Gail Strickland

Gail Strickland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gail Strickland (born May 18, 1947) is an American character actress. Strickland was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Theodosia and Lynn Strickland, who owned a tire shop. She had featured roles in 1970s films such as Bound for Glory, The Drowning Pool and Norma Rae. In a memorable Drowning Pool scene, Strickland and Paul Newman are trapped in a room filling with water from floor to ceiling, stripped to their underwear, with no apparent escape. Strickland appeared on the U.S. Navy series JAG first season episode "War Crimes". She played Ambassador Bartlett, the U.S. ambassador to Peru. She appeared in the pilot episode of the television series Night Court as the public defender. She guest starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Paradise" as the character Alixus. In 1994-1995, she appeared as Ms. Landis of Doubleday in the Seinfeld Season 6 episodes "The Chaperone" and "The Switch". Strickland played nurse practitioner Marilyn McGrath in the 1988 TV series HeartBeat. This was one of the earliest portrayals of a lesbian character on American network television. She also had a memorable appearance on the television series M*A*S*H as Captain Helen Whitfield, a nurse in an ongoing battle with alcoholism. She appeared in 11 episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman from 1993-94 as the character Olive Davis. She played Esther MacInerney, the wife of A.J. MacInerney (Martin Sheen), Chief of Staff for President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas), in the 1995 blockbuster movie The American President, which also starred Annette Bening, Michael J. Fox, and Richard Dreyfuss. Strickland was a cast member in the brief run of the 2002 CBS television series First Monday, playing a Supreme Court justice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gail Strickland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Title: Gail Strickland
  • Popularity: 7.831
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1947-05-18
  • Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Gail Strickland Movies

  • 1978
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    A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

    A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

    9 1978 HD

    One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting the love affair of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig...

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  • 1982
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    Amy and the Angel

    Amy and the Angel

    6 1982 HD

    Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy...

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  • 1993
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    Three of Hearts

    Three of Hearts

    4.7 1993 HD

    A lesbian hires a male escort to break the heart of the bisexual woman who has just dumped her.

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  • 1984
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    Oxford Blues

    Oxford Blues

    5.6 1984 HD

    A young American hustler in Las Vegas spots a rich English Lady. Smitten, he pursues her to England, where his only chance of getting together with...

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  • 1978
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    Who'll Stop the Rain

    Who'll Stop the Rain

    6.5 1978 HD

    John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs...

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  • 1995
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    The American President

    The American President

    6.5 1995 HD

    Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen...

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  • 1975
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    The Drowning Pool

    The Drowning Pool

    6.3 1975 HD

    Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter....

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  • 1995
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    How to Make an American Quilt

    How to Make an American Quilt

    6.4 1995 HD

    Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn...

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  • 1983
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    Uncommon Valor

    Uncommon Valor

    6.2 1983 HD

    A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.

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  • 1995
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    A Mother's Prayer

    A Mother's Prayer

    8.5 1995 HD

    Rosemary Holmstrom is struggling to bring up her son following the death of her husband. When she is diagnosed with AIDS, at first she refuses to...

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  • 1979
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    Norma Rae

    Norma Rae

    7.159 1979 HD

    Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the...

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  • 1976
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    Bound for Glory

    Bound for Glory

    6.814 1976 HD

    A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering...

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  • 1979
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    The Gathering, Part II

    The Gathering, Part II

    1 1979 HD

    Two Christmases have passed and widow Kate Thornton has taken over Thornton Industries and is wooed by a courtly financier.

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  • 1984
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    Protocol

    Protocol

    5.5 1984 HD

    A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

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  • 1983
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    Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

    Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

    4.938 1983 HD

    Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes...

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  • 1991
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    The Man in the Moon

    The Man in the Moon

    7.4 1991 HD

    Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and...

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  • 1980
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    King Crab

    King Crab

    1 1980 HD

    Two brothers take over the family seafood business, and battle each other for control of the company - and their father's attention.

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  • 1986
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    Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star

    Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star

    4.5 1986 HD

    Three aliens from the planet Taros land on Earth and are befriended by a Wyoming rancher's son.

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  • 1993
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    Silent Cries

    Silent Cries

    1 1993 HD

    In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent...

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  • 1977
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    The Gathering

    The Gathering

    7 1977 HD

    When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of...

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  • 1976
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    Bittersweet Love

    Bittersweet Love

    3.7 1976 HD

    A pregnant woman and her husband discover they are half-brother and half-sister, thanks to his father and her mother.

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  • 1982
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    Eleanor, First Lady of the World

    Eleanor, First Lady of the World

    6 1982 HD

    Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.

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  • 1975
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    Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

    Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

    1 1975 HD

    When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his...

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  • 1976
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    The Dark Side of Innocence

    The Dark Side of Innocence

    1 1976 HD

    A suburban housewife's feeling that her life is standing still causes her to divorce her husband. This causes tension with her daughter, who bitterly...

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  • 1993
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    Remember

    Remember

    1 1993 HD

    Nicky Wells, a TV journalist who is renowned for her hard-hitting reports from the worlds most dangerous spots, is haunted by the disappearance of...

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  • 1994
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    Last Time Out

    Last Time Out

    1 1994 HD

    The story of a young college quarterback's struggles with alcohol, cocaine, and family problems.

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  • 2008
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    My Apocalypse

    My Apocalypse

    4.8 2008 HD

    In an apocalyptic future, a serial killer holds his family and another family hostage in an attempt to change his life.

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  • 1983
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    Lies

    Lies

    5.2 1983 HD

    Struggling actress accepts high paying job to play a rich heiress committed in a lunatic asylum, not knowing she's really being set up as a surrogate...

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  • 1977
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    The Baron

    The Baron

    4.7 1977 HD

    A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia.

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  • 1982
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    My Body, My Child

    My Body, My Child

    9 1982 HD

    A woman must choose between having an abortion or giving birth to a deformed child.

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  • 1977
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    One on One

    One on One

    5.7 1977 HD

    Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes...

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  • 1978
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    Ski Lift to Death

    Ski Lift to Death

    1 1978 HD

    A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and, as a result, they end up trapped in a derailed ski-lift car along with a...

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  • 1982
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    Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

    Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

    9 1982 HD

    A dramatization of the life of the founder of Los Angeles's first alcoholic recovery center for women, Beatrice O'Reilly.

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  • 1980
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    Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

    Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

    6.8 1980 HD

    Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the...

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  • 1978
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    The President's Mistress

    The President's Mistress

    6.7 1978 HD

    A government courier is caught in a deadly cover-up after discovering that his murdered sister was not only the mistress of a U.S. president, but...

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  • 1994
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    When a Man Loves a Woman

    When a Man Loves a Woman

    6.504 1994 HD

    An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's...

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  • 1998
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    Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

    Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

    1 1998 HD

    Told mostly in flashbacks, the film tells the story of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, one of the greatest and probably most famous...

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  • 1975
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    My Father's House

    My Father's House

    1 1975 HD

    Recovering from a heart attack, a workaholic editor recalls the simple days of his youth. Robertson adds an emotional center to this messy,...

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  • 1993
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    Spies

    Spies

    1 1993 HD

    Long Island, 1942. 12-year-old Harry detects spies everywhere. But suddenly things get serious, as he and two evacuated London kids, Ned and Flo,...

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  • 1979
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    Letters from Frank

    Letters from Frank

    1 1979 HD

    When aging newspaper Editor Frank Miller is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank...

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  • 1981
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1 1981 HD

    The true story of a nurse who spent her life caring for terminally ill patients.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.559 1984 HD

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

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  • 1976
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    Alice

    Alice

    7 1976 HD

    Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice...

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  • 1982
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    Family Ties

    Family Ties

    7.3 1982 HD

    Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child...

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  • 1983
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    Hardcastle and McCormick

    Hardcastle and McCormick

    6.4 1983 HD

    Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The...

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  • 1989
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    Seinfeld

    Seinfeld

    8.277 1989 HD

    A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

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  • 1972
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    M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

    7.904 1972 HD

    The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in,...

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  • 1972
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    The Rookies

    The Rookies

    6.9 1972 HD

    The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working...

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  • 1985
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    Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

    6.6 1985 HD

    Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new...

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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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  • 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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  • 1999
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    Providence

    Providence

    6.5 1999 HD

    Providence is an American television drama series.

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  • 1996
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    The Pretender

    The Pretender

    7.4 1996 HD

    Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When...

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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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  • 1972
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    The Bob Newhart Show

    The Bob Newhart Show

    7.4 1972 HD

    The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972,...

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  • 1984
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    Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

    7.416 1984 HD

    A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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  • 1993
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    Walker, Texas Ranger

    Walker, Texas Ranger

    6.97 1993 HD

    Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's...

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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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  • 1973
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    Kojak

    Kojak

    6.932 1973 HD

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

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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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  • 1993
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    Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

    Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

    7.619 1993 HD

    Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

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  • 1992
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    Melrose Place

    Melrose Place

    5.8 1992 HD

    Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.

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  • 2002
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    First Monday

    First Monday

    6 2002 HD

    A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench, frequently at odds over hot-button cases in this earnest...

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  • 1981
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    Darkroom

    Darkroom

    7.5 1981 HD

    Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology...

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  • 1978
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    Dallas

    Dallas

    6.748 1978 HD

    The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly...

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  • 1994
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    Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

    7.2 1994 HD

    Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The...

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.813 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 1985
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    The Insiders

    The Insiders

    5 1985 HD

    The Insiders is a mid-1980s American television detective series starring Nicholas Campbell, Stoney Jackson and Gail Strickland.

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  • 1974
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    Harry O

    Harry O

    4.6 1974 HD

    After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry...

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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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  • 1986
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    What a Country!

    What a Country!

    5 1986 HD

    What a Country! is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 27, 1986 to May 23, 1987.

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  • 1988
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    HeartBeat

    HeartBeat

    3 1988 HD

    The professional and private lives of the predominantly female staff of the Women's Medical Arts, a progressive clinic with a mandate to breathe new...

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  • 1970
    imgS7 E24

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    7.5 1970 HD

    30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her...

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  • 1981
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    Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

    5.7 1981 HD

    Walking Tall is an American television drama series that ran on NBC in 1981 for one season of seven episodes. The first 5 episodes aired Saturday...

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  • 1984
    imgS12 E24

    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.559 1984 HD

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

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  • 1984
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    Night Court

    Night Court

    7.3 1984 HD

    An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

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  • 1988
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    Murphy Brown

    Murphy Brown

    6.433 1988 HD

    Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the...

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  • 1992
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    The Burden of Proof

    The Burden of Proof

    3.8 1992 HD

    The Burden of Proof is a 1992 television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Scott Turow. The story follows the character Sandy Stern...

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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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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.391 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1993
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    7.875 1993 HD

    At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome...

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  • 1991
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    Civil Wars

    Civil Wars

    2 1991 HD

    Civil Wars is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. The series was produced by Steven Bochco, known for his...

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  • 1995
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    JAG

    JAG

    7.306 1995 HD

    Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of...

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  • 1973
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    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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