"Homicide: Life on the Street" Sins of the Father (1998)

User Rating:

9.3/10   

Director:

Mary Harron

Writers:

Julie Martin (story)
Darryl Wharton (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993)

Original Air Date:

9 January 1998 (Season 6, Episode 10)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Italian American Cop | Bookends | Detective John Munch | Glock | Jewish Cop

Cast

Richard Belzer	...	Det. John Munch
Clark Johnson	...	Det. Meldrick Lewis
Andre Braugher	...	Det. Frank Pembleton
Kyle Secor	...	Det. Tim Bayliss
Yaphet Kotto	...	Lt. Al Giardello
Reed Diamond	...	Det. Mike Kellerman
Michelle Forbes	...	Dr. Julianna Cox
Jon Seda	...	Det. Paul Falsone
Callie Thorne	...	Det. Laura Ballard
Peter Gerety	...	Det. Stuart Gharty
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Granville Adams	...	Officer Jeff Westby
Michael Ahl	...	Officer Phatt
James Bland	...	Homeless Man (as James L. Bland)
John Bobby	...	Fells Point Pedestrian
Ginny Brown Graham	...	Dorothy Nichols
George Diggs	...	William Rigby
Susan Huey	...	Atty. Jenny Torgerson
Calen Camero Johnson	...	Corner Kid
Laurence Mason	...	Dennis Rigby
Charles Musumeci	...	Robert Morris (as Charles J. Musumeci)
Tara Nicholson	...	Waitress
Carolyn Rawleigh	...	Library patron
Stephanie Roth Haberle	...	Pamela Ridenour / Patricia Ridenour (as Stephanie Roth)
Leeanna Saunders	...	Maizie Rigby
Shelley Stokes	...	Neighbor
Al Thompson	...	Jesse
Judy Thornton	...	Judy
Jeorge Watson	...	Tricky

Trivia:

The fictional character "Patty Ridenour" seems to have been based on the real Patty Cannon of Frederick, Maryland, once called "the most wicked woman in America." She made her fortune kidnapping slaves and free blacks for sale in the South.