Main Cast: George Peppard, Jean Seberg, Richard Kiley, Charles McGraw, Madeleine Sherwood
Release Year: 1969
Country: US
Run Time: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Police Captain Matthews (George Peppard) believes he has successfully pinned a murder and rape conviction on Paul Sanderson (Robert F. Lyons) only to have the sentence overturned by the United States Supreme Court. When his wife Adele (Jean Seberg) is found murdered, Matthews finds himself on the other side of the law. The disillusioned suspect finds that his police cronies and friends have turned their backs on him, particularly when Senator Cole (Paul McGrath) goes on a much-publicized tirade against crime. Woodrow Wilson King (Richard Kiley) is the civil libertarian who has doubts about Sanderson's insanity defense and uncovers information about his sadistic alcoholic mother who lead him to become a murderous misogynist. Matthews feels something is not quite right when his police colleagues are all too eager to pin the crime on him in this engaging murder mystery. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Robert F. Lyons - Paul Martin Sanderson; Frank Marth - Lt. Smithson; Marj Dusay - Liz Tennant; Paul McGrath - Senator Cole; Stewart Moss - Richard D'Angelo; Dana Elcar - Detective "Red" Thornton; Jack Grimes - Artie; Richard Guizon - Deputy Marshal Barnes; Douglas Henderson - Detective Hanauer; S. John Launer - Judge Kinsella; Harry Lewis - Brooks Elliott; Logan Ramsey - Detective Jelinek; Robin Raymond - Myra; Isabel Sanford - Effie Maid; Phyllis Hill - Mrs. Wilma Elliott
Credit
David Salven - First Assistant Director, George Schaefer - Director, Hugh S. Fowler - Editor, Mack David - Composer (Music Score), Walter Scharf - Composer (Music Score), Lettermen - Songwriter, Mack David - Songwriter, Walter M. Simonds - Production Designer, Lionel Lindon - Cinematographer, Stanley Niss - Producer, Morrie Hoffman - Set Designer, Arthur Piantadosi - Sound/Sound Designer, Stanley Niss - Screenwriter
