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Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot

6.019811h 40mMovieThrillerCrime

Cagney and Lacey are two female New York policewomen doing their job as best they can in a male-dominated police department in this feature-length pilot that sparked the popular, long-running series.

DirectorTed Post
WritersBarbara Avedon·Barbara Corday

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Cast · Directed by Ted Post

LSLoretta Swit
Loretta Swit
Christine Cagney
TDTyne Daly
Tyne Daly
Mary Beth Lacey
AWAl Waxman
Al Waxman
Lt. Bert Samuels
JCJoan Copeland
Joan Copeland
Miss Friedlander
RH
Ronald Hunter
Harvey Lacey
YH
Yvette Hawkins
Female Hudson
CLCarl Lumbly
Carl Lumbly
Mark Petrie
GPGerard Parkes
Gerard Parkes
Capt. Wells
BHBen Hammer
Ben Hammer
Schirmer
HAHarvey Atkin
Harvey Atkin
Desk Sergeant
ABAnna Berger
Anna Berger
Mrs Goldman
PB
Patrick Brymer
Macho John

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Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 26, 1981. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.