"Cagney & Lacey" (1982) TV series 1982-1988

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creators:

Barbara Avedon
Barbara Corday

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

25 March 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Detective | Police Detective | Cult Favorite | Unemployment

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 32 wins & 51 nominations

Cast

Tyne Daly	...	Det. Mary Beth Lacey (125 episodes, 1982-1988)
Sharon Gless	...	Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney / ... (119 episodes, 1982-1988)
Al Waxman	...	Lt. Bert Samuels (108 episodes, 1982-1988)
John Karlen	...	Harvey Lacey / ... (107 episodes, 1982-1988)
Martin Kove	...	Det. Victor Isbecki / ... (104 episodes, 1982-1988)
Carl Lumbly	...	Det. Mark Petrie (92 episodes, 1982-1988)
Harvey Atkin	...	Desk Sergeant Ronald Coleman / ... (79 episodes, 1982-1988)
Troy W. Slaten	...	Michael Lacey (69 episodes, 1982-1988)
Tony La Torre	...	Harvey Lacey, Jr. / ... (63 episodes, 1982-1988)
Paul Mantee	...	Det. Al Corassa / ... (53 episodes, 1983-1988)

Runtime:

60 min (125 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

From season two onwards, the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series went to one of the stars of this show. Tyne Daly won the award four times and Sharon Gless won twice.

Quotes:

Christine Cagney: We're gonna put the word out how you tried to set up the blacks, Eddie. You're gonna be a big hit in Attica. They're gonna be calling you the Queen of Soul!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Burn Notice: Identity (#1.2)" (2007)

Cagney and Lacey

I enjoyed this show from the pilot movie with Loretta Swit of MASH fame as Chris Cagney,single and hungry to carve a career in the police force and Tyne Daly,as the sensitive,married mother of two,Mary Beth Lacey,both women recently promoted from uniform to plain clothes and dealing with highly chauvinistic male colleagues. When the TV series started,Tyne Daly was back but an actress with striking blue eyes,Meg Foster was now playing Chris Cagney. Apparently there was a feeling that the two women were now too alike,now,I haven't seen any of the Meg Foster episodes for 20 years,so can't really remember them but always felt Foster got a bit of a raw deal,when she was axed after just six episodes. Anyway,the series came with a catchy new theme tune and Sharon Gless now as Chris Cagney,who funnily enough,was always the production team's first choice for Cagney and the matching of Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless was excellent and according to Miss Gless the secret of playing Cagney was "talking tough and wearing pink!" The writing and acting was always first rate,one of my favourite episodes was "Burn Out" when Lacey,all set for a much needed vacation has her leave cancelled at the last minute and goes AWOL and ends up on a beach and after spending time with a woman of a similar age,who has drifted all her life,Lacey realises although she sometimes has to juggle so many things,she loves her life. Cagney and Lacey were not best friends,they could argue very forcibly,like the time when a member of the public was shot by accident,Cagney said he had a gun,Lacey didn't see it,leading to Cagney saying Lacey was just a cop for the money,not like her for a career,she later had to apologise for that one. I hope this entire series comes out on DVD soon,including the Meg Foster episodes too,I highly recommend it.