Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Cast: Robert Blake, JoBeth Williams, Neva Patterson, James Gammon, Veronica Cartwright, Carol Wayne, Edward Winter, Phillip R. Allen, Sondra Blake, Eileen Heckart, Wilford Brimley, Kevyn Major Howard, Kenneth Tigar
Crew: Reza Badiyi (Director), E. Nick Alexander (Creative Consultant), Robert Blake (Creator), Michael Butler (Writer), Les Alexander (Story)