The plot is pretty simple, but the actors bring everything to life in a great way.
Lloyd Bridges stars as Police Sgt. Ed Stagg who has a beautiful daughter named Tina (Sallie Shockley) that is married to Steve Butler (Frank Converse).
Steve is having an affair with Louise Campbell (Anne Helm) and this gets Ed all worked up as he refuses to let Steve hurt his daughter. Things get out of control and Ed accidentally kills Louise.
The rest of the movie concerns Ed trying to cover up the facts from his partner Sgt. Joe Marcus (Murray Hamilton) as well as everyone else, plus getting Steve off the hook as a murder suspect so as to not hurt Tina.
Bridges is very good in this film as a crazy cop who cares for nobody, even those he says he loves. He has many double standards and even tries to pin the murder on an alcoholic bum!
A recommended TV movie from a great era.
The rest of the cast includes Broderick Crawford, Whit Bissell, John Fiedler, Walter Brooke and Ellen Corby.
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