The Choirboys

Episodic film focusing on a group of LA cops and the pressures they face in their demanding and violent jobs. Whenever one has had a particularly grisly day, a "choir practice" is called, during which all get drunk and carouse in an effort to relieve their tensions, hence the title. The film features a great cast and is adapted from a funny and moving book by Joseph Wambaugh, but the result is an abysmal, disjointed mess. The treatment so enraged Wambaugh that it prompted him to become more involved with adaptations of his work, leading to his writing the screenplay for THE ONION FIELD, 1979.