A crime drama set in Houston, Texas with a partnership where two very different persons from two different cultures are teamed up to solve crimes and become close friends. Michael Pare` plays Chicago detective, Joey LaFiamma, who has family connections to the Chicago mob. In the line of duty he kills a high ranking mob member. When a contract is put out on his life, his family asks his Lieutenant to transfer him to a different city and they pick Houston. In Houston Joe is teamed up with Michael Beck who plays Houston detective, Levon Lundy. Levon has a family history of law enforcement; his grandfather was a Texas Ranger. So you have Michael Beck as a die-hard Texan meeting Michael Pare the city boy from a huge family coming head to head. ========================= CREW: Writing credits (in alphabetical order) Stan Berkowitz writer Paul Diamond writer Shel Willens writer Produced by Stan Berkowitz .... co-producer Jay Bernstein .... executive producer Paul Diamond .... co-producer Gray Frederickson .... producer Jeffrey Morton .... co-producer Clyde Phillips .... executive producer John Ziffren .... producer Costume Design by Dianne Anthony-Kennedy (pilot episode) Second Unit Director or Assistant Director John Slosser .... first assistant director Art Department Michael Douglas Middleton .... still photographer: props Stunts Richard E. Butler .... stunt coordinator Tom Elliott .... stunts Other crew Don E. FauntLeRoy .... camera operator Gary Huddleston .... first assistant camera John Wagner .... assistant camera =========================== Production Companies * Columbia Pictures Television Distributors * Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) * Sony Pictures Television (2002-) =============================== Release dates USA -- 12 March 1987 France -- 6 July 1988 ======================== Filming Locations: Houston, Texas, USA ======================moreless