Cagney & Lacey (1981) (TV)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Ted Post

Writers:

Barbara Avedon (teleplay)
Barbara Corday (story)

Release Date:

8 October 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Cagney and Lacey are two female New York policewomen doing their job as best they can in a male-dominated police department...

Plot Keywords:

Female Detective | Character Name In Title

Cast

Loretta Swit	...	Det. Christine Cagney
Tyne Daly	...	Det. Mary Beth Lacey
Al Waxman	...	Lt. Bert Samuels
Joan Copeland	...	Mrs. Friedlander
Ronald Hunter	...	Harvey Lacey
Yvette Hawkins	...	Female
Carl Lumbly	...	Det. Mark Petrie
Gerard Parkes	...	Capt. Wells
Ben Hammer	...	Schirmer
Harvey Atkin	...	Desk Sergeant
Anna Berger	...	Mrs. Goldman
Patrick Brymer	...	Macho John
Neil Dainard	...	Taylor
Lili Francks	...	Honey
Richard Yearwood	...	Randy

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Filmways Television

Trivia:

The script for the movie was written in the mid-1970's. It took many years for the script to be produced because the networks felt that there was no audience for a realistic show about policewomen. When the TV movie aired, it was a ratings smash and inspired a successful series of the same name.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: Model Behavior (#3.11)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Ain't That The Way

TV crap before its time

TV crap before its time. I really hated watching this show, and movie. I could never watch more that half a show an be able to digest it. At least the A team was meant to be unbelievable and half acted intentionally. The acting is just horrible, along with the scripts. Not to rain on anyones praid, but the lead actress is always a b actress, and on the annoying side. At least police women was athletic and looked like she could run, to add realism to the show. There was to much personal baggage which dragged down the story's plot. I remember the guilty kid with the family story and she new the kid would phone, but when the add the personal bagged which takes away from the plot the creators lose the audience. A mortal sin in writing. Mid-life trouble and police work do not mix. One has to be spliced or intertwined the concept or the story drags. Make's the lead protagonist look unprofessional, and hurts what the character is about. The female lead in Hunter was hard as nails, and professional which gave realism to the show. There is no such inter play or humor with the lead actress with this movie.