The Blue Knight (1973) on Netflix
NR19733h 8mActionCrimeDramaThriller
Bumper Morgan has worn the Los Angeles police uniform for twenty years. Days before his retirement, he takes on the murder of a prostitute in a far corner of the city.
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Plot summary
Retirement is a week away for Bumper Morgan, a twenty-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department. He still walks his beat as a street cop and has no plan to ease up on the criminals who work it. Before he leaves the job, he is handed the murder of a prostitute in a far corner of Los Angeles. Vicious thugs cross his path as he works. His fellow officers hold mixed feelings about the retirement. Cassie Walters, the woman in his life, wants him to give up the streets.
Cast
- David Moodyas Marvin Haywood
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Blue Knight (1973)
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- The Blue Knight was filmed as a four-episode miniseries of 60 minutes each for the US market and as a 100-minute theatrical film for European markets, making it one of the first miniseries on American television.
- William Holden said he was surprised to be cast as Los Angeles police officer Bumper Morgan, thinking Ernest Borgnine or Rod Steiger would have been the preferred choice for the part.
- William Holden won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, in his first TV film role.
