Lt. Max Eckhardt (William Hootkins)

Character Analysis

Bad Cop, Bad Cop

Eckhardt is the corrupt cop in cahoots (say that five times fast) with Carl Grissom. We have to wonder if the corruption runs deeper, because a crime boss can't run a city with only one cop on the payroll.

But there's one less cop on the payroll after Eckhardt, who's been sent to kill Jack Napier, is shot dead in a shootout. We only get a couple of scenes with Eckhardt, but teaches us that while crime does pay, cashing the check can be deadly.