ONLY IN AMERICA: DETECTIVES (TV)
Summary
This documentary focuses on the work of Andy Lugo and Tony Colon, New York City homicide detectives stationed in the 7th homicide zone, a six square-mile area of the South Bronx. Highlights of this portion include the following: Lugo and Colon investigate a stabbing; Lugo discusses his job; over scenes of burned and abandoned buildings, the narrator provides a social history of the Bronx; Lugo and Colon investigate a shooting and the crime is discussed back at the station house; Lugo and Colon respond to a report that gunshots were heard in an apartment building; and the two detectives talk about their feelings for crime victims and their families. Next, Lugo and Colon investigate the murder of a woman who was shot six times and stabbed; Lugo says there is no time for fear to set in but that he is "cautious" on the job; Colon discusses the use of guns in the line of duty; Lugo reviews the case of the woman who was shot six times; and the two detectives discuss their frustrations with legal technicalities and with the light sentences drawn by some of their murder suspects.
Details
- NETWORK: Thames (United Kingdom)
- DATE: November 30, 1979
- RUNNING TIME: 0:44:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0316
- GENRE: Public affairs/documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Public affairs/documentaries; Crime and criminals; New York City
- SERIES RUN: Thames (United Kingdom) - TV, 1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Michael Houldey … Producer, Director
- Ian Holm … Narrator
- Tony Colon
- Andy Lugo