A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
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| Kirk Douglas | ... | Jim Schuyler | |
| Sylva Koscina | ... | Rena Westabrook | |
| Eli Wallach | ... | Tennessee Fredericks | |
| Kenneth Haigh | ... | Jonathan Fleming | |
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Martyn Green | ... | Finchley |
| Sharon Farrell | ... | Carol | |
| Ruth White | ... | Biddy, Cook | |
| Philip Bosco | ... | Fuller | |
| Ralph Waite | ... | Sean Magruder | |
| Meg Myles | ... | Mrs. Magruder | |
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William Roerick | ... | Loren Westabrook |
| Dana Elcar | ... | Layton | |
| Dolph Sweet | ... | Captain Haver | |
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Dee Victor | ... | Mrs. Gordon |
| Lincoln Kilpatrick | ... | Daley | |
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A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
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For some reason this film which used to be shown frequently on TV in the 70s and early 80s has not been available for years until just recently. I saw it in theater and innumerable times on television, but only once again just now.
Kirk Douglas stars in this drama/mystery in which he recycles his tough cop from Detective Story. Unlike his character there whose penchant for violence was thoroughly explored, his cop in this film is just as violent without the issues. After beating some out of town hoods who probably deserved it, Douglas quits the force after complaints of police brutality. Even Dirty Harry Callahan didn't do that. But in terms of violence this film was only a hint of what was to come.
Eli Wallach playing a mush mouth deep south criminal defense attorney who is defending lovers Sylvia Koscina and Kenneth Haigh on a murder charge, they supposedly killed Koscina's husband. One of the things I did remember distinctly from previous viewings was Wallach in his role. Eli really looks like he's enjoying himself here.
As for Kirk his job is to guard Koscina and of course he starts thinking with his male member and getting warm for her form. She maintains she really is innocent and Douglas would like to believe her and pin the whole thing on Haigh. It's his determination to nail the boyfriend that totally skewers his objectivity. Once he gets over thinking like a rival he solves the murder.
This part was no great strain on Kirk Douglas's talents, his character while a tough cop is a pale shadow of what he did in Detective Story. It's a good made for TV movie and probably should have been sent there and not even had a big screen run.
It was run a lot on TV for years.