Tony Goldwyn and Lynn Whitfield star in the 1993 TV movie "Taking the Heat''. Director Tom Mankiewicz delivers this made-for-cable thriller starring Tony Goldwyn and Lynn Whitfield. After witnessing a murder, Michael Norell (Goldwyn) finds himself pursued by a group of thugs led by mafia boss Alan Arkin. Whitfield stars as the detective assigned to ensure that Goldwyn not only doesn't flee out of fear for his life, but stays alive long enough to testify at the murder trial. Along the way, as the two spend more time together, a romance ensues.