Summary:
Paul Newman stars as an essentially decent cop patrolling that decimated, drug-and-gang-ridden borough known on the city maps as the Bronx, but known to its denizens as "Fort Apache". While Newman tries to hold on to his basic humanity and to treat even the sorriest of the people on his beat with dignity, he can't do much to convince his superiors that blind brutality is not the answe... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Paul Newman - (Murphy)
Ed Asner - (Connolly)
Ken Wahl - (Corelli)
Danny Aiello - (Morgan)
Rachel Ticotin - (Isabella)
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Review:
Leading men and serious actors like Jack Nicholson and James Caan took career nosedives as adult roles evaporated in the youth-dominated cinema of the late '70s and early '80s, but classics like Paul Newman just kept soldiering on. Here the cool hand plays a beat cop patrolling a South Bronx wasteland of crushing poverty, drugs, and crime.... Continue >>

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