To Kill a Cop (1978) TV Movie

Joe Don Baker stars as chief of detectives, Eischeid, in the 4-hour, 2-part TV film "To Kill A Cop". Eischeid must contend with a series of seemingly unrelated bank robberies and the vicious murders of two police officers. Eischeid deduces that the culprits are members of a violent African-American revolutionary movement, but he is blocked in his investigation by the politically ambitious chief of police. As time runs out, Eischeid must prevent the planned wholesale slaughter of civilians at the hands of the revolutionaries. Scripted by Ernest Tidyman (The French Connection), "To Kill a Cop" served as the pilot for the TV series "Eischeid", which ran from September 1979 to January 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

To Kill A Cop (1978) TV Movie

Cast: Joe Don Baker, Desi Arnaz Jr., Scott Brady, Joe Cirillo, Rod Colbin, Heshimu Cumbuka, Bill Deiz, Kim Delgado, Fil Formicola, Nathan George, Maxwell Glanville, Roosevelt Grier, Sonny Grosso, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, Leon Issacs, Randy Jurgensen, Eartha Kitt, Maurice Kowaleski, Ric Mancini, Joe Maross, Walter Mathews, Terrence E. McNally, Rosalind Miles, Diana Muldaur, Rob Narke, Patrick O'Neal, Alan Oppenheimer, Allen Price, James Purcell, Arthur Rosenberg, Borah Silver, James Veres, Vernon Weddle, Christine Belford, Alan Fudge, Louis Gossett Jr., Julius Harris, Robert Hooks, Chip McAllister, Milton Selzer, Ken Swofford, David Toma, Joyce Van Patten