Kojak · S2 · E9
The Best Judge Money Can Buy
A judge (John Randolph) whose son was also a judge was murdered and his death was made to look like he had committed suicide. Now, his father must decide whether or not he should allow a murderer (Abe Vigoda) to walk, or risk letting information out that shows his son as a corrupt judge.
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A judge (John Randolph) whose son was also a judge was murdered and his death was made to look like he had committed suicide. Now, his father must decide whether or not he should allow a murderer (Abe Vigoda) to walk, or risk letting information out that shows his son as a corrupt judge.
Season 2
1The Chinatown Murders (1)
45 minSep 15, 1974
To head off a bloody war between rival crime families, Kojak must find out who committed a series of murders in Chinatown and bring them to justice.
2The Chinatown Murders (2)
48 minSep 15, 1974
To head off a bloody war between rival crime families, Kojak must find out who committed a series of murders in Chinatown and bring them to justice.
3Hush Now, Don't You Die
47 minSep 22, 1974
Kojak tracks down a college student that he suspects has been raped, but is too afraid to come forward after she witnesses one of the assailants murdered by the other.
4A Very Deadly Game
48 minSep 29, 1974
After a policeman is shot by a local known criminal, Kojak sets out to get the man behind bars, but his efforts are disrupted by FBI agents who are supposed to be helping. He then pursues the trail alone, taking him to Califormia where the criminal is hiding out.
5Wall Street Gunslinger
48 minOct 6, 1974
Kojak goes undercover as a Greek millionaire to track down the person responsible for the theft of $20 million in securities as well as three murders.
6Slay Ride
48 minOct 13, 1974
When several men fall to their deaths at the same convention, Kojak doubts that mass suicide is the explanation.
7Nursemaid
48 minOct 20, 1974
Kojak and Crocker must protect a bookkeeper from madmen who will stop at nothing to keep her from testifying in court.
8You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler
47 minOct 27, 1974
Kojak suspects that a small-time criminal was framed for a murder, but the man refuses to cooperate when Kojak tries to prove his innocence.
9The Best Judge Money Can Buy
48 minNov 3, 1974Now viewing
A judge (John Randolph) whose son was also a judge was murdered and his death was made to look like he had committed suicide. Now, his father must decide whether or not he should allow a murderer (Abe Vigoda) to walk, or risk letting information out that shows his son as a corrupt judge.
10A Souvenir from Atlantic City
47 minNov 10, 1974
Kojak's attempt to solve a terrorist bombing is frustrated by the fact that the only eyewitness is being held incommunicado by the police in another case.
11A Killing in the Second House
48 minNov 17, 1974
Kojak comes up against a former cop, now a private investigator, who tries to make his client's suicide look like murder so he can collect money from life insurance.
12The Best War in Town
48 minNov 24, 1974
A rookie cop (Mark Shea) stumbles upon an attempted murder of a rival gang leader in which he foils, triggering a gang war.
13Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
48 minDec 1, 1974
A mentally depressed woman (Andrea Marcovicci) witnesses her date being murdered by her neighbor who has an interest in her.
14The Betrayal
47 minDec 15, 1974
An informant (Paul Anka) uses a detective in order to further his way up the criminal ladder.
15Loser Takes All
48 minDec 22, 1974
A woman (Ja'net DuBois) intentionally plots to have her husband murdered during a diamond heist that she had planned with her secret love interest (Leslie Nielson).
16Close Cover Before Killing
48 minJan 5, 1975
Kojak investigates a homicide in which the murder was covered up by a torched building.
17Acts of Desperate Men
46 minJan 12, 1975
An accountant assists a sniper (Bruce Kirby Jr.) on a vendetta.
18Queen of the Gypsies
48 minJan 19, 1975
A young gypsy woman who witnesses a a bank robbery decides that looting banks is preferable to telling fortunes, so she recruits the thieves for a master plan to rob six banks in one day.
19Night of the Piraeus
48 minJan 26, 1975
The murder of a sailor newly arrived on a freighter from Greece and a strangely unconcerned witness lead Kojak to suspect that an object was smuggled into the country in the man's belt.
20Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard
48 minFeb 2, 1975
Kojak is particularly affected by the murder of a beautiful Manhattan playgirl.
21The Good Luck Bomber
48 minFeb 9, 1975
Kojak and the bomb squad are stymied by a series of bombs that seemingly can't be defused.
22Unwanted Partners
48 minFeb 16, 1975
Crocker fails to believe that his old childhood friend who is the main focus of a police investigation, could be involved in illegal activity.
23Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred
48 minFeb 23, 1975
While an accused thief sits in jail waiting for his lawyer to arrange bail, Kojak tries to decipher a phrase heard during an unsuccessful attempt to steal a paint company truck.
24The Trade-Off
51 minMar 2, 1975
Kojak arrests the ringleader (Mark Stevens) of a drug operation, whose gang kidnaps Captain McNeil's wife in order to trade her for the evidence they have against him.
25I Want to Report a Dream
48 minMar 9, 1975
A psychic (Ruth Gordon)informs police involving a dream in which she sees a murder take place before it ever happened.
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