Wiseguy 1987
Created by Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell
- Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
- 60 min episodes
- 4 seasons
- 75 episodes
- Ended
- TV-14
With friends like his who needs enemies
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Steven BauerMichael Santana
- Jonathan BanksFrank McPike
- Jim ByrnesDaniel Benjamin 'Lifeguard' Burroughs
- Cecil HoffmanHillary Stein
- Maximilian SchellAmado Guzman
Crew
- Frank LupoCreator
- Stephen J. CannellCreator
- Rod HolcombProducer
- David J. BurkeProducer
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Seasons
- Season 122 eps · 1987
- Season 222 eps · 1988
- Season 322 eps · 1989
- Season 49 eps · 1990
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