Police Story (1973)
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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Episode 1 - Officer Needs Help
Release Date: 1975-09-09 -
Episode 2 - The Cutting Edge
Release Date: 1975-09-16 -
Episode 3 - A Community of Victims
Release Date: 1975-09-23 -
Episode 4 - The Losing Game
Release Date: 1975-09-30 -
Episode 5 - The Cut Man Caper
Release Date: 1975-10-28On 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.
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Episode 6 - Face for a Shadow
Release Date: 1975-11-07 -
Episode 7 - The Test of Brotherhood
Release Date: 1975-11-14 -
Episode 8 - Empty Weapon
Release Date: 1975-11-21 -
Episode 9 - Little Boy Lost
Release Date: 1975-11-28 -
Episode 10 - Vice: Twenty-Four Hours
Release Date: 1975-12-05 -
Episode 11 - Breaking Point
Release Date: 1975-12-12 -
Episode 12 - Company Man
Release Date: 1975-12-19 -
Episode 13 - Spanish Class
Release Date: 1976-01-02 -
Episode 14 - Odyssey of Death (1)
Release Date: 1976-01-09 -
Episode 15 - Odyssey of Death (2)
Release Date: 1976-01-16 -
Episode 16 - The Other Side of the Fence
Release Date: 1976-01-23 -
Episode 17 - Fifty Cents, First Half Hour -- One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents All Day
Release Date: 1976-01-30 -
Episode 18 - Firebird
Release Date: 1976-02-06 -
Episode 19 - The Long Ball
Release Date: 1976-02-13 -
Episode 20 - Eamon Kinsella Royce
Release Date: 1976-02-20 -
Episode 21 - Officer Dooly
Release Date: 1976-03-05 -
Episode 22 - Open City
Release Date: 1976-03-12