Miami Vice

Running Time: 60 minutes (approx)

MIAMI VICE burst on to the UK's television screens in 1984 and encapsulated the mid-eighties. The cars were fast, the women were hot, baggy crisp white suits were worn with crisp pink (pink?) T-shirts and shoes with socks? Well that became soooo uncool! Don Johnson as the stubble-chinned Crockett became an instant heartthrob with his cooler than cool tough guy street cred.

"That's right," says co-star Philip Michael Thomas.

"I think the idea was meant to be that I was the dapper one and Don was the "cool" one...the wardrobes were one of the best things about being in Miami Vice...and yes, I do still have quite a few bits and pieces from it in my own personal wardrobe!!"

Running from 1984 until 1989, MIAMI VICE consists of 110 episodes and featured a myriad of guest stars who clambered to get on the show: Barbara Streisand, Phil Collins, Issac Hayes, James Brown, Sheena Easton, Frank Zappa even the legendary Miles Davies appeared. Look out for those faces in the background, they were nobodies then but everyone had to start somewhere and Bruce Willis, Julia Roberts, Lou Diamond Phillips, Annette Benning and Wesley Snipes, to name a few, made early screen debuts along side Crockett and Tubbs.

The most memorable guest for Philip Michael Thomas was James Brown. "He was a mind-blower man! I told him a story that in 1964, I saw him in a train station in New York and ran up to him saying "Mr Brown, I'm such a big fan of yours, can I shake your hand?" And twenty years later, after having listened to his music every single year since, we worked together on the same television show - that was incredible!"

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Main Cast

Image for Don JohnsonDon JohnsonDet. James 'Sonny' Crockett
Philip Michael ThomasDet. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
Image for Edward James OlmosEdward James OlmosLt. Martin Castillo
Saundra SantiagoDet. Gina Navarro Calabrese
Michael TalbottDet. Stan Switek
Olivia BrownDet. Trudy Joplin
Image for John DiehlJohn DiehlDet. Larry Zito
Martin FerreroIzzy Moreno
Charlie BarnettNeville 'Noogie' Lamont
Parris BucknerBob Ballard, Prosecutor, SWAT Leader
Sheena EastonCaitlin Davies
John ArchieJacques, Mills, Tyler Duvalle, Walter Mills
Ned EisenbergCharlie Glide, Frederico Librizzi, Lubizzi, Sal Castelli
Image for Stanley TucciStanley TucciFrank Mosca, Steven Demarco
Julio Oscar MechosoEscobar, Lester, Lester Kosko
John FletcherPolice Sgt. Eddie, Talent Manager
Alfredo Álvarez CalderónCarlos Escobar, Louis, Vasquez
Dave CoreyBittenhaus, First Reporter, Priest
Steve GengBierce, Clerical Policeman, Schecter
Clayton Barclay JonesBilly Crockett
Justin LazardJoey Chandler, Joey Harden aka Fallon, Keith
Dennis FarinaAlbert Lombard
Rene RokkAntonio, Paco, Ramos
Janet ConstableBarbara Carrow, Homicide Detective, Suzy
Roberto EscobarEmilio, Torres
Gy MiranoFelicia, Maria
Tony PlanaCinco, Ernesto Guerrero
Mario Ernesto SánchezDiplomat Roberto, Jimmy, Jorge
Brent JenningsJivman, Sgt. Hugh Heraty, Sgt. Orlando Jordan
Duke VincentBrisco, Second Goon, Tony Murati
Xander BerkeleyBailey, Tommy Lowell
Stephen G. AnthonyPig, Stanley Costa
Julian BramsRita Lomard, Sandy Dyson
William FullerCrawford, Price
Jorge GilRamon, Royco
Anthony CorreaDecoy, Lt. Castillo Double
Lisa MarieCinder
Meg FosterAlice Carson
Giancarlo EspositoAdonis Jackson, Luther
Cynthia CaquelinPatty, Society Woman
Miguel FerrerDistrict Attorney, Ramon Pendroza
Maria McDonaldAlicia Austin, Vanessa
Felecia RafieldHolly, Rona Akers
Paul GuilfoyleJohn Baker, Milton Glantz
Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaKenji Fujitsu, Tegoro
W. Paul BodiePolice Officer, Tough Guy
Ruben RabasaTourist, Vic
Image for John LeguizamoJohn LeguizamoAngelo Alvarez, Ivan Calderone
Bob GerchenDistrict Attorney Hoffman, Taxi Driver
Victor ArgoCommandante Salazar
Richard JenkinsEd Waters, Goodman
Teresa BlakeBlonde, Donna
ImanDakotah, Lois Blyth
Gino CabanasFirst Thug, Reyes
Ving RhamesGeorges, Walker Monroe
Bob BalabanIra Stone
Mark McCrackenAsch, Second Fed
Debra FeuerCeleste
G. Gordon LiddyCapt. Real Estate, Mayard
Garcelle BeauvaisGabriella, Waitress

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