Mancuso, a woman prosecutor (Zohra Lampert), involves Slattery (Richard Crenna) in a politically explosive investigation of gambling corruption. Cicely Tyson and Tige Andrews are featured. Amidst a murder investigation, District Attorney Mancuso publicly alleges that legalized gambling houses have corrupted a city sector. Accusing Slattery of inaction due to his party's financial ties to gambling kingpin Arnold Layton, she provokes him into launching an investigation.
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