A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.
Direction
Peerce's stadium geography lesson — you WILL feel trapped.
Acting
Cassavetes sleepwalking through a blockbuster like it's beneath him (it is).
Director
Larry Peerce
Charlton Heston
Capt. Peter Holly
John Cassavetes
Sgt. Chris Button
Martin Balsam
Sam McKeever
Beau Bridges
Mike Ramsay
Marilyn Hassett
Lucy
David Janssen
Steve
Jack Klugman
Stu Sandmann
Gena Rowlands
Janet
Walter Pidgeon
The Pickpocket
Brock Peters
Paul
David Groh
Al
Mitchell Ryan
The Priest
Joe Kapp
Charlie Tyler
Pamela Bellwood
Peggy Ramsay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The NFL refused to cooperate, so the film invented the 'Baltimore Colts vs. Los Angeles Rams' championship — neither team was actually good that year.
Released four years before real stadium tragedies escalated security forever; modern audiences can't experience its original 'this could happen' terror.
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