A Lei e o Crime (Portuguese for The Law and the Crime) is a Brazilian serial dramatic television series, created by Marcílio Moraes, produced and broadcast by Rede Record, which premiered on January 9, 2009. The series revolves around a low-class worker turned into drugdealer and a noble-blood woman turned into a police captain, who seeks for justice and revenge of her father's death.

A Lei e o Crime
GenreDrama
Action
Police procedural
Created byMarcílio Moraes
Directed byAlexandre Avancini Hamsa Wood
StarringÂngelo Paes Leme
Francisca Queiroz
Heitor Martinez
Caio Junqueira
Raquel Nunes
Silvio Guindane
Eduardo Lago
Opening themeSangue Frio (Libra)
ComposerDaniel Figueiredo
Country of originBrazil
Original languagePortuguese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes23
Production
Executive producerVicente Savelli
Production locationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CinematographyRicardo Fujii
Running timeapprox. 60 min.
Original release
NetworkRede Record
ReleaseJanuary 9 (2009-01-09) –
June 8, 2009 (2009-06-08)

It is directed by Alexandre Avancini and written by Marcílio Moraes, Joaquim Assis, René Belmonte, Leonardo Gudel, Sylvia Palma, Eduardo Quental and Irene Bosísio.

Since its premiere, A Lei e o Crime has achieved unexpectedly high audience ratings, with a 20-point average in São Paulo, and constantly leading the ratings in Rio de Janeiro, taking off rival Rede Globo's usual number-one spot.

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