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Riker

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  • 1981-1981
  • 1 Season
  • CBS
  • Drama
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Frank Riker is a cop who gets the job done but unfortunately, causes a lot of damage to do it. After 11 years, the city thinks that it has had enough of Frank Riker. He faces the possibility of being dismissed or being assigned a desk job, his old friend, Brice Landis, who works for the Attorney General, offers him a proposal; resign from the force and work for him. Frank accepts. So he goes out after criminals under the guise of being a busted cop.

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Michael Shannon
Brice Landis
Josh Taylor
Frank Riker
Ed Begley Jr.
Ed

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Episode 1

Honkytonk

Sat, Mar 14, 198160 mins

Freewheeling investigator Riker is asked by a former flame to investigate extortion threats at a nightclub owned by her family.

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