Brock's Last Case

TV Movie
1973
1h 40m

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A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.

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- David Lowell Rich
Writers
- Martin Donaldson
- Alex Gordon
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6.0/10

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Director
- David Lowell Rich
Writers
- Martin Donaldson
- Alex Gordon
Stars

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Originally meant to serve as the pilot for star Richard Widmark's first (and only) television series, it met with indifference at NBC, and the network instead asked him to reprise his "Madigan" character from Madigan (1968), the 1968 Universal theatrical film that earned high ratings when telecast on the network. Widmark and Universal agreed, and the star made his TV series bow in the Madigan (1972) segment of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie which aired in the 1972-73 season. "Brock's Last Case" aired as a "World Premiere Movie" on NBC during the same season.

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5/10

Okay...nothing more.

In the early 1970s, TV wanted Richard Widmark and "Brock's Last Case" was a made for TV movie that might have become a TV series. However, it wasn't received so well by the powers that be and instead they gave the green light to a different Widmark show, a TV version of "Madigan". I have never seen the TV version of "Madigan" but movie-wise, the original "Madigan" is much better than "Brock's Last Case"...so I can see why they made the choice they made.

When the film begins, Brock (Widmark) is working on his final case for the NYPD. He's had enough and is retiring to an orange ranch he bought some time ago. However, apparently Brock is a total moron and never visited the place and just assumed it was peachy...which it wasn't. Instead it's a dump and Brock knows nothing about orange growing. However, soon his focus is on a murder--and the local police would love to have Brock's help...and so would Brock's supervisor at the ranch, as he's the accused killer.

The film is just okay. Part of the problem was using arrows to kill people--it just seems silly. The rest is that the killer was some fat old guy who was about as scary as the Pillsbury Doughboy. Not brilliant but passable entertainment only.