Bert Burger plays a crooked city councilman, not the noblest of characters to be sure. But when someone puts two bullets into him the law has to respond. So it falls on Lt. Theo Kojak and the Manhattan South Squad to find the killer.
It's almost too easy when Harrison Page is found with the wounded Burger at the scene. There's even the witness statement of waiter Tom Pedi from a nearby restaurant.
Page is a hot tempered militant of that era of the Black Panthers whose first instinct is to run. Sad he did not know he would be dealing with Kojak who has a burning passion for the truth in every case. But his instincts are usually right. My experience with police is that they like easy solutions in real life and brush inconsistencies under the rug.
Tom Pedi is always a pleasure to watch as he plays all kinds of New York type characters on the big and small screen. He was mostly a stage actor so his credits are limited. But you have to love his happy go lucky persona he brings to all roles.
Note also the performance of Magnum's future sidekick T.C. who plays a bookie here. A man who definitely knows how to work the system.
It's almost too easy when Harrison Page is found with the wounded Burger at the scene. There's even the witness statement of waiter Tom Pedi from a nearby restaurant.
Page is a hot tempered militant of that era of the Black Panthers whose first instinct is to run. Sad he did not know he would be dealing with Kojak who has a burning passion for the truth in every case. But his instincts are usually right. My experience with police is that they like easy solutions in real life and brush inconsistencies under the rug.
Tom Pedi is always a pleasure to watch as he plays all kinds of New York type characters on the big and small screen. He was mostly a stage actor so his credits are limited. But you have to love his happy go lucky persona he brings to all roles.
Note also the performance of Magnum's future sidekick T.C. who plays a bookie here. A man who definitely knows how to work the system.