To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

NR Limited Series 1978 · 2 eps · ★ 8.0 · Drama, Crime

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Police drama concerning a maverick chief of detectives dealing with two cop killings and a spate of bank robberies. He's also fighting a back stabbing police commissioner and a revolutionary leader plotting a police massacre.

Created by Ernest Tidyman

Network: NBC

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