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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Night Chase (1970)








































Starring:
David Janssen once again plays a man on the run, this time as a Baltimore businessman on the lam after shooting his wife's lover. Thinking that he is a murderer, Janssen boards Yaphet Kotto's taxi at the Los Angeles Airport...and orders him to drive to the Mexican border. During their harrowing and suspenseful ride, similarities of their respective lives are revealed, and deep bonds are formed between the men. These new bonds serve them well when the inevitable police chase eventually catches up with them.

Report To The Commissioner (1975)















































Starring:

Storyline
Patty Butler (Susan Blakely) is a New York City police detective working undercover to investigate a Times Square drug-trafficking ring run by a street-smart crook named Stick Henderson (Tony King). When a naive rookie cop, Bo Lockley (Michael Moriarty), begins to investigate Patty, the incident ends with Patty shot dead. After Patty's death, Bo's corrupt superiors attempt to cover up the incident, and Bo is forced into an uneasy alliance with Stick Henderson.