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2 November 1985 (USA) morePlot:
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Realism not usually seen moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Woods | ... | Robert K. Tannenbaum, Assistant District Attorney |
 | Yaphet Kotto | ... | Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD |
 | Alex Rocco | ... | Detective Bill Butler NYPD |
| David Harris | ... | Lester Bertram Day |
| Steven Keats | ... | Harold Skelton, Defense Attorney |
| Larry Riley | ... | Herman Bell |
 | Pam Grier | ... | Alexandra 'Alie' Horn |
 | Rae Dawn Chong | ... | Christine Horn |
| Richard Bradford | ... | L.J. Delsa |
| Kene Holliday | ... | Albert Washington |
| Toni Kalem | ... | Diana Piagentini |
| Tamu Blackwell | ... | Gloria Lapp |
 | Richard Brooks | ... | Anthony 'Tony' Bottom |
| Akosua Busia | ... | Ruth |
| Lewis Arquette | ... | 1st Foreman |
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Anachronisms: The first scene of the movie is set in 1971, yet the two cops are in a 1975-76 Plymouth Fury. Also, the light bar present wasn't used on NYPD patrol cars until 1973. moreQuotes:
Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD: It doesn't make sense!Herman Bell: It does not have to! It just has to get noticed! They have to learn - -oppressing people COSTS!
Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD: Now I know what you are. You're not a man; you're not a leader; you're a black thug!
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This is the true story, told from the viewpoint of the prosecutor, of the Jones-Piagentini case. NYPD officers Waverly Jones, who was black, and Joseph Piagentini are lured by a false call to a street corner and are ambushed and killed by a small band of black "revolutionaries".
The film concentrates on the investigation by the police and the Manhattan district attorney and the two trials that followed.
Good performances by an excellent cast, and a very good script, based upon prosecutor Robert Tannenbaum's book by the same title, give this film a sense of drama that is not usually seen.
Overall, this was an excellent film.