The City (1977 film)
| The City | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Crime Drama |
| Written by | John Wilder |
| Directed by | Harvey Hart |
| Starring |
Robert Forster Don Johnson Ward Costello Jimmy Dean Mark Hamill |
| Theme music composer | John Elizalde |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Quinn Martin |
| Producer(s) | John Wilder |
| Cinematography | Jacques R. Marquette |
| Editor(s) |
Ray Daniels Jim Gross |
| Running time | 78 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Quinn Martin Productions |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | January 12, 1977 |
The City is a 1977 American made-for-television crime drama film starring Robert Forster, Ward Costello, Don Johnson and guest starring Jimmy Dean and (then unknown) Mark Hamill. The film was produced as a pilot for a proposed television series that never came to be. It was originally broadcast January 12, 1977 on NBC.
Plot
The film is about the day in the life of two detectives (Robert Forster as Lieutenant Matt Lewis, Ward Costello as Captain Lloyd Bryant, and later Don Johnson as Sergeant Brian Scott) in Los Angeles solving (in this particular case) a crime where a man is killed for unknown reasons, coming to find an unstable young man (Mark Hamill as Eugene Banks) with a deep hatred against a famous country singer (Jimmy Dean as Wes Collins).
Cast
- Robert Forster as Lieutenant Matt Lewis
- Don Johnson as Sergeant Brian Scott
- Ward Costello as Captain Lloyd Bryant
- Jimmy Dean as Wes Collins
- Mark Hamill as Eugene Banks
- Susan Sullivan as Carol Carter