Contract on Cherry Street
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Contract on Cherry Street is a 1977 American made-for-television crime film adaptation of a novel written by Phillip Rosenberg about a New York City police detective, produced by Frank Sinatra's production company Artanis for Columbia Pictures Television and starring Sinatra.
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Contract on Cherry Street | |
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Genre | Crime Drama Thriller |
Written by | Edward Anhalt (written for television by), Philip Rosenberg (novel) (as Phillip Rosenberg) |
Directed by | William A. Graham |
Starring | Frank Sinatra Martin Balsam Jay Black |
Theme music composer | Jerry Goldsmith[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Renée Valente |
Producer | Hugh Benson |
Production locations | New York City Hackensack, New Jersey |
Cinematography | Jack Priestley |
Editor | Eric Albertson |
Running time | 145 min. |
Production companies | Artanis Productions Inc. Columbia Pictures Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | November 19, 1977 (1977-11-19) |
Directed by William A. Graham and produced by Hugh Benson, Renee Valente and Sinatra, Contract on Cherry Street was trumpeted as a major event that garnered positive reviews and strong ratings when it premiered on NBC on November 19, 1977.
The role of Detective Inspector Frank Hovannes was Sinatra's first acting role in seven years. The film was shot on location in New York City and New Jersey over a period of three months. The book on which the film was based was said to be a favorite of Sinatra's mother Dolly, who had been recently killed in an airplane crash near Palm Springs. This was the only television film in which Sinatra played the lead.[2]