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The City is BurningEpisode Number: 105 Season Num: 7 First Aired: Monday September 28, 1987 Prod Code: 660-702 |
When Det. Corassa's gun is linked to the slaying of a black youth in a white section of town, the negro community suspects a cover-up.
| Director: | Helaine Head |
| Star: | Troy Slaten (Michael Lacey), Martin Kove (Det. Victor Isbecki), Al Waxman (Lt. Bert Samuels), Paul Mantee (Det. Al Corassa), John Karlen (Harvey Lacey), Harvey Atkin (Desk Sgt. Ronald Coleman), Tony LaTorre (Harvey Lacey, Jr.), Tyne Daly (Det. Mary Beth Lacey), Robert Hegyes (Detective Manny Esposito), Sharon Gless (Det. Chris Cagney), Carl Lumbly (Det. Mark Petrie) |
| Recurring Role: | Barry Laws (Tom Basil) |
| Guest Star: | Travis Fine (Teenager #2), Zoaunne LeRoy (Shopkeeper), Michael D. Roberts (Eddie Hanks), Sheila Scott-Wilkinson (Joyce Richards), Pepe Serna (Carmine Del Gado), John Finnegan (Captain Stewart), Jon Gries ('Hands' Callahan), Devin Hoelscher (Jacob Gold), Wendy Jane Cooke (Frances Whittman), Linda Hoy (AA Leader), Sean Faro (Teenager #1) |
Petrie: Everyone's a racist. That's the way this country is set up.
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Lacey: Underneath that white apron and all that smooth talk, she doesn't even know she's a monster.
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Cagney: Listen up all you crackers, wops, niggers, chinks, spics, micks, kikes and polacks. Did I leave anybody out? Good, 'cause that's the last time I want to hear any of those words in this place.
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The City is BurningPerfect "A very special episode" Provocative echo of a real-life murder case that exacerbated racial tensions in New York in the late 1980s. Continue » Posted Oct 15, 2006 1:51 am PST |
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Episode: The City is Burning
Season Number: 7
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Score: 10.0 Perfect 6 votes
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