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HILL STREET BLUES: FREEDOM'S LAST STAND (TV)

Summary

One in this series of police dramas about the personal and professional lives of the officers of Hill Street Station, a precinct located in a run-down urban area. In this episode, Capt. Furillo takes the stand before a commission investigating corruption within the force; J.D. and Washington apprehend a fellow officer with a drug problem; Coffey expresses his feelings for Officer Lucy Bates, who competes in the interdepartmental poker finals; Hill and Renko work undercover at a diner in a sting to catch health inspectors accepting pay-offs; and Belker tries to persuade "Captain Freedom" to leave the crime-fighting to the police. Commercials deleted.

Cataloging of this program was made possible by the Bell Atlantic Foundation, 1998.

Details

  • NETWORK: NBC
  • DATE: January 28, 1982 Thursday 10:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:49:00
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T84:0391
  • GENRE: Drama, police/detective
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, police/detective; Crime and criminals
  • SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1981-1987
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Steven Bochco … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
  • David Anspaugh … Producer
  • Anthony Yerkovich … Producer
  • Gregory Hoblit … Director
  • Michael Kozoll … Created by, Writer
  • Anthony Yerkovich … Writer
  • Jeffrey Lewis … Writer
  • Michael Wagner … Writer
  • Mike Post … Music by
  • Travanti, Daniel J. (See also: Travanty, Dan) … Cast, Capt. Frank Furillo
  • Michael Conrad … Cast, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus
  • Michael Warren … Cast, Officer Bobby Hill
  • Bruce Weitz … Cast, Det. Mick Belker
  • James B. Sikking … Cast, Lt. Howard Hunter
  • Joe Spano … Cast, Officer Henry Goldblume
  • Barbara Bosson … Cast, Fay Furillo
  • Taurean Blacque … Cast, Det. Neal Washington
  • Kiel Martin … Cast, Det. Johnny "J.D." LaRue
  • Rene Enriquez … Cast, Lt. Ray Calletano
  • Betty Thomas … Cast, Officer Lucille Bates
  • Ed Marinaro … Cast, Officer Joe Coffey
  • Charles Haid … Cast, Officer Andy Renko
  • Veronica Hamel … Cast, Joyce Davenport
  • Dennis Dugan … Cast, "Captain Freedom"
  • Jon Cypher … Cast, Chief Fletcher Daniels
  • James O'Sullivan … Cast, Donald Peck
  • John Karlen … Cast, Loomis
  • Scott Paulin … Cast, Cleary
  • Howard George … Cast, Grehey
  • Troy Evans … Cast, Pudello
  • Vincent Lucchesi … Cast, Fuchs
  • Harry Moses … Cast, Reagan
  • Ron Vernan … Cast, the Druggist
  • Jerome Thor … Cast, Delgado
  • Robin Coleman … Cast, Coley
  • Elise Caitlin … Cast, the Shoplifter
  • Pamela Hayden … Cast, Ms. Jackson
  • Peter Lempert … Cast, the Maitre d'
  • Nyles Harris … Cast, the Boy
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