CheerupSilver
Very Cool!!!
SteinMo
What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.
Dynamixor
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Helllins
It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
btmsldl
I was absolutely riveted to my TV as a teenager to watch this show. The settings were totally realistic, the acting was first rate with many excellent ny actors (Pacino, Clayburgh, Martin Sheen) as stars. It didn't hurt that I had a huge crush on Frank Converse as well. The stories were excellent and felt very true to life although that was way before I moved East. I was very upset when the show was canceled. The only other police series that I believe measure up are Naked City and Homicide, Life on the Streets.
rsanch8695
As a Native New Yorker I could definitely relate to this show. The old green and white cruisers with the cherry globe spinning around on the roof of those squad cars. But what really stood out to me in these series was the realities of a cops life on the beat. Most cop shows back then always showed the safer side (if u will) of dealing with cops and robbers. Until I saw an episode on NYPD where a beat cop was trying to break up a dice game in front of this tenement and the thugs playing the game jumped the cop and mercilessly beat him down. Had not one of the detective squads happen to be in that neighborhood and saw what was happening, that cop might not have made it. When I saw that, it shook me as a kid seeing this defenseless police officer getting the worst of it from the bad guys. But I really liked Hooks and the fact that we had a Black detective on the force which was pretty groundbreaking for the 60's. All in all I thought it was a great series. I wonder why it didn't last longer? If anyone out there can lend insight to this by all means e mail me at: rsanch8695@yahoo.com. Also where can I get DVD's from this series or does some foreign entity owns it?
aquaman-2001
Best TV cop show of the 1960's. I watched the show as a kid. I was8 years old. Real Hardcore NYC background & reality violence.Loved the intro theme song & images of New York. Found a 9 minuteclip and & intro on youtube.com Now if Hawaii-Five0 is on DVD on its 4th season, how about NYPD coming on DVD. It would be a hotseller for the boomer generation. ***New York's World Trade Center wasn't even built when this show ran from 1967 thru 1969. WTC started construction in 1970. A great TV show. Running time 30 minutes. Running time 30 minutes. Reflection of turmoil during 1960's urban cities crime problem.
bkoganbing
The recent demise of Jack Warden put me in mind of this good, but forgotten show. I well remember it from the late sixties. It was a tough and rather realistic look at the life in the precinct squad of the NYPD.All three of the regulars here went on to have good careers and other television series. Frank Converse and Robert Hooks as the two detectives and their supervisor Jack Warden belong on anyone's A list of players.NYPD ran for two seasons, got so-so ratings and got the ax. My guess is that it was a generation ahead of its time. It also suffered from the half an hour format. When shows like Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue came on the scene, they were an hour length and there was more time to develop the characters.But those shows and many others owe a debt to NYPD. Hopefully some cable channel will pick it for reruns.