Crime Story (Series 1) - 3-DVD Box Set ( Crime Story - Series One )

Crime Story (Series 1) - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Crime Story - Series One
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
1047 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Leon Ichaso

Written By:
Chuck Adamson
Gustave Reininger

Actors:
Dennis Farina ..... Lt. Mike Torello
Anthony John Denison ..... Ray Luca (as Anthony Denison)
Bill Smitrovich ..... Det. Danny Krychek (as William Smitrovich)
Steve Ryan ..... Det. Nate Grossman
Bill Campbell ..... Det. Joey Indelli
Paul Butler ..... Det. Walter Clemmons
Stephen Lang ..... Atty. David Abrams
Darlanne Fluegel ..... Julie Torello
Jon Polito ..... Phil Bartoli
John Snyder ..... Pernell
Patti D'Arbanville ..... Eve Vollesky (as Patty D'Arbanville)
John Santucci ..... Pauli Taglia
Ron Dean ..... Chief Kramer
Ted Levine ..... Frank Holman
Andrew Dice Clay ..... Max Goldman
Mark Hutter ..... Ted Kehoe
Tom Allen ..... Chuck Slebel
David Gould ..... Clerk
Joyce Hazard ..... Beautician
Jane Heitz ..... Bartender
Michael Kemmerling ..... Dusty Noonan
Gy Mirano ..... Prostitute
John Mohrlein ..... Brodski
Sam Sanders ..... Bum
Lisa Mia Williams ..... Brunette
Jack Angel ..... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Following the phenomenal success of Miami Vice, executive producer Michael Mann returned to the small screen with a new kind of gritty police drama, one that talked tougher and hit harder than anything TV had ever seen before. Crime Story is the hard boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca (Anthony Dennison) from the mean streets of early 1960s Chicago to the neon nights of mob paradise Las Vegas.

Episodes comprise:
1. Pilot
2. Final Transmission
3. Shadow Dancer
4. The Saint Louis Book Of Blues
5. The War
6. Abrams For The Defense
7. Pursuit Of A Wanted Felon
8. Old Friends, Dead Ends
9. Justice Hits The Skids
10. For Love Or Money
11. Hide And Go Thief
12. Strange Bedfellows
13. Fatal Crossroads (aka Fortune On Men's Eyes)
14. Torello On Trial
15. The Kingdom Of Money
16. The Battle Of Las Vegas
17. The Survivor
18. The Pinnacle
19. Top Of The World (aka The King In A Cage)
20. Ground Zero

Chicago, 1963. As head of the police department's Major Crime Unit, Lieutenant Michael Torello must deal with the city's most dangerous criminals. And possibly the most dangerous of all is Ray Luca, a young ambitious street hood who's out to gain wealth and power by whatever means - including theft, threats, extortion and murder. As Luca begins his ruthless climb up the ladder of organized crime, leaving a growing number of victims in his wake, Torello becomes more and more determined to bring him down.

The saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 May, 2011.