MissClassicTV This is an absolute gem of a movie. David Janssen is charismatic and sympathetic in his role as a police sergeant desperately trying to clear himself of a manslaughter charge stemming from when he shoots a doctor in self defense. The doctor was making a house call at midnight at an upscale apartment building. Ed Begley as his superior and Keenan Wynn as his partner are both fine. But this is David Janssen's movie. He's not getting much help in solving this case. No one really believes his story so he has to investigate it all and figure it all out on his own. He interviews all these people - the little old lady in the apartment building, the playboy pilot living next door, the doctor's assistant, the doctor's widow, the doctor's stockbroker, and others - and we go along for the ride, including a plot twist or two.The female supporting cast members seem to get only one or two scenes with him.Lillian Gish plays the forgetful, eccentric old woman whom the doctor was seeing at the apartment. She's very good in a stereotypical role. Stefanie Powers is the assistant/nurse who worked for the doctor. She has an easy, light touch; similar to David Janssen, she doesn't look like she's acting. She's very believable. I wish her character's part had been bigger.Joan Collins plays David Janssen's soon-to-be ex-wife. Never one of my favorite actresses, she appears here like everywhere else I've ever seen her. She does a lot of posing and looks pretty but can't deliver a line. Eleanor Parker, meanwhile, is something else. As the boozy widow of the dead doctor, her scene was a lot of fun to watch. That scene together with the one right after, when someone gets dumped into the pool, is worth the price of admission. This is one of David Janssen's better roles. I highly recommend it.

highwaytourist This film was intended for TV, but released theatrically, and it's important to remember that. It's an OK detective thriller about a policeman (David Janssen) on a stakeout who shoots someone he thinks is a stalker in self defense, only to discover that the suspect was a respected doctor and that the gun he allegedly pulled can't be found. Accused of shooting unjustly, he conducts his own investigation to clear his name. The film is well-acted and sometimes interesting, but many scenes are not believable. If this had happened in real life, Jannsen's character would have never been given access to the people he questions, especially the victim's widow and loyal nurse, let alone obtained cooperation from them. Still, the story moves briskly enough and gives a view of Los Angeles at the time, which was going through a cultural transition to a greater degree than the rest of the country. If the plot and cast really interest you, give it a look and you'll be entertained enough.

dan_in_denver Sure this film is cheesy, and I agree with the comments that this film has a "made for late night movies" appearance, but consider the year in which it was made! I think that Warning Shot is a good movie, but by no means a great one. It is a police procedural / murder mystery that was typical in cinematography, casting, and scripting to all the other movies in the genre shot at the time. David Jansen does a good job the cop in trouble accused of shooting down an innocent man during a stake out that goes wrong. Joan Collins does a good job supporting Jansen's character as his sultry ex-wife.The movie is worth watching, and provides an insight (as so many classics do) of the differences in society from then to now. One memorable example of this is the role played by George Grizzard as a desirable bachelor. In the scene with Jansen in his apartment, Grizzard tells him that he is an airline co-pilot and has a flight that day, then proceeds to pour himself a scotch. Or the scene with the insurance broker who is boasting of his firms new state of the art computer that covers an entire wall in one office.Over all, it's a good movie. See the film, but watch it with an open mind and just don't expect too much. That way you wont be disappointed!

BobLib Saw this film on AMC recently for the cast and the Maltin review. It was a good time-waster but certainly not the ***1/2 film that Maltin said. As to that highly touted cast, aside from Jansen, only Lillian Gish and George Grizzard gave what could actually be called performances. Everybody else, including a young, radiant Joan Collins, had what could be politely termed extended cameos. The mystery itself was about average, with a pretty implusable ending. In short, I've seen worse, but I've seen much, much better, too.