CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

JasparLamarCrabb A fine cop thriller loosely based on the Kitty Genovese case of the early 1960s (Genovese was murdered in NYC, her screams ignored by apathetic neighbors). Raul Julia is a cop hunting a serial rapist/murderer who's terrorizing a Brooklyn neighborhood. His first killing is witnessed and ignored by a slew of nervous Nellie's who simply do not want to get involved. With a great screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, director Richard Heffron elicits some terrific acting from not only Julia but the all-star supporting cast including Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, Tina Louise, Tony Dow and Nancy Walker. They all play against type, with Louise a real standout. Art Carney, Sally Kirkland and John P. Ryan are in it too. The superb music score is by Gil Melle.

Alonzo Golden I found this film to be very good, with some fairly gritty realism (for it's time anyway); Raul Julia has fun with his role and is very likable and heroic in his portrayal of the Brooklyn detective out to catch the killer. There are a number of cool action sequences (check for the bicycle chase scene with Raul peddling away on the bike), All in all made this an above average film which had potential (IMHO) to become a really good TV series. The premise for the film, borrowed from the true story of Kitty Genovese, murdered right near her apartment building as her neighbors looked and but offered no assistance is still quite haunting. I'm actually surprised Hollywood hasn't attempted a huge theatrical remake of the film.

moonspinner55 No-frills crime-drama debuted in 1975 on The CBS Friday Night Movie, one filled with familiar television faces of the time (Ed Asner and Cloris Leachman as mismatched marrieds, Art Carney and Nancy Walker as an elderly couple, Diahann Carroll as an attempted suicide, Tina Louise as a lesbian dental assistant, etc). Loosely based on the Kitty Genovese crime wherein a woman was attacked in front of her apartment building, screaming for half an hour while fighting off her attacker but not getting any help from her neighbors. Raul Julia and John P. Ryan are the investigators, and Julia in particular exudes a lot of easy charm and charisma in this role (his young daughter, played by none other than Helen Hunt, has a lovely scene with him singing in the car). This may have been a proposed pilot for a TV series (the tag at the end suggests it); if so, it's a good one, with tight pacing and gripping camera-work. Surprises in the cast: Hunt (looking like a pint-sized hippie), Sally Kirkland as a flirty waitress, Lucie Arnaz as a victim who survives, Tony Dow (from "Leave It To Beaver") as a married man who wants to go to jail, and Kate Jackson in a brief cameo as a woman walking her dog. Too bad there isn't more of Jackson, she's very appealing and works well with Raul Julia. Except for the drab decor, the movie doesn't date too badly and has good moments. Fans of TV shows from the 1970s will certainly be intrigued.

helpless_dancer A murder is committed in front of witnesses and none would lift a hand to help the victim. Fearful of becoming involved, they would give no assistance to the police in their investigation. Although the authorities launched a large manhunt for the criminal, he continued his crime spree terrorizing the entire neighborhood. Good police drama with an exciting but somewhat unbelievable ending.