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Father Dowling Mysteries

Father Dowling Mysteries

Description: Father Frank Dowling isn't your typical priest. He often ends up investigating crimes, including murders and abductions, that he comes across in his Chicago parish. Assisting him is streetwise nun Sister Stephanie, aka Sister Steve, who knows the language of the streets and how to do things like hot-wire cars and pick locks. Sister Steve, who sees Father Dowling as the father she never had, does much of the legwork in the investigations. Father Dowling has contacts at the Chicago Police Department who he is usually able to talk into doing favors and assisting in his investigations.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Year Released: 1989
Number of seasons: 3
Number of episodes: 43
First episode air date: January 20, 1989
Program Creator: Dean Hargrove
Networks: American Broadcasting Company, NBC

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