On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
George Peppard
as Capt. Frank Matthews
Jean Seberg
as Adele Matthews
Richard Kiley
as Woodrow Wilson King
Charles McGraw
as Deputy Chief John P. Hildebrand
Madeleine Sherwood
as Mrs. Eileen Sanderson
Robert F. Lyons
as Paul Martin Sanderson
Frank Marth
as Lt. Smithson
Marj Dusay
as Liz Tennant
Paul McGrath
as Senator Augustus Cole
Stewart Moss
as Richard D'Angelo
Isabel Sanford
as Effie
Dana Elcar
as Det. J.J. 'Red' Thornton
