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Gena Rowlands appeared in four episodes: The Floater, Lady in Waiting, Occupation: Citizen, and Step Forward.
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Future First Lady Nancy Reagan appeared in an episode entitled "King's Ransom."
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Noted cinematographer James Wong Howe directed an episode entitled "The Modus Man."
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Future Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy appeared in an episode entitled "The Very Hard Sell."
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Future Lt. Columbo Peter Falk appeared in an episode entitled "The Pigeon."
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The most frequent foe for the 87th Precinct detectives in the novels was a character known as the Deaf Man. The only episode in which a character based on the Deaf Man appeared was "The Heckler." The Deaf Man was called Sordo in that episode and he was played by Robert Vaughn.
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12 episodes were based on the original 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain.
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The character of Roger Havilland had actually been killed off in one of the earlier novels before they were turned into a TV series.
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Robert Lansing had earlier played Steve Carella in a 1960 film entitled "The Pusher."
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The fictional city of Isola in which the novels and series are set was based on New York City.
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Other actors who have portrayed the show's lead protagonist, Detective Steve Carella, include Robert Loggia, Burt Reynolds, and Randy Quaid.
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