Detectives Steve Carella (Reynolds), Meyer Meyer (Weston), Eileen McHenry (Welch) and Bert Kling (Skerritt) are part of the 87th Precinct's team, investigating a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man (Brynner). While attempting to investigate and prevent the murders of several high-ranking city officials, they also must keep track of the perpetrators of a string of robberies. Further complicating matters is a rash of arson attacks on homeless men.
Cast
Burt Reynolds as Detective Carella
Raquel Welch as Detective McHenry
Yul Brynner as The Deaf Man
Tom Skerritt as Detective Kling
Jack Weston as Detective Meyer
James McEachin as Detective Brown
Bert Remsen as Sergeant Murchison
Steve Ihnat as Detective Parker
Peter Bonerz as Buck
Don Gordon as La Bresca
Dan Frazer as Lieutenant Amos Byrnes
Norman Burton as Police Commissioner Nelson
Vince Howard as Patrolman Marshall
Brian Doyle-Murray as Detective
Charles Tyner as Pete
Neile Adams as Teddy
Tamara Dobson as Rochelle
Charles Martin Smith as Baby
Robert Jaffe as Alan Parry
Directed by Richard A. Colla
Written by Evan Hunter
Produced by George Edwards
Jack Farren
Ed Feldman
Starring Burt Reynolds
Jack Weston
Tom Skerritt
Yul Brynner
Raquel Welch
Cinematography Jacques Marquette
Edited by Robert L. Kimble
Music by Dave Grusin