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BURKE'S LAW SEASON ONE VOLUME ONE
Product Details
Format: DVD
Version: Full Screen
Rating: NR
Runtime: 800 minutes
Aspect: 1.33:1
Year: 1963-1965
Item #: 8510
Region: NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital
Color: COlor
Language: English
Country: USA
UPC: 089859851025
ISBN: 1-55739-921-2
Summary
“Burke’s Law” was a hit prime-time TV series that aired on ABC in 1963 and ran until 1966. It starred Gene Barry in the title roll (for which he won a Golden Globe – Best TV Actor Award in 1965) of an LA chief of detectives, who also happened to be a millionaire! Each episode featured unusual plot twists, glamorous settings and a fabulous list of guest stars. So good it was brought back for a brief run in 1994! VCI will be releasing season one in two separate collector’s sets of 16 episodes each. Digitally remastered from the original 35mm master, each collection will also include ‘bonus’ original commercials and previews.
Bonus
Scene Selection
Burke's Lawisms
Vintage Commercials
Actors
Gene Barry, Gary Cooper, Leon Lontoc, Regis Toomey, Burgess Meredith, Ann Blyth, Jack Weston, Tab Hunter, John Cassavetes, Nick Adams, Cesar Romero, Wally Cox, Jill Haworth, William Shatner, Lola Albright, Ricardo Montalban, Barbara Eden, Frankie Avalon, Ruta Lee, Broderick Crawford, Diana Hyland, Elizabeth Montgomery, Vera Miles, Anne Francis, Dean Stockwell, Telly Savalas, Jayne Mansfield, Diane McBain, Edd Byrnes, Ruta Lee, Sal Mineo, Janice Rule, Cesar Romero, Eddie Albert, Broderick Crawford, Fess Parker
Customer Reviews
"Los Angeles Chief of Detectives ... Capt. Amos Burke (aka: Gene Barry) ... (1963), 5/10/2008 6:45:41 PM
Reviewer: Mr. Jim
All the fans and collectors alike welcome this 1964 Golden Globe Winner best TV Show & Best Male TV Stars. Original series features Capt. Amos Burke (Gene Barry) was a Los Angeles chief of detectives who was also a millionaire with a chauffeur driven Rolls Royce, a mansion, and a high wheeling lifestyle. The hallmarks of this series were glamorous, sophisticated settings, unusual twists on formula homicide plot lines, and big name guest stars. In the original series, other characters were Detective Tim Tilson (Gary Conway), Detective Les Hart (Regis Toomey), and Sergeant Ames (Eileen O'Neill). In several episodes Anne Francis appeared as female detective Honey West, which led to a short-lived spin-off series --- The musical score for Burke's Law was largely the work of Herschel Burke Gilbert, whose middle name was coincidentally the same as the character of the series. The role of Amos Burke actually predated Barry's series, having been played by Dick Powell on an episode of The Dick Powell Show in 1961. The first incarnation of the series was produced by Powell's company, Four Star Television. ---------------------------------------Hats off to VCI and Robert Blair in capturing the moment and time of this vintage 1963 series. Looking forward to future seasons.
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A hoot from stars to finish!, 6/9/2008 7:42:42 PM
Reviewer: awc54@aol.com
For anyone still on the fence about this purchase, I just wanted to add my testimony that Burke's Law is a totally entertaining show that holds up marvelously. Sue me, but I've enjoyed watching these episodes much more than the recent Perry Mason anniversay set. Part of that enjoyment is the pacing - this show is much faster paced due to the abundance of guest stars it has to squeeze into 50 minutes. It's full of humor, starlets, and so-very-60s sexual innuendos. The writing is solid and, unlike an overly-convoluted Perry Mason plot, you actually have a shot at figuring at the killer because they do reveal a telling clue on the suspect early on.
The guest stars, as mentioned by other posters, are a calvacade of golden age Hollywood stars and 60s TV luminaries, and they obviously have a blast playing eccentric Hollywood types. When I first watched this show in reruns as a teenager, although I loved the show, I thought these self-absorbed eccentric characters the stars were playing were a little over the top - almost cartoonish. But having subsequently worked in the film business for 17 years (and moved on!), I now recognize how ridiculously accurate these stereotypes actually were ... and still are. There's nothing more bizarre than reality in La-La Land.
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