Madigan is an American crime drama television series based on the 1968 film of the same title, starring Richard Widmark as Sgt.
Dan Madigan is a pipe-smoking veteran police officer in New York, now dedicated to investigating cases in Europe.
Despite the fact that the character in the 1968 film version died he was resurrected for this 'Mystery Movie' version which depicted the seedier side of New York for the initial home based episode, the short run series duly moved the central character to various overseas locations for episodes such as 'The Lisbon Beat', 'The London Beat' etc.
The show was initially grouped alongside Banacek (George Peppard) and Cool Million (James Farentino) as part of a rotating wheel of 'Mystery Movies' but never returned for a second season (along with 'Cool Million') while 'Banacek' was later grouped with Faraday & Company, Tenafly and The Snoop Sisters for its second season.
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