"A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives."
Telly Savalas
as Lt. Theo Kojak
Marjoe Gortner
as Teddy Hopper
José Ferrer
as Jake Weinhaus
Ned Beatty
as Det. Dan Corrigan
Allen Garfield
as Mario Portello
Lorraine Gary
as Ruthie
Roger Robinson
as Bobby Martin
Harriet Karr
as Cindy
Gene Woodbury
as Lewis Humes
Val Bisoglio
as Det. Jacarrino
William Watson
as Det. Matt Black
Antonia Rey
as Rita Alvarez
Chita Rivera
as Josie Hopper
Bruce Kirby
as Det. Dan McCartney
Robert Walden
as Mr Fisher
Robert Fields
as Asst. D.A. Goodman
Carolyn Nelson
as Melissa Karr
Lloyd Gough
as Inspector MacNeill
Lynn Hamilton
as Arless Humes
Lawrence Pressman
as Cabot
John Sylvester White
as Inspector Hoffstteter
Paul Jenkins
as Al Stabile
Helen Page Camp
as Mrs Hopper
Ellen Moss
as Lynn Peyser
George Savalas
as Jack Deems
Alan Manson
as Sgt. Roberts
Fred Holliday
as Sgt. Topf
Henry Brown
as Abe Humes
Joshua Shelley
as Mr Sack
Patricia O'Connell
as Marge Corrigan
Alex Colon
as Roberto Timoteo
Ben Hammer
as Judge DeKana
Tol Avery
as Justice Redding
Bill Zuckert
as Judge Matthews
Elizabeth Berger
as Jo-Ann Marcus
Lora Kaye
as Kathy Nelson
Steve Gravers
as Irwin David
Richard M. Sprague
Editor
Mario Tosi
Director of Photography
Alan Crosland, Jr.
Assistant Director
Hal Mooney
Music Supervisor
John J. Lloyd
Art Direction
Richard Belding
Supervising Editor
Charles Waldo
Costume Design
Carl Pingitore
George Gaines
Set Decoration
Billy Goldenberg
Music
Joseph Sargent
Director
Abby Mann
Writer
John R. Carter
Sound
Ben Bishop
Unit Manager