September 18, 1986 - May 10, 1988
NBC Crime Drama - 43 Filmed Episodes
Cast:
| Lt. Mike Torello: | Dennis Farina |
| Ray Luca: | Anthony Denison |
| Pauli Taglia: | John Santucci |
| Atty. David Abrams: | Stephen Lang |
| Det. Danny Krychek: | Bill Smitrovich |
| Det. Joey Indelli: | Billy Campbell |
| Det. Walter Clemmons: | Paul Butler |
| Det. Nate Grossman: | Steve Ryan |
| Frank Holman: | Ted Levine |
| Manny Weisbord: | Joseph Wiseman |
| Cori Luca: | Johann Carlo |
| Max Goldman: | Andrew Dice Clay |
| Julie Torello: | Darlanne Fluegel |
| Inga Thorson: | Patricia Charbonneau |
| Ted Kehoe: | Mark Hutter |
| Chief Kramer: | Ron Dean |
| Phil Bartoli: | Jon Polito |
| Steven Kordo: | Jay O. Sanders |
Crime Story was an unusual serialized police
drama. It began in Chicago in the early 1960s, where
Lt. Mike Torello was head of the city's MCU (Major
Crime Unit), and rising young gangster Ray Luca
his chief target. Liberal prosecuter David Abrams,
the son of a mobster himself, had forsaken the
underworld and joined Torello in pursuing
Luca. Julie was Torello's estranged wife (they were
divorced after a few episodes, whereupon Torello
had an affair with Inga); Danny, Joey, Walter, and
Nate were his team of hardbitten detectives. Despite
their efforts--and his own blundering sidekick Pauli--
Luca prospered, building a violent criminal empire
with nationwide tenacles. Old-line crime lords Manny
Weisbord and Phil Bartoli provided support. When
Luca moved his base of operations to Las Vegas,
Torello followed, as part of a federal task force
held by Abrams. Although Torello dogged Luca's
every step, he never could shut him down comp-
letely; the resilient gangster even survived an A-
bomb blast at the end of the first season when he
fled across Yucca Flats in the middle of a test.
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Episode Guide
By George Fergus
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