This is like a CBS Made-for-TV version of a blaksploitation version of Dirty Harry.
Billy Dee always was second-rate. And the rest of the cast is strictly TV quality.
It has about as much grit as a silk handkerchief. I mean, Frankie Avalon as a tweaker? Come on, now.
I half-expected Starsky & Hutch to make a cameo in one of their goofy disguises, maybe with Huggy Bear in tow for comic relief.
New Mexico features nicely so I assume the N.M Film Development Corp kicked in some coin to get this film made. They didn't get their money's worth.