The Super Cops
| The Super Cops | |
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| Directed by | Gordon Parks |
| Produced by | William Belasco |
| Written by |
book: L.H. Whittemore Screenplay: Lorenzo Semple Jr. |
| Starring |
Ron Leibman David Selby Sheila Frazier Pat Hingle Dan Frazer Joseph Sirola Arny Freeman |
| Music by | Jerry Fielding |
| Cinematography | Richard C. Kratina |
| Edited by | Moe Howard |
| Distributed by |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists |
Release dates | March 20, 1974 |
Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Super Cops is a 1974 film starring Ron Leibman and David Selby, directed by Gordon Parks. The film is based on the book The Super Cops: The True Story Of The Cops Called Batman and Robin by L.H. Whittemore. The film was released the year after the successful cop movie Serpico (also based on a true story).
Plot
Two rookie policemen, Dave Greenberg and Rob Hantz, straight out of the NYPD police academy, want to do more than traffic control. They have their own ideas about fighting crime against drug dealers, criminals and corrupt cops in Brooklyn.
In other media
The Archie Comics superhero imprint Red Circle Comics published one issue of a Super Cops comic book (with stories written by Marv Channing) in July 1974.
DVD Release
On January 19, 2011, film director Edgar Wright requested a DVD release of The Super Cops from the Warner Archive on Twitter, and Warner responded by announcing a remastered manufactured on-demand edition of The Super Cops. The film was released on DVD via the Warner Archive Collection on September 13, 2011.
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