Television series
Get Christie Love!
Get Christie Love! is a 1974 crime drama centred on an undercover cop using intelligence and audacity to infiltrate criminal operations. It's stylish, action-packed seventies television—brisk, confident, occasionally camp. For viewers seeking trailblazing female leads in genre fiction and the particular thrill of watching someone work a con, it's essential viewing.
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Starsky & Hutch1975
Two undercover detectives, wildly different personalities, a pulsing disco score, and cases that spiral into elaborate sting operations. The chemistry and the formula are irresistible.
But Episodic, no arc. If you need serialized narrative or plot momentum that builds across a season, the reset button will frustrate you.
Policewoman1974
Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Pepper Anderson: undercover, fearless, and solving cases the patriarchy would rather she didn't. A contemporary parallel with its own style and swagger.
But It traffics in some of the era's worst gender tropes alongside the feminist ones. The contradiction can be uncomfortable to watch.
The Streets of San Francisco1972
Karl Malden and Michael Douglas solving gritty crimes across a beautiful city. Smart procedural work, strong character chemistry, and a generation-gap dynamic that crackles.
But Slower burn than Christie Love. If you want constant action and stylistic flair, this plays it straighter and more deliberate.
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Coffy1973
Both centre on a woman of colour using intelligence and physicality to infiltrate criminal operations, but Coffy operates outside law enforcement. It's Get Christie Love!'s darker, fiercer cousin—what happens when the badge comes off.
Pam Grier as a nurse turned vigilante taking down the drug trade. Exploitation cinema at its most propulsive, with a lead who is smarter and harder than everyone around her. Pure cinema adrenaline.
But Blaxploitation film with all the genre's crude elements: racial stereotypes, sexual violence, and pulp plotting. It's a product of its moment and doesn't pretend otherwise.
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The Mod Squad1968
Three undercover cops from the counterculture infiltrating the criminal underground. It pioneered this exact formula and captures something authentic about the era's social texture.
But Six seasons of episodic television. Unevenness is baked in, and some episodes haven't aged well thematically.
Julia1968
Diahann Carroll as a nurse, witty and composed, navigating professional and personal life. Not crime drama, but the same revolutionary energy: a Black female lead in a starring role, refused to be diminished.
But It's a sitcom, not action-driven. If you're after undercover work and adrenaline, you'll want something else.
Kojak1973
Telly Savalas as a detective who bends rules to catch criminals. Gritty, clever, endlessly watchable. New York crime procedural at its peak.
But The focus is on Kojak himself; supporting characters recede. If you want an ensemble, you won't find one here.
Baretta1975
Robert Blake as an undercover detective with a cockatoo and an irrepressible style. Wildly entertaining, genuinely funny, with action that doesn't take itself too seriously.
But The tone is broad comedy at times. If you need dramatic weight and consistency, it tilts too far toward camp.
Story of Kunning Palace2023
Documentary-style anthology from Joseph Wambaugh. Each episode a true crime story, authentically told. Gritty, immersive, a different flavour of police procedural.
But No ongoing cast. If you want character continuity and a lead to root for across episodes, this episodic format won't deliver it.
Adam-121968
Two uniformed patrol officers, daily work, small stories, real police procedure. If you want to understand what seventies cop shows were reacting against, this is the baseline.
But It's deliberately unglamorous and repetitive by design. After Get Christie Love!, it may feel earnest and slow.
The Italian Job1969
Both live in the pleasure of watching someone execute a plan under pressure. Get Christie Love! uses undercover work as Christie's con; The Italian Job is con artists without the law. Same engine, opposite sides of the line.
A heist ensemble—con artists, planning, audacity, style. Caper cinema built on misdirection and charm. Absolutely perfect filmmaking, endlessly rewatchable.
But It's a heist, not a cop show. If you're after law and order, you'll be rooting for the criminals instead. Also deeply sexist toward its female characters.
Pickup on South Street1953
Both films and shows live in the world of undercover infiltration and double-cross, but Fuller's 1953 film arrived first and established the grammar. Get Christie Love! is working in a language Fuller perfected. Watching it shows you where the seventies show got its DNA.
Samuel Fuller's hardboiled noir: atomic-era espionage, a pickpocket entangled in Cold War intrigue, documentary-style action sequences that feel immediate and dangerous. Kinetic, morally complex, visually brilliant.
But Black-and-white, mid-century pacing. If you need colour and modern editing rhythms, it will feel slow and distant. Also treats its female characters as objects.
