An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
George C. Scott
Kilvinski
Stacy Keach
Roy Fehle
Jane Alexander
Dorothy Fehler
Scott Wilson
Gus
Rosalind Cash
Lorrie
Erik Estrada
Sergio
Clifton James
Whitey
Richard E. Kalk
Milton
James B. Sikking
Sergeant Anders
Isabel Sanford
Wilma
Carol Speed
Martha
Burke Byrnes
Phillips
William Atherton
Johnson
Ed Lauter
Galloway
Dolph Sweet
Sergeant Runyon
Stefan Gierasch
Landlord
Roger E. Mosley
Truck Driver
Read Morgan
Woodrow Gandy
Pepe Serna
Young Mexican Man
Lieux Dressler
Orville's Wife (uncredited)
DeWayne Jessie
Mugging Suspect (uncredited)
Kitten Natividad
Go-Go Dancer (uncredited)
Anne Ramsey
Crazy Man's Wife (uncredited)
Richard Fleischer
Director
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Aug 1, 1991
May 24, 1994
Feb 9, 2000
Sep 9, 1993
Dec 13, 2000
Dec 12, 1991
Jul 28, 2004
Oct 27, 1995
Oct 23, 1987
Dec 7, 1990
Nov 1, 2019
May 15, 1992
Sep 9, 2021
Oct 21, 2022
Nov 13, 2020
Nov 13, 2025
Columbia Pictures
US
Winkler Films
United States
English
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