Force Five

Overview

Facing a severe crime wave, the police form a top-secret undercover unit. The squad consists of ex-convicts on parole who are blackmailed and recruited for their specific criminal skill sets (including a conman, a burglar, a wheelman/car thief, and a disgraced former cop). If they succeed, their sentences will be wiped clean. Led by a reluctant police lieutenant the unit investigates a vicious mob beating. The victim is a star basketball player who was beaten by a crime syndicate after refusing to "throw" a game. While the ex-con unit tries to solve the crime and catch the mobsters, the basketball player's vengeful father tracks the case independently, plotting his own violent retribution.

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Cast

Gerald Gordon

Lieutenant Roy Kessler

Nicholas Pryor

James T. O'Neil (as Nick Pryor)

James Hampton

Lester White

Roy Jenson

Arnie Kogan

William Lucking

Vic Bauer

Bradford Dillman

Michael Dominick

David Spielberg

Norman Ellsworth

Leif Erickson

Cal Newkirk

Norman Burton

Arthur Haberman

Victor Argo

Frankie Hatcher