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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

Matt Helm

★ 6.0
176 14 1975–1976
Action · Crime · Drama

Number 96

★ 7.2
176 1218 1972–1977
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey

★ 7.3
176 10 1974–1977
Biography · Crime · History

Malice Aforethought

★ 8.1
171 4 1979–present
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Bronk

★ 6.8
167 25 1975–1976
Crime · Drama

Law & Order

★ 7.9
162 4 1978–1978
Crime · Drama

Ärliga blå ögon

★ 7.0
162 6 1977–1977
Crime

David Cassidy - Man Undercover

★ 6.8
162 10 1978–1979
Crime · Drama

Commissaire Moulin

★ 5.4
148 73 1976–present
Crime · Drama

Future Cop

★ 5.8
143 7 1976–1977
Action · Crime · Drama

Kaz

★ 7.5
142 23 1978–1979
Crime · Drama

The Zoo Gang

★ 7.2
141 6 1974–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Strangers

★ 7.7
139 32 1978–1982
Crime · Thriller

The New Perry Mason

★ 5.2
139 15 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

I eto vsyo o nyom

★ 6.9
139 6 1978–1978
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Richie Brockelman, Private Eye

★ 7.1
137 5 1978–1978
Crime · Drama

J.A.K.Q. Blitzkrieg Squad

★ 6.2
136 35 1977–1977
Action · Adventure · Crime

Gangsters

★ 8.1
134 12 1976–1978
Crime · Drama

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

★ 7.5
134 7 1977–1977
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Polizeiinspektion 1

★ 6.9
127 130 1977–1988
Crime

The Aphrodite Inheritance

★ 7.8
126 8 1979–1979
Adventure · Crime · Drama

City of Angels

★ 7.6
124 13 1976–1976
Crime · Drama

Matlock Police

★ 7.4
121 229 1971–1976
Crime · Drama

Kántor

★ 7.5
119 5 1976–present
Adventure · Comedy · Crime
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