The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.

Robert Blake
as Joe Dancer

JoBeth Williams
as Tiffany Farinpour

Neva Patterson
as Eliza Farinpour

James Gammon
as Capt. Jake Jacqualone

Veronica Cartwright
as Sister Theresa

Carol Wayne
as Allegra Farinpour

Edward Winter
as Jerrold Farinpour

Phillip R. Allen
as Commissioner Wilkie

Sondra Blake
as Charlie

Eileen Heckart
as Sister Clara