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Father Dowling Mysteries

Father Dowling Mysteries

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.
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Record to watch 4 episodes in the next two weeks

    The Vanishing Victim Mystery
    The Christmas Mystery
    The Fugitive Priest Mystery
    The Substitute Sister Mystery
  • The Vanishing Victim Mystery

    Father Dowling discovers that a young woman he meets on an airplane is being held hostage by her family.
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  • The Christmas Mystery

    Father Dowling and Sister Steve must race to find a department store Santa before he kills two witnesses to a crime.
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  • The Fugitive Priest Mystery

    Father Dowling must clear his own name after his twin brother, Blaine, frames him in a bank robbery. With Tom Bosley in a dual role.
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  • The Substitute Sister Mystery

    Father Dowling (Tom Bosley) discovers a woman (Kari Lizer) impersonating Sister Steve (Tracy Nelson).
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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.

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Tom Bosley, Tracy Nelson
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