Based on the story of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese who was murdered in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of New York City on March 13, 1964. She was murdered by Winston Mosely, who was sentenced to death, but reduced to life imprisonment in 1967.
Edward Asner and Cloris Leachman were costars on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and played husband and wife in this film.
Based on a true story.
Final film of Gail Bonney.
Kitty Genovese's killer, Winston Mosely escaped from prison in 1968 and raped a woman. Three years later, he joined the Attica uprising which left 32 inmates and 11 Corrections Officers dead. He died in the prison at Dannemora, NY in 2016, at the age of 81.