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"America's Most Wanted" (1988): :  -- Justice is served as criminals are captured.
"America's Most Wanted" (1988): :  -- Justice is served as criminals are captured.
"America's Most Wanted" (1988): :  -- America's Most Wanted celebrates their 1000th capture of a fugitive.
"America's Most Wanted" (1988): :  -- "CBS News RAW:" Fla. police have officially declared that deceased convict Ottis Toole killed 6-year-old Adam Walsh, son of  "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, in 1981.
"America's Most Wanted" (1988): :  -- John Walsh, host of "America's Most Wanted," speaks with Harry Smith about how hard it would be to find Cesar Laurean, suspect in the death of a pregnant Marine, if he crosses the border into Mexico.

Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   352 votes
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Writers:
Carl Buehl (writer)
Steve Klayman (story)
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
7 February 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
America's Most Wanted is where America Fights Back
Plot:
True crimes are dramatized in hopes that viewers can give information leading to the capture of the criminals. full summary
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations more
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User Comments:
One of the best shows you could watch today. more
US TV Schedule:
Sat. July 259:00 PMFox   

Cast

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John Walsh ... Himself / ... (165 episodes, 1988-2009)

Don LaFontaine ... Announcer (70 episodes, 1991-2008)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"A.M.W." (USA) (short title)
"America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back" (USA) (new title)
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Runtime:
60 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
USA:TV-PG
Filming Locations:
Aspen, Colorado, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The show's most spectacular success was the case of John List, a man who murdered his entire family in cold blood nearly twenty years earlier and was never caught. Using the standard dramatization and an amazingly accurate forensic sculpture to account for his age since his last known photograph, the show was instrumental in the identification and capture of the fugitive within one week of broadcasting the segment. List was captured on June 1, 1989 after having lived under the pseudonym Robert Clark in Denver, Colorado and Midlothian, Virginia. On April 12, 1990, he was convicted in a New Jersey court of five counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to five life terms in prison. On March 21, 2008 List died at age 82 in a Trenton, New Jersey prison from complications of pneumonia. more
Quotes:
[Repeated Line]
John Walsh: And remember, you can make a difference.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "John Doe: Idaho (#1.8)" (2002) more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the best shows you could watch today., 27 September 2000
Author: lartronic from Akron, Ohio

This show is truly one of the best, John Walsh must be one of the hardest working people in television today. The basic idea is to help capture criminals by profiling their cases and give facts about their habits in hopes of having a viewer see the person. I watch this every week, just in case I see one of the people profiled. Also profiled are missing children, which Walsh obviously put there on his own since his own son was murdered. It's hard to match this show, it's truly a great series. It's great that it's still broadcasting new episodes since its debut in 1988, a real sign of excellence.

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