This taut, action-loaded thriller set in New York City stars Michael Moriarty (Q: The Winged Serpent) as a naive rookie cop whose youthful idealism thrusts him into an interdepartmental power play leading to the death of another young officer, who's deep undercover work has led her to move in with a handsome drug czar (Tony King, Bucktown). Yaphet Kotto (Across 110th Street) is unforgettable as Crunch Blackstone, Moriarty's hardboiled partner. Cult filmmaker Milton Katselas (When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?) directed this realistic police drama, shot on location in the gritty streets of 1970s Manhattan and featuring an incredible cast of stars and future stars that includes Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo, William Devane, Richard Gere, Vic Tayback and Bob Balaban.