Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice: in a mulitimillion dollar showbiz scam, in the glittering diamonds that spill out of a dead man's vest, in the veins of a small time pusher. As the detectives scramble for evidence, as the city shivers, a killer is one step ahead, and the heat is still on.
Acting
Pantoliano's Meyer Meyer: neurotic, obsessive, weirdly lovable.
Production
Frozen city atmosphere that actually feels cold.
Writing
Ed McBain's dialogue: hardboiled poetry, machine-gun pace.
Director
Bradford May
Dale Midkiff
Det. Steve Carella
Joe Pantoliano
Det. Meyer Meyer
Paul Johansson
Det. Bert Kling
Andrea Parker
Det. Eileen Burke
Dean McDermott
Tim Moore
Nigel Bennett
Brother Anthony
Michael Gross
Lt. Peter Byrnes
Lenore Zann
Angie
Philip Akin
Det. Arthur Brown
Hugh Thompson
Det. Cotton Hawes
Judah Katz
Andy Parker
Lisa LaCroix
Judite
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of three 87th Precinct TV movies produced for CBS in 1996, all adapting Ed McBain's long-running novel series that started in 1956.
Dale Midkiff's Steve Carella was the third actor to play the role after Robert Lansing and Ron Harper in earlier failed pilots—franchise loyalty was NOT a '90s network priority.
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