Police Story (1973)
Police Story (1973)

Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

David Gerber
Executive Producer

Mel Swope
Producer

Mel Scott
K.T.

Liam O'Brien
Producer / Writer

Stanley Kallis
Executive Producer

Carl Pingitore
Producer

Christopher Morgan
Producer

Richard Drout Miller
De Bono

Shelly Novack
Cop

Laraine Stephens
Jenny LaFrieda

Michael O'Herlihy
Director

Barry Crane
Director

Gary Nelson
Director

Richard Benedict
Director

Lee H. Katzin
Director

Alexander Singer
Director

Don Medford
Director

Barry Shear
Director

William A. Graham
Director

Jerry London
Director

Marvin J. Chomsky
Director

Seymour Robbie
Director

Alf Kjellin
Director

Corey Allen
Director

Leo Penn
Director

Robert Scheerer
Director

John Badham
Director

Michael Switzer
Director

Edward M. Abroms
Director

John Llewellyn Moxey
Director

David Friedkin
Director

Larry Shaw
Director

Robert Day
Director

Aaron Lipstadt
Director

Michael Mann
Writer

John Sacret Young
Writer

E. Jack Neuman
Writer

Larry Brody
Writer

Morton S. Fine
Writer

Robert L. Collins
Writer

Adrian Spies
Writer

Leonardo Bercovici
Writer

Angie Dickinson
Lisa

Ed Lauter
Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella

George Hamilton
Chris De Lucia

Don Murray
Jack Bonner

James Farentino
Charlie Czonka

Fred Williamson
Snake McKay

Don Johnson
Lee Morgan

Antonio Fargas
Harpie

David Cassidy
Officer Dan Shay

Charles Dierkop
Dave Rawlins

Dean Stockwell
Bennett / Detective Giacino / Ott / Callan

Sid Haig
Reid / Dell

William Benedict
Prescott

Tommy Lee
Lim Fong

Diana Ewing
Claire Montrose

Sheila Larken
Diane Stewart / Anne Baker / Ginny Hosford

Tom Stern
Marty

Celia Milius
Sabina Caddo

Brooke Mills
Kim Swanson

Jerry Ayres
Officer Kilda

Terri Lynn Wood
Jennie / Amy Gordy

Greta Chi
Barbara Chang

Chanin Hale
Sue

Bert Williams
Walters

Gwenn Mitchell
Gigi / Billie / Anna / Clarisse Webber

Geoffrey Land
Romeo Silt

Virginia Vincent
Mrs. Hall

David Yanez
Paco

Gilbert De la Pena
Ramon

Lance Kerwin
Joey Jr.

Joyce Bulifant
Katie Pardnales

Elizabeth Ashley
Jannette Johnson

Janet Margolin
Marilyn

Francine York
Faye

Michael Strong
Lassiter

Chelsea Brown
Mrs. McKay

Eric Server
Royster

Ed Bernard
Styles

Katie Saylor
Girl

Simmy Bow
Comedian

Vince Howard
Sergeant

Nora Heflin
Alice

Lee Duncan
Man with Snake McKay (uncredited)

Janet Dey
Girl Scout Leader

Dina Ousley
Julie (as Dina K. Ousley)

Judith Baldwin

Denise Nicholas

Estelle Winwood

Wolfman Jack

Bernie Hamilton

Shani Wallis

Chad Everett

Mark Stevens

Amanda McBroom

Susan Batson

John Ashton

Rodney Allen Rippy

Robert Hooks

Frankie Avalon

Darren McGavin

Gregory Walcott

Carl Betz

Mike Connors

David Brian

Jack Stauffer

Sue Lyon

Tony Lo Bianco
Director

Tim Matheson

Michael Norell

Richard Erdman

Benson Fong

Simon Oakland

Guy Stockwell

Michael Parks

Anne Seymour

Catherine Burns

Charles Drake

Jack Carter

Frank De Kova

Teddy Wilson

Pat Carroll

Stuart Whitman

David Canary

Robert Symonds

Joe Garagiola

Gail Strickland

Felton Perry

Jeff Corey

Nehemiah Persoff

James Murtaugh

Cliff Osmond

Scott Brady

John Randolph

Jeff Donnell

Jonelle Allen

Joe Santos

Dabney Coleman

Marjoe Gortner

Anjanette Comer

Leslie Parrish

Christopher George

Gary Lockwood

Sharon Farrell

Lyle Bettger

Woodrow Parfrey

Cliff Gorman

Tim O'Connor

Casey Kasem

James Woods

Quinn K. Redeker

Robert Walden

Christopher Norris

Gale Sondergaard

Rufus Thomas

Anthony James

Sandy Dennis

France Nuyen

Theresa Merritt

Cleavon Little

Hope Lange

Ernie Wheelwright

Joan Blondell

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Charles McGraw

Kim Darby

Stephen McNally

Lillian Lehman

Nita Talbot

Arthur Batanides

William Shatner

Russell Johnson

John Quade

Frank Campanella

Steve Lawrence

Neville Brand

Gloria DeHaven

Rory Calhoun

Donald Woods

Nancy Wilson

David Janssen

John Ireland

Frank Sinatra Jr.

Patty Duke

Bert Kramer

Sian Barbara Allen

Elaine Joyce

Michael Margotta

Smokey Robinson

Valentin de Vargas

Gary Conway

John van Dreelen

James Darren
Director

Steve Brodie

John Vivyan

Don Stark

June Lockhart

Mills Watson

Malcolm Atterbury

Alejandro Rey

Ramon Bieri

Jack Ging

Donald O'Connor

James Griffith

Robert Goulet

Dennis Weaver

Dorothy Provine

Sylvester Stallone

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Mel Ferrer

Vanessa Brown

Elisha Cook Jr.

Barbara Rush

Sharon Acker

Jack Soo

Bernie Casey

Edward James Olmos

Alexandra Hay

Lloyd Bridges

Madlyn Rhue

Walter Burke

John Lupton

Sorrell Booke

Harry Guardino

Burr DeBenning

Janis Paige

Don Diamond

Michael Brandon

Dennis Dugan

John Russell

Jack Donner

Nancy Walker

Kenneth Washington

Don Most

William Schallert

Milton Frome

Noah Beery Jr.

Arlene Golonka

Ellen Geer

Tony Musante

Virginia Mayo

Stefan Arngrim

Audrey Totter

Cheryl Ladd

Ricardo Montalban

Ralph Meeker

Claude Akins

Shelly Novack

Bob Hastings

Kathie Browne

Pat Harrington, Jr.

Shelley Fabares

Donald May

Albert Paulsen

Linda Dano

Art Metrano

Raymond Vitte

Godfrey Cambridge

Marc Alaimo

Robert Mandan

Macdonald Carey

Milton Selzer

Don Marshall

Larry Wilcox

Rosemary DeCamp

Rosa Turich

Gordon Jump

Joaquin Garay III

Steve Kanaly

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Ray Girardin

Clifton Davis

Pernell Roberts

Vince Edwards
Director

Pat Crowley

Jason Evers

Jim Brown

Freda Payne

Luke Askew

Larry Storch

John Davis Chandler

Scott Hylands

Warren Oates

Joanna Pettet

Barbara Anderson

Frank Marth

Booth Colman

Val Avery

Joseph Wambaugh
Creator

Susan Oliver

Jackie Coogan

Kim Hunter

David Sheiner

Marty Ingels

Pamela Franklin

Lola Albright

Roberto Contreras

Michael Cole

Christopher Stone

Alan Fudge

Gary Collins

Don 'Red' Barry

Edward Albert

Corinne Calvet

Howard George

Antony Carbone

Verna Bloom

Jan-Michael Vincent

Robert Forster

Glenn Corbett

Phillip Pine

Christopher Connelly

John Kerr

Heather Angel

Hector Elias

Harrison Page

Zina Bethune

Rod Cameron

Edd Byrnes

James Whitmore Jr.

Robert Culp

Marsha Hunt

George DiCenzo

Dana Elcar

James T. Callahan

Kurt Russell

Joseph Campanella

Lloyd Bochner

Bert Freed

Donnelly Rhodes

Paul Koslo

Brandon Cruz

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Ward Costello

Anne Lockhart
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 20, 1973
StatusEnded
Seasons6
Episodes104
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
police
anthology
Scripted
Wiki.
Police Story is an American anthology crime drama television series that aired weekly on NBC from September 25, 1973, through April 5, 1977, followed by a season of irregularly scheduled television film specials from September 27, 1977, to May 28, 1978, with three further television films screened in 1979, 1980, and 1987. The show was created by author and former police officer Joseph Wambaugh and was described by The Complete Directory of Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows as "one of the more realistic police series to be seen on television". It was produced by David Gerber and Mel Swope.
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