Badge 373 (1973)
- Directed by
- Howard W. Koch
- Genre
- crime film, gangster film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A tough New York cop named Eddie Ryan investigates a crime ring. The story follows his pursuit through the city.
tensegrittyfast-pacedaction-orientedcoolcynicalurban
What happens
Badge 373 is a 1973 American neo noir crime action thriller film inspired, as was The French Connection, by the life and career of police officer Eddie Egan, here called "Eddie Ryan". The film, which has a screenplay by journalist Pete Hamill, was produced and directed by Howard W. Koch, and stars Robert Duvall as Ryan, with Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow and Eddie Egan himself as a police lieutenant. The film was not successful, either at the U.S. box office or with the critics but was an overseas Box Office Success especially in Italy, France, Spain, West Germany and Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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