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COLLECTION · Series · 1986

Crime Story

The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.

Source: TMDB
* 8.0 (72)ActionAdventureCrimeDramaMysteryUnited States
Creators
Gustave Reininger · Chuck Adamson
Countries
United States
Studios
NBC · New World Television · Michael Mann Productions
Runtime
44 min/ep
Age rating
TV-PG
Release
19/09/1986
Score
8.0 / 10 (72)
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
1 episodes
Crime Pays
Episode 1. Crime Pays
44 min

Clip show recapping the story thus far and revealing previously cut scenes for the first time.

Season 1
Season 1
21 episodes · 1986
Pilot (1)
Episode 1. Pilot (1)
1986-09-19 · 44 min

Here we meet the three major players of the series: Lt. Mike Torrello, head of Chicago's Major Crime Unit(MCU); Ray Luca, a young hood about to make his mark on the underworld; and David Abrams, an idealistic public defender trying to…

Pilot (2)
Episode 2. Pilot (2)
1986-09-19 · 44 min

Here we meet the three major players of the series: Lt. Mike Torrello, head of Chicago's Major Crime Unit(MCU); Ray Luca, a young hood about to make his mark on the underworld; and David Abrams, an idealistic public defender trying to…

Final Transmission
Episode 3. Final Transmission
1986-09-20 · 44 min

With Torello's MCU hunting a psychopath, Luca plots jewel heists and the takeover of a sports-gambling operation.

Shadow Dancer
Episode 4. Shadow Dancer
1986-09-27 · 44 min

Torello gains a major advantage when one of Luca's burglars is connected to a robbery-homicide of a coin collector's wife. Torello finds out Julie is pregnant.

The Saint Louis Book of Blues
Episode 5. The Saint Louis Book of Blues
1986-09-30 · 44 min

Mobsters support Luca's nationwide gambling scheme. A publicity-seeking sheriff hampers Torello's arrest of one of Luca's men.

The War
Episode 6. The War
1986-10-07 · 44 min

A book intercepted by Torello jeopardizes Luca's nationwide gambling operation. The Torellos meet with tragedy.

Abrams for the Defense
Episode 7. Abrams for the Defense
1986-10-14 · 44 min

Attorney Abrams falls for a reporter helping him defend a tenant accused of assaulting a slum landlord.

Pursuit of a Wanted Felon
Episode 8. Pursuit of a Wanted Felon
1986-10-28 · 44 min

Conflict ruins the Torello's weekend trip. Luca situates in Las Vegas. Bigots target Abrams's relationship with Susan.

Old Friends, Dead Ends
Episode 9. Old Friends, Dead Ends
1986-11-04 · 44 min

Torello confronts his new friend, now laundering money for the Mob. Federal investigators indict Luca and Bartoli.

Justice Hits the Skids
Episode 10. Justice Hits the Skids
1986-11-11 · 44 min

Devastated by Kehoe's death, Torello stonewalls Breitel's federal investigation. Abrams joins the MCU on the street.

For Love or Money
Episode 11. For Love or Money
1986-12-05 · 44 min

Divorced Torello finds comfort with Inger. The Crime Unit nabs Luca's jewelry-heist team. Torello's best friend supplies the Mob with capital.

Hide and Go Thief
Episode 12. Hide and Go Thief
1986-12-12 · 44 min

Indelli and Krychek must deal with a tense hostage situation. Torello travels to Indiana to make his move on Frank Holman.

Strange Bedfellows
Episode 13. Strange Bedfellows
1986-12-26 · 44 min

Holman ideintifies Torello as a dirty cop to Breitel. After an attempt on his life, Luca takes refuge in Florida.

Fatal Crossroads
Episode 14. Fatal Crossroads
1987-01-09 · 44 min

Torello is subpoenaed to testify for Luca. An enraged Abrams jumps to Torello's defense. Luca orders Torello and Abrams killed.

Torello on Trial
Episode 15. Torello on Trial
1987-01-16 · 44 min

Breitel brutally cross-examines Torello. Acquitted Luca moves to Las Vegas. Torello gets a new assignment.

The Kingdom of Money
Episode 16. The Kingdom of Money
1987-01-30 · 44 min

Torello and Krychek join the Federal Task Force planning to raid Luca's new gambling business in Las Vegas.

The Battle of Las Vegas
Episode 17. The Battle of Las Vegas
1987-02-06 · 44 min

To take over Las Vegas casinos, Luca murders the head of a resort-workers union to put his own man in the position.

The Survivor
Episode 18. The Survivor
1987-02-13 · 44 min

Torello falls in love with a Justice Attorney's former wife, only to find out that the attorney has been molesting his adopted daughter. Molestation charges jeopardizes the Unit's investigation of Luca.

The Pinnacle
Episode 19. The Pinnacle
1987-02-27 · 44 min

Luca's greedy ploy to take over another casino puts his entire gambling empire in jeopardy.

Top of the World
Episode 20. Top of the World
1987-03-06 · 44 min

Luca's jubilation over his growing business turns to fear that his associates are setting him up. Luca's insatiable lust for violence proves his undoing when he rapes Pauli's girlfriend. Pauli testifies for the prosecution in Luca's trial.

Ground Zero
Episode 21. Ground Zero
1987-03-13 · 44 min

After his murder mistrial, Luca clashes with a crime kingpin over plans to split up control of the sinking Luca gambling empire. Pauli changes his mind and rescues Luca from Torello as they hide in a house in the desert, a target site for…

Season 2
Season 2
22 episodes · 1987
The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
Episode 1. The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
1987-09-22 · 44 min

An overzealous senator outrages crime bosses by subpoenaing them to appear before an organized crime commission. An actress with a shady past falls for Torello.

Blast from the Past
Episode 2. Blast from the Past
1987-09-29 · 44 min

Torello confronts his feelings for Julie when she asks him to rescue her kidnapped husband, who is a doctor forced to tend to one of his injured kidnappers.

Always a Blonde
Episode 3. Always a Blonde
1987-10-20 · 44 min

The Senterros, a family of Mexican cattle ranchers, controls the marijuana trade, so Torello's unit sets up a sting operation, but detective Joey Indelli leaves to try to save a callgirl from her sadistic pimp.

Atomic Fallout
Episode 4. Atomic Fallout
1987-10-27 · 44 min

Torello follows a crazed killer into Mexico, unaware his quarry will lead him to an arms-for-drugs operation run by an alive-and-well Luca.

Shockwaves
Episode 5. Shockwaves
1987-11-03 · 44 min

Luca returns to Vegas with immunity to work for the US Government, causing revenge-minded Abrams to resign in frustration and Torello unable to get near Luca.

Robbery, Armed
Episode 6. Robbery, Armed
1987-11-10 · 44 min

A Chicago thug, preparing for the heist of a Las Vegas casino, shoots Krychek on the eve of Torello's birthday.

Little Girl Lost
Episode 7. Little Girl Lost
1987-11-24 · 44 min

An investigator searching for a man's girlfriend, who happens to be Weisbord's granddaughter, is murdered before he gives information to Torello. Luca offers a drug-addicted Abrams a position on his staff.

Love Hurts
Episode 8. Love Hurts
1987-12-08 · 44 min

Luca falls for an actress in a movie he is financing and discovers she is more than even he can handle.

MIG-21
Episode 9. MIG-21
1987-12-15 · 44 min

A defecting Soviet pilot becomes custody of the Strike Force, which learns of plans to use him in a spy swap.

Moulin Rouge
Episode 10. Moulin Rouge
1988-01-05 · 44 min

The Justice Department tries to deal with troubles at a new nightclub - including bombings, extortion, and racial threats - owned by a beautiful black woman.

Seize the Time
Episode 11. Seize the Time
1988-01-12 · 44 min

Torello cannot identify the source of a money-laundering operation. Clemmons reveals his suspicions about Iris's new casino partner.

Femme Fatale
Episode 12. Femme Fatale
1988-01-19 · 44 min

A Chinese agent dupes Torello into looking for her father while she smuggles plutonium out of the country.

Protected Witness
Episode 13. Protected Witness
1988-02-02 · 44 min

In return for the man's testimony, Torello offers government protection to a Chicago mobster with a contract on his life.

Last Rites
Episode 14. Last Rites
1988-02-09 · 44 min

After Manny is stricken by a heart attack, Luca demands that he be the first heart-transplant recipient. Max convinces Steve to put a hit on Luca.

Pauli Taglia's Dream
Episode 15. Pauli Taglia's Dream
1988-03-08 · 44 min

In a dream Paulie recounts his and Luca's survival of the atomic bomb. After nearly perishing in the blast, Luca and Paulie are taken into federal custody. Delirious from his gun shot wounds and the blast Luca becomes totally on Paulie…

Roadrunner
Episode 16. Roadrunner
1988-03-15 · 44 min

While escorting a prisoner and his girlfriend, Torello is trapped in the desert and stalked by corrupt lawmen who want the prisoner.

Desert Justice
Episode 17. Desert Justice
1988-03-22 · 44 min

The Justice Department must deal with crooked cops and feuding brothel owners when Pauli's prostitute-girlfriend is murdered.

Byline
Episode 18. Byline
1988-03-29 · 44 min

Torello's writer-friend plans to take down Luca by exposing him in an article.

The Hearings
Episode 19. The Hearings
1988-04-05 · 44 min

Luca is finally brought to court on racketerring charges but the trial is postponed when a military emergency happens in Vietnam.

Pursuit (1)
Episode 20. Pursuit (1)
1988-04-26 · 44 min

Torello and his men chase Luca to Mexico where they will get no help from the US Government.

Escape (2)
Episode 21. Escape (2)
1988-05-03 · 44 min

Torello and his men save Danny from certain death while Luca is told by a top military commander that he is nothing in Mexico.

Going Home (3)
Episode 22. Going Home (3)
1988-05-10 · 44 min

Torello and his men catch up to Luca in Mexico and force him to escape but they all get trapped inside a pilotless airborne plane.

Cast by season
Dennis Farina
Dennis Farina
Lt. Mike Torello
Tony Denison
Tony Denison
Ray Luca
Steve Ryan
Steve Ryan
Det. Nate Grossman
Paul Butler
Paul Butler
Det. Walter Clemmons
Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang
Atty. David Abrams
John Santucci
John Santucci
Pauli Taglia
Ted Levine
Ted Levine
Frank Holman
Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman
Manny Weisbord
Jay O. Sanders
Jay O. Sanders
Steve Kordo
Ron Dean
Ron Dean
Chief Kramer
Johann Carlo
Johann Carlo
Cori Luca
Jack Angel
Jack Angel
Narrator (voice)
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