Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? Dean Martin keeps his affable ease but abandons his hipster Matt Helm-series swagger to portray Ricco in his final leading-role film, a whodunit mystery set in the city that also was the gritty center of action for the era’s Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Convinced that Steele isn’t behind the murders, Ricco launches an inquiry and runs up against a police lieutenant assigned to birddog him, evidence planted by a racist cop and several assassination attempts on Ricco himself. As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. And behind it all is someone the attorney never suspected. The pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams plays Ricco’s office assistant.
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Dean Martin as Joe Ricco
Eugene Roche as George Cronyn
Thalmus Rasulala as Frankie Steele
Denise Nicholas as Irene Mapes
Cindy Williams as Jamison
Geraldine Brooks as Katherine Fremont
Philip Michael Thomas as Purvis Mapes (as Philip Thomas)
Dennis Lee Smith as Officer Hanley
George Tyne as Lt. Barrett
Robert Sampson as Justin
Michael Gregory as Tanner
Joseph Hacker as Markham
Frank Puglia as Uncle Enzo
Ellaraino as Sally (as Ella Edwards)
Rose Gregorio as Angela
Nicky Blair as Nino
Nora Marlowe as Mrs. Callahan
John Quade as Arkansas
Jay Fletcher as Lt. Harmon Jackson
Jason Wingreen as Judge
Daniel Keough as Doctor
Mickey Caruso as Officer Riley
Oliver Givens as Calvin Mapes
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