*The Blue Knight - A Slower Beat Working and 50 similar items

Vintage original Working Draft script from the popular 1970's action crime drama television series, THE BLUE KNIGHT, based upon the novel by Joseph Wambaugh. It is from Season 1, Episode 10, which was entitled A Slower Beat, in which gunmen are holding-up everybody on Bumper Morgan's (George Kenney) beat—including his girlfriend—and detectives belittle him at every turn. The cast includes Edie Adams, Lonny Chapman, Jack Somack, Donn Whyte, Hoke Howell, and Mel Scott. Written by Walter Dallenbach, this Working Draft script is dated January 15, 1976. It consists of four acts in 61 pages on off-white stock which were 3-hole punched and bound with three brass brads between an light green cardstock front and back cover. It is complete in overall fine+ condition. The second half of the pages have a light vertical crease in the right side of the bottom half from a dent on the back cover which was replicated in lesser degrees on those pages. The front cover has light stains around the edges and one above the date of the draft. The back cover has a water stain in the bottom half as well as around the edges, along with a small tear above the bottom border. Pages 48-69 have small water stains along the top that get progressively more pronounced as they get towards the end. 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 1973 novel of the same name by Joseph Wambaugh and produced by Lorimar Productions. It was also inspired by the 1973 TV film, The Blue Knight, starring William Holden, which ran before the TV show premiered. Bumper Morgan is a veteran police officer in Los Angeles, who continues to patrol the streets in uniform. The series dealt with Morgan's daily dealings with dangerous criminals and drug dealers. Guest stars included Jim Davis, Robert Hays, Larry Lauter, Gerald McRaney, Bruce Glover, Robert Hoy, and Lee Weaver. After a run of twenty-six episodes, the series was cancelled by CBS.