Law and Disorder (1974)
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Fed up with an escalating crime rate and an increasingly ineffective police force, blue-collar New Yorkers Willie and Cy (Carroll O'Connor and Ernest Borgnine) join a citizen's vigilante group. Their efforts to act as an auxiliary police force are comically inept, but director Ivan Passer… More Fed up with an escalating crime rate and an increasingly ineffective police force, blue-collar New Yorkers Willie and Cy (Carroll O'Connor and Ernest Borgnine) join a citizen's vigilante group. Their efforts to act as an auxiliary police force are comically inept, but director Ivan Passer lulls us into laughter only to catch us unprepared when he wants to play things in dead seriousness. After finally proving their worth as after-hours cops, Willie and Cy are euphoric; this lasts just long enough for Cy to be killed. Constantly changing its tone and point of view, Law and Disorder struck just the right nihilistic note in the 1970s. Modern viewers may not be quite as responsive, though many will cheer Willie's final act of defiance against the Big Apple. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ivan Passer
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 9, 1974 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 19, 2000
Critic Reviews
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Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
Law and Disorder is truly one of the the great, overlooked gems of the 1970s. It's a gritty, funny and well-observed comedy-drama that perfectly captures the urban disillusionment of lower middle-class lives. An absolute must-see.
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Cast
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Leslie Ackerman
as Karen
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Allan Arbus
as Dr. Richter
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Teodorino Bello
as Chico's Mother
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Ernest Borgnine
as Cy
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Pat Corley
as Ken
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Anita Dangler
as Irene
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Jay Fletcher
as Jogger
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Rita Gam
as Woman in Cab
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Edward Grover
as Capt. Malloy
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Jack Kehoe
as Elliott
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J. Frank Lucas
as Flasher
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Michael Medwin
as Man in Cab
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Carroll O'Connor
as Willie
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Lionel Pina
as Chico
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Joe Ragno
as Peter
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David Spielberg
as Bobby
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Gary Springer
as F.U. Kid
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Ann Wedgeworth
as Sally
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Pepper Wormser
as Yablonsky
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Karen Black
as Gloria
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Jack Stamberger
as Morris
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Adam Lessuck
as Eddie
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Ed Madsen
as Frank
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Bill Richert
as Desk Sergeant
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Sydney Sherrif
as Ralph
