Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Prince of the City (1981)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Treat Williams - A rookie cop is victimised and ostracised after blowing the whistle on a corruption ring in his own precinct. This epic, highly detailed treatment of…
Sharky's Machine (1981)- Dir. Burt Reynolds
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith… - Burt Reynolds assumed directing duties for this sleazy cop–thriller about political corruption. Mixes exciting, gory action–scenes with…
First Deadly Sin, The (1980)- Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, Bruce Willis… - Probably Ol' Blue Eyes' last decent film, giving an understated, effective performance as a pressured NYC detective hunting a serial killer and…
Juliet Bravo (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. Stephanie Turner, David Ellison, Noel Collins
- Massively popular – although rather dated – UK police series focused on a female police officer who takes charge of a fictional…
Magnum P.I. (TV Series) (1980)- Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley… - After a tour of duty in Vietnam, the ever–affable Tom Selleck cruises Hawaii in his Porsche as a private investigator. Classic,…
Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)- Feat. Robert Urich, Tony Curtis
- Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
Murder Most English (TV Series) (The Flaxborough Chronicles) (1977)- Feat. Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy, Brenda Bruce…
- Based on the Colin Watson mysteries, this Ever–so–English detective series follows two English detectives as they solve particularly…
Brannigan (1975)- Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson… - Effective late–career casting for Wayne, playing a Chicago cop who pursues a criminal across the Atlantic to London. Although featuring a…
SWAT (TV Series) (S.W.A.T.) (1975)- Feat. Steve Forrest, Robert Urich
- One of the tough cop shows of the seventies that follows the covert missions of the LAPD's elite force. Season 1 (13 episodes) available over 3…
McQ (1974)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur… - John Wayne plays it tough in this neo–noir as a grizzled Seattle cop investigating the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the…
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