Das fliegende Auge (1983)

Das fliegende Auge: Directed by John Badham. With Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern. The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

“Stephen Rowe is found u0026quot;not guiltyu0026quot; in the trial about his wifeu0026#39;s murder, because of u0026quot;things unseenu0026quot; (there was never any body found) but obviously – at least from this introductory segment – heu0026#39;s guilty. Moments after the verdict, someone fishes out part of Melissa Rowe from water…..but itu0026#39;s too late….or is it?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSince the cameras focused a couple of times on an older man in the audience at the trial, I just hoped I wasnu0026#39;t going to see another predictable father-takes-revenge-on-his-own sidebar here but he did something but not what I presumed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eQuick investigative work (impossibly quick!) discovers that Mr. Rowe is a White Supremist which explains why he murdered his wife (she was half-black and he didnu0026#39;t know it until after the marriage) and the theory is that he also might have killed someone first. Someone else is being blamed for that murder but Horatio is hoping to get Rowe on that charge since double jeopardy applies and they canu0026#39;t try him again on his wifeu0026#39;s murder. It has all the earmarku0026#39;s of Roweu0026#39;s murder. That quest – to find his first victim – forms the bulk of this story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBrad Rowe – same last name – does a fine job playing Stephen Rowe.”