The bright lights and busy streets - the low dives and dark alleys - cops and crooks - doctors and lawyers - the good and the bad - this is the city - these are the people.
Starring Maud Adams as Dr Judith Bergstrom, Kristoffer Tabori as Dr Max Carson, Dennis Franz as Police Officer Joe Gilland, Daniel Hugh-Kelly as Frank Wajorski, Craig T. Nelson as Ken Dutton, Vincent Baggetta as Lou Pellegrino, Richard Lawson as O.Z. Tate, Molly Cheek as Megan Powers and Doria Cook as Mrs Johnson

In the blizzard-swept streets, a young patrolman is brutally shot down by a hold-up man. The wounded policeman undergoes seemingly successful surgery - but he dies. And Dr Judith Bergstrom is called before the Hospital Board to answer a charge of malpractice.