Dennis Becker ( Joe Santos ), about to take his lieutenant's exam, is assigned a potentially career-ruining case. He has to investigate the murder of the wife of the deputy police chief ( Byron Morrow ), which will require him to ask embarrassing questions about their private lives. Becker's wife, Peggy ( Pat Finley ), gets Jim to help, but everything he discovers points to the deputy chief. With Ed Harris in his first notable role, also with W.K. Stratton, Nancy Parsons , Don Diamond , Frank…
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Dennis Becker ( Joe Santos ), about to take his lieutenant's exam, is assigned a potentially career-ruining case. He has to investigate the murder of the wife of the deputy police chief ( Byron Morrow ), which will require him to ask embarrassing questions about their private lives. Becker's wife, Peggy ( Pat Finley ), gets Jim to help, but everything he discovers points to the deputy chief. With Ed Harris in his first notable role, also with W.K. Stratton, Nancy Parsons, Don Diamond, Frank McRae, Robert Cleaves and Alex Colon.