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ERA
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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Kojak: Ariana
1989 1h 36m EN
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Synopsis
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One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Telly Savalas
Lieutenant Theo Kojak
Andre Braugher
Detective Winston Blake
Liliana Komorowska
Saunders' Greek Woman
Kelly Curtis
Whitley
John Speredakos
Officer Granitz
Shari Headley
Trish Van Hogan
Joe Grifasi
Lieutenant Rastelli
Kario Salem
Detective Paco Montana
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Paul Krasny
- Writers
- Maurice Hurley
- Languages
- English, Greek
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The take
Paul Krasny directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English, Greek.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Greek.
- 3Part of the "Kojak Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Telly Savalas and Andre Braugher and Liliana Komorowska carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0096628 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 96 min · 1h 36m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
Part of
Kojak Movie Collection
Also by
Paul Krasny
Key crew
- ProducerMaurice Hurley
- CharactersAbby Mann
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1989-11-02PG-13
