"Delvecchio" (1976) TV series 1976-1977

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creators:

Joseph Polizzi
Sam Rolfe
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

9 September 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

The investigations of LAPD detective Dominick Delvecchio, who is also studying to become a lawyer.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Detective | Partners | Law Student

Cast

Judd Hirsch	...	Sergeant Dominick Delvecchio / ... (3 episodes, 1976-1977)
Charles Haid	...	Sergeant Paul Shonski (3 episodes, 1976-1977)
Michael Conrad	...	Lieutenant Macavan / ... (3 episodes, 1976-1977)
Lew Palter	...	Clark (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Jay Varela	...	Rivera / ... (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Directed by
Richard Michaels		(4 episodes, 1976-1977)
Arnold Laven		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Lou Antonio		(unknown episodes)
Walter Doniger		(unknown episodes)
Jerry London		(unknown episodes)
Robert Markowitz		(unknown episodes)
Ivan Nagy		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Michael Kozoll		(5 episodes, 1976-1977)
Joseph Polizzi		(1 episode, 1977)
Sam Rolfe		(1 episode, 1977)
Burton Armus		(unknown episodes)
Steven Bochco		(unknown episodes)
Luciano Comici		(unknown episodes)
Leo Garen		(unknown episodes)
Tom Greene		(unknown episodes)
Joel Oliansky		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Steven Bochco	....	co-producer / producer (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
John David	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Michael Rhodes	....	co-producer / producer (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
William Sackheim	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Original Music by
Billy Goldenberg		(1 episode, 1976)
Dana Kaproff		(1 episode, 1977)
Richard Clements		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Russell Metty		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Film Editing by
John Elias		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Chuck McClelland		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
John E. Chilberg II		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Set Decoration by
Peg Cummings		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Costume Design by
Yvonne Wood		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Production Management
Robert G. Stone	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chuck Lowry	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Sound Department
John K. Kean	....	sound (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Don Weinman	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (4 episodes, 1976-1977)
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Kaye	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Gary E. Milton	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
John Penner	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Billy Goldenberg	....	composer: theme music (19 episodes, 1976-1977)
Dan Blake	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Transportation Department
Jack Carpenter	....	driver: insert car (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Michael Kozoll	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Production Companies

• Crescendo Productions
• Universal TV

Distributors

• CBS Television Network (1976-1977) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (20 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Crescendo Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' (2004) (TV)

solid show, precursor of Hill Street Blues

Delvecchio was a good, solid show with a fine cast. It was on the very edge of being renewed for a second year, and one wonders what Judd Hirsch's career would have been like if his first hit had been a drama rather than a sitcom. Delvecchio was created by Steven Bochco several years before Hill Street Blues. Although it lacked the stylistic innovation of the later show, Delvecchio had equally interesting characters - and some of the actors moved from the one show to the other, most importantly Charles Haid and Michael Conrad. There were even more connections. As 1976 was pre-VCR for me, I made an audio tape of several episodes. Imagine my surprise when I saw a Hill Street episode some years later and found the exact same, line to line, dialogue in one of their plot arcs as in the Delvecchio episode "Bad Shoot." Apparently it was so good it had to be used again!