The Blue Knight

1h

Crime

Drama

The Blue Knight is an American CBS Crime TV series, running in 1975 and 1976, starring George Kennedy as Officer Bumper Morgan. The show was based on the best selling novel by author Joseph Wambaugh and produced by Lorimar Productions. It was also inspired by the 1973 TV Film starring William Holden, which ran before the TV show premiered.

Episodes

Cast

Pilot

1. Pilot

1h

9th May 1975

Reaching his last week on the force before retirement, Bumper decides to devote his time to searching for a fellow officer's killer.

Two to Make Deadly

2. Two to Make Deadly

1h

17th Dec 1975

Two vicious hoodlums turn Bumper's district into a war zone when they start targeting their fellow lawbreakers, who can't go to the police for help after they are beaten and robbed.

Triple Threat

3. Triple Threat

1h

24th Dec 1975

After wounding a suspected mugger, Bumper tangles with the man's sister, a prominent attorney who refuses to believe that he is a criminal and wants to get Bumper's badge taken away.

Odds Against Tomorrow

4. Odds Against Tomorrow

1h

31st Dec 1975

Bumper tries to help the mistress of a sadistic crime lord, who has her beaten up when she tries to leave him, so he hooks up with vice cops who offer her protection if she will agree to testify against the man.

A Fashionable Connection

5. A Fashionable Connection

1h

7th Jan 1976

The Cop Killer

6. The Cop Killer

1h

14th Jan 1976

The Creeper

7. The Creeper

1h

28th Jan 1976

The Candy Man

8. The Candy Man

1h

4th Feb 1976

Mariachi

9. Mariachi

1h

11th Feb 1976

Snitch's Karma

10. Snitch's Karma

1h

25th Feb 1976

A Slower Beat

11. A Slower Beat

1h

3rd Mar 1976

To Kill a Tank

12. To Kill a Tank

1h

10th Mar 1976

The Pink Dragon

13. The Pink Dragon

1h

24th Mar 1976

Everybody Needs a Little Attention

14. Everybody Needs a Little Attention

1h

31st Mar 1976

First air date

9th May 1975

Last air date

20th Oct 1976

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks