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Cop-killer | Based On True Story
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Best Supporting Actor | 1979 | James
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1980 | James
Best Supporting Actor | 1980 | James
Best Supporting Actor | 1979 | James
Franklyn Seales' screaming during the murder was unscripted.
According to Leonard Maltin, the film was adapted by author Joseph Wambaugh without any studio interference. Halliwells said the picture was made exactly on his (Wambaugh's) terms.
This was Franklyn Seales's and Ted Danson's feature film debuts.
The film was financed by director Harold Becker, screenwriter Joseph Wambaugh, and many of Wambaugh's friends, which allowed them to have total creative control.
As part of research for the script, co-writer Eric Roth went out on police cruises with the LAPD, only to have the car, in which he was riding, shot at by a street gang member on one outing.
"Det. Sgt. Pierce R. Brooks: Has your conscience ever bothered you? Like feeling - guilty? Jimmy Smith: Mr. Brooks... I believe... I think that is something that rich white guys dreamed up to keep guys like me down. I honestly don't believe there is such a thing... such a feeling. Guilty? That's just something the Man says in court when your luck runs out."
"[repeated line] Jimmy Smith: Jumpin' Jesus!"
