In this city, cops are kings...and brutality reigns.
Features: DVD
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo (Paul Sorvino). But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann (Rob Morrow), has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers. With his reluctant partner Phil Chadway (Randy Quaid), and a beautiful colleague (Cynthia Preston), Neumann follows a twisting, turning trail of leads pointing to a cache of records documenting hundreds of brutality cases. When Nuemann begins to receive death threats, he realizes he is perilously close to uncovering a corrupt scandal--one that reaches all the way to the mayor's office. With his time running out, Neumann risks everything to learn the truth--and break a shocking story that will reverberate through the nation. Based on Neumann and Chadway's Pulitzer Prize-winning articles, The Thin Blue Lie crackles with white-knuckle suspense and excitement.
Editor's Note
Mayor Frank Rizzo (Paul Sorvino) was elected Mayor of Philadelphia in 1971. The city was dangerous and lawless with violence running rampant, and Rizzo promised to decrease such activity in the city. Philadelphia Examiner reporter Jonathan Neumann (Rob Morrow) uncovers police corruption under Rizzo and dares to expose it, putting his own life in danger. Based on true events, this hard-hitting made-for-cable film--in the tradition of SERPICO and ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN-- features strong performances by Morrow and Sorvino.
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