Fuzz (1972) on Netflix
Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer and Bert Kling are detectives in the Boston Police Department's 87th Precinct. A caller threatens to kill city officials unless he is paid a ransom.
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Plot summary
Detectives Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, and Bert Kling are part of the 87th Precinct's team investigating a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man. While attempting to investigate and prevent the murders of several high-ranking city officials, they also must keep track of the perpetrators of a string of robberies. Further complicating matters is a rash of arson attacks on homeless men.
Cast
- H. Benny Markowitzas Patrolman Levine
- James Victoras Patrolman Gomez
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Fuzz (1972)
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- Welch was paid $100,000 for nine days of work but initially refused a scene in which her character appears in her bra and panties in the men's room; after alternate shoots, producer Ed Feldman said "it just didn't work" and that they had not got the picture promised to United Artists.
- In Boston on October 2, 1973, a 24-year-old woman carrying a can of gasoline was dragged into an alley by six teenagers and set ablaze; the press reported that Fuzz had aired on nationwide television the previous weekend and that the perpetrators may have reenacted an attack portrayed in the movie.
- In Miami on October 20, 1973, a 38-year-old homeless man sleeping outdoors behind an abandoned building was approached by a group of teenagers, doused with gasoline and set on fire; the film was mentioned in news reports about the murder, as the attack closely resembled one of its scenes.
- The incidents led to a careful review by network television Standards and Practices departments; networks were forced to curb the amount of violence they broadcast throughout the decade, and Fuzz itself was withdrawn from television broadcast until it returned to cable television years later.
