Cops and Robin (1978)

A veteran street cop is teamed up with the police department's new crime-fighting effort--an android.

Director:

Allen Reisner

Writers:

John T. Dugan, Dawning Forsyth

Stars:

Ernest Borgnine, Michael Shannon, John Amos

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ernest Borgnine	...	Joe Cleaver
Michael Shannon	...	John Haven
John Amos	...	Officer Bill Bundy
Natasha Ryan	...	Robin Loren
Carol Lynley	...	Dr. Alice Alcott
Terry Kiser	...	Wayne Dutton
Philip Abbott	...	Dist. Atty. George Garfield
Richard Bright	...	Lt. Dan Morgan
Jeff David	...	Walter Costello
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	Detective Furie
James York	...	Richard
Gene Rutherford	...	Carl Tyler
Ivan Bonar	...	Judge Wheeler
Elizabeth Farley	...	Marge Loren
Peggy Converse	...	Housekeeper

Storyline

Made for movie featuring the characters from the TV series, Future Cop, Joe Cleaver, a veteran cop and John Have, his partner who is a robot. Joe learns that the widow of his former partner who was about to nail a criminal till he was killed, might be able to testify against him. But she's been in hiding. They learn that she's pregnant at the time of her husband's death. Joe approaches her and asks her to testify but she refuses till an attempt is made on her life and her daughter. No doubt the criminal found out about her. She agrees to testify on the condition that they keep her daughter safe. So Joe and Haven are the ones who are assigned to protect her. But when the criminal tricks them into revealing where they are, they go on the run till the trial is over..

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Plot Keywords:

murder of husband | murder of a police partner | murder of a policeman | murder | mother daughter relationship | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 1978 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television, The Culzean Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Future Cop: Pilot (1976)

User Reviews

Too Beard Like?

Few films have summarised the relationship between man and machine as acutely as Cops And Robin. Borgnine's turn as John Cleaver (he was originally to be called Ben Reid, but the name, bizarrely was ditched for being "too beard-like" by director John T Dugan) is an all time best. Yes, even better than his pug-faced turns in Marty, Airwolf and Baseketball. His android partner is perhaps even better. Overall, Cops And Robin is not only the film with the best title ever but one of TV's finest hours. I was in a 24-hour petrol ststion the other day and the man behind the glass agreed! so it's just me and man named Raj at the moment but the campaign to bring Cops and Robin back begins here!

8/10