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STRIKE FORCE(1975)


Just ok! Not really worth a second watch! C


From IMDb.com:

This failed pilot for a possible TV cop show plays like a
watered down made-for-TV version of "The French Connection."
Your standard motley assortment of mismatched law enforcers -
- wiseguy narcotics detective from the New York neighborhood
Cliff Gorman, stuffy by-the-book FBI agent Donald Blakely,
and an eager beaver rookie surveillance expert played by a
very young and then unknown Richard Gere -- join together
to thwart a nefarious Big Apple heroin drug ring (late,
great longtime favorite sleazeball character actor Joe
Spinell pops up as one of the despicable no-count dope
dealers). The story is every bit as trite and predictable
as the above synopsis suggests, but fortunately the brisk
direction by Barry ("Wild in the Streets," "Across 110th
Street") Shear, several thrilling action scenes, solid
acting from a good cast (Gorman in particular is quite
lively and engaging while Gere acquits himself nicely
in one of his first-ever thespic gigs), and a pleasingly
short'n'snappy 74 minute running time make this item
a perfectly enjoyable, if altogether unremarkable
diversion. - Woodyanders


Cast:

Cliff Gorman ... Detective Joey Gentry
Don Blakely ... FBI Agent Jerome Ripley (as Donald Blakely)
Richard Gere ... Trooper Walter Spenser
Edward Grover ... Captain Peterson (as Ed Grover)
Joe Spinell ... Sol Terranova
Marilyn Chris ... Faye Stone
Mimi Cecchini ... Mrs. Morelli
Carl Don ... Unknown
Arnold Soboloff ... Unknown
Allan Rich ... Police Commissioner
Billy Longo ... Billy Morelli
Randy Jurgensen ... Randy, the Policeman (as Randy Jurgenson)
David Gideon ... Trooper
Larry Bryggman ... Pharmacist (uncredited)
Lenny Montana ... New York Italian Dockworker (uncredited)
Marie Puma ... Policewoman (uncredited)
Filomena Spagnuolo ... Mary, the counterwoman (uncredited)
Lee Steele ... Police Instructor (uncredited)
Steve Vignari ... Mafia Hitman (uncredited)
Stephen Zulick ... Janitor (uncredited)


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