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* JurisdictionFriction: In "Pursuit of a Wanted Felon", Torello gets into it with a group of Federal agents about who has the right to bust Frank Holman, who is holed up in a motel in Toledo. While Torello and the Feds are arguing, Holman makes his escape...on a bicycle!
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This 1986–88 Creator/{{NBC}} crime drama was Creator/MichaelMann's darker and grittier answer to ''Series/MiamiVice'', set amid the dregs of 1960s UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and later UsefulNotes/LasVegas. Detective Mike Torello (Creator/DennisFarina) and his band of roguish officers track mobster Ray Luca (Creator/AnthonyDenison) (Creator/TonyDenison) as he goes from small-time racketeer to casino mogul.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Manny Weisbord is quite clearly an {{Expy}} of Meyer Lansky.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Ray Luca in season two.
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler: A third season never materialized, thus the show ends on a {{Cliffhanger}}]].
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Ray Luca, though it's left somewhat ambiguous whether he is BackFromTheDead, since he is quite clearly blown up in a nuclear bomb test at the end of season one. In a case of ChemistryCanDoAnything he is revived by scientists for reasons unknown. It was later explained that they were revived at the behest of Luca's old boss Manny Wisebord.]]
* OddFriendship: Hardnosed, brutal, violent cop Torello, and straitlaced, mildmannered liberal attorney David Abrams form a surprisingly formidable team.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Ray Luca, though it's left somewhat ambiguous whether he is BackFromTheDead, since he is quite clearly blown up in a nuclear bomb test at the end of season one. In a case of ChemistryCanDoAnything he is revived by scientists for reasons unknown. It was later explained that they were revived at the behest of Luca's old boss Manny Wisebord.]]
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* ReReleaseSoundtrack: ''Crime Story'' used a lot of pop standards in its soundtrack, most of which were swapped out for generic, similar-style tunes in the video release.
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* RecapEpisode: "Crime Pays" in the first season, "Pauli Taglia's Dream" in the second season.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: John Santucci, who played dumb-but-lovable Mob flunky Pauli Taglia, started out in the end credits. He made his way up to the 'With' credits (the credits that aired before the Guest Stars), where most of the actors who played mobsters were listed. When the series shifted locales from Chicago to Las Vegas during the first season, Santucci, the breakout star of the series, made his way into the opening titles, between Paul Butler and Stephen Lang. In the second season, he'd moved up the ladder to fourth-billed, after Dennis Farina, Anthony Denison and Bill Smitrovich.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: John Santucci, who played dumb-but-lovable Mob flunky Pauli Taglia, started out in the end credits. He made his way up to the 'With' credits (the credits that aired before the Guest Stars), where most of the actors who played mobsters were listed. When the series shifted locales from Chicago to Las Vegas during the first season, Santucci, the breakout star of the series, made his way into the opening titles, between Paul Butler and Stephen Lang.Creator/StephenLang. In the second season, he'd moved up the ladder to fourth-billed, after Dennis Farina, Anthony Denison and Bill Smitrovich.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: John Santucci, who played dumb-but-lovable Mob flunky Pauli Taglia, started out in the end credits. He made his way up to the 'With' credits (the credits that aired before the Guest Stars), where most of the actors who played mobsters were listed. When the series shifted locales from Chicago to Las Vegas during the first season, Santucci, the breakout star of the series, made his way into the opening titles, between Paul Butler and Stephen Lang. In the second season, he'd moved up the ladder to fourth-billed, after Dennis Farina, Anthony Denison and Bill Smitrovich.
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This 1986–88 Creator/{{NBC}} crime drama was Creator/MichaelMann's darker and grittier answer to ''Series/MiamiVice'', set amid the dregs of 1960s UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and later UsefulNotes/LasVegas. Detective Mike Torello (Creator/DennisFarina) and his band of rogueish officers track mobster Ray Luca (Anthony Denison) (Creator/AnthonyDenison) as he goes from small-time racketeer to casino mogul.
