Alone In The Neon Jungle (1988)

When the Chief of Police (Danny Aiello) transfers a police captain (Suzanne Pleshette) to head up a crime infested inner city precinct known as The Sewer, she discovers a level of police corruption so prevalent that she doesn't know who to trust. Directed by Georg Stanford Brown, who also plays a cop in the film. The term "TV movie" is often used as a term of derision when applied to films but there were actually some very good TV movies made and this police drama is one of the good ones. It's no PRINCE OF THE CITY or FORT APACHE THE BRONX when it comes to police corruption or crime ridden precinct movies but it's a well written (for the most part) and well crafted drama. As an actress, Suzanne Pleshette has always had a commanding presence so she's entirely believable as a tough minded by the book police captain determined to clean up department corruption. The movie bogs down when it focuses on the domestic scenes between Pleshette and her husband (Frank Converse) but when it sticks to the police work, it's an absorbing and gritty crime drama. With Tony Shalhoub, Joe Morton, Jon Tenney, Jon Polito, Charlotte D'Amboise and Brad Greenquist.