The City (1977 film)

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The City
GenreCrime
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 originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Quinn Martin
ProducerJohn Wilder
Cinematography Jacques R. Marquette
Editors Ray Daniels
Jim Gross
Running time78 minutes
Production company Quinn Martin Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 12, 1977 (1977-01-12)

The City is a 1977 American made-for-television crime drama film starring Robert Forster, Ward Costello, Don Johnson, Jimmy Dean and 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.

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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).

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