The City (1977 film)

The City
Genre	Crime Drama
Written by	John Wilder
Directed by	Harvey Hart
Starring	Robert Forster Don Johnson Ward Costello Jimmy Dean Mark Hamill
Theme music composer	John Elizalde
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Quinn Martin
Producer	John Wilder
Cinematography	Jacques R. Marquette
Editors	Ray Daniels Jim Gross
Running time	78 minutes
Production company	Quinn Martin Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 12, 1977 (1977-01-12)

The City is a 1977 American made-for-television crime drama film starring Robert Forster, Ward Costello, Don Johnson, Jimmy Dean and Mark Hamill. The film was produced as a pilot for a proposed television series that never came to be. It was originally broadcast January 12, 1977, on NBC.

Plot

The film is about the day in the life of two detectives (Robert Forster as Lieutenant Matt Lewis, Ward Costello as Captain Lloyd Bryant, and later Don Johnson as Sergeant Brian Scott) in Los Angeles solving (in this particular case) a crime where a man is killed for unknown reasons, coming to find an unstable young man (Mark Hamill as Eugene Banks) with a deep hatred against a famous country singer (Jimmy Dean as Wes Collins).

Cast

• Robert Forster as Lieutenant Matt Lewis
• Don Johnson as Sergeant Brian Scott
• Ward Costello as Captain Lloyd Bryant
• Jimmy Dean as Wes Collins
• Mark Hamill as Eugene Banks
• Susan Sullivan as Carol Carter
• Adam Hollander as Kenny
• Adam Rich as Donnie Collins

External links

• The City at IMDb