An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
George C. Scott
as Kilvinski
Stacy Keach
as Roy Fehle
Jane Alexander
as Dorothy Fehler
Scott Wilson
as Gus
Rosalind Cash
as Lorrie
Erik Estrada
as Sergio
Clifton James
as Whitey
Richard E. Kalk
as Milton
James B. Sikking
as Sergeant Anders
Isabel Sanford
as Wilma