The Park Avenue Beat
- Episode aired Feb 28, 1973
- 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Fairly straight forward cop show with Madigan hunting a former cop gone bad before he kills someone. Good filming locations in and around New York City.Fairly straight forward cop show with Madigan hunting a former cop gone bad before he kills someone. Good filming locations in and around New York City.Fairly straight forward cop show with Madigan hunting a former cop gone bad before he kills someone. Good filming locations in and around New York City.
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- TriviaIn this episode, the great stunt driver Bill Hickman (Bullit, The French Connection, The Seven-Ups) is briefly seened at the wheel of a NYC Checker taxicab chasing a 1973 Pontiac Grand Ville. This car appears to be the same one he drives during the chase of the Seven-ups.
- GoofsIn the end credits, the last name of the character played by William Roerick is listed as "Zifkin". But in the actual show, the last name is "Tyler".
Featured review
Max is not exactly a healthy and well adjusted guy!
"Madigan" is a TV series starring Richard Widmark. Widmark himself also starred in the movie "Madigan" a few years before the show debuted. Oddly, despite the show starring a top movie star and getting good ratings, it was canceled after six episodes. Perhaps some of this was related to the bizarre decision to make episodes 3-5 in Europe, with police detective Madigan working cases in London, Portugal and Naples. I think this hurt the show, as it was supposed to be about a New York City cop. Fortunately, for this final episode, Madigan is back on his home turf.
John Larch plays Max...a cop who has gone bad. How bad? After apprehending one criminal, he executes him by shooting the guy at close range. Luckily, he got off with only losing his job instead of heading to prison. Since then, he's had a hard time getting work. Out of the blue a job offer arrives...to kill someone for money...a lot of money!
Max's wife suspects something is up with her husband...something illegal. But instead of going to the police, she contacts Madigan and asks him to investigate on his own. Where is Max going and what is his job...Madigan is determined to find and stop his old friend.
This is a decent episode but the scene with Madigan and Max's wife is bizarre. She calls to tell Madigan that Max is going to do something bad and begs for his help. When Madigan meets with her and looks at the evidence, he tells her he thinks Max is going to kill someone for money...and she argues with him about this! SHE is the one who thought her husband was going to do something very bad and she begged Madigan for his help! And, he's taking time off to help her!
Later, when Madigan figures out who the target it, he approaches the intended victim...and the intended victim's reaction is just plain bizarre.
Apart from these poorly written scenes, the show is pretty good...better than most of the European episodes. Worth watching and sad because the show was canceled so quickly.
John Larch plays Max...a cop who has gone bad. How bad? After apprehending one criminal, he executes him by shooting the guy at close range. Luckily, he got off with only losing his job instead of heading to prison. Since then, he's had a hard time getting work. Out of the blue a job offer arrives...to kill someone for money...a lot of money!
Max's wife suspects something is up with her husband...something illegal. But instead of going to the police, she contacts Madigan and asks him to investigate on his own. Where is Max going and what is his job...Madigan is determined to find and stop his old friend.
This is a decent episode but the scene with Madigan and Max's wife is bizarre. She calls to tell Madigan that Max is going to do something bad and begs for his help. When Madigan meets with her and looks at the evidence, he tells her he thinks Max is going to kill someone for money...and she argues with him about this! SHE is the one who thought her husband was going to do something very bad and she begged Madigan for his help! And, he's taking time off to help her!
Later, when Madigan figures out who the target it, he approaches the intended victim...and the intended victim's reaction is just plain bizarre.
Apart from these poorly written scenes, the show is pretty good...better than most of the European episodes. Worth watching and sad because the show was canceled so quickly.
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- planktonrules
- Jan 25, 2024
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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