The murder of a journalist, coming shortly after the killings of a black teenager and a white cop, threatens to inflame passions in the city. To prevent a riot, Lieutenant Sam Danforth and District Attorney Leslie Washburn are determined to find the killer, even though they do not exactly get along with each other and disagree over procedure.
Key credits listed on this page include Lamont Johnson, Chester Krumholz, Robert E. Thompson, Roland Wolpert, Leslie Nielsen, Hari Rhodes, Aldo Ray, and Ruby Dee.