Report to the Commissioner
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Report to the Commissioner is a 1975 crime drama film based on James Mills' 1972 novel. It involves a rookie cop (Michael Moriarty) in the New York City Police Department who is assigned a special missing person case, which in fact is meant to be a wild-goose chase to back up an undercover female police officer's role as the girlfriend of a drug dealer.
The film was directed by Milton Katselas and features a musical score by Elmer Bernstein. The script is by two Oscar-winning screenwriters, Abby Mann (Judgment at Nuremberg) and Ernest Tidyman (The French Connection). It marked Richard Gere's film debut.
Plot
Detective Beauregard "Bo" Lockley (Michael Moriarty) is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a young Patricia "Pat" Butler (Susan Blakely), not knowing she is also an undercover policewoman. Lockley ultimately shoots her by mistake.
Cast
- Michael Moriarty - Bo Lockley
- Yaphet Kotto - Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
- Susan Blakely - Patty Butler
- Héctor Elizondo - Captain D'Angelo
- Tony King - Thomas 'Stick' Henderson
- Michael McGuire - Lt. Hanson
- Edward Grover - Captain Strichter
- Dana Elcar - Chief Perna
- Bob Balaban - Joey Egan (as Robert Balaban)
- William Devane - Asst. D.A. Jackson
- Stephen Elliott - Police Commissioner
- Richard Gere - Billy
- Vic Tayback - Lt. Seidensticker
- Albert Seedman - Detective Schulman
- Noelle North - Samantha
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