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Pilot: Directed by Abel Ferrara. With Dennis Farina, Tony Denison, Bill Smitrovich, Steve Ryan. Chicago Major Crime Unit, led by no-nonsense lt. Torrello, stops a team of robbers, but the leader escapes. Torrello suspects Ray Luca, a mobster on the rise. He also deals with idealistic public defender Abrams, who opposes his methods.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Abel Ferrara
- 1986-09-18
The show premiered with a two-hour pilot—a film which had been exhibited theatrically—and was watched by over 30 million viewers. NBC scheduled the show to Tuesdays at 9 p.m. opposite ABC's Moonlighting on its fall schedule but moved it to Fridays at 10 p.m. in December.
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- September 18, 1986 –, May 10, 1988
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- NBC
"Crime Story" Pilot (TV Episode 1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Chicago's Major Crimes Unit, led by no-nonsense Lt. Mike Torello, suspects upstart mobster Ray Luca may be the mastermind behind a string of robberies.
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Sep 18, 1986 · Available on FilmRise, Peacock, Prime Video, Amazon Freevee. S1 E1: In the series pilot, Lt. Mike Torello (Dennis Farina), the head of Chicago's Major Crime Unit in the early '60s, has a personal interest in a case involving the son of a close friend who gets mixed up with mobster Ray Luca (Anthony Denison).
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. First telecast September 18, 1986, Crime Story was the two-part pilot for the subsequent series which traced the longstanding relationship between Chicago cop Lt. Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) and mobster Ray Luca (Anthony Dennison).
