HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET: BOP GUN (TV)
Summary
One in this series of police dramas about a department of reflective homicide detectives in Baltimore, Maryland. In this episode, all of the detectives' efforts are concentrated on one case when a tourist is murdered in front of her family while resisting muggers. With media attention focused on the case because the victim was a white tourist and the assailants are black youths, the case's primary detective, Felton, leads his harried colleagues as they round up two suspects quickly. When the two young men implicate a third suspect named Vaughn Perkins during interrogation, the case is solved with surprising ease. Perkins admits he is the killer, writes a letter of apology to the victim's bereaved husband -- played by comedian Robin Williams -- and asks to be sentenced to life without parole. Howard, however, distrusts the youth's inordinately cooperative manner, and pays him a visit in prison to uncover the truth.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: January 6, 1994 Thursday 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:47:20
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:34869
- GENRE: Drama, police
- SUBJECT HEADING: Criminal investigation; Drama, police; Homicide; Mugging; Murder
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1993-1999
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Barry Levinson … Executive Producer
- Tom Fontana … Executive Producer
- Jim Finnerty … Supervising Producer
- Gail Mutrux … Producer
- Debbie Sarjeant … Associate Producer
- Stephen Gyllenhaal … Director
- Paul Attanasio … Created by
- David Simon … Writer
- David Mills … Writer
- Tom Fontana … Writer
- David Simon … Based on the book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" by
- Jeff Rona … Music by
- Lynn F. Kowal … Theme Music by
- Daniel Baldwin … Cast, Det. Beau Felton
- Richard Belzer … Cast, Det. John Munch
- Andre Braugher … Cast, Det. Frank Pembleton
- Clark Johnson … Cast, Det. Meldrick Lewis
- Yaphet Kotto … Cast, Lt. Al Giardello
- Melissa Leo … Cast, Det. Kay Howard
- Jon Polito … Cast, Det. Steve Crosetti
- Kyle Secor … Cast, Det. Tim Bayliss
- Ned Beatty … Cast, Det. Stanley Bolander
- Robin Williams … Cast, Robert Ellison
- Antonio D. Charity … Cast, Kid Funkadelic
- Julia Devin … Cast, Abby Ellison
- Jake Gyllenhaal … Cast, Matt Ellison
- Shawn Woodyard … Cast, Suspect
- Richard Pilcher … Cast, Deutch
- Herb Levinson … Cast, Dr. Lausanne
- Mel Proctor … Cast, Besser
- Judy Thorton … Cast, Judy
- Sharon H. Ziman … Cast, Naomi
- Jay Spadaro … Cast, Uniform #1
- Fredella Calloway … Cast, Uniform #2
- Lloyd Goodman … Cast, Vaughn Perkins
- Caron Tate … Cast, Renee Perkins
- Vincent Miller … Cast, Tweety
- Kay W. Lawal … Cast, Rose Landry