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The Blue Knight (TV series)

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The Blue Knight
George Kennedy The Blue Knight 1976.JPG
George Kennedy as Bumper Morgan.
Genre
Based on The Blue Knight by Joseph Wambaugh
Developed byE. Jack Newman
Albert Ruben
Starring George Kennedy
Theme music composerHenry Mancini
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes23 (6 unaired)
Production
Executive producersLee Rich
Philip Capice
Running time60 minutes (per episode)
Production company Lorimar Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseDecember 17, 1975 (1975-12-17) –
October 20, 1976 (1976-10-20)

The Blue Knight is an American crime drama series that was broadcast by CBS from December 17, 1975 until October 20, 1976. It features George Kennedy as Officer Bumper Morgan. [1] The series was based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Joseph Wambaugh and produced by Lorimar Productions. It was also inspired by the 1973 television miniseries The Blue Knight , featuring William Holden, which was broadcast before the series premiered. [2] [3]

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Plot

Bumper Morgan is a veteran police officer of the Los Angeles Police Department, who continues to patrol the streets in uniform. The series dealt with Morgan's daily dealings with dangerous criminals and drug dealers.

Guest actors included Jim Davis, Bruce Glover, Robert Hays, Robert Hoy, Vivi Janiss, Jeff Goldblum, Harry Lauter, Gerald McRaney, and Lee Weaver. After being broadcast for seventeen episodes, the series was cancelled by CBS. Six episodes out of the ten produced for its second season were left unaired.

Episodes

Pilot (1975)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
Pilot"The Blue Knight"UnknownUnknownMay 9, 1975 (1975-05-09)
75-minute pilot episode: Reaching his last week on the force before retirement, Bumper decides to devote his time to searching for a fellow officer's killer. With Alex Rocco, Glynn Turman, Verna Bloom, Michael Margotta, Seth Allen. [4]

Season 1 (1975–76)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Two to Make Deadly"Paul KrasnyStory by : Don G. Letney
Teleplay by : Don G. Letney & Herman Groves		December 17, 1975 (1975-12-17)
Bumper's beat becomes rife with murder and theft when two hoods decide it would be safer to rob other lawbreakers. With Vic Tayback, Bill Fletcher, Robert DoQui, Morgan Paull, Eddie Firestone, Michael Baseleon, Claire Brennan, Claudia Bryar. [5]
22"Triple Threat"UnknownUnknownDecember 24, 1975 (1975-12-24)
Bumper Morgan wounds a suspected mugger, then tangles with the injured man's fiercely protective sister, an attorney who will not believe that her brother is a criminal. With Janet MacLachlan, Carl Crudup, Jonathan Lippe, Paul Comi, Paul Baerrones, Michael O'Keefe, Warren Kemmerling, John Beal. [6]
33"Odds Against Tomorrow"Daniel HallerAnthony LawrenceDecember 31, 1975 (1975-12-31)
When the mistress of a sadistic crime boss tries to leave him he beats her up, and vice officers ask Bumper Morgan's help in using the incident to persuade the girl to bring them to her long-wanted boyfriend. With Anjanette Comer, Charles Aidman, Ron Harper, Richard Davalos, Hal Bokar, Davis Roberts. [7]
44"A Fashionable Connection"UnknownUnknownJanuary 7, 1976 (1976-01-07)
Bumper discovers that a high style fashion company, owned by a shrewd woman designer, is the front for a smoothly-operated narcotics trade. With Ina Balin, James Canning, Alan Manson, Douglas Dirkson, Vic Mohica, Leigh Christian, Byron Morrow, Bruce Glover. [8]
55"The Cop Killer"UnknownUnknownJanuary 14, 1976 (1976-01-14)
A deranged ex-con, blaming Bumper Morgan for putting him behind bars, hires a killer to carry out his revenge. With Mitchell Ryan, Katherine Helmond, Paul Mantee, Darrell Zwerling, Woodrow Parfrey, Don "Red" Barry, Anna Berger, Art Lund. [9]
66"The Creeper"UnknownUnknownJanuary 28, 1976 (1976-01-28)
Bumper Morgan sets out to track down a mentally deranged hotel sneak thief. With Tony Geary, Suzanne Charny, Ben Frank, Ricky Segall, Charles Sailor, Oliver Clark, Vince Howard, Harry Lauter, Tom Castronova. [10]
77"The Candy Man"UnknownUnknownFebruary 4, 1976 (1976-02-04)
After arresting a major drug pusher, Bumper finds the man is apparently immune to the law when federal narcotics agents put him back on the street. With James A. Watson Jr., Sheila Larken, Skip Homeier, Marc Alaimo, Byron Mabe, Michael Mullins, Kiel Martin, John Milford. [11]
88"Mariachi"Charles S. DubinEarl WallaceFebruary 11, 1976 (1976-02-11)
The savage beating of an elderly gambler sets Bumper on the trail of a loan shark and his sadistic henchman. With Rodolfo Hoyos, William Smith, Carmen Zapata, Jack Murdock, Jason Wingreen, Richard Beauchamp, Rafael Lopez, Don Hanmer, Ted Gehring, Dee Timberlake. [12]
99"Snitch's Karma"UnknownUnknownFebruary 25, 1976 (1976-02-25)
Eager to catch an elusive thief, Bumper reluctantly uses a small-time hood as an informant. With David Opatoshu, John Lisbon Wood, Jason Bernard, Jonathan Lippe, Jacqueline Scott, Robert Doyle, Mel Novak. [13]
1010"A Slower Beat"Paul KrasnyWalter DallenbachMarch 3, 1976 (1976-03-03)
Gunmen are robbing many people on Bumper Morgan's beat—including his girlfriend—and detectives belittle him. With Lonny Chapman, Edie Adams, Donn Whyte, Mel Scott, Lisa Moore, Jack Somack, Tom Geas, Lew Saunders, Hoke Howell, Stack Pierce. [14]
1111"To Kill a Tank"UnknownUnknownMarch 10, 1976 (1976-03-10)
A dangerous criminal, armed with a stolen anti-tank gun, goes looking for a big score with his reluctant sidekick as Bumper tries to find him. With Jason Ronard Fred Herrick, J. S. Johnson, Lee Weaver, Juno Dawson, Paul Sorensen, Bill Ewing. [15]
1212"The Pink Dragon"UnknownUnknownMarch 24, 1976 (1976-03-24)
Bumper's campaign to close a hangout for crooks pits him against a hood who tries to trap him with a pretty girl. With John Crawford, Jerry Douglas, Rex Holman, Leonard Stone, Joanna Moore, Eunice Christopher, Dennis Olivieri. [16]
1313"Everybody Needs a Little Attention"UnknownUnknownMarch 31, 1976 (1976-03-31)
Bumper demonstrates to his partner that "everybody needs attention" after a massage parlor manager files a false complaint that threatens his badge. With Salome Jens, James Whitmore Jr., Tom Bower, Harold Sakata, Julian Wells, Bob Basso. [17]

Season 2 (1976)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
141"Bull's Eye"UnknownUnknownSeptember 22, 1976 (1976-09-22)
A trigger-happy cop forces Bumper into an all-out battle by endangering a valuable informer. With Elisha Cook, Herman Poppe, Charles Siebert, Joshua Shelley, Robert Hays, Gary Lockwood, Nicolas Coster. [18]
152"A Slight Case of Murder"UnknownUnknownSeptember 29, 1976 (1976-09-29)
Police machinery is hard to stop when evidence points to an old wino as a cop killer. With Douglas V. Fowley, Bill Vint, Ned Romero, Philip Carey, Penelope Milford, Paul Sylvan. [19]
163"Upward Mobility"UnknownUnknownOctober 13, 1976 (1976-10-13)
Bumper stirs up trouble on his beat when he tries to steer a young girl into a safer life. With P. J. Soles, Tony King, Richard Gilliland, Damu King, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Symonds, Henry Brown, Robert Hays. [20]
174"The Rose and the Gun" Harvey S. Laidman Dallas L. Barnes
Joseph Wambaugh		October 20, 1976 (1976-10-20)
An overeager young cop shoots and kills a suspect, then hints that Bumper was afraid to fire.
185"Everything in Life is 3 to 1 Against"TBDTBDUnaired
A retired cop is heavily in debt to a bookmaker Bumper has doggedly tried to shut down.
196"A Matter of Justice"Harvey S. LaidmanDallas L. Barnes
Joseph Wambaugh		Unaired
Defying Bumper's warning about taking the law into his own hands, a vigilante goes after a band of hoodlum-robbers who raped his daughter.
207"Great Wall of Chinatown"TBDTBDUnaired
Bumper investigates the shooting death of a Chinese gang leader
218"Point of View"TBDTBDUnaired
Bumper goes back to the Police Academy to take a course designed to update veterans in modern techniques. An ex-con has a job, but an informer says he is in on plans for a big robbery.
229"Throwaway"TBDTBDUnaired
Bumper is relieved from duty while officials investigate his fatal shooting of a hood.
2310"Death Echo"TBDTBDUnaired
Bumper tells down-and-out bum Joey to stop disturbing the police when he keeps confessing that he is the one responsible for raping and murdering four women. But when Joey begins to give details which only the cops and the murderer know, Bumper realizes that Joey has become the sounding-board for a maniac.

References

  1. ↑ Martindale, p. 57
  2. ↑ Martindale, p. 58
  3. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television: Series, Pilots, and Specials 1974-1984 Volume II. New York, NY: New York Zoetrope. pp. 53, 54. ISBN   0918432618.
  4. ↑ Martindale, p. 58
  5. ↑ Martindale, p. 58
  6. ↑ Martindale, p. 58
  7. ↑ Martindale, p. 58
  8. ↑ Martindale, p. 58
  9. ↑ Martindale, p. 59
  10. ↑ Martindale, p. 59
  11. ↑ Martindale, p. 59
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  13. ↑ Martindale, pp. 59, 60
  14. ↑ Martindale, p. 60
  15. ↑ Martindale, p. 60
  16. ↑ Martindale, p. 60
  17. ↑ Martindale, p. 60
  18. ↑ Martindale, p. 60
  19. ↑ Martindale, p. 60
  20. ↑ Martindale, p. 60
Books

Martindale, David (1991). Television Detective Shows of the 1970s: Credits, Storylines, and Episode Guides for 109 Series. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN   9780899505572.

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