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McMillan & Wife (1971)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
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serious, realistic, suspenseful
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police, age difference, couples, legal, who done it, law enforcement, legal investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, couple relations, woman, sergeant, police commissioner, police officer, husband wife relationship, mystery, crime, wife husband relationship, crimes
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films and TV series with plots about police, law enforcement, fighting crime, police investigation, police detective, investigation and police officer mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like McMillan & Wife: Banacek (1972), McCloud (1970), Baretta (1975), Cagney & Lacey (1981), Ironside (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows ...
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suspenseful, serious, realistic
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Time:
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Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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McCloud is an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1977. The title role is played by Dennis Weaver as Marshal Sam McCloud, a law officer from Taos, New Mexico, on semi-permanent "special assignment" with the New ...
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60s, 70s
Place:
new york, new mexico, usa, san francisco, arizona
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. ...
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realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
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police detective, police, car chase, investigation, police officer, undercover, police protagonist, police investigation, drug dealing, law enforcement, fighting crime, partners ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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serious, realistic, suspenseful
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police, police detective, legal, women, police officer, parents, villain, woman with a gun, car chase, nypd, society, gender ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Ironside is a Universal television series that ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as a paraplegic Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character debuted on March 28, 1967 in a TV movie. When ...
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boys' night
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Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s television police drama filmed on location in San Francisco, California, and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television.
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realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, retro
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police, vietnam war, fighting crime, police officer, older man younger man relationship, police detective, investigation, car chase, police lieutenant, police inspector, homicide detective, police investigation ...
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Place:
san francisco, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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serious, realistic, sincere, suspenseful, retro ...
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kids
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legal, medical, police, coroner, murder, law enforcement, police detective, intelligence agency, murder mystery, investigation, supernatural, hospital ...
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, clever
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kids
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21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the ...
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kids
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997–98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, gloomy ...
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investigation, legal, law and order, police investigation, legal action, murder, district attorney, fighting crime, law enforcement, power relations, courtroom, legal investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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Ironside is an upcoming American drama television series that is scheduled to premiere in the 2013–14 television season on NBC. It will air on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central, after Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It is a ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by R. A. Cinader and Jack ...
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boys' night
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20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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Audience:
boys' night
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police detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, society, law enforcement, police, crime investigation, car chase, investigation, nypd, tough law enforcer ...
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Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is an American television series that premiered in 2002 on the PAX Network. The show ended in May 2005 due to PAX's decision to halt the production of original programming. It was one of the two highest rated shows on the ...
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realistic, serious, suspenseful
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Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., usa
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38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, scary ...
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21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, realistic
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A bald police detective with a righteous attitude battles crime on his hometurf.
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serious, stylized, rough, realistic, captivating
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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police detective, law enforcement, fighting crime, female detective, police officer, police, police investigation, forensics
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann. Schindel has been nominated for three Emmy Awards.
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tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting ...
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police detective, police, fighting crime, police investigation, workplace situations, murder, law enforcement, workplace, society, partners, police station, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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captivating, tense, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a much-publicised murder trial, he is now involved in the ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol. The series ran ...
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kids, boys' night
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