
Maurice Kowalewski
Counterman
Hettie Lynne Hurtes
Martha Halleran
Bill Deiz
Anchorman
Sylvester Words
Pimp Cop
James Veres
Detective
James Purcell
Detective Lt.
Terrence E. McNally
Uniformed Lt.
Fil Formicola
Detective #2
Joe Cirillo
Detective #1
Rob Narke
Ryan
Justin Lord
(uncredited)
Chip McAllister
(uncredited)
Marianne Muellerleile
Choir Singer (uncredited)
Lou Tiano
(uncredited)
James Vickery
(uncredited)
Al White
(uncredited)
Eddie Egan
Chief Ed Palmer
Crew
Gary Nelson
Director
Ernest Tidyman
Writer
Robert Daley
Novel
Harry Kaye
Editor
Donald R. Rode
Editor
Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography
Ron Walsh
Assistant Director
Stanley Neufeld
Assistant Director
David Gerber
Executive Producer
James H. Brown
Producer
Isabel Halliburton
Casting
John Alese
Makeup Artist
Chuck House
Makeup Artist
Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor
Lee Chaney
Sound Editor
Mark Dennis
Sound Editor
Jim Cook
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Cahn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael R. Tromer
Sound Mixer
George Ronconi
Sound Mixer
Edward Drohan
Special Effects
Marcel Vercoutere
Special Effects
Lee Holdridge
Original Music Composer
Shinichi Yamazaki
Music Editor
John H. Anderson
Set Decoration
Doug J. Campbell
Key Grip
Romolo Acquistapace
Gaffer
Lee Rafner
Unit Production Manager
Ross Bellah
Art Direction
Ward Preston
Art Direction