Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill (1981)

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.

Cast (19)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Robert Blake

Joe Dancer

JoBeth Williams

Tiffany Farinpour

Neva Patterson

Eliza Farinpour

James Gammon

Capt. Jake Jacqualone

Veronica Cartwright

Sister Theresa

Carol Wayne

Allegra Farinpour

Edward Winter

Jerrold Farinpour

Phillip R. Allen

Commissioner Wilkie

Sondra Blake

Charlie

Eileen Heckart

Sister Clara

Wilford Brimley

Wally Haskell

Kevyn Major Howard

David Farinpour

Kenneth Tigar

Trotter

Bubba Smith

Big Foot

Robert Phillips

Little Al

M

Marie Todd

Tony Brubaker

Tony Brubaker

H

Helen Kelly

Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)

John Lizzi

Boat Thug (uncredited)

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