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Best Crime TV Series of the 1960s

201 Crime series that started in the 1960s, ranked by popularity

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201 series

Ka' De li' østers

★ 7.1
99 6 1967–1967
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Der Tod läuft hinterher

★ 8.4
97 3 1967–1967
Action · Crime · Thriller

Babeck

★ 8.1
95 3 1968–1968
Crime · Drama

The Scales of Justice

★ 7.9
91 13 1962–1967
Crime · Drama

Polizeifunk ruft

★ 8.1
89 52 1966–1970
Crime · Drama

Ghost Squad

★ 7.1
88 52 1961–1964
Crime · Drama

Kraft Mystery Theater

★ 7.7
87 47 1961–1963
Crime · Mystery

For the People

★ 7.6
81 13 1965–1965
Crime · Drama

Das Kriminalmuseum

★ 8.6
79 41 1963–1970
Crime · Drama

Dante

★ 7.5
77 26 1960–1961
Adventure · Crime · Drama

Man of the World

★ 7.4
75 20 1962–1963
Crime · Drama

Les compagnons de Baal

★ 7.5
72 7 1968–present
Adventure · Crime · Horror

Court Martial

★ 7.1
72 26 1965–1966
Crime · Drama

Big Breadwinner Hog

★ 7.4
71 8 1969–1969
Crime · Drama

Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf

★ 8.2
71 13 1963–1965
Crime · Drama

Thirty-Minute Theatre

★ 6.9
70 285 1965–1973
Crime · Drama

Hafenpolizei

★ 8.2
70 39 1963–1966
Crime

Redcap

★ 7.8
69 26 1964–1966
Crime · Drama

The Man in Room 17

★ 7.1
68 26 1965–1966
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Melissa

★ 7.6
67 3 1966–1966
Adventure · Crime · Thriller

Johnny Midnight

★ 7.2
66 39 1960–1960
Crime · Drama

Sherlock Holmes

★ 8.0
66 6 1967–1968
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Parkin's Patch

★ 7.8
65 26 1969–1970
Crime · Drama

Maigret

★ 8.2
65 18 1964–1968
Crime · Drama
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