Police Story 50 Cents-First Half Hour, $1.75 All Day (Season 3, Episode 17)
TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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Police Story

50 Cents-First Half Hour, $1.75 All Day (Season 3, Episode 17)

TV Episode | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While trying to box in an armed bandit who specializes in stealing cars and robbing attendants at parking lots, Detectives Hacker and Barnes are assigned a homicide case.

Director

Barry Crane

Writers

Joseph Wambaugh (creator) | Millard Kaufman | E. Jack Neuman (developed for television by)

Producers

Liam O'Brien | Carl Pingitore

Composer

Cinematographer

Editor

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 30, 1976

Release date

Jan 30, 1976 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 wins & 15 nominations

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
James McEachin Det. Roy Hacker Det. Roy Hacker See fewer	2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
Anne Jeffreys Examiner Murphy Examiner Murphy See fewer	Riffraff (1947)
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Rodney Allen Rippy Jeb Jeb See fewer	Aliens Attack Tombstone
Don 'Red' Barry Chief Robinson Chief Robinson See fewer	Jesse James' Women (1954)
Howard Duff Lieutenant Blodgett Lieutenant Blodgett See fewer	The Naked City (1948)
Louis Gossett Jr. Det. Virgil Barnes (as Lou Gossett) Det. Virgil Barnes (as Lou Gossett) See fewer	An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Davis Roberts Newton Bass Newton Bass See fewer	Westworld (1973)
Stanley Adams Pawn Shop Proprietor Pawn Shop Proprietor See fewer	Star Trek (1966)
Wes Parker Demeter Demeter See fewer	Police Woman (1974)
Maidie Norman Mrs. Wilkins Mrs. Wilkins See fewer	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Jack Sheldon Hofstedder / Clifford Schmittenburger Hofstedder / Clifford Schmittenburger See fewer	The Long Goodbye (1973)
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John Lawrence Hard Hat Hard Hat See fewer	They Live (1988)
Robert Ginty Jerry Jerry See fewer	The Exterminator (1980)
Jerry Fitzpatrick O'Shea O'Shea See fewer	Police Story (1973)
William Chilles Officer #1 (as William L. Chlles) Officer #1 (as William L. Chlles) See fewer	Police Story (1973)
Paula Victor Woman Woman See fewer	The Entity (1982)
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Robert Hathaway Attendant Attendant See fewer	Killpoint (1984)
Abel Franco Attendant Attendant See fewer	Three Amigos! (1986)
Jon Linton Attendant #2 Attendant #2 See fewer	10 (1979)