Directed by:
Richard FleischerCinematography:
Ralph WoolseyComposer:
Quincy JonesCast:
George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, James Sikking, Burke Byrnes, William Atherton (more)Plots(1)
Roy is the young patrolman introduced into the ways of Los Angeles street life by Kilvinsky, the philosophical old pro. Kilvinsky is just short of retirement and wants to educate Roy to succeed him when he leaves. Officer Roy Fehler and his three friends are members of a big city police force where danger is part of the daily routine. Along with a veteran cop, Kilvinsky, they cruise their beat, tangling with bank robbers and rousting prostitutes, quieting gang wars and rescuing abused children, rounding up dope addicts and facing emergencies from race riots to car chases. Watchdogs of property and morals, these "New Centurions" are sometimes revered as father confessors, while at others, despised as brutes. To Kilvinsky, the cop's life is his sole reason to live, and when he contemplates the emptiness of retirement, his only solution is suicide. On the other hand, it's a life that comes to destroy Fehler's marriage to Dorothy as he escapes into a love affair. (official distributor synopsis)
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