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.

Stanley Kallis
Executive Producer

Christopher Morgan
Producer

Mel Swope
Producer

Mel Scott
K.T.

Carl Pingitore
Producer

David Gerber
Executive Producer

Liam O'Brien
Producer / Writer

Richard Drout Miller
De Bono

Shelly Novack
Cop

Laraine Stephens
Jenny LaFrieda

Gary Nelson
Director

Michael O'Herlihy
Director

Barry Crane
Director

Richard Benedict
Director

Lee H. Katzin
Director

Alexander Singer
Director

Don Medford
Director

William A. Graham
Director

Barry Shear
Director

Seymour Robbie
Director

Marvin J. Chomsky
Director

Jerry London
Director

Alf Kjellin
Director

Corey Allen
Director

Larry Shaw
Director

Michael Switzer
Director

John Llewellyn Moxey
Director

Edward M. Abroms
Director

John Badham
Director

Leo Penn
Director

Aaron Lipstadt
Director

Robert Scheerer
Director

Robert Day
Director

David Friedkin
Director

John Sacret Young
Writer

Michael Mann
Writer

E. Jack Neuman
Writer

Larry Brody
Writer

Leonardo Bercovici
Writer

Morton S. Fine
Writer

Robert L. Collins
Writer

Adrian Spies
Writer

Angie Dickinson
Lisa

Ed Lauter
Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella

George Hamilton
Chris De Lucia

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
Ott / Callan / Bennett / Detective Giacino

Sid Haig
Reid / Dell

William Benedict
Prescott

Tommy Lee
Lim Fong

Diana Ewing
Claire Montrose

Sheila Larken
Anne Baker / Diane Stewart / 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 / Clarisse Webber / Billie / Anna

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

Mike Connors

Gregory Walcott

David Brian

Jack Stauffer

Sue Lyon

Arthur Franz

Herb Edelman

Susie Coelho

Hampton Fancher

Judith Baldwin

Barbara Rhoades

Ray Danton

John Randolph

Jeff Donnell

Jonelle Allen

David Groh

Dabney Coleman

Marjoe Gortner

Anjanette Comer

Leslie Parrish

Gary Lockwood

Kim Richards

Lee Delano

Cesare Danova

Rory Calhoun

James Griffith

Robert Goulet

Dennis Weaver

Dorothy Provine

Sylvester Stallone

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Mel Ferrer

James Gregory

Vanessa Brown

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joan Leslie

Susan Batson

John Ashton

Rodney Allen Rippy

Robert Hooks

Frankie Avalon

Darren McGavin

Denise Nicholas

Peter Brown

Val Avery

Joseph Wambaugh
Creator

Stuart Whitman

Felton Perry

Walter Burke

Robert Symonds

Susan Oliver

Jackie Coogan

Kim Hunter

David Sheiner

Marty Ingels

Pamela Franklin

Lola Albright

Roberto Contreras

Michael Cole

Christopher Stone

Manu Tupou

Wayne Maunder

Diane Baker

Bruce Davison

Jenny O'Hara

Henry Beckman

Michael Ansara

BarBara Luna

Ed Asner

Robert Brown

Cameron Mitchell

Sharon Farrell

Lyle Bettger

Woodrow Parfrey

Cliff Gorman

Tim O'Connor

Joe Santos

Martha Scott

Scott Brady

Tony Lo Bianco
Director

Lana Wood

Michael Anderson Jr.

Mark Stevens

Chad Everett

Shani Wallis

Bernie Hamilton

Wolfman Jack

Estelle Winwood

Donald Woods

Nancy Wilson

David Janssen

John Ireland

Frank Sinatra Jr.

Patty Duke

Bert Kramer

Sian Barbara Allen

Casey Kasem

James Woods

Quinn K. Redeker

Robert Walden

Christopher Norris

Gale Sondergaard

Rufus Thomas

Anthony James

Raymond Vitte

Hari Rhodes

Rosemary DeCamp

Larry Wilcox

Don Marshall

Milton Selzer

Terrence Scammell

Macdonald Carey

Robert Mandan

Marc Alaimo

Godfrey Cambridge

Lillian Lehman

Nita Talbot

Arthur Batanides

William Shatner

Russell Johnson

John Quade

Frank Campanella

Steve Lawrence

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

Edward James Olmos

Alexandra Hay

Lloyd Bridges

Madlyn Rhue

Malcolm Atterbury

Alejandro Rey

Ramon Bieri

Jack Ging

Donald O'Connor

Sandy Dennis

France Nuyen

Theresa Merritt

Cleavon Little

Hope Lange

Ernie Wheelwright

Joan Blondell

Desi Arnaz Jr.

Charles McGraw

Kim Darby

Stephen McNally

Elaine Joyce

Shelley Fabares

Pat Harrington, Jr.

Kathie Browne

Bob Hastings

Shelly Novack

Robert Alda

Max Showalter

Paul Benjamin

Kenneth Washington

Don Most

William Schallert

Milton Frome

Noah Beery Jr.

Arlene Golonka

Ellen Geer

John Amos

Danny Bonaduce

Ray Girardin

Corinne Calvet

Phillip Pine

Christopher Connelly

John Kerr

Clifton Davis

Heather Angel

Hector Elias

Harrison Page

Scoey Mitchell

Zina Bethune

Rod Cameron

Edd Byrnes

Diana Muldaur

James Whitmore Jr.

James T. Callahan

Kurt Russell

Joseph Campanella

Jerry Lee Lewis

Marie Windsor

Vic Tayback

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Steve Kanaly

Janis Paige

Joaquin Garay III

Don Diamond

Michael Brandon

Dennis Dugan

John Russell

Joe Garagiola

Gail Strickland

Earl Holliman

Martin Milner

Ben Frank

Michael Learned

Albert Popwell

Cliff Osmond

John Forsythe

Richard Ward

Tony Musante

Allan Miller

Virginia Mayo

Stefan Arngrim

Audrey Totter

Cheryl Ladd

Michael Alldredge

James Cromwell

Dick Butkus

Harold Gould

Jackie Cooper

Harry Guardino

Burr DeBenning

Howard George

Larry Storch

John Davis Chandler

Pat Crowley

Charles Drake

Frank De Kova

Teddy Wilson

Pat Carroll

Jeff Corey

Nehemiah Persoff

James Murtaugh

Warren Oates

Joanna Pettet

Barbara Anderson

Frank Marth

Booth Colman

Edward Andrews

Joseph Ruskin

Anne Lockhart

Claude Akins

Ralph Meeker

Ricardo Montalban

John Fiedler

Tige Andrews

Michael Conrad

Alan Fudge

Gary Collins

Don 'Red' Barry

Edward Albert

Peter Mark Richman

Brooke Bundy

Robert Stack

Norman Fell

Donna Mills

John Lupton

Clint Ritchie

Jeremy Slate

Simon Oakland

Benson Fong

David Birney

Clu Gulager

Christopher George

Alex Rocco

René Enríquez

Noah Keen

Jim Backus

Paul Mantee

Linda Cristal

Anthony Caruso

Louis Gossett Jr.

Anne Jeffreys

Larry Hagman

Gregory Sierra

Murray Hamilton

Bettye Ackerman

Tina Louise

Vince Edwards
Director

Raymond St. Jacques

Moosie Drier

Dennis Cole

Chuck Connors

Michael Callan

Alex Cord

Pernell Roberts

Bibi Besch

Lynda Day George

Fionnula Flanagan
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 20, 1973
StatusEnded
Seasons6
Episodes104
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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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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