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Police Story
1973 - 1988 6.9 (17 votes) 6 Seasons
Genres
Action & Adventure Crime Drama
Networks
NBC
Created By
Joseph Wambaugh

Police Story

Overview

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.

Key Crew

Producer: Christopher Morgan, Mel Swope, Carl Pingitore, Liam O'Brien

Seasons

Season 0 ()

No overview available.

1 episodes

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1973)

No overview available.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Slow Boy (1)
1973-03-20

A special surveillance detail set up to catch criminals in the act finally nabs Slow Boy while he is robbing a supermarket. Complications arise when the robber takes a hostage before the police can detain him.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Slow Boy (2)
1973-03-20

A special surveillance detail set up to catch criminals in the act finally nabs Slow Boy while he is robbing a supermarket. Complications arise when the robber takes a hostage before the police can detain him.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Dangerous Games
1973-10-02

Undercover cop Charlie Czonka tries to catch the big man behind a ring of prostitution, dope and extortion

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Requiem for an Informer
1973-10-09

A down-and-out addict becomes an informer for the bank robbery detail and wins the friendship of a cop.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: The Ten Year Honeymoon
1973-10-23

Two partners on the police force start getting on each other's nerves after ten years together when one begins acting strange.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: The Violent Homecoming
1973-10-30

A Mexican-American police sergeant who's been assigned to his original neighborhood leads the Juvenile Division in an attempt to head off a gang war.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: The Ho Chi Minh Trail
1973-11-06

An undercover cop nearly loses his life trying to crack a big-time drug-selling operation.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Collision Course
1973-11-20

The question of whether or not policewomen should be assigned to ride in patrol cars is brought to the head in a gun battle with two killers.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Death on Credit
1973-11-27

Sergeant Rick Calvelli works undercover in order to crack a phony credit card ring that plays dangerously.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: The Big Walk
1973-12-04

A beat cop has his newly established authority challenged when a wealthy girl he arrests avoids retribution in court.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Man on the Rack
1973-12-11

An unauthodox cop accidentally kills a fellow officer and is put under investigation by Internal Affairs.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Line of Fire
1973-12-18

A young police officer joins a special unit and must learn to cope with killing.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Chain of Command
1974-01-08

The possibility of a conspiracy to murder cops creates a war between a black community and the police.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Countdown (1)
1974-01-15

When policeman Joe LaFrieda kills a member of an underworld family during a robbery attempt; a contract is put out on his life.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Countdown (2)
1974-01-22

The police clash head-on with the Mob when a contract is taken out on Officer Joe LaFrieda's life.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Cop in the Middle
1974-01-29

A cop on the take devises a plan to save himself from disgrace.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: The Ripper
1974-02-12

Two officers from Robbery-Homicide attempt to track down a killer of homosexuals who mutilates the bodies of his victims.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Country Boy
1974-02-19

A young recruit from a rural community attempts to defy his background by completing the tough Police Academy training to become a cop.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: Big John Morrison
1974-02-26

Two detectives become emotionally involved in a case when a friend is the victim of a robber/rapist/murderer.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Wyatt Earp Syndrome
1974-03-05

As an officer tracks down a rapist, his marriage dissolves in favor of his badge.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: Fingerprint
1974-03-12

A police veteran in the Latent Prints Division is discouraged with his job until some unexpected combat gives him a new perspective.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: Chief
1974-03-19

A police chief must overcome an assissination plot and political games in order to speak at a local meeting of police-haters.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 23: The Gamble
1974-03-26

The transfer of desk officer Lisa Beaumont to the vice squad leads to a series of explosive developments.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 3 (1975)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Officer Needs Help
1975-09-09

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: The Cutting Edge
1975-09-16

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: A Community of Victims
1975-09-23

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: The Losing Game
1975-09-30

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: The Cut Man Caper
1975-10-28

On the trail of loan-company robbers, Tillis is forced to rely upon shifty informer Freddy. But the ""snitch"" is playing both ends down the middle and he's also stolen the expensive miniature voice transmitter entrusted to his care.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Face for a Shadow
1975-11-07

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: The Test of Brotherhood
1975-11-14

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Empty Weapon
1975-11-21

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Little Boy Lost
1975-11-28

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Vice: Twenty-Four Hours
1975-12-05

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Breaking Point
1975-12-12

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Company Man
1975-12-19

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Spanish Class
1976-01-02

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Odyssey of Death (1)
1976-01-09

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Odyssey of Death (2)
1976-01-16

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: The Other Side of the Fence
1976-01-23

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Fifty Cents, First Half Hour -- One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents All Day
1976-01-30

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Firebird
1976-02-06

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: The Long Ball
1976-02-13

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Eamon Kinsella Royce
1976-02-20

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: Officer Dooly
1976-03-05

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: Open City
1976-03-12

Runtime: 60 min

Videos

NBC Police Story 1977 TV promo

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