Foster and Laurie (1975)
- Director(s):
- John Llewellyn Moxey
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Given the title Foster and Laurie and the added fact that the protagonists are two cops, one might deduce that this TV movie was the pilot for a potential series. Not this time: The two leading characters are killed almost before the opening credits fade! In flashback, the film traces the law-enforcement careers of African American Gregory Foster (Dorian Harewood) and Italian American Rocco Laurie (Perry King). Friends as well as partners, Foster and Laurie endeavor to improve community relations in their crime-ridden Lower East Side precinct--which results in their being murdered by three militant extremists, who hope to intimidate the rest of the force (at the time the film was made, this motivation for the crime was still pure speculation). The killings have the opposite effect, as the rest of department rallies against its enemies, inspired by the memory of their fallen comrades. Foster and Laurie was based on the book by Al Silverman. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jonelle Allen - Jacqueline Foster
- Victor Campos - Deadler
- Dorian Harewood - Gregory Foster
- Owen Pace - Johnson
- Wallace Rooney - Commissioner
- Ed Walsh - Sergeant Petrie
- Eric Laneuville - Max
- Roger Aaron Brown - Sims
- Rene Enriquez - Mr. Rosario
- Perry King - Rocco Laurie
- David Proval - Ianucci
- Talia Shire - Adelaide Laure
- Charles Haid - Sgt. Bray
- James Woods - Addict
- Director(s):
- John Llewellyn Moxey
- Writer(s):
- Albert Ruben
- Producer(s):
- Art Stolnitz
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