Two cops are shot at; the survivor (John Savage) is ostracised by his colleagues for alleged cowardice, which takes him years to live down. Joseph Wambaugh's novel was faithfully treated by Harold Becker in this 1979 curate's egg, but brilliant as Savage is, it's an up-and-coming, intense actor name...
Two cops are shot at; the survivor (John Savage) is ostracised by his colleagues for alleged cowardice, which takes him years to live down. Joseph Wambaugh’s novel was faithfully treated by Harold Becker in this 1979 curate’s egg, but brilliant as Savage is, it’s an up-and-coming, intense actor named James Woods who lights the bonfire.
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