The bald icon, the lollipop, the legend… and the cast who kept New York’s mean streets crackling.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's Kojak and his buddies - but more importantly, yes, that is Harvey Keitel's face on that file Credit: Courtesy Everett For a ...

For a show built on grit, glare, and the occasional lollipop, Kojak perseveres with a strangely velvety charm. It wasn't just another '70s cop procedural grinding through the week's quota of muggers ...