CRIME STORY:PILOT {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
Feature-length pilot for this serialized police drama -- set for the initial episodes in Chicago, then in Las Vegas, during the early 1960s -- which traces the intersecting lives of three men: Lt. Mike Torello, the hard-boiled, hair-triggered leader of the city's Major Crime Unit; Ray Luca, a ruthlessly ambitious gangster; and David Abrams, a liberal attorney with conflicting loyalties. In this episode, Torello is enraged to find that the son of an old family friend is connected to a crew responsible for a string of violent robberies. As the story begins, Luca's dimwitted henchman, Paulie, fouls up the getaway plan during a restaurant holdup and brings the heat down on his boss, who enlists Johnny O'Donnell, a spirited young punk, to plan his next burglary. A decent kid from a good family, the thrill-seeking O'Donnell uses his college-smarts to plan an elaborate museum heist. With Luca's connections, the job goes off without a hitch -- until Luca offers to fence the stolen goods. Slick and treacherous, Luca slithers his way into the company of local kingpin Phil Bartoli and flashes the spoils of O'Donnell's heist to guarantee himself a spot in the Outfit's hierarchy. Locked out of his only shot at the big time, O'Donnell retaliates by robbing one of Bartoli's jewelry stores. Too self-assured to realize that his life is now in jeopardy, O'Donnell ignores Torello's warnings and continues his downward spiral into lawlessness and thievery. Luca, meanwhile, tries to win over public defender Abrams, whose father was once a notorious mobster. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: September 18, 1986 Thursday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:36:01
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:34054
- GENRE: Drama, police
- SUBJECT HEADING: Crime and criminals; Law enforcement; Robbery
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1986-1988
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Michael Mann … Executive Producer
- Ervin Zavada … Producer
- Abel Ferrara … Director
- Chuck Adamson … Created by, Writer
- Gustave Reininger … Created by, Writer
- David J. Burke … Writer
- Todd Rundgren … Music by
- Del Shannon … Theme Music by
- Max Crook … Theme Music by
- Dennis Farina … Cast, Lt. Mike Torello
- Anthony Denison … Cast, Ray Luca
- Bill Smitrovich … Cast, Sgt. Danny Krychek
- Steve Ryan … Cast, Det. Nate Greenhof
- Bill Campbell … Cast, Det. Joey Indelli
- Paul Butler … Cast, Det. Walter Clemmons
- Stephen Lang … Cast, David Abrams
- Joseph Wiseman … Cast, Manny Weisbord
- Darlanne Fluegel … Cast, Julie Torello
- Jon Polito … Cast, Phil Bartoli
- Johann Carlo … Cast, Cori Luca
- William Russ … Cast, Det. Wes Connelly
- Eric Bogosian … Cast, Dean
- Martin Ferrero … Cast, Ignacio
- David Caruso … Cast, Johnny O'Donnell
- John Santucci … Cast, Paulie Taglia
- Ron Dean … Cast, Chief Kramer
- Ted Levine … Cast, Frank Holman
- Andrew Dice Clay … Cast, Max Goldman
- Lisa Jane Persky … Cast, Joanne Goldman
- Mary Siebel … Cast, Anna O'Donnell
- James O'Reilly … Cast, Tom O'Donnell
- Layne Beamer … Cast, the Prosecutor
- Lorraine Bracco … Cast, the Waitress
- David Chadderon … Cast, the Bartender
- Laurel Cronin … Cast, Lianna
- D.V. DeVincentis … Cast, Bennie Primo
- Ed Fernandez … Cast, Stickup Man #2
- Linda Fetters … Cast, the Hostage Woman
- Dan Goldring … Cast, the Homicide Detective
- Sam Keahna … Cast, the Indian at Bar
- Stacy Logan … Cast, the Hostage Husband
- Sammy Louis … Cast, the Judge
- Kim Milford … Cast, Babe Petro
- Tony Mockus … Cast, the Baliff
- Amy Morton … Cast, the Pregnant Girl
- Mick Nickeas … Cast, Stickup Man #1
- Michael Rooker … Cast, the Lieutenant
- Larry Sellers … Cast, the Indian
- Bill Trigg … Cast, Officer #2
- Jim True … Cast, Jo Jo Sweeney
- Victor Raider Wexler … Cast, Mr. Levin
- Will Zahrin … Cast, Cernak