Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
Clint Eastwood
as Lieutenant Speer
Burt Reynolds
as Mike Murphy
Jane Alexander
as Addy
Madeline Kahn
as Caroline Howley
Rip Torn
as Primo Pitt
Irene Cara
as Ginny Lee
Richard Roundtree
as Dehl Swift
Tony Lo Bianco
as Leon Coll
William Sanderson
as Lonnie Ash
Nicholas Worth
as Troy Roker
Robert Davi
as Nino
Jude Farese
as Dub Slack
