During a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| David Janssen | ... | Sgt. Tom Valens | |
| Ed Begley | ... | Capt. Roy Klodin | |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Sgt. Ed Musso | |
| Sam Wanamaker | ... | Frank Sanderman | |
| Lillian Gish | ... | Alice Willows | |
| Stefanie Powers | ... | Liz Thayer | |
| Eleanor Parker | ... | Mrs. Doris Ruston | |
| George Grizzard | ... | Walt Cody | |
| George Sanders | ... | Calvin York | |
| Steve Allen | ... | Perry Knowland | |
| Carroll O'Connor | ... | Paul Jerez | |
| Joan Collins | ... | Joanie Valens | |
| Walter Pidgeon | ... | Orville Ames | |
| Vito Scotti | ... | Designer | |
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David Garfield | ... | Police Surgeon (as John Garfield Jr.) |
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A police sergeant kills a man who pulls a gun on him during a stakeout. But the dead suspect is a respected doctor with no criminal record and the man's gun cannot be found, and the sergeant is charged with manslaughter. The sergeant works to clear his name and determine where the gun went and why the doctor was there at all. Written by Sean Taylor <st52@cornell.edu>
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Sgt. Ed Musso: Tom, don't!
Sgt. Tom Valens: Stow it!
Sgt. Ed Musso: Don't make it worse than it is!
Sgt. Tom Valens: I can't help it, now you turn around! Turn around!
[Valens grabs Musso's handcuffs, cuffs Musso's hands together behind his back, grabs his keys, then leads him to his closet]
Sgt. Tom Valens: Just a few more hours, Ed.
Sgt. Ed Musso: Go to hell!
[Valens locks Musso in the closet, then telephones Walt Cody]
Walt Cody: Hello?
[...]
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[Valens suddenly attacks Ed Musso and grabs his gun, pointing it at Musso]Sgt. Ed Musso: Tom, don't!
Sgt. Tom Valens: Stow it!
Sgt. Ed Musso: Don't make it worse than it is!
Sgt. Tom Valens: I can't help it, now you turn around! Turn around!
[Valens grabs Musso's handcuffs, cuffs Musso's hands together behind his back, grabs his keys, then leads him to his closet]
Sgt. Tom Valens: Just a few more hours, Ed.
Sgt. Ed Musso: Go to hell!
[Valens locks Musso in the closet, then telephones Walt Cody]
Walt Cody: Hello?
[...]
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Despite making a few lousy films, such as DONDI and THE GREEN BERETS, I've always liked David Janssen. He was a pretty good actor and I like seeing movies featuring relatively unattractive people because they are much more like us, the average viewer, than the more glamorous stars.
WARNING SHOT is just one of the movies Janssen did that I really like. It's a seemingly ordinary story about a police shooting but it is so well-written and realistic that the film sucks you inside and keeps your attention. It has the look of a TV movie (with its production values) that is written for a thinking audience who doesn't just want to watch shoot outs and fights.