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Mr. Ricco (1975)
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.
Updated May 23 2020
Cast
Cindy Williams
Jamison
Eugene Roche
George Cronyn
Denise Nicholas
Irene Mapes
Philip Michael Thomas
Purvis Mapes (as Philip Thomas)
Thalmus Rasulala
Frankie Steele
Geraldine Brooks
Katherine Fremont
Crew
Herman A. Blumenthal
Art Direction
Paul Bogart
Director
Frank Stanley
Director of Photography
Douglas Netter
Producer
Chico Hamilton
Original Music Composer
Michael S. McLean
Editor
Robert Hoban
Screenplay
