Mr. Ricco
“The one thing people hate more than a cop killer...is the lawyer who gets him off!”
Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? Dean Martin keeps his affable ease but abandons his hipster Matt Helm-series swagger to portray Ricco in his final leading-role film, a whodunit mystery set in the city that also was the gritty center of action for the era’s Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Convinced that Steele isn’t behind the murders, Ricco launches an inquiry and runs up against a police lieutenant assigned to birddog him, evidence planted by a racist cop and several assassination attempts on Ricco himself. As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. And behind it all is someone the attorney never suspected. The pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams plays Ricco’s office assistant.
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Cast
23 people
Dean Martin
Joe Ricco
Known for
Rio Bravo
Ocean's Eleven
Eugene Roche
George Cronyn
Known for
Slaughterhouse-Five
Foul Play
Thalmus Rasulala
Frankie Steele
Known for
Blacula
Roots
Denise Nicholas
Irene Mapes
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
Ghost Dad
Cindy Williams
Jamison
Known for
The Conversation
American Graffiti
Geraldine Brooks
Katherine Fremont
Known for
The Reckless Moment
Possessed
Philip Michael Thomas
Purvis Mapes
Known for
Miami Vice
Coonskin
Dennis Lee Smith
Officer Hanley
Also in
Hawkins
Kung Fu
George Tyne
Lt. Barrett
Known for
A Walk in the Sun
They Won't Believe Me
Robert Sampson
Justin
Known for
Re-Animator
The Dark Side of the Moon
Michael Gregory
Tanner
Known for
RoboCop
Beverly Hills Cop
Joseph Hacker
Markham
Also in
The Winds of War
Little Treasure
Paul Bogart Director · Robert Hoban Screenplay Ed Harvey Story
United States release January 31, 1975 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 31, 1975
Theatrical
Germany
June 5, 1975 · Theatrical
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