A Killing Affair
★ 4.8 · 1977 · 100m · Crime · Drama · TV Movie
A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the two begin to develop an attraction to each other, but the situation is complicated by the fact that he is married.
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