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police procedural a novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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From "First Offense" to "Last Spin," they are peopled with the confused young adults who learn crime does not pay, damsels in real or feigned distress, and cynical cops with surprising moments of sensitivity and heart who are the hallmarks of McBain's virtuoso police procedurals. Like ``Hollywoodland,'' ``The Black Dahlia'' spends more time ruminating over Los Angeles as a depository of broken dreams than it does police procedurals. Not quite as stealthily, one of Chester Himes genre novels--gritty police procedurals written in the '50s and '60s--would make it through '70s Hollywood. |
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