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Don Johnson / Sonny Crockett |
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Once Miami Vice came out Don Johnson (Sonny Crockett) and Phillip Michael Thomas(Tubbs) were seen everywhere. They received attention usually reserved for rock stars. The show was consecutively in the top ten that summer. Two cops from different backgrounds and totally different attitudes were thrown together in a rock and roll fantasy on steroids! Tubbs was the street smart cop from New York, and Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) was the tough guy from the South who had severe guilt about his ex-wife and son. Tubbs was rock and roll and Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) was country even though he dressed like a drug dealer heavily into the Miami scene. The show weaved pop music into the story lines in a way that hasn't been seen before or since! Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) was a rough-edged Miami Vice detective who lived on a sailboat called St. Vitus' Dance that was guarded by his dyspeptic pet alligator, Elvis. Ricardo Tubbs was an ex-New York street cop who had come south to find the drug dealer who murdered his brother. They were an unlikely but effective team, working undercover on the flashy Gold Coast and down the seedy alleyways that made Miami such a city of contrasts. Often they sped around town in Sonny Crockett's (Don Johnson) black Ferrari Spider sports car. |
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Edward James Olmos |
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