Pursuit [a.k.a. Hot Pursuit]

Bei einem Banküberfall wird eine junge, hoschschwangere Frau als Geisel genommen. Mit ihr versuchen die Gangster zu entkommen. Hooker nimmt die Verfolgung auf. Die hochdramatische Jagd endet in einem Unfall. Die Geisel wird schwer verletzt, und Hooker gerät ins Kreuzfeuer der Kritik. Text: Premiere

Hooker and Romano give chase of a couple of armed robbers who have held up a local bank and taken a teller hostage - a high-speed pursuit which ends in the thieves' car ploughing into the side of a tanker. Hooker receives criticism over his decision to give chase, which deepens when it's learnt that the young woman taken hostage has lost her unborn baby as a result of the crash. An old girl-friend of Hooker's, now head of security at the bank, is concerned that the high-speed pursuit was unnecessary and is prepared to testify against him. Meanwhile, the extravagant couple of robbers, who go by the aliases of Bonnie and Clyde, are still at large and pulling heists...