Police Story (1973)

Action · Crime · Drama

Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (1,391 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1973)

7.92 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 63 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Slow Boy	7.7	180
1	Dangerous Games	8.0	90
2	Requiem for an Informer	8.2	72
3	The Ten Year Honeymoon	8.1	73
4	The Violent Homecoming	7.2	59
5	The Ho Chi Minh Trail	8.0	65
6	Collision Course	7.5	78
7	Death on Credit	8.1	74
8	The Big Walk	7.8	57
9	Man on a Rack	8.0	59
10	Line of Fire	7.7	55
11	Chain of Command	7.9	63
12	Countdown: Part 1	8.1	53
13	Countdown: Part 2	8.2	51
14	Cop in the Middle	8.0	58
15	The Ripper	7.8	78
16	Country Boy	8.3	61
17	The Hunters	8.1	40
18	Wyatt Earp Syndrome	8.1	69
19	Fingerprint	8.4	61
20	Chief	7.6	48
21	The Gamble	7.4	91

Season 2 (1974)

7.86 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 61 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Dangerous Age	7.9	50
2	Requiem for C.Z. Smith	7.5	40
3	Robbery: 48 Hours	7.8	54
4	Fathers and Sons	7.4	41
5	World Full of Hurt	7.9	40
6	Glamour Boy	8.2	56
7	Across the Line	7.6	38
8	Wolf	8.6	61
9	Love, Mabel	8.0	58
10	Explosion	7.7	43
11	Captain Hook	8.5	46
12	Incident in the Kill Zone	8.0	48
13	Headhunter	8.3	49
14	Year of the Dragon: Part 1	8.0	41
15	Year of the Dragon: Part 2	8.0	40
16	To Steal a Million	7.4	44
17	Sniper	7.5	48
18	The Execution	7.3	41
19	The Man in the Shadows	8.0	35
20	War Games	7.5	41
21	The Witness	7.7	37
22	The Return of Joe Forrester	8.2	23

Season 3 (1975)

7.68 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 7.3 62 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Officer Needs Help	7.8	48
2	The Cutting Edge	7.2	86
3	A Community of Victims	7.7	39
4	Losing Game	7.6	42
5	The Cut Man Caper	6.3	43
6	Face for a Shadow	7.9	35
7	Test of Brotherhood	8.0	46
8	The Empty Weapon	8.2	53
9	Little Boy Lost	8.5	39
10	Vice: 24 Hours	7.4	33
11	Breaking Point	7.4	34
12	Company Man	7.1	36
13	Spanish Class	8.0	40
14	Odyssey of Death: Part 1	8.5	48
15	Odyssey of Death: Part 2	8.3	42
16	The Other Side of the Fence	7.8	32
17	50 Cents-First Half Hour, $1.75 All Day	7.4	36
18	Firebird	7.6	38
19	The Long Ball	7.5	31
20	Eamon Kinsella Royce	7.5	24
21	Officer Dooly	8.0	44
22	Open City	7.3	33

Season 4 (1976)

7.73 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.6 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Payment Deferred	7.9	33
2	Bought and Paid For	8.3	35
3	Two Frogs on a Mongoose	7.2	23
4	The Other Side of the Badge	7.9	18
5	Three Days to Thirty	7.7	33
6	Trash Detail, Front and Center	7.4	36
7	Thanksgiving	7.9	44
8	Monster Manor	8.4	35
9	Oxford Gray	7.5	26
10	The Jar: Part 1	8.3	22
11	The Jar: Part 2	8.4	20
12	Trial Board	7.6	26
13	Spitfire	7.4	16
14	Nightmare on a Sunday Morning	7.8	32
15	The Malflores	8.1	30
16	The Blue Fog	7.4	23
17	Hard Rock Brown	7.1	15
18	End of the Line	8.1	18
19	One of Our Cops Is Crazy	7.6	33
20	Ice Time	6.5	34
21	The Six Foot Stretch	8.0	26
22	Prime Rib	7.6	32

Season 5 (1977)

8.01 avg 7 episodes 8.6 → 8.3 100 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trigger Point	8.6	75
2	Police Story: Stigma	8.0	49
3	River of Promises	7.3	42
4	Day of Terror... Night of Fear	8.1	44
5	The Broken Badge	8.0	51
6	No Margin for Error	7.8	60
7	A Chance to Live	8.3	65

Police Story (1973)

Seasons

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