

74 minutes
1/2/1973
Conflict erupts within a close-knit engine company of a big-city fire department when a black recruit and a bigoted white veteran clash during a wave of suspected arson in the ghetto. Pilot to the short-lived series that began a run in January 1974.

Richard Roundtree
as Shelly Forsythe

Vince Edwards
as Spike Ryerson

Andrew Duggan
as Capt. Jim Parr

Richard Jaeckel
as Hank Myers

Val Avery
as Sonny Caputo

Sheila Frazier
as Michelle Forsythe

Michael Lerner
as Ernie Bush

Paul Le Mat
as Billy Dalzell
Mel Scott
as Mamu
Alma Beltran
as Spanish Lady
Howard Curtis
as Eddie Doyle

Mwako Cumbuka
as Clarence
Ty Henderson
as Bobby

DeWayne Jessie
as Oldest Boy
Bobby Johnson
as Bartender

Joshua Shelley
as Mr. Warnecke
Scott Smith
as Battalion Chief