The Blue Knight
directed by Robert
Butler,
written by E. Jack Newman,
based on
the novel by Joseph Wambaugh,
a four-part
made-for-TV film,
was originally broadcast on NBC from November 11 – 14, 1973.
Music by Nelson Riddle.
Cast:
William Holden, Lee
Remick, Joe Santos, Sam Elliott, Eileen Brennan, Vic Tayback, Anne Archer, Lucille
Benson, Ja'net DuBois, Mario Roccuzzo, Jamie Farr, David Moody, Gloria LeRoy, Richard
Collier, Kenneth Wolger, George DiCenzo, Raymond Guth, Emile Meyer, Ernest
Esparza III, John Quade, Janit Baldwin, Arell Blanton, Helen Boll, Simmy Bow, Don
Calfa, Lou Cutell, Alan Fudge, John Furlong, Stan Haze, Howard Hesseman, Randy
Kirby, Jon Korkes, Arthur Malet, Karmin Murcelo, Rudy Ramos, Paul Reid Roman, Lee
Weaver, Jason Wingreen, Richard 'Dub' Wright, Harry Arnie, Katharine Bard, James
Beach, Nanci Beck, Norland Benson, Roxanne Bonilla, Claire Brennen, Thomas Paul
Carey, Ric Carrott, Stanley Bennett Clay, Patrick Dennis-Leigh, Larry Duran, Joseph
X. Flaherty, Ben Frommer, Eddra Gale, Janie Greenspun, Raven Grey Eagle, Margie
Haber, Monika Henreid, Janear Hines, Jan-Minika Hughes, J.S. Johnson, Richard
E. Kalk, Wayne King Sr., Dudley Knight, Maryann Krakow, Bob Lauher, Norma Lee, David
Lipp, Jay W. MacIntosh, E. Jack Neuman, Douglas T. O'Dell, Tim O'Denning, Danny
'Big Black' Rey, Richard Sarradet, Jeffrey Sayre, Christopher Seitz, Ken
Smedberg, Nick St. Nicholas, Michael Stearns, Jack Tesler, Russell Thorson, Tom
Tolbert, Dino Washington, John Sylvester White, Clint Young.
Recommended reading:
The Blue Knight
By Joseph Wambaugh.
First published 1972.
Published by Grand Central Publishing.
Mass Market Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0446509191
ISBN-13: 978-0446509190
Description:
Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Gritty, luminous, and ultimately stunning, this novel is Wambaugh at his best – a tale of a street cop on the hardest beat of his life.
The Blue Knight.
Twenty and two. Those are the numbers turning in the mind of William "Bumper" Morgan: twenty years on the job, two days before he "pulls the pin" and walks away from it forever. But on the gritty streets of L.A., people look at Bumper like some kind of knight in armor – they've plied him with come-ons, hot tips, and the hard respect a man can't earn anywhere else. Now, with a new job and a good woman waiting for him, a kinky thief terrorizing L.A.'s choice hotels, and a tragedy looming, Bumper Morgan is about to face the only thing that can scare him: the demons that he's been hiding behind his bright and shiny badge...
“Marvelous … realistic, frightening, touching in its humanity. – Detroit Free Press.
“An extraordinary piece of craftsmanship.” – Los Angeles Times.