7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
87th Precinct (1961)
87th Precinct (1961)
Overview
87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Trans: Negative
Gender Swap: Yes
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The series' central focus on the necessity of diligent police work to combat crime and uphold law and order, emphasizing individual culpability over systemic critiques, aligns with right-leaning values concerning public safety and justice.
This 1961 television series features traditional casting, consistent with its era, and does not appear to include explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without incorporating explicit critiques or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The series features a male serial killer who cross-dresses as a woman to commit murders. This portrayal directly links gender non-conformity to villainy, deception, and mental disturbance, reinforcing negative stereotypes without any positive or neutral counterpoints.
The character of Detective Meyer Meyer, who is male in Ed McBain's original '87th Precinct' novels, is portrayed as female in the 1961 television series adaptation.
The television series "87th Precinct" does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on police procedural elements and character interactions within a traditional framework, without exploring queer identities or related storylines. Therefore, there is no LGBTQ+ portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1961 television series "87th Precinct" adapted characters from Ed McBain's novels. The main cast members, including Robert Lansing as Steve Carella and Norman Fell as Meyer Meyer, portrayed characters whose on-screen race aligned with their established literary descriptions, all being white.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.0
7.5
Critic Ratings
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