RIP Sonny Grosso
Sonny Grosso the NYC detective who was played by Roy Scheider in this movie died on 1/23/20 at the age of 89.
Until he died,Mr. Grosso carried his off-duty .38-caliber Colt revolver, the very same gun that was taped to the tank of a toilet and fired (using blanks) by Al Pacino in a mob hit in "The Godfather."