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Best Crime TV Series of the 1970s

303 Crime series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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303 series

Posse Impossible

★ 6.2
29 13 1977–1977
Animation · Comedy · Crime

Hunters Walk

★ 7.3
28 39 1973–1976
Crime

Solo One

★ 7.0
28 13 1976–1976
Action · Crime · Drama

Daniel Druskat

★ 7.3
28 5 1976–1976
Crime · Drama

Electroid Zaborger 7

★ 7.1
27 52 1974–present
Action · Crime · Mystery

The Man Outside

★ 5.5
27 13 1972–1972
Crime · Drama · Horror

Los miserables

★ 8.0
26 3 1973–present
Crime · Drama · History

Butler Parker

★ 6.2
25 26 1972–1973
Crime

Veidas taikinyje

★ 5.6
25 1978–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Taiyô ni hoero!

★ 8.0
25 13 1972–1986
Crime · Drama

Lobster

★ 7.0
23 6 1976–present
Crime

Sinyata lampa

★ 7.6
23 4 1974–present
Crime · Drama

La sonrisa del diablo

★ 7.8
22 50 1970–1970
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Im Auftrag von Madame

★ 4.7
21 39 1972–1975
Comedy · Crime

Solospill

★ 7.0
21 3 1977–present
Crime · Mystery

Nessuno deve sapere

★ 5.6
21 6 1972–present
Crime · Drama

Lykkespill

★ 6.6
21 3 1977–present
Crime · Mystery

Harry H.

★ 6.6
21 3 1978–1978
Comedy · Crime

S. O. S.

★ 6.7
21 7 1974–present
Crime · Thriller

Hoopers letzte Jagd

★ 5.9
21 2 1972–present
Comedy · Crime

FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore

★ 6.9
21 6 1970–present
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

Megtörtént bünügyek

★ 7.7
20 8 1974–present
Crime

Die Protokolle des Herrn M

★ 5.3
19 13 1979–present
Crime

La dama dei veleni

★ 6.5
19 3 1979–present
Crime · Horror · Mystery
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