Detective Cragie Allen Hamilton as Officer Ted Pirelli (Ret.) Ron Henriquez as Victor Comacho Joe Guzaldo as Detective Nick Kopalas (as Joseph Guzaldo) Ron Dean as Detective Brennan Joseph Kosala as Lieutenant Kobas Wilbert Bradley as "Spider" Gene Barge as Detective Music Mario Nieves as Pompas Bill Walters as Policeman In Luna's Kitchen (uncredited) Sally Anne Waranch as Children's Counselor Ronnie Barron as "Doc" John Mahoney as Prowler Representative Production Development Screenwriters Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack originally wrote this on July 12, 1979 for Warner Bros. as Dirty Harry IV: Code of Silence. When it wasn't made there, the script was briefly in the possession of Canadian producer Gene Slott, who was looking to make it on June 18, 1980. but it was canceled due to making Sudden Impact on April 26, 1983. By May 10, 1983, Orion Pictures planned that Code of Silence will be Released by May 3, 1985. originally Kris Kristofferson was the studio's first choice to play main protagonist Sgt. Eddie Cusack, but due to schedule conflicts, he turned it down. On August 14, 1984 it was announced a film would be made starring Chuck Norris, set in Chicago. The producers reportedly paid $800,000 for rights to the script. It was set from October 1, 1984 to October 7, 1984. Filming It was the first film for Molly Hagan, who had just finished drama school. She later recalled when shooting a scene after her character's family had been wiped out Norris thought his character should not hug or comfort her. Hagan said he should because "if you don’t, you’re an asshole." This caused tension and Davis said Hagan had to apologize because "Mr. Norris really identifies with his character... So I go out and apologize to Chuck Norris. He just looked at me like I was insane. I thought he was still really nice to me... I think part of the problem was that I was really young and who the fuck am I to tell anyone? I don’t think it's necessarily that he was a star. He's a very nice man, and he was terrific on the set. I think I had this attitude that was really not appropriate." Dennis Farina knew Davis' father Nate "so I felt very comfortable with Andy", he later said. "There was that Chicago connection where I knew he wasn't gonna lead me astray. He treated me so kindly,