feakes Crime Story is a major triumph in Television history. Michael Mann brought to life the blazing 60's and crime in Chicago and Las Vegas. Mann was behind Miami vice and helped give vice its look and feel. Yet While Vice was about flashy clothes cars and trends and stories that came out of the newspapers. Crime Story was all about where we had been. The 1960's was a era in which organized crime Thrived. the FBI never really acknowledged the Mafia. And power brokers quietly worked behind the scenes changing the course of history. Crime Story follows the Chicago MCU Its major crimes unit as they under the command of Lt. Michael torello chase after a street thug named Ray Luca who goes from street thug to a major player in one of the major crime families. Torello must try to be one step ahead of Luca in what becomes a personal Vendetta between both men. Crime Story Is maybe one of the finest cop shows that ever aired. And that says a lot. Has it aged well. I'd say yes. Did the show go out poorly I'd say yes killing the show after season 2 in what has to be one of the worst cliffhangers in TV History. Its still remembered s one of the biggest mistakes in TV History. But we got to remember the show when it was in its prime and at its best. At its best it was untouchable and unbeatable. At its worst it was still heads and tails above anything else on TV.

jeannie626 I miss it, and it's been nearly 20 years! I'm just surprised there is not a bona-fide cult following for this show! If anyone reading this disagrees, well speak up!! The show premiered when I was a teenager, and I thought it was cool as sh%#! Of course, I was also watching Pee-Wee's playhouse, Joes Bob Briggs Drive-In Theatre, going to see Roy Orbison in concert one last time. And while the addition of cast member Andrew Goldman (Dice-Clay) may not have done much in retrospect for the show, I'll be damned if it didn't prove that he could actually act! I'm not kidding, he did a fine job! Dennis Ferrina, the Maimi Beach widows dream, so my (much older) ex used to tell me... I've been rooting for him ever since this show. (And Midnight Run paid off!)Not sure yet on Law & Order.....

Michael O'Keefe From producer Michael Mann, a brilliant crime drama series that can be mentioned with similar reverence as THE UNTOUCHABLES(TV series)1959-1963. Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Las Vegas...organized crime is spreading its wings. Michael Torello(Dennis Farina)is the head of Chicago's Major Crime Unit and determined to bring down up and coming crime figure Ray Luca(Anthony Denison). The action takes place in the early 60s...and it is very impressive that the clothing, hair styles, automobiles and music are circa 1963. The opening theme is a revved up revised version of Del Shannon's "Runaway". The Torello/Luca relationship may even be more intense than that of Ness/Nitti in THE UNTOUCHABLES. From direction to dialogue; from story line to acting...hard to find fault with one of the best in this genre.Kudos for strong acting from Stephen Lang, Bill Smitrovich, Andrew Dice Clay, Jon Polito, David Caruso, Ray Sharkey and Joseph Wiseman. Rocker Todd Rundgren is responsible for all original music that drives this 42 episode crime drama.

coverme6 The hard-boiled cop genre of the 80's went back in time a couple ofdecades back in this nostalgic cop drama CRIME STORY. It portrays Dennis Farina (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, OUT OF SIGHT) as Mike Torello, a hot-tempered but good Chicago cop on an obsessive pursuit against a mobster named Luca (Tony Denison). Along with his squad of detectives (consisting of Bill Smitrovich, Bill Campbell, and David Caruso),Torello scowers the streets to nail the mob and their smug leader Luca and to put him out of business for good. With dramatic intensity, and a good number of hyperkinetic action scenes (including a gunfight in a crowded department store), CRIME STORY is one of those underrated cops and robbers shows that were overshadowed by more popular products of the same genre (i.e. MIAMI VICE). But it definitely leaves a mark as the best piece of nostalgia in TV history.