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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

La hiena

★ 7.9
9 190 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Body-Guard

★ 6.6
9 26 1974–1974
Action · Crime

Recherche dans l'intérêt des familles

★ 5.7
8 6 1977–present
Comedy · Crime

Akuma no youna aitsu

★ 8.2
8 17 1975–1975
Crime · Drama

Paraxenos taxidiotis

★ 8.4
8 256 1972–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Ayam Min El Mady

★ 6.2
8 1979–1979
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Un curé de choc

★ 5.4
8 26 1974–1974
Comedy · Crime

Inspektion Lauenstadt

★ 8.0
8 13 1976–present
Crime

I problemi di Don Isidro

★ 4.2
8 4 1978–1978
Crime

Centraal station

★ 7.0
8 12 1974–1979
Action · Crime · Thriller

Oi dikaioi

★ 7.5
7 125 1974–1976
Adventure · Crime · Drama

L'altro Simenon

★ 4.0
7 4 1979–present
Crime

La malle de Hambourg

★ 8.6
7 10 1972–1972
Crime · Drama · Romance

Här ligger en hund begraven

★ 5.0
7 3 1971–1971
Comedy · Crime

La vedova e il piedipiatti

★ 3.4
6 6 1979–present
Comedy · Crime
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