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The Great McCarthy: Directed by Georg Stanford Brown. With Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott. Crockett and Tubbs get involved in the world of offshore power boat racing and drug smuggling.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Georg Stanford Brown
- 1984-11-16
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- Jan Hammer Music
Crockett and Tubbsuse information from an informant to catch a drug smuggler with a taste for powerboat racing.
Crockett and Tubbs respond to a bank robbery in downtown Miami, chasing the thief into a nearby building under construction. They eventually find him hiding inside a dismantled escalator, covered in anti-theft dye from money he stole. The thief is Isadore Moreno, better known as Izzy. Back at OCB and facing his fourth felony conviction, Izzy begins...
Don Johnson as Metro-Dade Detective James "Sonny" CrockettPhilip Michael Thomas as Metro-Dade Detective Ricardo "Rico" TubbsSaundra Santiago as Metro-Dade Detective Gina CalabreseMichael Talbott as Metro-Dade Detective Stan SwitekMartin Ferrero as Isadore "Izzy" MorenoMaria McDonald as VanessaCharles McCaughan as Dale "Giff" GiffordWilliam Gray Espy as Louis McCarthyThis episode marks the debut of Martin Ferrero as informant Izzy Moreno. Ferrero previously played the cross-dressing Calderone lieutenant and killer Trini DeSoto in the pilot episode "Brother's Ke...The Jan Hammer track "Rico's Blues" also makes its debut in this episode, in the scene where Crockett and Tubbs visit Vanessa at her "very exclusive, very expensive" clothing store. The piece can b...The Barnett Bank building that Izzy robs in the opening is now owned by Bank of America. Compared to the amusingly hopeless get-rich-quick schemes he is typically seen taking part in, bank robbery...During the boat race you can see several of the "Stiltsville" buildings out in the ocean. Stiltsville would be featured prominently in the episode "Out Where The Buses Don't Run".While Tubbs, Crockett, and Vanessa walk up the stairs at the clothing store after meeting for the first time, Tubbs can be seen talking but his voice is not heard - even though it seems their foots...At the very start of the party scene at McCarthy's house, the band's lead singer can be seen singing into his microphone, even though the band are still playing the opening chords of "Some Guys Hav...When McCarthy wins the first game of pool, his opponent laments, "I didn't even get a shot!" However, the table is empty at the conclusion of the match; if McCarthy's opponent had never played a sh...Before playing pool, Crockett mentions that McCarthy's race is "tomorrow". However, judging by events that follow, the race is actually at least twodays away -- the next day, Gina and Trudy make th...Filmed: October 4, 1984- October 12, 1984Production Number: 59509Production Order: 9800 Brickell Ave, Miami (opening scene exterior)Stephen P.Clark Center, 111 NW 1st Street, Miami (opening scene interior, Izzy is busted)485 W. Matheson Drive, Key Biscayne (McCarthy’s yacht club)4500 Biscayne Blvd, Miami (Gifford´s office interior)"Some Guys Have All the Luck" by Rod Stewart(sung by house band at McCarthy's party)"Go Insane" by Lindsey Buckingham(Crockett and McCarthy playing pool)"Self Control" by Laura Branigan(sung by house band at McCarthy's party)"Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf(during boat race)"Marina" (Tubbs meets McCarthy at marina)"Rico's Blues" (Crockett and Tubbs visit Vanessa's store, Tubbs makes love to Vanessa)"The Great Boat Race" (boat race)"Angelina Flashback" (Crockett and Gina on St. Vitus Dance)"Miami Vice" The Great McCarthy (TV Episode 1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Jan 4, 2021 · During the race with a drug dealer McCarthy, Crockett, Tubbs, and Zito discover how he smuggles his drugs into Miami - by using two identical boats. From Mia...
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- Miami Vice
A look at Miami Vice's eighth episode, "The Great McCarthy," in which Crockett and Tubbs try to take down a wealthy boat-racing drug smuggler, while Tubbs be...
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- Morgan Richter
Tubbs gets intimate with McCarthy's squeeze, Vanessa (Maria McDonald), who might be involved in the murder of a talented money launderer and informant, Gifford (Charles McCaughan), a Yale grad with a knack for skimming from his clients, having helped the Vice nab crooks before.
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