''Newman's Law'' is a 1974 American

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Richard T. Heffron Richard T. Heffron (October 6, 1930 – August 27, 2007) was an American film director. He worked on many television series such as ''The Rockford Files'' and films including ''I Will Fight No More Forever'' (1975), ''Futureworld'' (1976), ...

and starring

George Peppard George Peppard (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor. He secured a major role as struggling writer Paul Varjak when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961), and later portrayed a character ...

Plot

Vince Newman (

), a hard-nosed Los Angeles cop, is loyal to his partner Garry ( Roger Robinson), devoted to his family and far too principled to take a bribe. So when he gets booted from duty after being falsely accused of extortion, he decides to go rogue and keep investigating an organized crime case he was working on. As he digs deeper, he stumbles upon a conspiracy that might extend beyond the local mob scene, perhaps even to the highest reaches of his own department.

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* * * * {{Richard T. Heffron 1974 films 1974 crime drama films American crime drama films Films about the Los Angeles Police Department Films about police misconduct Films directed by Richard T. Heffron Films scored by Robert Prince (composer) Films set in Los Angeles American police detective films Universal Pictures films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films English-language crime drama films