Police procedural film about two San Francisco homicide detectives investigating a high-profile murder.Police procedural film about two San Francisco homicide detectives investigating a high-profile murder.Police procedural film about two San Francisco homicide detectives investigating a high-profile murder.
José Ferrer
- Dr. Charles Bedford
- (as Jose Ferrer)
Mario Van Peebles
- Raphael
- (as Mario Peebles)
Mel Stewart
- Ernie Deeds
- (as Milton Stewart)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Featured review
Made for TV gem
This gritty Made-for-TV film from 1971 boasts terrific on location photography in San Francisco; a mature, tight script; a well paced, pounding score by the awesome Jerry Goldsmith and good performances, especially by the lovely and likable character portrayed by Carol Lynley, no-nonsense SF police detectives Robert Hooks and Jeremy Slate, the always reliable Simon Oakland and a surprisingly good turn by Robert Wagner. Its a shame that the original title - The Cable-Car Murder - was dropped since the body found on the cable-car at the beginning of the film was the catalyst for setting the plot in motion. One of the better made-for-TV films from the early seventies. Tense and exciting, it deserves to be revisited and preserved on DVD.
Update: the terrific, sparse soundtrack by Mr. Goldsmith has been released and the liner notes say that 'Crosscurrent' was the original title. It was recut and renamed 'The Cable-Car Murder'.
Update: the terrific, sparse soundtrack by Mr. Goldsmith has been released and the liner notes say that 'Crosscurrent' was the original title. It was recut and renamed 'The Cable-Car Murder'.
helpful•61
- scruffy58
- Nov 6, 2005
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Cable Car Murder
- Filming locations
- San Francisco, California, USA(location shooting)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content