''Caribe'' is an American crime drama series that was originally broadcast on Monday

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s at 10:00–11:00 pm ( ET) on

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from February 17 until May 12, 1975. The

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-produced series was about the exploits of the Caribe Force, a fictional law enforcement unit that had extra-national jurisdiction throughout the Caribbean, headquartered in

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."Stacy Keach In 'Caribe,'" ''The Ledger'' (Lakeland, FL), Sunday, February 16, 1975.
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as Lieutenant Ben Logan, a former officer of the Miami Police hired by the Caribe Force, and

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as his partner, Sergeant Mark Walters, also formerly of the Miami PD. Originally it was planned that Franklin's character would be a former detective inspector from one of the British Commonwealth island nations in the Caribbean, but the character was ultimately depicted as an American, and as someone who was outranked by Logan, somewhat undercutting both the supposedly international character of the Caribe Force, and the supposedly equal status of the two co-stars.

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played their superior, Deputy Commissioner Ed Rawlings. The series was plagued by production problems.Etter, Jonathan. ''Quinn Martin, Producer: A Behind-the-Scenes History of QM Productions and Its Founder''. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003. Print.

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*{{IMDb title, 0072483 1970s American crime drama television series 1970s American police procedural television series 1975 American television series debuts 1975 American television series endings American English-language television shows Television shows set in Miami Television series by CBS Studios American detective television series American Broadcasting Company crime dramas