A police chief, confined to a wheelchair, and a former cop, who is now a priest, team up to discover who has been committing a series of murders of local priests. This TV movie was a backdoor pilot for the crime series SARGE and aired as a special-event spinoff of IRONSIDE.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
22 people
Raymond Burr
Robert T. Ironside
Known for
Rear Window
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
George Kennedy
Father Samuel Cavanaugh
Known for
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Cool Hand Luke
Don Galloway
Det. Sgt. Ed Brown
Known for
Ironside
The Big Chill
Don Mitchell
Mark Sanger
Known for
Scream Blacula Scream
Anthony Zerbe
Vincent Wiertel
Known for
The Matrix Reloaded
Licence to Kill
Louise Latham
Martha Gordon
Known for
Marnie
The Philadelphia Experiment
David Huddleston
Harrison Davis
Known for
The Big Lebowski
Crime Busters
Ned Romero
Monsignor
Known for
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
House IV
Robert Sampson
Father Dennis McMurtry
Known for
Re-Animator
The Dark Side of the Moon
Ann Doran
Harriet Miles
Known for
Rebel Without a Cause
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Kermit Murdock
Publisher
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Andromeda Strain
Peter Brocco
Father Miles
Known for
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Spartacus
Richard A. Colla Director · Robert Van Scoyk Story David Levy Story
United States release September 14, 1971 · Produced in United States · Production Universal Television
Production
Harbour Productions Unlimited
Production
Universal Television
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 14, 1971
TV · NBC
More from Richard A. Colla
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked The Priest Killer
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
