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Second Unit
'The Felony Squad' starring Howard Duff, Ben Alexander, and Dennis Cole was a fav cop show of mine years ago
I think it may have been in color, at least later seasons and ran from around 1966 to 1969 or so
the 25 minute episodes were like a later version of the original 'The Naked City' (first season) with little or no 'padding' in quite fast moving detective cases for experienced cop Sam Stone (Howard Duff) and his blonde young partner Jim Briggs (Dennis Cole) with Jim's veteran desk Officer father Dan Briggs (Ben Alexander - hence his absence from sixties 'Dragnet' being made then) - the color show probably duly influencing Quinn Martin's 'Streets of San Francisco' seventies cop show as late fifties 'The Naked City' clearly did with all three shows featuring the 'seasoned experienced cop / young fresh face cop' partnership...
Howard Duff made a guest comedy cameo in character 'as Sam Stone' opening a window and chatting to Adam West & Burt Ward in 'Batman' I recall....saying; 'Brave men Jim' as he looked back inside...!
both 'Felony Squad' and Jack Warden's 1966 25 minute color episode cop series 'N.Y.P.D.' (whose 'flashing cop car light' opening was lampooned later in 'Police Squad' opening credits) - which co-starred both Frank Converse and (in an early regular TV role for a black actor) Robert Hooks as Det. Jeff Ward - deserve a full DVD release
I hope someone picks up both of these great sixties cop shows in the future...
I think it may have been in color, at least later seasons and ran from around 1966 to 1969 or so
the 25 minute episodes were like a later version of the original 'The Naked City' (first season) with little or no 'padding' in quite fast moving detective cases for experienced cop Sam Stone (Howard Duff) and his blonde young partner Jim Briggs (Dennis Cole) with Jim's veteran desk Officer father Dan Briggs (Ben Alexander - hence his absence from sixties 'Dragnet' being made then) - the color show probably duly influencing Quinn Martin's 'Streets of San Francisco' seventies cop show as late fifties 'The Naked City' clearly did with all three shows featuring the 'seasoned experienced cop / young fresh face cop' partnership...
Howard Duff made a guest comedy cameo in character 'as Sam Stone' opening a window and chatting to Adam West & Burt Ward in 'Batman' I recall....saying; 'Brave men Jim' as he looked back inside...!
both 'Felony Squad' and Jack Warden's 1966 25 minute color episode cop series 'N.Y.P.D.' (whose 'flashing cop car light' opening was lampooned later in 'Police Squad' opening credits) - which co-starred both Frank Converse and (in an early regular TV role for a black actor) Robert Hooks as Det. Jeff Ward - deserve a full DVD release
I hope someone picks up both of these great sixties cop shows in the future...
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