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[[Image:BlueK.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The Blue Knight'' (1973)]] | [[Image:BlueK.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The Blue Knight'' (1973)]] | ||
'''''The Blue Knight''''' is a 1973 television film based on the best-selling crime novel of the same name written by Joseph Wambaugh. [[William Holden]] stars in the film as "Bumper" Morgan, a veteran LAPD patrol officer one week from his retirement who looks to solve one last crime before he leaves. The film, which originally ran over two nights in the US on NBC, would also inspire a 1974 television series of the same name starred [[George Kennedy]] as Morgan. | '''''The Blue Knight''''' is a 1973 television film based on the best-selling crime novel of the same name written by Joseph Wambaugh (''[[The New Centurions]], [[The Onion Field]]''), the former LAPD veteran officer turned crime novelist. [[William Holden]] stars in the film as "Bumper" Morgan, a veteran LAPD patrol officer one week from his retirement who looks to solve one last crime before he leaves. The film, which originally ran over two nights in the US on NBC, would also inspire a 1974 television series of the same name starred [[George Kennedy]] as Morgan. | ||
{{Film Title|The Blue Knight}} | {{Film Title|The Blue Knight}} | ||
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==Smith & Wesson Model 28== | ==Smith & Wesson Model 28== | ||
Officer "Bumper" Morgan ([[William Holden]]) carries a [[Smith & Wesson Model 28]] as his sidearm. | Officer "Bumper" Morgan ([[William Holden]]) carries a [[Smith & Wesson Model 28]] as his sidearm. | ||
[[ | [[File:Model28grip.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 28 'Highway Patrolman', 4" barrel - .357 Magnum]] | ||
[[File:BlueK 13.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Officer "Bumper" Morgan ([[William Holden]]) uses his [[Smith & Wesson Model 28]].]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:08, 29 July 2023
The Blue Knight is a 1973 television film based on the best-selling crime novel of the same name written by Joseph Wambaugh (The New Centurions, The Onion Field), the former LAPD veteran officer turned crime novelist. William Holden stars in the film as "Bumper" Morgan, a veteran LAPD patrol officer one week from his retirement who looks to solve one last crime before he leaves. The film, which originally ran over two nights in the US on NBC, would also inspire a 1974 television series of the same name starred George Kennedy as Morgan.
The following weapons were used in the film The Blue Knight:
Smith & Wesson Model 28
Officer "Bumper" Morgan (William Holden) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 28 as his sidearm.
