CRIME STORY: SHOCKWAVES (TV)
Summary
One in this serialized police drama -- set for the initial episodes in Chicago, then in Las Vegas, during the early 1960s -- which traces the intersecting lives of three men: Agent Mike Torello, the hard-boiled, hair-triggered leader of a Justice Department task force; Ray Luca, a ruthless gangster overseeing a vast criminal empire; and David Abrams, a tenacious U.S. Attorney. In this episode, the Organized Crime Task Force suffers a major setback when Luca "returns from the dead" and receives total immunity from the government, for whom he has arranged a lucrative arms-for-drugs deal with a Latin American cartel. Summoned to the office of Lt. Colonel Dance, Torello and Krychek are enraged to learn that Luca, after recuperating from a near-fatal nuclear blast, engineered an ingenious deal with the military whereby his criminal record was eradicated. Immune from prosecution, Luca sets about settling into a suburban lifestyle: mowing the lawn and shopping for groceries with his wife. As the initial shock wears off, Torello and the task force find themselves disillusioned, but more determined than ever to complete the objective of their assignment: the dismantlement of the Outfit. Abrams, on the other hand, takes it upon himself to shoulder the brunt of the responsibility for the travesty and agonizes over his idealistic visions of justice. Later, when a judge inexplicably grants Luca a restraining order against Torello, who had been stalking the gangster night and day, Abrams resigns and closes the book on his career. Drunk and despondent, Torello and his men hunch over the bar at a strip joint and make a mock toast to the "G" that has betrayed them. Meanwhile, Max Goldman and Steve Kordo, having prospered during Luca's absence, fear for their futures; Max seeks Manny's advice in mending his relationship with Luca while Kordo organizes a hit against the boss. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: November 3, 1987 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:34059
- GENRE: Drama, police
- SUBJECT HEADING: Crime and criminals; Law enforcement
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1986-1988
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Michael Mann … Executive Producer
- Michael Jaffe … Producer
- Mark Rosner … Co-Producer, Writer
- Bill Duke … Director
- Chuck Adamson … Created by
- Gustave Reininger … Created by
- Gail Morgan Hickman … Writer
- Al Kooper … Music by
- Charles Calello … Music by
- Del Shannon … Theme Music by
- Max Crook … Theme Music by
- Dennis Farina … Cast, Lt. Mike Torello
- Anthony Denison … Cast, Ray Luca
- Bill Smitrovich … Cast, Sgt. Danny Krychek
- John Santucci … Cast, Paulie Taglia
- Steve Ryan … Cast, Det. Nate Grossman
- Bill Campbell … Cast, Det. Joey Indelli
- Paul Butler … Cast, Det. Walter Clemmons
- Stephen Lang … Cast, David Abrams
- Joseph Wiseman … Cast, Manny Weisbord
- Johann Carlo … Cast, Cori Luca
- Jay O. Sanders … Cast, Steve Kordo
- Andrew Dice Clay … Cast, Max Goldman
- Amy Morton … Cast, Brenda Mahoney
- Debra Sandlund … Cast, Joanne Goldman
- Van Valkenburgh, Deborah … Cast, Laurie Ross
- Richard Zobel … Cast, Lt. Colonel Dance
- Richard Amalfitano … Cast, the Dealer
- Seymore H. Brown … Cast, the Judge
- Kim Cannon … Cast, the Stripper
- Bob Corso … Cast, Spyros
- Frankie DeAngelo … Cast, Manager #1
- Charles Fox … Cast, the Baliff
- William Hanhardt … Cast, Bernholz
- Stuart J. Maltz … Cast, Angie
- Carme Pitrello … Cast, the First Man
- Cork Proctor … Cast, the Casino Manager
- Ronnie Skurow … Cast, the Croupier
- Brian Storm … Cast, the Photographer
- Antoni B. Stutz … Cast, Rex
- Craig Vincent … Cast, Bodyguard #2
- Ward Wallace … Cast, Bodyguard #1