The Rookies

Mar 7, 1972

1h 13m

★ 6.0

Overview

Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired as an ABC Movie of the Week before becoming a TV-series.

Genres

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

ABC Circle Films

The Rookies Trailers

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Cast

Sgt. Eddie Ryker

Darren McGavin

Sniper

Cameron Mitchell

Jared Whitman

Robert F. Lyons

Neil Montgomery

Paul Burke

Terry Webster

Georg Stanford Brown

Mike Danko

Sam Melville

Willie Gillis

Michael Ontkean

Kevin Lassiter

Jeff Pomerantz

Jill Danko

Jennifer Billingsley

Molly Lassiter

Davey Davison

Toby Loomis

Logan Ramsey

Officer Shaw

Robert J. Wilke

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.

7.0

The Secret Life of Words

Dec 15, 2005

A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

0.0

Kaadu Pookkunna Neram

Oct 8, 2016

A special battalion of police is deployed by the government to do away with Maoist menace (A banned Left organization) in a tribal village near forest. The police forcibly occupy a tribal primary school for their camp. One day, the police are on lookout for some people in the forest near the school at night. A policeman follows a person deep into the forest and nabs the person. The person arrested happens to be a woman. He tries to come out of the forest with the arrested person, but he loses his way in the wild. The woman knows the path to get out of the forest but she is not willing to show him the way. Thus, both the hunter and the hunted are stranded in the thick forest. Power, Crime, Man, Woman, the Hunter, the Hunted... all such equations change utterly and are no more what they used to be. The film has been very un-expected resemblance with Maoist hunt and killing happened last month in Kerala.

6.4

Shaft

Jun 25, 1971

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

7.9

Fargo

Mar 8, 1996

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

7.0

Strange Days

Oct 13, 1995

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.

8.4

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Nov 19, 1975

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

0.0

The Pigeon

Nov 4, 1969

A private eye is hired to protect a young woman who has a black book on a crime syndicate.

5.0

The Spy Killer

Nov 11, 1969

Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track down a book containing a list of government agents who are operating covertly in Red China. The reluctant spy discovers that he can't completely trust anyone in this endeavor--not even his former chief

4.0

The Silent Gun

Dec 16, 1969

A gunfighter with a reputation as a fast gun almost kills an innocent child. He makes up his mind that he is not going to carry around loaded weapons anymore, but when he's asked to become sheriff of a lawless town, he compromises by carrying an unloaded pistol and relying on his reputation to keep order.

5.0

Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?

Oct 31, 1973

A divorcee wakes up one morning to find her penniless ex-husband, his new wife and baby and their big dog camped out on her doorstep, looking for a place to stay.

5.8

She Lives!

Sep 12, 1973

A young couple searches for the cure for the girl's terminal cancer.

0.0

Shirts/Skins

Oct 9, 1973

Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.

6.4

The Bait

Mar 13, 1973

Tracy Fleming is a widowed police officer, with a young son, who has risen to the role of plainclothes operative. After six women have been raped and killed, Fleming agrees to go undercover in an effort to make herself a target for the killer. The climax places her in a life-and-death struggle with the killer.

9.0

The Third Girl from the Left

Oct 16, 1973

A chorus girl comes to the realization that she is not getting any younger and that her longtime relationship with a nightclub singer is going nowhere. She finds herself attracted to an unassuming but attentive--and much younger--delivery boy.

0.0

What Are Best Friends For?

Dec 18, 1973

A married couple is determined to find a girl for their recently divorced best friend.

5.3

Betrayal

Dec 3, 1974

Wealthy widow Helen Mercer hires a young woman, Gretchen Addison, to act as her personal assistant and companion. Unfortunately, Helen is a poor judge of character, as Gretchen is part of a murderous extortionist duo with her boyfriend, Jay. However, Gretchen has second thoughts when she develops genuine affection for Helen. When Gretchen informs Jay that she wants to call off their plot, he refuses and carries on with the plan. Now both Helen and Gretchen may be in grave danger.

3.8

Can Ellen Be Saved?

Feb 5, 1974

A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a struggle between her family and the group.

6.0

Houston, We've Got a Problem

Mar 2, 1974

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.

1.0

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

Nov 19, 1974

When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes off, Harry puts up no resistance and is sexually assaulted. He reports the incident to the authorities, but they either don't believe him, or, if they do, can't understand why he would consider it a crime - a reaction he also gets from his friends and family.