''Incident on a Dark Street'' is a 1973 TV movie broadcast on ''
NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
''NBC Saturday Night at the Movies'' was the first TV show to broadcast in color relatively recent feature films from major studios. The series premiered on September 23, 1961, and ran until October 1978, spawning many imitators. Previously, tel ...
''. It premiered on
NBC
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on January 13, 1973.
Plot
Two law school grads take on their first big cases as prosecutors for the federal government as U.S. Attorney Joe Dubbs is attempting to bring down the crime boss Dominic Leopold. A corrupt city utilities commissioner promises Leopold the contract for a massive public works project in return for a huge kickback. A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on the organized crime ring and expose the scheme to defraud the city.
Cast
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James Olson as Joe Dubbs
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David Canary
David Hoyt Canary (August 25, 1938 – November 16, 2015) was an American actor. Canary is best known for his role as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBC Western drama ''Bonanza'', and as Adam Chandler in the television soap opera ''All My ...
as Peter Gallagher
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Robert Pine
Robert Pine (born Granville Whitelaw Pine, July 10, 1941) is an American actor who is best known as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series ''CHiPs'' (1977–1983). Including ''CHiPs'', Pine has appeared in over 400 episodes of television. ...
as Paul Hamilton Jr.
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Richard S. Castellano
Richard Salvatore Castellano (September 4, 1933 – December 10, 1988) was an American actor who is best remembered for his role in ''Lovers and Other Strangers'' and his subsequent role as Peter Clemenza in ''The Godfather''.
Early life
Castella ...
as Frank Romeo
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William Shatner
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship ''Enterpris ...
as Deaver G. Wallace
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Murray Hamilton as Edmund Schilling
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Gilbert Roland
Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso (December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994), known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice no ...
as Dominic Leopold
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David Doyle
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
as Luke Burgess
* James Davidson as Arthur Lloyd Trenier
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Kathleen Lloyd
Kathleen Lloyd is an American actress known for her role as the female lead in '' The Missouri Breaks'' (1976), opposite Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. She also appeared in the horror films ''The Car'' (1977) and '' It Lives Again'' (1978).
Ea ...
as Louise Trenier
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John Kerr as Gallagher (Trenier's Lawyer)
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Marlene Clark
Marlene Clark (born December 19, 1949) is an American actress, animator and fashion model. Clark is perhaps best known for her portrayals of Ganja Meda in the 1973 horror film ''Ganja & Hess'' and Janet Lawson, Lamont's girlfriend in the sitcom '' ...
as Rose
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Jerome Thor
Jerome Thor (January 5, 1915 — August 12, 1993) was an American actor of the stage and screen. He is best known for his work in Broadway plays from 1935 through 1946, and on American television during the 1950s. He starred as Robert Cannon in '' ...
as Abe Hirsch
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Valentin de Vargas as Ernesto De La Pina
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Susan Stafford
Susan Stafford (born Susanna Gail Carney; October 13, 1945) is an American former model, actress and television host. She was the original daytime hostess of the American game show ''Wheel of Fortune'' from January 6, 1975, until she left on Oct ...
as Monica Forbes
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Tony Giorgio as Vincent Romeo
* Jay W. MacIntosh as Court Clerk
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Marian Collier as Miss Gentry
* Jennifer Kulik as Anne
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Wesley Lau
Wesley Lau (June 18, 1921August 30, 1984) was an American film and television actor, and occasional screenwriter.
Early life
Wesley Lau was born and raised
in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. His parents were Albert and Agnes ( Feldner) Lau. He graduated ...
as John Pine
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Roland La Starza
Roland La Starza (May 12, 1927 – September 30, 2009) was an American boxer and actor.
Life and career
Originally from the Van Nest section of the Bronx, La Starza fought 66 professional bouts from July 7, 1947 to May 8, 1961. He won 57 of the ...
as "Sonny"
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Earl Eby as Judge
* Nickolas Konakas as Young Detective
* Michael W. Stokey as Teenage Boy
* Michele Nichols as Teenage Girl
* Owen Orr as Square Built Man
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Jed Allan
Jed Allan Brown (March 1, 1935 – March 9, 2019), known professionally as Jed Allan, was an American actor and television host, best known as C.C. Capwell on '' Santa Barbara'', Don Craig on '' Days of Our Lives'', Rush Sanders on ' ...
as Ben Maddon
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Robyn Millan as Marnie Jaycox
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Don "Red" Barry
Donald Barry de Acosta (January 11, 1912 – July 17, 1980), also known as Red Barry and Milton Poimboeuf, was an American film and television actor. He was nicknamed "Red" after appearing as the first Red Ryder in the highly successful 19 ...
as Miles Henderson
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Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Edward Pinsent (born July 12, 1930) is a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He is known for his roles in numerous productions, including ''Away from Her'', '' The Rowdyman'', '' John and the Missus'', ''A Gift to Last'', ''Due S ...
as Mayor Joe
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Mark Jenkins
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Eddie Quillan
Edward Quillan (March 31, 1907 – July 19, 1990) was an American film actor and singer whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s.
Vaudeville and silent fi ...
as Security Guard
* James A. Watson Jr. as Niles McKeon
Production
The television film was produced by
20th Century Fox Television
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as a pilot for the proposed series ''The Prosecutors'' starring James Olson and David Canary but it was not picked up for a series.
Reception
Maitland McDonagh of ''
TV Guide
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'' gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, noting that it has "all the earmarks of a pilot for a series" but that it is "talky and slow-moving".
References
External links
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{{Buzz Kulik
1973 television films
1973 films
Films about corruption in the United States
Films about lawyers
Films about organized crime in the United States
Films directed by Buzz Kulik
Films scored by Elmer Bernstein
NBC network original films
NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
American crime drama films
Procedural films
Television pilots not picked up as a series
American drama television films
1970s American films