What this film exposes about undercover vice cops can't be seen on your television set.
Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, unpretentious and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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“Is Elliott Gould the best thing in Busting?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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Cast
- Elliott GouldVice Detective Michael Keneely
- Robert BlakeVice Detective Patrick Farrel
- Allen GarfieldCarl Rizzo
- Antonio FargasStephen
- Michael LernerMarvin
- Sid HaigRizzo's Bouncer
- Ivor FrancisJudge Fred R. Simpson
- William SylvesterMr. Weldman
- Logan RamseyDr. Berman
- Richard X. SlatteryDesk Sergeant
Crew
- Peter HyamsDirector
- Peter HyamsWriter
- Earl RathDirector of Photography
- Billy GoldenbergOriginal Music Composer
- James MitchellEditor
- Robert ChartoffProducer
- Irwin WinklerProducer
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