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David Cassidy: Man Under Cover

1h

Drama

David Cassidy: Man Undercover was an American police drama starring David Cassidy, four years after his run starring in the The Partridge Family. The series was spun off after Cassidy guest starred in a special two-hour episode of another show, Police Story, titled A Chance to Live, which aired in May 1978; this episode is therefore sometimes confusingly referred to as the pilot for Man Undercover. In A Chance to Live, Cassidy portrayed undercover police officer Dan Shay, a cop who successfully infiltrates a high-school drug ring as a fellow student. Cassidy earned an Emmy Award nomination for Best Dramatic Actor for the role. He reprised the role of Officer Shay for the Man Undercover series, which aired on NBC from November 2, 1978 to July 12, 1979. Only ten episodes of the show aired prior to its cancellation.

Production Companies

David Gerber Productions

Columbia Pictures Television

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Running the Hill

1. Running the Hill

1h

2nd Nov 1978

The head of an undercover narcotics division assigns a young policeman, Dan Shay, to infiltrate a high-school drug ring.

Baby Makes Three

2. Baby Makes Three

1h

9th Nov 1978

Shay poses as a hot-rod enthusiast to infiltrate a gang of supermarket thieves.

Cage of Steel

3. Cage of Steel

1h

16th Nov 1978

Posing as a college student, Shay infiltrates a baby-selling ring.

Deadly Convoy

4. Deadly Convoy

1h

23rd Nov 1978

Flashpoint

5. Flashpoint

1h

7th Dec 1978

Shay infiltrates a violent gang of motorcycle thieves.

Rx for Dying

6. Rx for Dying

1h

21st Dec 1978

Shay poses as a drifter to track down the killer of two prostitutes.

Firestorm

7. Firestorm

1h

28th Dec 1978

Posing as a patient, Shay makes an office call on a crooked doctor.

Teammates

8. Teammates

1h

4th Jan 1979

Shay becomes a produce truck driver to nab an organized-crime arsonist and the Mob's top man.

Nightwork

9. Nightwork

1h

5th Jul 1979

Working with a federal agent, Shay poses as a weapons buyer to make a case against an arms dealer.

Death is a Close Friend, Too

10. Death is a Close Friend, Too

1h

12th Jul 1979

Shay poses as a junkie and uses a drug abuser to track down a robber.

DELETE

11. DELETE

First air date

2nd Nov 1978

Last air date

12th Jul 1979

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks