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Crime Story
8
/ 10 (71 votes)
[Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery]
Sep 1986 - May 1988 (Canceled)
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2 seasons
43 episodes
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Specials
Season 1 (1986)
Season 2 (1987)
Languages:
English
The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
Cast
Dennis Farina
Lt. Mike Torello
Tony Denison
Ray Luca
Steve Ryan
Det. Nate Grossman
Paul Butler
Det. Walter Clemmons
Billy Campbell
Det. Joey Indelli
Bill Smitrovich
Sgt. Danny Krychek
Stephen Lang
Atty. David Abrams
John Santucci
Pauli Taglia
Ted Levine
Frank Holman
Joseph Wiseman
Manny Weisbord
Jon Polito
Phil Bartoli
Jay O. Sanders
Steve Kordo
Ron Dean
Chief Kramer
Johann Carlo
Cori Luca
Patricia Charbonneau
Inger Thorson
Jack Angel
Narrator (voice)
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