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87th Precinct yarn set in Boston with Burt Reynolds, Tom Skerritt and Raquel Welch
Detectives in Boston have to deal with several typical crime issues in the big city, including a money-hungry killer bomber (Yul Brynner). Burt Reynolds, Tom Skerritt, Raquel Welch and Jack Weston head the cast.
"Fuzz" (1972) is an 87th Precinct tale based on the book of the same name and written by the author, Evan Hunter, aka Ed McBain. Its similar in some ways to other big city detective flicks of that era, like Bullitt (1968), Dirty Harry (1971), The Night Stalker (1972) and Deathwish (1974), but its easily the least of these because (1) the attempt to shoehorn humor into the life-or-death proceedings, à la MAS*H (1972), seems forced and (2)...