I love the old-school thinking here. Every "compliment" of Eddie Egan as a cop is an absolute insult and problem now. "An almost clownish figure" "A rogue" "He's crass" "He's always flirting with women" had a huge ego demanding people address him with the title "Mr" He saw "everybody was a suspect, everybody was doing something wrong" I cannot imagine the number of innocent citizens and their rights that he violated without consequence during this time period of NYPD policing. All this overlooked by taking garbage off the street. And that's awesome that he was as effective - as the story goes - in fighting crime. This was a very high-crime time in NY's history. It's amazing that he made it in life to his mid-60s.
I loved this movie. I have the DVD, and have rewatched it many times. The only problem I have with it though, concerns the technique,they used while following the bad guys. Any 8 year old kid would spot these guys as cops. They follow right behind the baddies while driving, The entire subway sequence was like amateur hour. Charnier would have to be as simple minded as Forrest Gump, if he didn't know Doyle was a cop. LoBianco wasn't 10 feet away from both of them during the stakeout scenes. Very poor stakeout skills.
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I love the old-school thinking here. Every "compliment" of Eddie Egan as a cop is an absolute insult and problem now.
"An almost clownish figure"
"A rogue"
"He's crass"
"He's always flirting with women"
had a huge ego demanding people address him with the title "Mr"
He saw "everybody was a suspect, everybody was doing something wrong"
I cannot imagine the number of innocent citizens and their rights that he violated without consequence during this time period of NYPD policing. All this overlooked by taking garbage off the street. And that's awesome that he was as effective - as the story goes - in fighting crime. This was a very high-crime time in NY's history. It's amazing that he made it in life to his mid-60s.
Absolutely! Very well said indeed!
I loved this movie. I have the DVD, and have rewatched it many times. The only problem I have with it though, concerns the technique,they used while following the bad guys. Any 8 year old kid would spot these guys as cops. They follow right behind the baddies while driving, The entire subway sequence was like amateur hour. Charnier would have to be as simple minded as Forrest Gump, if he didn't know Doyle was a cop. LoBianco wasn't 10 feet away from both of them during the stakeout scenes. Very poor stakeout skills.
arguably the Best american 😊film of the 1970s
My Mum's favourite film, and she had taste, has taste!
YOU PICK YOUR FEET.?!!😅