Burnout
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Michael Switzer
Carl Weintraub
Joe Morton
Lindsay Wagner
John Getz
Lloyd Alan
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Synopsis
A veteran member of the vice squad lapses into a routine of pills and liquor and a frightening loss of emotional control while on the job after her longtime affair with her division sergeant comes to an end and a dear friend commits suicide.
Director
Michael Switzer
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 26, 1988
The fourth of five telefilms airing as part of ABC's new limited-run series of two-hour "Police Story" movies based on contemporized scripts from the anthology series, created by Joseph Wambaugh, dramatizing the day-to-day lives and duties of police officers. The original series was broadcast on NBC from 1973-1977.
The telefilm aired in the New York regional area on 11/27/88 due to local coverage of the New York Giants-New Orleans Saints football game.