Otec Dowling, starší katolícky farár z chrámu sv. Michala v Chicagu, zbožňuje detektívne romány. Ako nadšený detektív – amatér rád fušuje polícii do remesla a s pomocou rádovej sestry Stephanie na vlastnú päsť vyšetruje kriminálne prípady, ktoré sa odohrali v jeho blízkom okolí.
Hrají: Tom Bosley, Tracy Nelson, Mary Wickes, James Stephens, Thomas Calabro, Frances Bay, Stella Stevens, Malcolm Danare, Bruce Abbott, .....Dennis Burkley, Robert Clohessy, David Anthony Marshall, Ivan Dixon, Christine Elise, Christian Cousins, Joseph Cousins, Gianni Russo, Jim Beaver, Edward Winter, Ely Pouget, Sarah Douglas, Stanley Kamel, John Vernon, Jeff Rector, Kiel Martin, Peter Scolari, Jenny O'Hara, Colm Meaney, Sada Thompson, Robert Torti, David Spielberg, Mark Herrier, Harriet Hilliard, Patricia Charbonneau, Charles Cioffi, Angela Paton, Robert Walden, Natalia Nogulich, George Coe, Michael C. Gwynne, Lisa Langlois, J.A. Preston, Oscar Dillon, Brian Libby, Linda Kelsey, Anthony James, Mike Genovese, Kelly Jo Minter, Charles Frank, Pamela Roylance, Annie Golden, Dick O'Neill, Gregory Alan Williams, Bruce A. Young, Bob Dishy, Richard Kline, Naomi Grossman, Belinda Balaski, James McEachin, Richard Grove, Susan Krebs, Don Hanmer, Charles Lucia, Stacy Edwards, Robert Viharo, John Aprea, Steven Anderson, Francis X. McCarthy, John Apicella, Stefan Gierasch, Craig Richard Nelson, Arthur Rosenberg, Don Yesso, Billy 'Sly' Williams, Lezlie Deane, Sal Landi, Jack Kehler, David Wells, Don Knight, Ron Gilbert, Roy Brocksmith, Amzie Strickland, Rupert Frazer, Paul Tuerpe, Lee de Broux, Joe Dorsey, Carolyn Seymour, Roger Aaron Brown, Frances Lee McCain, Simon Templeman, Michael Champion, Ebbe Roe Smith, J.C. Quinn, Nick Dimitri, Jack Bannon, Eric Christmas, Joseph Whipp, Daniel Faraldo, Madison Mason, Rebecca Staab, Tim O'Connor, Susan French, Richard Delmonte, Stephen Mendel, J.W. Smith, Doran Clark, Jimmy Stathis, Lisa Waltz, Cynthia Bain, Robert Bauer, Rosa Li, Robert Clotworthy, Scott Marlowe, Barbara Rhoades, Henry G. Sanders, Richard Roat, Anthony Charnota, James Noble, Skip Ward, John Hostetter, William Allen Young, Michael David Lally, Elyssa Davalos, H. Richard Greene, Nathan Davis, Vincent Guastaferro, Curt Lowens, Mitchell Laurance, Sidney Miller, Bill Morey, Robert Rothwell, Lewis Van Bergen, Greg Collins, Janet MacLachlan, Rod McCary, Byron Morrow, Scott Hoxby, Katherine Moffat, Emily Yancy, James Staley, Robert V. Barron, Richard Jury, Walter Addison, David L. Lander, Tom Allard, Louis Guss, Kerrie Keane, Dona Hardy, Pat Renella, Kevin Scannell, Francesca Buller, Frank Novak, Tom Isbell, Nicholas Mele, Kari Lizer, Wiley Harker, Jerry Rector, Duke Stroud, Rainbow Harvest, Pete Schrum, Terrence E. McNally, Brian Brophy, Joe Flood, Philip Charles Mackenzie, Joseph G. Medalis, Lou Bonacki, Barbara Stock, David Pressman, Deborah Wakeham, G. Larry Butler, Marc Siegler, Biff Yeager, Patricia Estrin, Kenneth McGregor, Anthony Mangano, S.A. Griffin, Lycia Naff, Cynthia Bond, Barry Sattels, John Malloy, Scott Kraft, Michele Little, Katie Mitchell, Claudette Wells, Jeffrey Josephson, Terrence Beasor, Scott Lincoln, John Gowans, Peter Allas, Kevin Crowley, William R. Moses, John Fujioka, John Slattery, Granville Van Dusen, Lindsay Frost, Martin Hewitt, Andreas Katsulas, Richard Yniguez, Brixton Karnes, J.D. Hall, Diane Ladd, Michael Halsey, Jenny Robertson, Casey Biggs, Anthony LaPaglia, Xander Berkeley, Michael Des Barres, Gail Cameron, Linda Carlson, Joanna Lipari, Ramy Zada, Juliana Donald, John David Conti, Justin Lord, Emory Bass, Robin Strand, Frank Noel, Tim Grimm, Lisa Marie Russell, Jason Edwards, Braeden Marcott, Robert Schuch
Archivní záběry: Arthur Byron
Režie: James Frawley, Russ Mayberry, Ron Satlof, Christopher Hibler, Charles S. Dubin, Bob Bralver, Peter Ellis, Sharron Miller, David Moessinger, .....Alan Cooke, Harry Harris
Tvůrci: Joel Steiger, Dean Hargrove
Scénář: Jeri Taylor, Jim McGrath, Dean Hargrove, Rob Gilmer, Jack Burditt, Brian Clemens, Michael Reaves, William T. Conway, Wayne Berwick, .....Joyce Burditt, Richard De Roy, David Hoffman, Leslie Daryl Zerg, Gerry Conway, Robert Hamilton, Robert Schlitt, Doc Barnett, Lincoln Kibbee
Producenti: Barry Steinberg, Joyce Burditt, Gerry Conway, Robert Hamilton, Robert Schlitt
Hudba: James Stemple, Arthur Kempel, Joel Rosenbaum, Dick DeBenedictis, Bruce Babcock, Peter T. Myers
Kamera: Rick Anderson
Střih: George W. Brooks, Dennis Dolan, Sonny Baskin, Tom Pryor, Carter DeHaven, Marsh Hendry, Nell Arnold
Scénografie: W. Joe Kroesser, Robert J. Bacon, Paul Staheli
Kostýmy a make-up: Jack Wilson, Dee Manges, Susan Mills
Zvuk: Peter Reale, Richard S. Church
