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Director:
James Foley
Stars:
Al Pacino,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Jerry Barone
Two symbiotic sociopaths play obscurely deviant mind games with each other while engaging in perversely brutal acts of violence against victims apparently chosen at random.
The three detectives fight every kind of criminal all over New York City. The show featured many actual New York locations, as well as episodes based on real New York police cases. Written by
Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Best TV cop show of the 1960's. I watched the show as a kid. I was
8 years old. Real Hardcore NYC background & reality violence.
Loved the intro theme song & images of New York. Found a 9 minute
clip and & intro on youtube.com Now if Hawaii-Five0 is on DVD on
its 4th season, how about NYPD coming on DVD. It would be a hot
seller for the boomer generation.
***New York's World Trade Center wasn't even built when this show ran from 1967 thru 1969. WTC started construction in 1970. A great TV show. Running time 30 minutes. Running time 30 minutes. Reflection of turmoil during 1960's urban cities crime problem.
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Best TV cop show of the 1960's. I watched the show as a kid. I was
8 years old. Real Hardcore NYC background & reality violence.
Loved the intro theme song & images of New York. Found a 9 minute
clip and & intro on youtube.com Now if Hawaii-Five0 is on DVD on
its 4th season, how about NYPD coming on DVD. It would be a hot
seller for the boomer generation.
***New York's World Trade Center wasn't even built when this show ran from 1967 thru 1969. WTC started construction in 1970. A great TV show. Running time 30 minutes. Running time 30 minutes. Reflection of turmoil during 1960's urban cities crime problem.