Cop Killer
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joseph Wambaugh
Randy Murzynski
Tim Russ
Nicky Rose
Brick Karnes
Maria Rangel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A movie about what happens when the best friend and partner of a dedicated cop is killed by a pair of holdup men during a routine traffic check. The surviving officer can't shake the feeling that he indirectly caused his partner's death. Soon, his marriage and job performance beginto suffer. He starts drinking heavily and finds himself more and more emotionally drawn to his friend's widow.
Cast
Randy Murzynski
Tim Russ
Nicky Rose
Brick Karnes
Maria Rangel
Geno Silva
Dennis Stewart
Joe Regalbuto
Nino Surdo
Suzanne Snyder
Joseph Adams
Christopher Burton
Stoney Jackson
Jim Staskel
Ken Olin
Sandy Martin
Tony Burton
Robert Kim
Todd Mccammon
John Apicella
Joseph Bottoms
Dan Lauria
Royce D Applegate
Glynnis O'connor
Patricia Wettig
Richard Kuss
Michael Delorenzo
David Haid
Crew
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States October 29, 1988
This is the first in a limited-run series of five, two-hour telefilms based on contemporized scripts from the anthology series, "Police Story," created by Joseph Wambaugh, dramatizing the day-to-day lives and duties of police officers. The original series was broadcast on NBC from 1973-77.
TV rating: TV-PG-V
Actors Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig are real-life husband and wife.
Larry Shaw also directed "Police Story: Stigma," the original episode on which this telefilm is based.
