Burke's Law: Season 1 Volume Two
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"One of these days," remarks rumpled veteran Los Angeles police sergeant Les Hart (Regis Toomey), "we'll find ourselves with a nice, easy case." But open and shut cases are no fun, and for Burke's Law , one of the most offbeat and still entertaining cop shows ever, the more bizarre and baffling the case, the better, as witness these 16 star-studded episodes that complete Season One . Millionaire playboy Amos Burke (Gene Barry in his Golden Globe-winning role) has his hands full, not just juggling the unending parade of afternoon delights who demand his attention (the randy Burke "swings like a circus trapeze"), but also with the tryst-interrupting phone calls summoning him to a crime scene. This is murder, Southern California-style: A pop artist impaled on one of his own paintings, a fashion house owner found dead in an elevator full of mannequins, and an "ordinary" suburban housewife strangled in her shower. Produced by Aaron Spelling, Burke's Law anticipates his The Love Boat with its eclectic roster of guest stars who portray colorful characters and shady suspects. Each episode is brimming with show business legends in the twilights of their careers (Betty Hutton, Buster Keaton, Jayne Mansfield, Spike Jones), indelible character actors (Jim Backus, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavettes), future stars (Barbara Eden, William Shatner, Elizabeth Montgomery) and cult faves (Tura Satana from Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ). But Amos Burke is the real character and the real deal. "A good civil servant doesn't rest until the job is done," is just one of his aphorisms that comprise "Burke's Law." Barry gets able support from Gary Conway as Det. Tim Tilson, Burke's hunky, hotshot protégé, and Leon Lontoc as Henry, who chauffeurs Burke's Rolls Royce. Burke's Law is stylish, sexy, and smart. Harlan Ellison peppers his witty script for "Who Killed Andy Zygmunt" with clever wordplay (when asked his opinion on pop art, Burke replies, tongue in cheek, "He's a nice enough old fellow"), literary and pop culture references, and sly digs at the art world and children's television. For more retro fun, each of this set's four discs contains as a bonus vintage commercials for Crest, Green Mint mouthwash, (the "clean taste of confidence"), L&M Cigarettes, Schick Stainless Steel blades and more. But Burke's Law is no '60s relic. Today's prime time cops should be so cool. --Donald Liebenson '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 role (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! Review: A Great Show Packaged And Priced Right! - The first Volume of this fantastic series was housed in 4 dvd`s and a box that took up considerable shelf space- great if you don`t have a lot of box sets and want to show off the ones you do. However, for the degenerate dvd collectors like myself (there ought to be a 12-step program for those like me), this set wasted a lot of shelf space, but the second volume is a God-send, both in packaging AND the quality of this remarkable series. The show is a wonderful throw-back to a world not so long ago, yet seems like another dimension in time today - men and women were very different creatures back then, and the society at large was light years away from today`s world. And, right or wrong, I miss it, for all the right reasons. Back to the show- Gene Barry is marvelous (this was after his 'Bat Masterson' series, which I also enjoyed as a kid),Gary Conway and Regis Toomey were great in supporting roles, well-plotted stories, witty dialogue, and a carousel of incredible guest stars each and every episode- no joke, each ep had 5 or 6 famous names, plus well-known character actors in peripheral roles. TV didn`t get much better than this, if ever it did. I can`t recommend this show enough to you, IF you`re over 40. If you`re younger, you`re not reading this anyway, you`re on some social-networking website trying to make believe YOU`RE a celebrity... Review: Gene Barry and THE Rolls Royce - Fell in love with this show when I was six. It was perfect entertainment, you had "Old Hollywood", Gene Barry, and the ultimate Rolls Royce SC II. What more do you want/need?
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4**R
A Great Show Packaged And Priced Right!
The first Volume of this fantastic series was housed in 4 dvd`s and a box that took up considerable shelf space- great if you don`t have a lot of box sets and want to show off the ones you do. However, for the degenerate dvd collectors like myself (there ought to be a 12-step program for those like me), this set wasted a lot of shelf space, but the second volume is a God-send, both in packaging AND the quality of this remarkable series. The show is a wonderful throw-back to a world not so long ago, yet seems like another dimension in time today - men and women were very different creatures back then, and the society at large was light years away from today`s world. And, right or wrong, I miss it, for all the right reasons. Back to the show- Gene Barry is marvelous (this was after his 'Bat Masterson' series, which I also enjoyed as a kid),Gary Conway and Regis Toomey were great in supporting roles, well-plotted stories, witty dialogue, and a carousel of incredible guest stars each and every episode- no joke, each ep had 5 or 6 famous names, plus well-known character actors in peripheral roles. TV didn`t get much better than this, if ever it did. I can`t recommend this show enough to you, IF you`re over 40. If you`re younger, you`re not reading this anyway, you`re on some social-networking website trying to make believe YOU`RE a celebrity...
K**L
Gene Barry and THE Rolls Royce
Fell in love with this show when I was six. It was perfect entertainment, you had "Old Hollywood", Gene Barry, and the ultimate Rolls Royce SC II. What more do you want/need?
B**R
Great acting
Excellent
L**N
Burke's Law is law!
It's Burke's Law--and Burke knows how to use it! This television show has drama, melodrama, humor, irony, and great acting. Gene Barry is suave, sophisticated, debonair, a man of the world: his world. He does it well as the leading man and top cop. But don't "short sheet" Gary Conway or Regis Toomey, who both are great in their supporting roles, and play well with their captain of detectives. And, most of all, don't give the "short shrift" to Leon Lontoc, who keeps his lady-loving boss moving to all those locales filled with crime, passion, mystery, and lust in the "ready to roll" Rolls.
C**S
Defintely Spelling Goldberg
I can see the signs of what was to come in 1970s "Glamour Action" shows such as Charlies Angels etc. The shows are so star studded and glamour-conscious that the stories almost get lost. Fun, but hardly riveting.
B**N
Nostalgia with Class
Volume 2 Season 1 of Burke's Law was a welcome return to witty dialogue, spontaneous one liners and genuine star studded puzzlers. Amos Burke (played by Gene Barry) was an erudite millionaire police captain who never reclined on the laurels of his wealth but attacked police work with the same gusto and spontaneity which he pursued romantic dalliances (of which there were many). From the indefatigable Sergeant Les Hart (played solidly by Regis Toomey)to the younger eager beaver Detective Tilson with a head for trivia(played by Gary Conway), the cast boasts a wide array of talent and an absence of maudlin cliches. All the cases begin with "Who Killed?" All the murder victims are odious in some way and have no shortage of enemies. It is up to Amos Burke and cohorts to break alibis and tirelessly sift through clues top determine the culprits, amidst witty exchanges of bantering and verbal jousting.Certain episodes contain Gothic overtones like "Who Kllled Avery Lord?" in which the murder of an architect has Burke pursuing a lady in white at night at a foggy estate. A murder at an exclusive spa for women "Who Killed the Eleventh Best Dressed Woman in the World? has no shortage of female suspects in a glittery world of upper crust cattiness and murderous impulses. All in all, I cannot wait for Season 2 to be unveiled.
M**4
If I knew then what I know now.
As a DVD collector, space is critical to me, the packaging for this volume of Burke's Law was nothing short of perfect. They should have packaged the first volume like this also. * All 4 discs in one package * Slimmer case As far as the Episodes?, they were great, I finished Volume two last night. If you were a fan of this show in the 60's, I can tell you, it hasn't lost any of it's greatness and the vintage commercials, while some were snoozers to watch, were tinged with nostalgia. If you like 60's crime shows, you need this in your DVD collection - Bill's Law. ************** 2011 UPDATE ************* As of me updating this review on September 17th, 2011, The studio, VCI Entertainment, has failed to release Season 2 or any of the remaining Seasons of "Burke's Law", this is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE to me as I have Season One sitting on my DVD rack collecting dust and no other season to show for it. What I did do is write to them and they informed me that CBS/Fox had the rights to the show now but then my life took over and had more important stuff to do, If I knew this was going to happen, I wouldn't have bought season one in the first place...............Lesson learned. And now that Gene Barry has passed away, you would think they would want to get the rest of the seasons out there for his fans to enjoy, but apparently not. Well BL has made me a little more careful in purchasing TV shows when they come out, now I wait until subsequent seasons come out before I start buying them, easier that way, saves me aggravation.
B**1
Not Politically Correct, but highly enjoyable.
This was, and still is, a highly enjoyable television show. The writing is quick, funny and filled with sexual overtones. Amos Burke is the ultimate intellgent, wealthy, sophiscated, cultured, playboy working as a Police Captain of Detectives who does not fight off innumerable glamorous females. No doubt it is an unacceptable program in the present Politically Correct culture. It is truly a forgotten treat from a bygone time.
P**D
BURKES. LAW DVDS BOX SET
For A Friend for a Birthday present 😊
M**E
最高におしゃれ
小学生の頃に，若山弦蔵さんの吹き替えでやっていました。子供心に，なぜ大金持ちでロールスロイスに乗っているのに警察に勤めているんだろうなどと思いながら，絶妙な吹き替えにすっかりはまって，毎週楽しみに見ていました。 今回のＤＶＤはもちろん英語版で，モノクロですが，英語が完全にわからなくとも，かつて大ファンだった私は十分楽しめました。ところどころ記憶にある場面もあり，吹き替えの台詞も何となく思い出せたりして。 ゲストも豪華です。奥様は魔女のエリザベス・モンゴメリーが出てきたり，ジーナ・ローランズやテリー・サバラスといった大物も見られます。 当時のファッションや町並み，それにアメリカのかなり上流の人たちの生活ぶりなどかいま見られ，古き良き時代のクライムコメディーを満喫することができます。 願わくは，近日中に吹き替え版もリリースされますように！
R**M
This was a great show…
This was a great show my only complaint is when are the other shows in the series going to be available…
P**P
Gene Barry portrays the sublime Burke!
Suave, sophisticated, unruffled, perceptive. Some of the adjectives which could be applied to womanising Amos Burke as well as Gene Barry's performance. Burke's Law followed in the tradition of such TV crime-shows as "77 Sunset Strip", "Hawaiian Eye" in the early 1960s.In this case the detective was a millionaire solving crimes whilst riding in a chauffered Rolls Royce. 16 episodes, with synopsis and cast, are presented in this box-set.All featuring guest cameos by Telly Savalas, Mickey Rooney, Dorothy Lamour, Broderick Crawford etc. etc. Picture and sound quality are superb, B/W of course!The show ran from 1963 to 1966 and briefly revived in 1994.Nice addition to vintage US TV collections.
L**R
fedbac
great dvd. I am giving it as a Christmas gift and am sure they will like it.
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