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Wolf (1989)

Wolf poster
Directed by
Bill Corcoran, Rod Holcomb
Genre
detective fiction
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former cop becomes a private detective in Los Angeles. He often clashes with the district attorney who got him fired from the police force.

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What happens

Wolf is an American crime drama television series starring Jack Scalia and Nicolas Surovy which aired on CBS from September 13, 1989 to June 28, 1990. It features Scalia as Tony Wolf, a former cop turned private detective, with Surovy as the district attorney who had caused him to be discharged from the force. Joseph Sirola starred as Wolf's father, Sal, who lived on a boat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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