life, where he was unfaithful to his wife and had money troubles which mysteriously disappeared when Dr. Ruston doubled his income a few years prior. The controversial cop's lone defender in public is acerbic television personality Perry Knowland, who turns out to be doing so only to increase his viewership. While trying to find some reason why Ruston would have been skulking in the fog near the apartments and brandishing a gun, Valens meets Alice Willows again after her dog passes away and she has him buried with all of his toys at a nearby pet cemetery. Among the few offering a sympathetic ear are his estranged wife, Joanie, and another apartment resident, Walt Cody, a playboy pilot. Cody volunteers to fly Valens down to Mexico to see first-hand why Dr. Ruston commuted there so often. Complications arise when Liz Thayer is found dead in Ruston's ransacked office, obliging Valens' partner, Sgt. Ed Musso, to try to place his friend under arrest. Upon learning that Ruston's office was ransacked, Valens overpowers Musso and goes with Cody to the pet cemetery. They dig up Willows' dog and find Ruston's gun in the casket. Valens deduces that the dog, who liked Ruston, smelled the doctor's scent on the gun and brought it back to Willows' apartment. The barrel of the gun is packed with thousands of dollars of pure heroin. Valens tells Cody that Ruston had doubled his income by using his trips to Baja to cover a drug smuggling operation and that he knows Cody was Ruston's partner in the scheme. Cody draws a gun on Valens, but Valens shoots him dead. Cast David Janssen as Sgt. Tom Valens Joan Collins as Joanie Valens Ed Begley as Capt. Roy Klodin Keenan Wynn as Sgt. Ed Musso Sam Wanamaker as Frank Sanderman Lillian Gish as Alice Willows Stefanie Powers as Liz Thayer Eleanor Parker as Mrs. Doris Ruston George Grizzard as Walt Cody George Sanders as Calvin York Steve Allen as Perry Knowland Carroll O'Connor as Paul Jerez Walter Pidgeon as Orville Ames DVD release The film was released on DVD in 2005. See also List of American films of 1967 Lillian Gish filmography References External links 1967 films 1960s crime thriller films American crime thriller films American police detective films Films based on American novels Films directed by Buzz Kulik Paramount Pictures films Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith 1960s police procedural