"An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life."
George C. Scott
as Kilvinski
Stacy Keach
as Roy Fehle
Jane Alexander
as Dorothy Fehler
Scott Wilson
as Gus
Rosalind Cash
as Lorrie
Erik Estrada
as Sergio
Clifton James
as Whitey
Richard E. Kalk
as Milton
James B. Sikking
as Sergeant Anders
Isabel Sanford
as Wilma
Carol Speed
as Martha
Burke Byrnes
as Phillips
William Atherton
as Johnson
Ed Lauter
as Galloway
Dolph Sweet
as Sergeant Runyon
Stefan Gierasch
as Landlord
Roger E. Mosley
as Truck Driver
Read Morgan
as Woodrow Gandy
Pepe Serna
as Young Mexican Man
Lieux Dressler
as Orville's Wife (uncredited)
DeWayne Jessie
as Mugging Suspect (uncredited)
Kitten Natividad
as Go-Go Dancer (uncredited)
Anne Ramsey
as Crazy Man's Wife (uncredited)
Richard Fleischer
Director
Robert C. Jones
Editor
Joseph Wambaugh
Novel
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Irwin Winkler
Quincy Jones
Music
Robert Towne
Additional Writing
Ralph Woolsey
Director of Photography