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RE: The first cop show was the best?

Posted by Audiophilander on May 19, 2019 at 03:07:39:
There were a number of good ones, including Highway Patrol ...which seems less noirish in retrospect in spite of being B&W... and Decoy featuring Beverly Garland as a tough undercover police woman, but Naked City is solid. Also, I'd recommend 87th Precinct from '61/'62. That series was very popular among police as well.

For private detectives, the ultimate noir series has to be Peter Gunn, but another worth picking is Mike Hammer (the '58/'59 series starring Daren McGavin). There's another good B&W police detective series from the late 50's worth checking out that starred Lee Marvin. It was titled M Squad and ran for three seasons if you can find watchable prints on DVD.

I don't mean to take anything away from modern police procedurals, but most are more character driven and built around story arcs rather than emphasizing concise episodic storytelling. If you enjoy more expansive story arcs with greater emphasis on the personal lives of characters and can handle grittier modern tales, I'd recommend Bosch, right off the top of my head, but that series is much less noirish even though much is shot at night..

Cheers,
AuPh