The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight (1973)

Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.

Date of release
1973-11-11
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (13)
Runtime
3h 8m
Genres
Action, TV Movie, Crime, Drama
Director
Robert Butler

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight is a 1973 television and theatrical film adapted from Joseph Wambaugh's 1973 novel The Blue Knight. It inspired the 1975 TV series also titled The Blue Knight. The miniseries was broadcast on NBC TV in November 1973, consisted of four one-hour episodes, was directed by Robert Butler, and featured an all star cast headed by William Holden as Police Officer Bumper Morgan. The additional cast includes Lee Remick, Eileen Brennan, Sam Elliott, Joe Santos, and Vic Tayback. It was later released as a film in condensed form.

Production

Holden said he was surprised to be cast as Morgan, as he thought Ernest Borgnine or Rod Steiger would have been preferred. Shooting took seven weeks. The Blue Knight was filmed as a four-episode miniseries of 60 minutes each for the US market and a 100-minute theatrical film for European markets. It was one of the first miniseries on American television.

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