Direction: Paul Krasny

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Paul Krasny. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Police Squad! (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David Zucker · Jim Abrahams · Jerry Zucker · Joe Dante

Cast Leslie Nielsen · Alan North · Rex Hamilton · Ed Williams

Plot Sight-gags and non-sequiturs dominate this spoof of police dramas. The six episodes formed the basis for later very successful "Naked Gun" movies.

7.2

595 votes

7.2

595 votes

Crime Story (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Adamson · Gustave Reininger · Leon Ichaso · Aaron Lipstadt

Cast Dennis Farina · Tony Denison · John Santucci · Stephen Lang

Plot The saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime. Chicago, 1963. As head of the police department's Major...

6.9

127 votes

6.9

127 votes

V (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Kenneth Johnson · Kevin Hooks · Gilbert M. Shilton · Cliff Bole

Cast Jane Badler · June Chadwick · Jennifer Cooke · Robert Englund

Plot TV Series (1984-1985). 19 Episodes. V (also known as V: The Series) is a 60-minute (47 to 49 minutes without commercials) weekly television series that aired in the United States...

6.8

21K votes

6.8

21K votes

Centennial (TV Miniseries)

1978 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction Virgil W. Vogel · Paul Krasny · Harry Falk · Bernard McEveety

Cast Robert Conrad · Raymond Burr · Barbara Carrera · Lynn Redgrave

Plot 12 Episodes. An epic miniseries about the making of America -- the most ambitious project ever filmed for television -- this filming of James Michener's 1,100-page saga that spanned the...

6.8

126 votes

6.8

126 votes

Mission: Impossible (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Kessler · Reza Badiyi · Barry Crane · Paul Krasny

Cast Greg Morris · Peter Lupus · Peter Graves · Barbara Bain

Plot TV Series (1966-1973). 7 Seasons. 171 Episodes. An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. The...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Moonlighting (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Glenn Gordon Caron · Peter Werner · Christian I. Nyby II · Allan Arkush

Cast Bruce Willis · Cybill Shepherd · Allyce Beasley · Curtis Armstrong

Plot TV Series (1985-1989). 5 Seasons. 66 Episodes. The top model Maddie Hayes was betrayed by her investment adviser who flew with all her money to South-America and began the hard...

6.6

11K votes

6.6

11K votes

Mannix (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Levinson · William Link · Paul Krasny · Sutton Roley

Cast Mike Connors · Gail Fisher · Ward Wood · Ron Nyman

Plot Considered one of the most violent television series of its era, "Mannix" followed the adventures of L.A. private eye Joe Mannix, who first worked for a detective agency known as...

6.2

107 votes

6.2

107 votes

The Equalizer (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Michael Sloan · Richard Lindheim · Alan Metzger · Tobe Hooper

Cast Edward Woodward · Keith Szarabajka · Robert Lansing · Mark Margolis

Plot Robert McCall is a tough-as-nails, no-BS private eye who went into business for himself after leaving the shadowy agency he once worked for. McCall works on behalf of those whose...

6.2

102 votes

6.2

102 votes

Logan's Run (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Paul Krasny · Irving J. Moore

Cast Gregory Harrison · Heather Menzies · Donald Moffat · Randy Powell

Plot TV Series. 14 Episodes. This television series portrays a futuristic society where citizens are only allowed to live until age 30. Logan is a Sandman (police assassin) who is 26...

6.2

251 votes

6.2

251 votes

Quincy, M.E. (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Glen A. Larson · Lou Shaw · Georg Fenady · Ray Danton

Cast Jack Klugman · John S. Ragin · Robert Ito · Garry Walberg

Plot TV Series (1976-1983). The cases of a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths that usually suggest murder.

6.1

25 votes

6.1

25 votes

Miami Vice (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Yerkovich · John Nicolella · Richard Compton · Leon Ichaso

Cast Don Johnson · Philip Michael Thomas · Edward James Olmos · Saundra Santiago

Plot TV Series (1984-1990). 5 Seasons. 111 Episodes. Miami Vice was one of the most innovative and powerful TV series of all time, focusing on the Miami Metro-Dade police "Vice" department...

6.0

26K votes

6.0

26K votes

Longstreet (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don McDougall · James H. Brown · David Lowell Rich · Paul Krasny

Cast James Franciscus · Marlyn Mason · Peter Mark Richman · Ann Doran

Plot Mike Longstreet was an insurance investigator who was blinded in an explosion. His wife was killed by the same blast. With the aid of braille teacher Nikki and guide dog...

5.9

21 votes

5.9

21 votes

The Blue Knight (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Harvey S. Laidman · Robert Butler · J. Lee Thompson · Ralph Senensky

Cast George Kennedy · John Steadman · Barbara Rhoades · Lee Weaver

Plot TV Series (1975-1976). 2 seasons. 25 episodes. The exploits of Los Angeles beat cop Bumper Morgan.

5.9

21 votes

5.9

21 votes

MacGyver (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Lee David Zlotoff · Charles Correll · William Gereghty · Michael Vejar

Cast Richard Dean Anderson · Dana Elcar · Bruce McGill · Robin Mossley

Plot TV Series (1985-1992). 7 Seasons. 139 Episodes. Angus Macgyver is a secret agent with a difference. He is quiet, mild mannered, deeply principled and refuses to carry a gun on...

5.8

18K votes

5.8

18K votes

Simon & Simon (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Philip DeGuere · Vincent McEveety · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · Burt Kennedy

Cast Gerald McRaney · Jameson Parker · Mary Carver · Tim Reid

Plot Two brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency.

5.5

121 votes

5.5

121 votes

The Magician (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Lansbury · Bill Bixby · Arnold Laven · Sutton Roley

Cast Bill Bixby · Keene Curtis · Joseph Sirola · Todd Crespi

Plot Anthony Blake is a very compassionate and wealthy magician, who uses his talents as an illusionist and escape artist to help people in trouble. Max Pomeroy, a friend who is...

5.3

38 votes

5.3

38 votes

Born free (TV Series)

1974 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Leonard Horn · Paul Krasny · Russ Mayberry

Cast Gary Collins · Diana Muldaur · Dawn Lyn · Hal Frederick

Plot This drama chronicles the adventures of George and Joy Adamson, a married couple who serve as game wardens in Kenya. Not only did they care for and keep track of...

5.3

50 votes

5.3

50 votes

The Yellow Rose (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lee H. Katzin · Harry Falk · Burt Kennedy · Jack Whitman

Cast Sam Elliott · Cybill Shepherd · David Soul · Edward Albert

Plot Nightime soap opera involving The Yellow Rose, a 200,000 acre ranch in Texas operated by the offspring of the founder, Wade Champion. His sons (Roy and Quisto) and his 29-year...

5.1

80 votes

5.1

80 votes

CHiPs (Chips) (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Rick Rosner · Phil Bondelli · John Florea · Gordon Hessler

Cast Erik Estrada · Larry Wilcox · Robert Pine · Paul Linke

Plot 6 Seasons, 139 Episodes (1977-1983). CHiPs was a lightweight action crime drama, which included elements of comedy in every episode (several of the first season episodes play as out-and-out comedies)....

5.0

171 votes

5.0

171 votes

The Powers of Matthew Star (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Steven E. de Souza · Ron Satlof · Guy Magar · Barry Crane

Cast Peter Barton · Louis Gossett Jr. · Amy Steel · Chip Frye

Plot The adventures of high-school student named Matthew Star, who is actually a superpowered alien prince from another world.

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