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3.9/10   21 votes
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Writers:
Ronald Austin (writer)
James D. Buchanan (writer)
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Release Date:
8 January 1974 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They were honest cops ... until they started their own war on crime and became judge, jury and executioner. more
Plot:
When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals were treated too leniently by the courts. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Robert Forster ... Eric Benoit
Michelle Phillips ... Joyce Kreski
Claude Akins ... Connie Brennan
Mark Goddard ... Allen Duke

Melvyn Douglas ... Captain Earl Kreski
Dennis Patrick ... The Commissioner

George Murdock ... Vern Acker
Stephen Young ... Lieutenant Andrece
Kenneth Tobey ... Hartman
Bert Remsen ... The Chief

Jesse Vint ... Harmon
Janis Hansen ... Dispatcher
Nate Esformes ... Pela
Regis Cordic ... Judge
Sidney Clute ... Driver
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Additional Details

Runtime:
75 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Norway:15 (video premiere)

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Movie Connections:
Remake of Magnum Force (1973) more

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The essence of the bad '70s TV movie, 22 January 2001



Falk, a veteran director on a number of TV series ranging from Get Smart! to The Colbys, first tried his hand at feature-length action filmmaking in 1974 with Death Squad. The box blazons "in the tradition of Magnum Force!" Tradition? Please.

Robert Forster (Alligator) plays a straight cop busted from a crooked force, re-recruited in secret to infiltrate a gang of vigilante police led by Claude Akins. (Does that seem a stretch to you, too?) Forster falls in love in record time with his ex-partner's daughter, played by Mamas and Papas alum Michelle Phillips, and complications ensue. Forster's a passable actor, but Eastwood he ain't. Phillips has gotten a lot better since 1974. And, well, Sheriff Lobo heading up a band of renegade officers is just plain too much. * 1/2

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