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The Blue Knight

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.

Crime Drama

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9th May 1975 - 20th October 1976

Top Cast

George Kennedy •

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Pilot

9th May 1975

Episode 1

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

17th December 1975

Episode 2

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

24th December 1975

Episode 3

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

31st December 1975

Episode 4

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.