Foster and Laurie (1975) Dorian Harewood, Perry King, Jonelle Allen, Talia Shire

PLEASE NOTE: A message will appear across the screen FOUR times (21:57, 51:41, 1:04:08 and 1:19:18) to let viewers know that it was uploaded on the "Manfocused" channel. Synopsis: True-life story of two New York City patrolmen who, in 1972, were killed in a brutal ambush, victims of militant extremists attempting to create a wave of terror in the police department.

[@alcd6333]

In the wake of the numerous police-involved shootings of unarmed Black men and the recent assassinations of officers as retaliation (Dallas and Baton Rouge), this movie is more timely than ever. Society really hasn't learned a thing in the past 5 decades.

[@coachrobinson9958]

FACTS! 😉

[@blakenapier3125]

I always love TV Movies

[@rbaker59]

This movie still haunts me today. Gregory Forster and his family were my neighbors. They lived 5 doors down from me. I remember that day so sad. He was one of the good guys taken too soon. RIP Greg.

[@lindaschanz8062]

Wow, I can't even imagine.

[@DuckDuck1127]

I believe Foster's grandson is NYPD officer 9th Precint Lower East Side NYC..same precinct!

[@Love_Blanche]

I know the family. Dear Adelaide Laurie never remarried. She loves him so much til this day. Such a tragic loss. My heart is still broken for those who knew and loved them.

[@terrenceduren3516]

The last time I watch this was in 1975 when I was 15. At the time I never thought about being a cop. Eight years later I found myself in a blue uniform after my service in the USMC. I'm now retired after 33 years. This movie was and still is good. This movie is still so timely. God bless Foster and Laurie.

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

I was thirteen still remember it till this day I recently retired from LAPD thirty years sworn

[@coachrobinson9958]

Me too, bruh. ☺

[@lindaschanz8062]

thank you for your service!

[@nataliemhibbert1760]

I attended the Foster-Laurie Elementary School (P.S. 397) on Fenimore Street in Brooklyn from kindergarten to fifth grade, from 1976-1982. Because we were so young, the administration never shared the gruesome details of the murders with the student body. All we were told was that the school was named after two policemen - one black and one white - who were killed in the line of duty. I just read the entire story online two days ago and watched this movie today. I can still sing the school song dedicated to them. I am heartbroken, as if it just happened.

[@norellpolk1626]

The way those officers were killed was uncalled for. No reason at all

[@anthonysmall5090]

Gotta understand the American govt does whatever they want to people and when some people get fed this bs happens still punkass to shoot anyone in the back and runaway but the police do it all the time and get away with it.

[@diamondjackson1230]

This movie is somewhat PROFOUND enlight of what's transpired over the last few days. I love your page. Wish you had your own network. I'm a fan of a lot of the actors/actresses you are showing. I'm glad I found your page THANKS FOR SHARING!

[@diamondjackson1230]

super blue That's so true about history. I was a child when this happened but I remember it. I can see how it would have a affect on you it surely had one on me. I just PRAY that one day we can all live as the HUMAN RACE not all these different colors.

[@marinaroberson1692]

+Diamond Jackson AMEN ! GODS BLESSINGS TO YOU ALWAYS

[@Classicguy66]

There is a book about Foster and Laurie. The book is out of print, but you can maybe find it at your local public library.

[@anthonysmall5090]

I have that book

[@anthonysmall5090]

Amazon

[@rhondarhonda9688]

SAD! Was 6 years old - Condolences to the family Gregory Foster & Rocco Laurie. (Book-Foster & Laurie author Al Silverman). Scrolling around KZbin came across *manfocused* Subscribed prompt. 23/1/2023 London UK -Thank You!

[@rachelfeliciano9409]

Oh my God I finally found this movie I was taken by this movie when I was 9 years old I've never forgotten it it made such an impact in my life I must have cried for weeks !!

[@macreal65]

I remember watching this that same year, I was either 9 or 10 it all depends what month it was. I didn't want to watch this movie but it was on a school night so it was either this or bed and my mom had the control and I was the control. I just got to say my mom, me and older brother were crying like babies and I haven't seen this movie since 45 years later I still remember it. I have to send this to my older brother, I'm sure he's going to remember that night and think about the simple pleasures of having only 4 channels and the company of a loving mother. Wow good times.

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

Me too I was 13 at the time. its been a long time. Very sad I recently after 30yrs on the force LAPD a year ago in August

[@irvingnarvaez3385]

I was also 9 at the time, And went to the School one block away P.S.64. The next day some friends and I walked there on our lunch break about 12 hrs later, I know that I was Very sad and the Cops were Friends.

[@2riverageo]

I remember when l was 14, seeing part of this movie, in 1984, on a late movie showing when l grew up in NJ....l caught it shortly after they were shot, and fell asleep watching it, and never seeing the ending....l finally found it here after searching this movie for almost 37 years....good movie, sad ending

[@bardocksaiya]

It took me three decades to see this film again. Still hurts

[@pimprunelle1]

I love this sad true story ♥️ - R.I.P Laurie and Foster (!) ...

[@patrickweathersby7563]

I was eight years old my mom and me caught it on tv and today for whatever reason this movie fell into my head so very sad very sad ❤️💐

[@tyronmcclain8450]

This was a sad movie just what these cops were gunned down so vicious I heard alot about these cops they were good in the community and to the people my heart goes out to the widows of these police officers I can imagine how horrific that night was when they were ambushed and killed in the streets of New York it doesn't matter what race you are you can make a difference in your life if you put your mind into it like good cops like Foster and Laurie all they was doing was trying to do is make a difference until it take some cowards to cut these cops life short.

[@arturotabanico5876]

I remember this movie, I saw it along with my mom n dad, I also remember it because this happened on January 27, 1972, on my 6th birthday

[@alamorez]

i"m now 63yrs old i was 14 when this happen i lived on 8st off ave B, i had just stepped out of the grocery store on the corner of 11th and Ave B it was 10;15 going on 11pm i walked out the store and saw these two cops one i remember caus he played basketball with us in the park (tompkins square) which was mr. cool greg foster as i saw them walk by i didn"t get a chance to say hey whats mr cool. so i kept on walking to my house on 8th and B as i got closer to 8thst all i could here were fire works going off. from the apt i lived in with my father and 4 other brothers i could here sirens blarring. i didn"t think much of it cus at that hour they were always fire works and sirens going off. it"s was a real bad area so it was the norm. the next day i woke up and hear all over the news about the cops getting shot, when i heard his name mentioned i coud'nt believe it. i cried. i could'nt pass by the blck where they got killed. i still can't forget it. REST IN PEACE P.O.GREG P. FOSTER ( Mr Cool.) & P.O. ROCCO LAURIE.

[@SomerDawn13]

Wow that is SO SAD😢..My goodness. You are a part of History in some way..cool but Not the situation..Cant believe you were actually There that nite, Wow that's Cray..God Bless you, your heart, and your memories=(

[@vickinewport5232]

Thank you for the full movie. Finally, got it. Except need closed caption :/

[@debrareevesschmidt8639]

I just heard,about this movie, recently, from someone,who visited, New York,and the fallen officers. I can only get it to play, about the 1st 2 minutes. Is that all there is, or am I doing, something, wrong?

[@lindaschanz8062]

Chills all over, will we ever learn...smh Thank you for this. May they be resting in peace

[@KennedyMusicTheories]

Have Not seen this since I was a Elementary school student...

[@nuyoricanbrooklyn4231]

I worked as a security guard back in 1979 up the street from where they were killed. people where still talking about what happened to them.

[@rachelfeliciano9409]

NUYORICAN Brooklyn this was a true story?? Oh my god I didn't even know that my father took me to see this movie in a drive-in movie theater I must have been about 8 years old I cried all the way home I cried for days and all my dad kept saying was it's just a movie and now I find out that it wasn't just a movie!!! 😪😪😪😪😪😪

[@SomerDawn13]

@@rachelfeliciano9409 He Had to tell you that to protect your 8yr old heart=( How sad and moving...both the movie and you and your Daddy...my Heart goes out to ALL💕

[@nicholasdonvito1703]

I just was sworn in just about the time this movie came out. It left me with both a hollow and excite feelings. Either way, it just broke my heart. At this time, it occurred to us young cops that there was NO COLOR BARRIER amounts us cops!!! GOD was with us all!!!

[@tommysimmons5266]

Remember this in the news as a kid on Staten Island.

[@auroraskywalker4475]

I remember watching this when I was a child with my late mother... still makes me sad. That was so senseless.

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

There are and still is evil people on this Earth "HEAVEN HELP US ALL"

[@Love_Blanche]

Adelaide never remarried, and still lives in the house her and Rocco shared. Such a painful loss. She still recalls that night the officers came to tell her the tragic news. She still loves him very deeply, and Always will. She is also the kindest woman I know. This should have never happened. I hope the killers are tormented every day for the pain they unnecessarily caused these precious familes.

[@katemaloney4296]

With any luck they got Karma justice.

[@wernerfoerster3666]

There is a new book out called _Outrageous Hero_ which details the exploits of the BLA and Joanne Chesimard. It contains an entire chapter on Foster and Laurie. It mentions Adelaide and Rocco's younger years

[@eastonh.5725]

james woods is young in this..always been great in films..

[@poeticbee]

That actor playing Laurie could have played Superman in place of Christopher Reeve. And that Sgt. Petri actor, well, he could have played Non, the freak from Krypton.

[@auroraskywalker4475]

He’s gorgeous his name is Perry King

[@blakenapier3125]

James Woods looks better Young than being Old

[@aaronstielstra6055]

Young Perry King almost tossing a very young James Woods off a building.

[@vickinewport5232]

Can you include the closed caption, please? Thank you. I love that movie that I have been searching since I was teenager, while little kid went outside playing, then come back inside the house and watch, as I remember to watch the half way before the end. Didn't catch what was the name of that until I found it from Amazon. Thanks to Amazon.

[@JeremiahRC5464]

who's the actor playing foster?

[@dedrickmcconnell621]

Great actor named Dorien Harewood. He played Simon Haley, Alex Haley's father in Roots:The Next Generations!

[@danielburress5088]

Jerry Lee Norris Dorian Harewood

[@donnalyn6547]

Dorian hardwood great actor and not bad looking.😀✌💕

[@marcusrodgers5105]

Frank Enstein its Dorian Harewood

[@SomerDawn13]

@@donnalyn6547 Hardwood eh'!!! Lol...

[@scottprendergast2680]

13:45 Pete hamill famous irish american author Long time brooklyn, nyc, (park slope) resident, author of numerous books among them "the gift".

[@davidshowmaker4408]

I'm 51 and never heard about this until today, very sad!

[@mauricesantos3077]

Great movie I have been to there ceremony

[@alamorez]

by the way this was a made for tv movie so they cant give the true details, this should have been made into an HBO short series to get the real and true story. it's 2020 and it can still be done

[@tdon39]

Good Movie!

[@omarmontgomery6014]

Charles haid played one of the police officers in this movie he will play another police officer on television as Andy renko on hill street blues

[@tankstoner8496]

Though Charles did not share a scene with him in this movie, he and James Woods would be reunited in film adaptation of 'The Choirboys' 2 years later.

[@Desslar]

René Enríquez (the husband fighting with his wife) also starred in Hill Street Blues.

[@anthonysmall5090]

Haven't seen him in quite awhile

[@tjtj6540]

Horrible situation

[@happyjjlli]

was this movie bast on a true story?

[@Ruffian144]

Yes, its based on the lives of Greg Foster & Rocco Laurie, 2 NYPD officers murdered while on duty in Jan 1972.

[@skeltonknaggs1600]

Yes

[@normanmarino7871]

Yes! It’s a True Story, Almost. I never seem or heard any of this Black, White thing between the Cops in the 9th Pct. I worked with Foster and Laurie. My partner and l spoke with them that afternoon, telling them they should careful that night because my partner and l who worked the same post as Foster and Laurie were working that night. We told them, that we just had a big problem right at the end of our day tour with a large crowd of people, who were threatening that they would get us.

[@SomerDawn13]

happyjj l li Just fyi it's *based in this situation..not *bast...Bast would be like basting a chicken or something! Just letting you know before the Mean and Rude Grammar Police get you! Lol

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

Yes

[@TheBalls55]

PO Foster never made it to the hospital.

[@normmarino7914]

I was in the 9 Pct. And worked the same post as Forster and Laurie and on the day this happened I worked the day tour and me and my partner had trouble just before we were getting off duty the bad guys were yelling that they we’re going to get us. On the way to the station house my partner and I ran into Forster and Laurie and I asked them where they were working and said they were working Avenue B, then I said to then to be careful tonight because we just had a lot of trouble so watch your back. And my partner called about 11 PM to tell me that they got killed by the BLACK LIBERATION ARMY who ambushed them. Laurie looked like me and my partner Jimmy. Forster and Laurie were good Cops. All the cops in the 9 Pct. Care about the people that lived in the 9 Pct.😂. There were 6 Police Officers Killed in the 9th Pct while I worked there. The first Cop ever killed in NYC was killed in the 9 Pct. On Avenue B and 11 Street same location as Forster and Laurie . Crazy Right !

[@joshuanewman7725]

People have to understand the context for which these officers were killed. Police brutality was rampant In NYC and outgrew the analysis of the black community was at war with the police in 60s & 70s, much like today. Therefore, this was an act of community justice on many parts by the BLA. Long live the Black Liberation Army, the people with the only courage to deal with the realities Black people were experiencing in this period. Notice this film only depicts one side of the occurrence, full on race-relations propaganda without any analysis from the side of poor black folks brutalized by NYPD.

[@slochy69]

great flick. i never heard of either of those men , i as well was a marine.

[@444rita]

Always nighttime....

[@tankstoner8496]

Harris and Wojo playing surgeons.

[@markbergman1229]

I don't know whether this really happened or Hollywood embellished a little, but when Foster's wife embraced Laurie's wife at the end, I needed a tissue.

[@HatianHurricane]

INTERESTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S ALWAYS US HUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeffpadgett1339]

Damn that junkie was James Woods

[@devi3350]

Ooooh - Officer Renco @ 12.11 !

[@tankstoner8496]

aka Sgt. Yanov. Haid, Perry King and James Woods would all appear in the movie adaptation of The Choirboys 2 years later

[@mylestobin2530]

terrible