Picks and Pans Review: City in Fear

UPDATED 07/27/1981 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 07/27/1981 at 01:00 AM EDT

ABC (9-11:50 p.m. ET)

The late David Janssen, in his last TV movie, gives a chilling performance as a fading newsman who attempts a comeback by sensationalizing the exploits of a psychotic Son of Sam-type killer. Publisher Robert Vaughn is happy to let crime pay, not to mention hype circulation. (Repeat)

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