Strike Force

Strike Force

★ 7.5·1981·1 seasons · 20 episodes·Series

Drama

Synopsis

Strike Force is an American action-adventure/police procedural television series that aired on ABC during the 1981–1982 television season, and was produced by Aaron Spelling Productions. The program stars Robert Stack as Capt. Frank Murphy, the leader of a special unit of specialized detectives and police officers whose job is to stop violent criminals at any cost. Mixing elements of Stack's classic TV series The Untouchables from 20 years earlier with doses of Mission: Impossible and Dirty Harry, the series immediately provoked controversy over its violence – at one point the series was labeled the most violent in American TV history – though the series attempted to interject liberal amounts of humor into its regular characters and balanced the violence by focusing on the detectives' personal lives.

Episodes

Season 1

1E1Strike Force: PilotFive bizarre and brutal decapitations bring together the Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department, and the Highway Patrol as a special strike force. Headed by Captain Frank Murphy, the force begins their investigation -- their only clue is that each victim served on the jury of an embezzlement case.60m 2E2KidnapThe team is tipped off about a kidnapping by Frank's ex-partner, a souse who claims he also witnessed a murder.60m 3E3The VictimsThe Force gambles that money will motivate a woman to set up her colleagues in crime.60m 4E4The PredatorMurphy plays on the emotional insecurity of a sadistic rapist who stalks his victims in supermarkets.60m 5E5Magic ManA dealer uses pot and pills to lure teenagers into pushing harder drugs to their friends.60m 6E6Night NursePatients have been dying inexplicably at four hospitals -- including the one where Klein is taken following a heart attack.60m 7E7The Hollow ManA bomber sends Klein a photograpic clue to his next target -- and then pays him a visit.60m 8E8The OutcastStrobber shoots a teen-age robber whose racist partners swear revenge in a taped message -- left on the body of a slain black cop.60m 9E9IceAn international hit man plays cat and mouse with Frank, who has 48 hours to determine his target.60m 10E10Internal AffairsClues in a string of jewelry-store robberis point to on-duty policemen -- and the captain of Internal Affairs, who try to pin the crimes on Gunzer.60m 11E11Lonely LadiesThe common element in a series of rape-murders is that the victims were last seen in singles bars.60m 12E12Fallen AngelA murderous cult is alerted to a police investigation by the mayor's premature press conference.60m 13E13SharkMuggings of the elderly go unchecked until a councilwoman is murdered trying to stop an attack.60m 14E14TurnaboutA mobsters right-hand man uses Murphy's ex-wive to contact him about becoming a government-protected witness.60m 15E15The John KillerConventioneers are being murdered by someone masquerading as a call girl.60m 16E16HumiliationYoung muggers out on bail terrorize witnesses scheduled to testify against them.60m 17E17Deadly ChemicalsPrison escapees hijack a military van, unaware of the contents -- refrigerated germ-warfare cultures.60m 18E18RevengeA high-school girl left for dead by kidnappers provides the break in a series of abductions.60m 19E19ChinatownGunzer and his girlfriend are wounded by hit men and the street talk is the girl was the target.60m 20E20Death FireA policeman's widow is terrorized by phone calls from a man who claims to be her husband trying to avenge his ""death"".60m

Cast

Dorian Harewood

Dorian HarewoodSergeant Paul Strobber

Robert Stack

Robert StackCaptain Frank Murphy

Herb Edelman

Herb EdelmanCommissioner Herb Klein

Trisha Noble

Trisha NobleSergeant Rosie Johnson

Richard Romanus

Richard RomanusLieutenant Charlie Gunzer

Michael Goodwin

Michael GoodwinSergeant Mark Osborne

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