Crime Story/The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob

The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob
Season 2, Episode 1
Airdate	September 22, 1987
Teleplay by	Peter Lance
Story by	Peter Lance and Mark Rosner & Michael Mann
Directed by	John Nicolella
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Crime Story — Season Two

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The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob is the first episode of the second season of Crime Story, and the twenty-third episode overall.

Starring: Dennis Farina (Lt. Mike Torello), Anthony Denison (Ray Luca) (credit only), Bill Smitrovich (Sgt. Danny Krychek), John Santucci (Pauli Taglia) (credit only), Steve Ryan (Det. Nate Grossman), Bill Campbell (Det. Joey Indelli), Paul Butler (Det. Walter Clemmons)

Also Starring: Stephen Lang (David Abrams)

with Joseph Wiseman (Manny Weisbord), Johann Carlo (Cory Luca), Ted Levine (Frank Holman), Jay O. Sanders (Steven Kordo)

Guest Stars: Stephen McHattie (Carlo Mastrangelo), Kevin Spacey (Senator William Rourke), Michael Wincott (Bobby Meeker), Debra Sandlund (Joanne Goldman)

and: Jenny Wright (Pamela Palmer)

Co-Starring: Andrew Dice Clay (Max Goldman)

Featuring in Alphabetical Order: Chuck Adamson (Sugarman), Scott Andrus (Anchorman), Michael Anthofer (Loomis), Shelly Berkley (Schumacher), Tristram S. Bishop (Reporter 2), Beth Suzanne Blouin (Whore 1), Frank Citro (Guard 1), Bob Davis (Attorney), Karin Denise (Bimbo), Thomas Hilliard (Reporter 1), Doug MacHugh (Willis / Stickman), Frank Satin (Stickman 2), Michael Waxman (Bartender)

Plot Overview

A powerful and rising Senator offers to help Torello and his task force shut down the Lucky Star. They raid a meeting of mobsters who've all arrived in Las Vegas in the wake of Ray Luca's funeral, hoping to take his place. Mike and his team offer protection to the Senator, who's about to hold a trial concerning illegal gambling and certain to be a target for assassination. A glamorous movie star is also in town, and she and Torello become involved. What he discovers about her is that she's owned by New York mobster Mastrangelo, who's hoping to take over Luca's operation, and that she's about to set up the Senator for a hit. A gambling-addicted Grossman finds himself in the hole for $15,000, and he finds himself in serious trouble...if he doesn't hand over some sensitive information being presented by the Senator, the Mob will blow the whistle on him and see to it he loses his badge.

Trivia

The Show

Songs featured in this episode: "Lonesome Town" by Ricky Nelson and "Simply Beautiful" by Al Green, which, though wildly anachronistic (it's an early '70's song), is used to fine effect when Torello and Pamela Palmer are in bed together.