Detective Halloran's first day as a detective brings him face-to-face with a cop killer and his accomplice who're holding hostages at the New York Coliseum..
Guest Stars:
Al Hodge
The detectives visit the aging captain of the Staten Island Ferry at the same time that armed robbers are executing a daring heist of an armored car traveling on the ferry.
Guest Stars:
Johnny Seven
Det. Halloran easily kills a fleeing robber who's about to shoot him, but Halloran's lingering feelings of guilt make getting through the aftermath with the man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning.
Guest Stars:
Diane Ladd, Eugenie Leontovich
Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who try to kill Gio.
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Detective Halloran goes undercover as a patient in a hospital mental ward in an attempt to identify the murderer of patient who was a witness in a gang killing.
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House Jameson, Donald Moffat, Roberts Blossom
A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.
Guest Stars:
Michael Tolan
A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.
Guest Stars:
David Winters
A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.
A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.
Guest Stars:
John McQuade, Diana Van der Vlis, Johnny Seven
New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.
Guest Stars:
Frank Campanella, Arnold Merritt
A wealthy industrialist refuses to give in to an extortionist's demands even after the extortionist brutally assaults a neighbor girl and threatens the life of the man's alienated son.
Guest Stars:
Peter Falk
A naïve young woman, Carol Thomas, fresh to New York, gets a mysterious phone call on her new line from a woman who sounds to be in the process of being murdered. Carol is unable to get prompt action from the police, so she ill-advisedly decides to play detective herself.
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The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.
Guest Stars:
Frank Sutton, Michael Strong, Rudy Bond, Roberts Blossom
The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.
When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him vainly to reform, and then tells police about his association. When the gang uses the sewers to escape after a jewel robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.
Guest Stars:
John Karlen, George Maharis
In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée.
Guest Stars:
Lee Philips, Diana Douglas, Bernard Fein, Robert Weil
Detective Halloran helps hunt down a man whom he knows, and who has always been a well-liked solid citizen before suddenly snapping and going on a killing spree throughout the city.
Guest Stars:
Dorothy Peterson, Kirk Alyn, Woodrow Parfrey, John C. Becher, Jesse Jacobs
Matty, a down-and-out alcoholic in the Bowery, is accused of robbing and murdering a man, then using the stolen money to buy a horse-drawn cart.
Guest Stars:
Louis Guss, James Barton
Lt. Muldoon counsels the son of a patrolman who is trying to join the force, despite his mother's wishes that he not follow in his father's footsteps.
Guest Stars:
Jack Klugman, Vic Morrow, Lou Antonio, Henry Beckman, Michael Conrad
George Blake regrets having strayed from his wife, and terminates the affair just moments before the woman is murdered by another jealous man. Blake is the prime suspect, and works to clear his name and find the killer.
Guest Stars:
Kent Smith, Norma Crane, Lawrence Tierney, Jeanette Nolan
Halloran goes undercover as the home room teacher for a "modified-curriculum" high school class after their previous home room teacher fell out of the window to his death.
Guest Stars:
Bernard Kates, Jean Muir, Tony Franke, Buck Kartalian, Seymour Cassel
The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.
The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.
Guest Stars:
Michael Conrad, Henry Hull, George Maharis
A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.
Guest Stars:
Al Lewis, Richard X. Slattery, Ross Martin
After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their search for the killer.
Guest Stars:
Michael Strong
The detectives are assigned to protect visiting Latin Americans dignitaries, including the adolescent son of a dictator and his bodyguard, a former bullfighter who is involved in a plot to kill the young man.
Guest Stars:
Michael Ansara
A young hotel bellhop is mixed up with a gang of card sharps preying upon the convention crowd, and who are responsible for the killing of one of their victims.
Guest Stars:
Rocky Graziano, Robert Alda, Arnold Merritt
A recurring nightmare haunts a murderer - that he's been framed. But when his loving wife begs the 65th Precinct's skeptical detectives to re-investigate, Arnold Fleischman refuses to co-operate with the police.
Guest Stars:
Phyllis Hill, Martin Balsam, Romo Vincent
A former top mob assassin is lured out of retirement by the opportunity to kill a kingpin for his 13th hit.
Guest Stars:
Carlos Montalbán, Richard Jaeckel, Joseph Ruskin, Vincent Gardenia
A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.
Guest Stars:
Ludwig Donath
A soldier returns home to find that his baby sister has become part of a shoplifting ring that has attracted the detectives' attention.
Guest Stars:
Rochelle Oliver, Irene Dailey, Frank Sutton, George Maharis
Halloran goes undercover at a construction yard to see if he can find a connection between a mob-hit victim and the mobster who likely ordered the hit.
Guest Stars:
Mike Kellin
A sleazy private detective, well known to Detective Parker, is murdered while on a case to find a mysterious young lady who worked in a dance club.
Guest Stars:
Mel Ruick, Jan Miner
A payroll robbery gang hires a washed-up wheel man for a job that goes bad.
Guest Stars:
Johnny Seven, Simon Oakland, James Barton, Jan Norris
The detectives babysit a couple of bloodhounds belonging to a man involved in an auto accident, putting the dogs to good use while searching for a missing girl.
Guest Stars:
Louis Nye, Phyllis Hill, Rudy Bond
The detectives investigate the source of numerous death threats that have been sent to a high-powered Madison Avenue agent having many real and perceived enemies.
Guest Stars:
Nehemiah Persoff, Diana Douglas, Clifton James
A pregnant woman's father is trying to kill her husband in order to cover up a stolen goods racket in which the two have been involved.
Guest Stars:
Mark Rydell, Rochelle Oliver, Harold J. Stone
A washed-up boxer needs fast money and desperately wants to get back into the ring to earn it despite knowing his health is at risk.
Guest Stars:
Harry Guardino, Diane Ladd, Rocky Graziano, Vincent Gardenia
Jay Novello, Gary Morgan
Frank Campanella