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The First 48

The First 48

2004 · Series · 45 min · ★ 7.9

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The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.

Rated TV-14DocumentaryDramaCrime
  • Dion GrahamNarrator