Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.

Lt. Dan August

Sgt. Charles Wilentz

Chief George Untermeyer

Sgt. Joe Rivera

Kevin Colter

Leona Serling

Dominic Lazar

Dr. Michael Serling

Linda Perry

Esseltine

(Archive footage)

Wedlock

(archive footage)
January 1, 1980

Lt. Dan August

Sgt. Charles Wilentz

Chief George Untermeyer

Sgt. Joe Rivera

Kevin Colter

Leona Serling

Dominic Lazar

Dr. Michael Serling

Linda Perry

Esseltine

(Archive footage)

Wedlock

(archive footage)

