To Kill a Cop
1978 | 186m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Gary Nelson |
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| Writer: | Robert Daley, Ernest Tidyman |
| Staring: |
| Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 10, 1978 |
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| Director: | Gary Nelson |
| Writer: | Robert Daley, Ernest Tidyman |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Crime, TV Movie |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures Television, David Gerber Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joe Don Baker | Chief Earl M. Eischied |
| Louis Gossett Jr. | Everett Walker |
| Patrick O'Neal | Police Commissioner |
| Desi Arnaz Jr. | Martin Delahanty |
| Christine Belford | Agnes Cusack |
| Eartha Kitt | Paula |
| Rosey Grier | Albert Hoyt |
| Diana Muldaur | Florence |
| Eddie Egan | Chief Ed Palmer |
| Scott Brady | Insp. James Gleason |
| George DiCenzo | Capt. Cornworth |
| Alan Fudge | Ralph O'Connor |
| Nathan George | Charles |
| Julius Harris | Det. Baker |
| Robert Hooks | Capt. Pete Rolfe |
| Alan Oppenheimer | Capt. Finnerty |
| Milton Selzer | Myron Klopfman |
| Ken Swofford | Lt. Fitzgerald |
| David Toma | Louis |
| Joyce Van Patten | Betty Eischied |
| Ric Mancini | Mike Cusack |
| Allen Price | Richie |
| Kim Delgado | Butch |
| Gene Woodbury | Mark D |
| Rod Colbin | Chief Emerson |
| Rosalind Miles | Ida |
| Maxwell Glanville | J.J. Maxwell |
| Sonny Grosso | Malfitano |
| Joe Maross | D.A. |
| Randy Jurgensen | Digillo |
| Walter Mathews | City Editor |
| Arthur Rosenberg | Lt. Pappas |
| Vernon Weddle | Chief Duncan |
| Heshimu Cumbuka | Stewart |
| Borah Silver | Det. B. |
| Richelle Williams | Cookie |
| Leon Isaac Kennedy | Det. Abernathy |
| Maurice Kowalewski | Counterman |
| Hettie Lynne Hurtes | Martha Halleran |
| Bill Deiz | Anchorman |
| Sylvester Words | Pimp Cop |
| James Veres | Detective |
| James Purcell | Detective Lt. |
| Terrence E. McNally | Uniformed Lt. |
| Fil Formicola | Detective #2 |
| Joe Cirillo | Detective #1 |
| Rob Narke | Ryan |
| Justin Lord | (uncredited) |
| Chip McAllister | (uncredited) |
| Marianne Muellerleile | Choir Singer (uncredited) |
| Lou Tiano | (uncredited) |
| James Vickery | (uncredited) |
| Al White | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Daley | Novel |
| Gayne Rescher | Director of Photography |
| Harry Kaye | Editor |
| Donald R. Rode | Editor |
| Ross Bellah | Art Direction |
| Ward Preston | Art Direction |
| John H. Anderson | Set Decoration |
| Ron Walsh | Assistant Director |
| Shinichi Yamazaki | Music Editor |
| Lee Chaney | Sound Editor |
| Mark Dennis | Sound Editor |
| Isabel Halliburton | Casting |
| Ben Lane | Makeup Supervisor |
| John Alese | Makeup Artist |
| Chuck House | Makeup Artist |
| Stanley Neufeld | Assistant Director |
| Michael R. Tromer | Sound Mixer |
| George Ronconi | Sound Mixer |
| Jim Cook | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Don Cahn | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Wayne Artman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Doug J. Campbell | Key Grip |
| Romolo Acquistapace | Gaffer |
| Edward Drohan | Special Effects |
| Marcel Vercoutere | Special Effects |
| Lee Rafner | Unit Production Manager |
| Gary Nelson | Director |
| Ernest Tidyman | Writer |
| Lee Holdridge | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| James H. Brown | Producer |
| David Gerber | Executive Producer |
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