To Kill a Cop (1978)
3h 6m
Running Time
April 10, 1978Release Date
To Kill a Cop (1978)
3h 6m
Running Time
April 10, 1978Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.
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Cast & Crew.

Joe Don Baker
Chief Earl M. Eischied

Louis Gossett Jr.
Everett Walker

Patrick O'Neal
Police Commissioner

Desi Arnaz Jr.
Martin Delahanty

Christine Belford
Agnes Cusack

Eartha Kitt
Paula

Rosey Grier
Albert Hoyt

Diana Muldaur
Florence

Eddie Egan
Chief Ed Palmer

Scott Brady
Insp. James Gleason

George DiCenzo
Capt. Cornworth

Alan Fudge
Ralph O'Connor

Nathan George
Charles

Julius Harris
Det. Baker

Robert Hooks
Capt. Pete Rolfe

Alan Oppenheimer
Capt. Finnerty

Milton Selzer
Myron Klopfman

Ken Swofford
Lt. Fitzgerald

David Toma
Louis

Joyce Van Patten
Betty Eischied

Ric Mancini
Mike Cusack

Allen Price
Richie

Kim Delgado
Butch

Gene Woodbury
Mark D

Rod Colbin
Chief Emerson

Rosalind Miles
Ida

Maxwell Glanville
J.J. Maxwell

Sonny Grosso
Malfitano

Joe Maross
D.A.

Randy Jurgensen
Digillo

Walter Mathews
City Editor

Arthur Rosenberg
Lt. Pappas

Vernon Weddle
Chief Duncan

Heshimu Cumbuka
Stewart

Borah Silver
Det. B.

Richelle Williams
Cookie

Leon Isaac Kennedy
Det. Abernathy

Maurice Kowalewski
Counterman

Hettie Lynne Hurtes
Martha Halleran

Bill Deiz
Anchorman

Sylvester Words
Pimp Cop

James Veres
Detective

James Purcell
Detective Lt.

Terrence E. McNally
Uniformed Lt.

Fil Formicola
Detective #2

Joe Cirillo
Detective #1

Rob Narke
Ryan

Justin Lord
(uncredited)

Chip McAllister
(uncredited)

Marianne Muellerleile
Choir Singer (uncredited)

Lou Tiano
(uncredited)

James Vickery
(uncredited)

Al White
(uncredited)

Gary Nelson
Director

Ernest Tidyman
Writer

Robert Daley
Novel

James H. Brown
Producer

David Gerber
Executive Producer

Lee Holdridge
Original Music Composer

Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography

Harry Kaye
Editor

Donald R. Rode
Editor

Ross Bellah
Art Direction

Ward Preston
Art Direction

John H. Anderson
Set Decoration

Ron Walsh
Assistant Director

Shinichi Yamazaki
Music Editor

Lee Chaney
Sound Editor

Mark Dennis
Sound Editor

Isabel Halliburton
Casting

Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor

John Alese
Makeup Artist

Chuck House
Makeup Artist

Stanley Neufeld
Assistant Director

Michael R. Tromer
Sound Mixer

George Ronconi
Sound Mixer

Jim Cook
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Don Cahn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Doug J. Campbell
Key Grip

Romolo Acquistapace
Gaffer

Edward Drohan
Special Effects

Marcel Vercoutere
Special Effects
