Cop on the Beat (1975) (TV)

Director:

Virgil W. Vogel

Writer:

Mark Rodgers (writer)

Release Date:

6 May 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A veteran street cop investigates a series of rapes and robberies on his beat committed by a street gang. |

Plot Keywords:

Street Gang | Robbery | Rape

Cast

Lloyd Bridges	...	Joe Forrester
Pat Crowley	...	Georgia Cameron
Jim Backus	...	Jake Mandel
Dane Clark	...	Lt. Baker
Dean Stockwell	...	Det. Callan
Della Reese	...	Claudine
Janis Paige	...	Irene
Tom Drake	...	The golfer
Edie Adams	...	Massage Parlor Owner
Charles Drake	...	Deputy Chief Berliner
Eddie Egan	...	Sgt. Malone
Don Stroud	...	Plums
Rudy Solari	...	Valera
Shelly Novack	...	Henderson
Ted Gehring	...	Patrol lieutenant

Also Known As:

The Return of Joe Forrester

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

A routine police force tale

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Adapted from Joseph Wambaugh's novels, this TV movie brings nothing more to Police Story series, shot during the 70's. The routine daily police force procedures, their usual cases they have to solve. In one episode of Police Story, for instance, you could watch the cops investigate or step in three or four situations.

It's not bad however. Not uninteresting at all. Realistic. Police life from the inside. Their feelings, their fears, their problems.

In this TV movie, we can find Lloyd Bridges at his best, in the lead character, a vet cop who has to solve a murder, rape and robbery case. Nothing unusual. But good sequences, as this one, with a golf player who throws his ball on cars, in the middle of the traffic !!! Very amusing indeed. And not forget Bridges' relationships with some women.