Cop Hater is a 1958 American crime film noir police procedural film, based on the 1956 novel Cop Hater by Ed McBain, the first in a series of books about the 87th Precinct in New York City. The film was produced and directed by William Berke, written by Henry Kane, and stars Robert Loggia and Gerald O'Loughlin. Plot During an intense summer heat wave in New York City, two cops are murdered and it's up to the detectives of the 87th Precinct to find the killer. Steve Carella (Robert Loggia) and Mike Maguire (Gerald O'Loughlin) are the lead investigators on the case, but they can't seem to make any progress, and their work is made more difficult by a reporter, Hank Miller (Gene Miller), who keeps sticking his nose in. The two cops try to keep their personal lives separate from their work, but it keeps bleeding through. When Maguire is shot and killed, Carella has to comfort his partner's sexpot wife Alice (Shirley Ballard), and then goes on a bender with the reporter, inadvertently revealing his suspicions about the case, and putting his girlfriend Teddy, a deaf-mute author (Ellen Parker), in jeopardy. When a hood (Hal Riddle) shows up at her apartment, Carella overpowers him and forces a confession: he killed all the cops, but Maguire had been the intended victim all along, as his wife wanted him out of the way. Cast Robert Loggia as Detective Carelli Gerald O'Loughlin as Detective Maguire Ellen Parker as Carelli's Girl - - Teddy Shirley Ballard as Maguire's Wife - - Alice Russell Hardie as Detective Lt. Byrnes Hal Riddle as Cop Hater - - Killer William Neff as Rookie Cop - - Kling Gene Miller as Reporter Miller Vince Gardenia as Danny the Gimp John Gerstad as Laboratory Technician Ralph Stantley as Detective Willis Glen Gannon as Gang Leader - - Rip Alan Manson as Newlywed Clark Sandra Stevens as Newlywed Wife Jan Kalionzes as Officer Reardon's Wife Jerry Orbach as Gang Leader - - Mumzer Frank Dana as Young Hoodlum Ted Gunther as Detective Haviland Lincoln Kilpatrick as Detective Foster Miriam Goldina as Mama Lucy Thomas Nello as Ex-Con Ortiz Kate Harkin as Ortiz's Wife Alan Bergnan as Police Officer Reardon Lulu King as Detective Foster's Mother Terry Green as Boy In Lineup Steve Franken as Boy In Lineup Cast notes: The opening credits list 25 cast names and the