Complex sentence: Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone (Palance) is assigned to the stakeout, but now it's a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys.
Split into simpler sentences: Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone (Palance) is assigned to the stakeout. But now it's a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys.