John Karlen

John Karlen

John Karlen (born John Adam Karlewicz) was an American character actor who played multiple roles (Willie Loomis, Carl Collins, William H. Loomis, Desmond Collins, Alex Jenkins, and Kendrick Young) on the ABC serial Dark Shadows, in various episodes which aired from 1966 to 1971. Karlen also played Harvey Lacey, husband of Mary Beth Lacey (played by Tyne Daly), on the CBS crime series Cagney & Lacey (1982–88).

  • Title: John Karlen
  • Popularity: 10.117
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1933-05-28
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: John Adam Karlewicz, John Karlin
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John Karlen Movies

  • 1973
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    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    6.7 1973 HD

    A scientist obsessed with creating life steals body parts to put together his "creation." Released as a feature on video, this was originally shown...

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  • 1993
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    Surf Ninjas

    Surf Ninjas

    4.975 1993 HD

    Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance includes...

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  • 1994
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    MacShayne: Winner Takes All

    MacShayne: Winner Takes All

    5 1994 HD

    MacShayne is a gambler and small time con-man. After serving a short stretch in jail, he goes to Las Vegas to see his son, but when he gets there,...

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  • 1984
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    Impulse

    Impulse

    5.1 1984 HD

    After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behavior...

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  • 1975
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    Trilogy of Terror

    Trilogy of Terror

    6.227 1975 HD

    A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines...

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  • 1971
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    Daughters of Darkness

    Daughters of Darkness

    6.282 1971 HD

    Ostend, Belgium. In a decadent seaside hotel, Stefan and Valerie, a newlywed couple, meet the mysterious Countess Báthory and Ilona, her...

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  • 1981
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    Pennies from Heaven

    Pennies from Heaven

    6.034 1981 HD

    During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school...

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  • 1984
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    Racing with the Moon

    Racing with the Moon

    6.2 1984 HD

    In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II....

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  • 1978
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    Killer's Delight

    Killer's Delight

    5 1978 HD

    A detective tracks a serial killer through San Francisco.

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  • 1970
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    House of Dark Shadows

    House of Dark Shadows

    6.6 1970 HD

    The story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and his search for love amidst the horror.

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  • 1971
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    Night of Dark Shadows

    Night of Dark Shadows

    6.5 1971 HD

    A newlywed painter and his wife move into his family's ancestral home and find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.

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  • 1991
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    Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

    7.2 1991 HD

    David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry...

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  • 1972
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    Night of Terror

    Night of Terror

    6.2 1972 HD

    A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but he's already killed twice to get it.

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  • 1987
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    Downpayment on Murder

    Downpayment on Murder

    6 1987 HD

    About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a hired killer.

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  • 1992
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    Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

    Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

    3.3 1992 HD

    Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI.

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  • 1986
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    The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

    The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

    6.2 1986 HD

    After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her.

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  • 1976
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    A Small Town in Texas

    A Small Town in Texas

    4.6 1976 HD

    A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.

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  • 1989
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    The Cover Girl and the Cop

    The Cover Girl and the Cop

    3 1989 HD

    Julia Duffy is the cover girl and Dinah Manoff the cop in this made-for-TV contrivance.

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  • 1995
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    Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

    Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

    6.7 1995 HD

    Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with...

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  • 1975
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    Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

    Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

    1 1975 HD

    The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-convicts, and others.

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  • 1974
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    Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

    Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

    1 1974 HD

    Police looking for drug dealers mistakenly raid the house of a typical suburban family. However, rather than admit their mistake and jeopardize their...

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  • 1986
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    Welcome Home, Bobby

    Welcome Home, Bobby

    4.7 1986 HD

    When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has had sexual contact with an older man. Discovering...

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  • 1986
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    Native Son

    Native Son

    5.6 1986 HD

    In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the...

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  • 1975
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    Melvin Purvis G-Man

    Melvin Purvis G-Man

    6.7 1975 HD

    Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.

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  • 1973
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    The Invasion of Carol Enders

    The Invasion of Carol Enders

    3.7 1973 HD

    Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack.

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  • 1982
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    Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

    Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

    1 1982 HD

    The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.

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  • 1981
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    American Dream

    American Dream

    1 1981 HD

    A family moves from an affluent Chicago suburb to the mixed inner-city neighborhood where the father grew up, with the idea of giving the kids, who...

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  • 1988
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    Date Rape

    Date Rape

    1 1988 HD

    Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.

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  • 1985
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    Hostage Flight

    Hostage Flight

    5.9 1985 HD

    A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.

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  • 1975
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    The Kansas City Massacre

    The Kansas City Massacre

    4.7 1975 HD

    Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent...

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  • 1990
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    Nightmare on the 13th Floor

    Nightmare on the 13th Floor

    5.238 1990 HD

    In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself...

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  • 1973
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    6 1973 HD

    Adaptation of the novel by Oscar Wilde.

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  • 1987
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    Daddy

    Daddy

    7.2 1987 HD

    Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant.

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  • 1979
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    Express to Terror

    Express to Terror

    1 1979 HD

    A gambling addict, mobsters, movie producers and others are plagued with murder while aboard a high-speed rail train. This pilot episode for the...

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  • 1979
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    The Return of Mod Squad

    The Return of Mod Squad

    5 1979 HD

    Pete, Linc and Julie are called back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on their old boss. But the three soon discover that they...

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  • 1974
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    The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

    The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

    6 1974 HD

    Clifford Swimmer, an angry and abusive man cruel to his wife and son, wants out if his marriage. With the help of a scientist he clones a...

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  • 1980
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    The Long Days of Summer

    The Long Days of Summer

    1 1980 HD

    In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more...

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  • 1979
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    The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

    The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

    2.1 1979 HD

    A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a...

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  • 1994
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    Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography

    Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography

    6 1994 HD

    Behind the headlines... Behind the laughter... there's an unforgettable story you've never heard before.

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  • 1988
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    Police Story: Burnout

    Police Story: Burnout

    1 1988 HD

    A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide.

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  • 2019
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    Master of Dark Shadows

    Master of Dark Shadows

    9 2019 HD

    Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes...

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  • 1989
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    Babycakes

    Babycakes

    7 1989 HD

    Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train conductor who doesn't even know she exists. When she...

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  • 1993
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    Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

    Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

    3 1993 HD

    Massive rescue efforts are mobilized to save occupants of New York City's World Trade Center after a terrorist bombing.

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  • 1994
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    Cagney & Lacey: The Return

    Cagney & Lacey: The Return

    8.7 1994 HD

    1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.

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  • 1995
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    Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

    Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

    7 1995 HD

    New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment...

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  • 1996
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    Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

    Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

    10 1996 HD

    Detectives Cagney and Lacey come face-to-face with their true feelings about capital punishment when they're assigned to the city's first capital...

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  • 1978
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    Colorado C.I.

    Colorado C.I.

    1 1978 HD

    Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, seek to crack a multi-million dollar real estate...

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  • 1973
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    Shirts/Skins

    Shirts/Skins

    1 1973 HD

    Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.

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  • 1977
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    Lou Grant

    Lou Grant

    7.229 1977 HD

    The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1962
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    The Gallant Men

    The Gallant Men

    6 1962 HD

    The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy...

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  • 1979
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    Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

    6.3 1979 HD

    Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father...

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  • 1975
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    Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

    7.224 1975 HD

    Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the...

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  • 1982
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    Fame

    Fame

    6.7 1982 HD

    An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1971
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    All in the Family

    All in the Family

    7.837 1971 HD

    Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

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  • 1985
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    227

    227

    6.7 1985 HD

    A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her...

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  • 1976
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    Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

    7.5 1976 HD

    Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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  • 1972
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    The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

    7 1972 HD

    Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone...

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  • 1978
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    Kaz

    Kaz

    5 1978 HD

    Kaz is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1978 to April 22, 1979.

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1976
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    Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

    6.7 1976 HD

    Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle!...

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1967
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    Mannix

    Mannix

    6.7 1967 HD

    Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed...

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  • 1966
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    Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

    7.237 1966 HD

    Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The...

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  • 1977
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    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    7 1977 HD

    The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun...

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  • 1973
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    Kojak

    Kojak

    6.942 1973 HD

    A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1977
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    Weekend Special

    Weekend Special

    7.571 1977 HD

    The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a...

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  • 1978
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    Vega$

    Vega$

    7 1978 HD

    Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was...

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  • 1973
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    Police Story

    Police Story

    7.1 1973 HD

    Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a...

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  • 1978
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    Sword of Justice

    Sword of Justice

    5.5 1978 HD

    Sword Of Justice is an American action-adventure television series that aired on NBC for one season during 1978 and 1979. The series was considered a...

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  • 1989
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    Snoops

    Snoops

    5 1989 HD

    Snoops is an American crime themed comedy-drama series which aired for one season from September 1989 to July 1990 on CBS. The series was created and...

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  • 1972
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    The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense

    6.3 1972 HD

    The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television

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  • 1959
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    The Detectives

    The Detectives

    5.6 1959 HD

    The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The...

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  • 1972
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    ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

    6.385 1972 HD

    Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or...

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  • 1975
    imgS1 E22

    Joe Forrester

    Joe Forrester

    7 1975 HD

    Joe Forrester is an American Crime/Drama TV series, starring Lloyd Bridges.

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  • 1973
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    The Magician

    The Magician

    6.7 1973 HD

    The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony"...

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  • 1992
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    Mad About You

    Mad About You

    6.7 1992 HD

    Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.

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  • 1984
    imgS12 E24

    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1984
    imgS12 E24

    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1962
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    Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

    5.7 1962 HD

    Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962 until May 20, 1963. Six years before the premiere of his...

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  • 1982
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    American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

    6 1982 HD

    American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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  • 1973
    imgS5 E22

    Kojak

    Kojak

    6.942 1973 HD

    A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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  • 1973
    imgS8 E22

    Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

    6.9 1973 HD

    Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective...

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  • 1991
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    In a Child's Name

    In a Child's Name

    7.7 1991 HD

    A true story about a woman who fights her brother-in-law's parents for custody of her deceased sister's baby upon learning that her brother-in-law...

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  • 1968
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    The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

    6.5 1968 HD

    The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23,...

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  • 1974
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    The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

    7.5 1974 HD

    Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit,...

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  • 1984
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    Finder of Lost Loves

    Finder of Lost Loves

    5.7 1984 HD

    The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private investigator who specialized in finding lost loves from the past...

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  • 1977
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    8 1977 HD

    Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.

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  • 1982
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    Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

    6.9 1982 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    Doc Elliot

    Doc Elliot

    1 1973 HD

    Doc Elliot is an American medical drama that aired from March 5, 1973 until May 1, 1974.

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  • 1972
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    The Waltons

    The Waltons

    7.1 1972 HD

    The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

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  • 1976
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    Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

    7.5 1976 HD

    Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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