"Cagney & Lacey" (1982) TV series 1982-1988

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creators:

Barbara Avedon
Barbara Corday

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

25 March 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Police Detective | Detective | New York City | Friendship Between Women

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 32 wins & 51 nominations

Cast

Tyne Daly	...	Det. Mary Beth Lacey (125 episodes, 1982-1988)
Sharon Gless	...	Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney / ... (119 episodes, 1982-1988)
Al Waxman	...	Lt. Bert Samuels (107 episodes, 1982-1988)
John Karlen	...	Harvey Lacey / ... (107 episodes, 1982-1988)
Martin Kove	...	Det. Victor Isbecki / ... (104 episodes, 1982-1988)
Carl Lumbly	...	Det. Mark Petrie (92 episodes, 1982-1988)
Harvey Atkin	...	Desk Sergeant Ronald Coleman / ... (78 episodes, 1982-1988)
Troy W. Slaten	...	Michael Lacey (69 episodes, 1982-1988)
Tony La Torre	...	Harvey Lacey, Jr. / ... (63 episodes, 1982-1988)
Paul Mantee	...	Det. Al Corassa / ... (52 episodes, 1983-1988)

Runtime:

60 min (125 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

Every year the show was on the air, the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series went to one of the stars of this show. Tyne Dalywon the award four times and Sharon Gless won twice.

Quotes:

Christine Cagney: We're gonna put the word out how you tried to set up the blacks, Eddie. You're gonna be a big hit in Attica. They're gonna be calling you the Queen of Soul!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Show No. 104 (#1.2)" (1998)

Not Nice! But Excellent!

Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly redefined female relationships. No, they were never lovers and the thought had never occurred back in the 1980s. They were partners, allies, friends, and comrades in a man's profession. They were unlikely heroines. Mary Beth was married to Harvey with two sons and a daughter. Christine was the troubled single woman. Partnered together, they formed a dynamic duo with the likes of Starsky and Hutch and Miami Vice but with estrogen and a women's touch. As Cagney and Lacey, the audience realized that women can be more serious and intelligent than the other female duo of Laverne and Shirley. No, this show was serious, thought-provoking, and entertaining. We loved Cagney and Lacey and it was a show that it's audience fought to bring back to the airwaves with passion. Unfortunately, shows like Cagney and Lacey probably wouldn't come back. The idea of having mature, plain women like Daly and Gless is gone. Although the show garnered plenty of honors including Emmys for both Daly and Gless, it is hard to imagine that nowadays a show like Cagney and Lacey wouldn't be more Police Woman and less serious. On screen, Daly and Gless proved to be a dynamic duo. You knew you had two strong actresses giving the performance of their lives as female cops. Gone was the glamor and present was the seriousness that women should be taken more seriously. Unfortunately, actresses like Daly and Gless who are terrific American actresses of the highest caliber who can turn any guest appearance into an Emmy nomination should not be forgotten and discarded like yesterday's garbage. Daly and Gless proved that audiences didn't always go for glamorous, attractive, but a realistic portrayal of women in a man's department. It's still a man's world but Cagney and Lacey proved that they had what it took to make it there after all.