Cinematography:
Monroe P. AskinsComposer:
David RoseCast:
Rita Moreno, Mark Damon, Gerald Mohr, Jay Novello, Eugene Mazzola, Dyan Cannon, Al Freeman Jr., Leonard Bremen, Hari Rhodes, Richard Rust, Byron Morrow (more)Plots(1)
A plague of hate crimes threatens to provoke the city to race riots. Posing as high school troublemakers, two detectives, Frank and Don - one white and the other Latino, trade their badges for switchblades in an effort to infiltrate and bust the ethnic youth gangs suspected of instigating the savage violence. Don is quickly recruited into the Royals, a dope-dealing gang of white boys, but Frank's efforts to get into the Latino gang, The Caballeros, are met with failure due to his increasingly amorous intentions toward sultry Lola, the sister of head Caballero, Manuel. A vicious triangle of hatred and desire forms between Lola, Frank, and her bloodthirsty brother Manuel. Manuel's pathological hatred of white men, and the chip on his shoulder from a life of poverty, fuels his menace with an explosive fury that threatens to bring down the entire city. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
West Side Story (1961)
The King and I (1956)
Mark Damon
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
Gerald Mohr
USA
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Detective Story (1951)
Gilda (1946)
Jay Novello
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Boys Town (1938)
Eugene Mazzola
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Dyan Cannon
USA
Best movies:
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
The Last of Sheila (1973)
Al Freeman Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
The Lost Man (1969)
Leonard Bremen
USA
Best movies:
The Front Page (1974)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Hari Rhodes
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots (1977) (series)
Shock Corridor (1963)
Richard Rust
USA
Best movies:
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Homicidal (1961)
Byron Morrow
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Tol Avery
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Where Danger Lives (1950)
Ken Miller
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Horrible Horror (1986) - a.f.
Tom Gilson
USA
Best movies:
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Home from the Hill (1960)
Prince Valiant (1954)
Don Eitner
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Mad Bomber (1973)
Until They Sail (1957)
John Newton
USA
Best movies:
The Satan Bug (1965)
The Stuff (1985)
Adrienne Marden
USA
Best movies:
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Airport (1970)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Steven Perry
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Sound And The Fury (1959)
Escape From Atlantis (1997) (TV movie)
Ike Jones
USA
Best movies:
Blackboard Jungle (1955)