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.
Scott Brady
Vinnie / Schaeffer
Liam O'Brien
Producer / Writer
Mel Scott
K.T. / Blake / Joe Hoffman
David Gerber
Executive Producer
Don Meredith
Bert Jameson / Detective Bert Jameson / Ed Hagen
Carl Pingitore
Producer
Joe Santos
Sally Pickle / Det. George Cordova / Gene Pardnales
Christopher Morgan
Producer
E. Jack Neuman
Writer
Mel Swope
Producer
Stanley Kallis
Executive Producer
Joseph Wambaugh
Writer
Richard Drout Miller
De Bono / Flagler / Frazier
Dane Clark
Detective Lt. David Harman / Lt. Barrenger / Lt. Frederickson
Shelly Novack
Cop / Danny Hicks / Inv. Riggs
Shelly Novack
Cop / Danny Hicks / Inv. Riggs
Tony Lo Bianco
Tony Calabrese / D.J. Perkins / Det. Sgt. Tony Calabrese
Gary Nelson
Director
Barry Crane
Director
Michael O'Herlihy
Director
Alexander Singer
Director
Lee H. Katzin
Director
Richard Benedict
Director
Don Medford
Director
William A. Graham
Director
Barry Shear
Director
Alf Kjellin
Director
Jerry London
Director
Corey Allen
Director
Marvin J. Chomsky
Director
Seymour Robbie
Director
David Friedkin
Director
Robert Scheerer
Director
Leo Penn
Director
John Badham
Director
Edward M. Abroms
Director
Aaron Lipstadt
Director
Michael Switzer
Director
John Llewellyn Moxey
Director
Larry Shaw
Director
Robert Day
Director
John Sacret Young
Writer
Michael Mann
Writer
Larry Brody
Writer
Leonardo Bercovici
Writer
Adrian Spies
Writer
Morton S. Fine
Writer
Angie Dickinson
Lisa
Ed Lauter
Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella
George Hamilton
Chris De Lucia
Don Johnson
Lee Morgan
Antonio Fargas
Harpie
David Cassidy
Officer Dan Shay
Dean Stockwell
Detective Giacino / Bennett / Ott / Callan
Sid Haig
Dell / Reid
William Benedict
Prescott
Tommy Lee
Lim Fong
Diana Ewing
Claire Montrose
Sheila Larken
Ginny Hosford / Anne Baker / Diane Stewart
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
John Larch
Jeff Morrow
John Karlen
Francine York
Ramon Bieri
Jack Ging
Anthony Caruso
Louis Gossett Jr.
Anne Jeffreys
Larry Hagman
Gregory Sierra
Dabney Coleman
Marjoe Gortner
Anjanette Comer
Cameron Mitchell
Sharon Farrell
Lyle Bettger
Woodrow Parfrey
Cliff Gorman
Murray Hamilton
Bettye Ackerman
Tina Louise
Raymond St. Jacques
Moosie Drier
Dennis Cole
Chuck Connors
Michael Callan
Lloyd Bochner
Bert Freed
Rufus Thomas
Anthony James
John Quade
David Canary
Donnelly Rhodes
Paul Koslo
Brandon Cruz
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Ward Costello
Arthur Franz
Herb Edelman
Susie Coelho
Hope Lange
Ernie Wheelwright
Hampton Fancher
Judith Baldwin
Ray Danton
Walter Burke
Robert Symonds
Susan Oliver
Jackie Coogan
Elizabeth Ashley
Kim Hunter
David Sheiner
Marty Ingels
Pamela Franklin
Lola Albright
Roberto Contreras
Michael Cole
Christopher Stone
Susan Batson
Robert Walden
Michael Conrad
Alan Fudge
Gary Collins
Don Barry
Edward Albert
Dorothy Provine
Sylvester Stallone
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Mel Ferrer
Russell Johnson
Neville Brand
Bert Kramer
Mark Stevens
Chad Everett
Shani Wallis
Bernie Hamilton
Wolfman Jack
Estelle Winwood
Denise Nicholas
Barbara Rush
Sharon Acker
Amanda McBroom
David Ladd
Gale Sondergaard
Mary Ann Mobley
Paulene Myers
James Luisi
Michael Margotta
Smokey Robinson
Valentin de Vargas
Gary Conway
John van Dreelen
James Darren
Director
James Murtaugh
Warren Oates
Joanna Pettet
Barbara Anderson
Frank Marth
Booth Colman
Edward Andrews
Madlyn Rhue
Malcolm Atterbury
Alejandro Rey
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
RenĂ© EnrĂquez
Noah Keen
Fred Williamson
Paul Mantee
Corinne Calvet
Howard George
Larry Storch
John Davis Chandler
Scott Hylands
Joan Blondell
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Biff McGuire
Ahna Capri
Elinor Donahue
Scott Marlowe
Lloyd Gough
Christopher Norris
John Fiedler
Ricardo Montalban
Pamela Bellwood
Jonelle Allen
Diana Muldaur
Scoey Mitchell
Clifton Davis
Ralph Meeker
Claude Akins
Michael Anderson Jr.
Dennis Dugan
John Russell
Frankie Avalon
Cleavon Little
Barbara Rhoades
Martin Milner
Vanessa Brown
Elisha Cook Jr.
Sandy Dennis
Philip Carey
Joby Baker
Lenore Kasdorf
Catherine Burns
Anne Seymour
John Ashton
Rodney Allen Rippy
Robert Hooks
France Nuyen
Theresa Merritt
Guy Stockwell
Jason Evers
James Farentino
Shelley Fabares
Donald May
Mills Watson
Lillian Lehman
Edward James Olmos
Alexandra Hay
Cliff Osmond
Richard Ward
Albert Popwell
Albert Paulsen
Linda Dano
Lloyd Bridges
Donald O'Connor
James Griffith
John Ireland
Joanna Moore
Dee Wallace
Steve Lawrence
Diane Baker
Art Metrano
Raymond Vitte
Godfrey Cambridge
Marc Alaimo
Robert Mandan
Macdonald Carey
Milton Selzer
Don Marshall
Larry Wilcox
Rosemary DeCamp
Lana Wood
Vince Edwards
Director
Martha Scott
Dewey Martin
Michael Norell
Richard Erdman
Michael Parks
Joe Garagiola
Joaquin Garay III
Steve Kanaly
Janis Hansen
James Gregory
Hari Rhodes
Max Showalter
Robert Alda
Bob Hastings
Kathie Browne
Pat Harrington, Jr.
Steve Brodie
Jayne Kennedy
Earl Holliman
Robert Culp
Marsha Hunt
George DiCenzo
Dana Elcar
Arthur Batanides
James T. Callahan
Kurt Russell
Joseph Campanella
Jerry Lee Lewis
Marie Windsor
Vic Tayback
Manu Tupou
Paul Benjamin
Richard Loo
Bruce Glover
Sal Mineo
Kaz Garas
Bruce Davison
Charles Dierkop
Tim O'Connor
Richard Venture
John Bennett Perry
Bibi Besch
Lynda Day George
Gloria DeHaven
Rory Calhoun
Fionnula Flanagan
Stephanie Edwards
Andrew Stevens
Kim Darby
Stephen McNally
Elaine Joyce
Jack Soo
Bernie Casey
Antony Carbone
Verna Bloom
Jan-Michael Vincent
Robert Forster
Glenn Corbett
Phillip Pine
Christopher Connelly
John Kerr
Heather Angel
Hector Elias
Harrison Page
William Shatner
Zina Bethune
Rod Cameron
Edd Byrnes
James Whitmore Jr.
Don Most
Cheryl Ladd
Michael Alldredge
Dennis Weaver
June Lockhart
Janis Paige
Don Diamond
David Janssen
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Sian Barbara Allen
Casey Kasem
Quinn K. Redeker
Edmond O'Brien
Michael Brandon
William Schallert
Milton Frome
Noah Beery Jr.
Arlene Golonka
Ellen Geer
John Amos
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 20, 1973
StatusEnded
Seasons6
Episodes104
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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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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