Fort Apache the Bronx

Fort Apache, The Bronx is a 1981 American crime drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, starring Paul Newman as Murphy, a hard-drinking, lonely veteran NYPD officer, and Ken Wahl as his young partner Corelli, who work in a crime-ridden precinct in the South Bronx. The story follows Murphy's life, which improves when he falls in love with nurse Isabella (Rachel Ticotin), but is threatened by the arrival of police captain Connolly (Ed Asner). Murphy and Corelli face challenges in maintaining law and order in the impoverished neighborhood, and ultimately decide to report a corrupt officer who threw a teenager off a roof.