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Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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- 01Who Killed Annie Foran?When Annie Foran's body is discovered in the back seat of a car parked at a fashionable night spot, suspicion falls on baseball star Eddie Dineen. As evidence mounts against the man, Burke wonders if Eddie is really guilty. Perhaps he should pay more attention to the slimy gossip columnist and his assistant, the wealthy socialite who has more than a passing interest in Eddie, the ball club manager, or the shifty hotel clerk. One thing is for sure, the nervous owner of the car in which the body was found is not the killer.
- 02Who Killed Don Pablo?Don Pablo Ortega's skewered corpse replaces the wax figure in a museum during a Spanish festival. The historic plaza is in danger of being demolished for ""progress"" and suspects (pro and con in the matter) include the guide at the museum, a fiery female matador, the head of the rival clan, Don Pablo's old-world mother (who reveals many secrets to Les but hides many others) and Don Pablo's aggressive business partner. With the help of a flirtatious librarian and an elderly monk, Burke uncovers centuries-old secrets (not to mention a secret passage) that lead him to the killer.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Who Killed Holly Howard?September 20, 1963—A top fashion model is found at a construction site, apparently shot to death. When it is discovered that she was drowned before she was sh - S01E02
Who Killed Mr. X?September 27, 1963—When a body is discovered dumped alongside the merry-go-round at an amusement park, clues (including a phone number on an old matchbook cove - S01E03
Who Killed Cable Roberts?October 4, 1963—When big-game hunter Cable Roberts is found shot by one of his own rifles and ""mounted"" in his trophy room, the suspects include both Robe - S01E04
Who Killed Harris Crown?October 11, 1963—Promoter Harris Crown is killed when the car he is driving goes off a cliff. Burke soon discovers that all the brake fluid had been drained - S01E05
Who Killed Julian Buck?October 18, 1963—Hemingwayesque novelist Julian Buck is found dead and Burke checks out the guests at his funeral: his publisher, a former boxer, an ex-love - S01E06
Who Killed Alex Debbs?October 25, 1963—At the opening of The Debonair Key Club, a Playboy-like nightclub/restaurant, Debonair Magazine founder Alex Debbs is found stabbed. The su - S01E07
Who Killed Sweet Betsy?November 1, 1963—Betsy Richards drinks a lethal martini and Burke investigates the Richards mansion, Betsy's three identical sisters (who may look alike, but - S01E08
Who Killed Billy Jo?November 8, 1963—Pop recording star Billy Jo Tate is slain in front of all his guests at a party celebrating his latest hit. A ""good-ol' boy"", Billy Jo is - S01E09
Who Killed Wade Walker?November 15, 1963—When millionaire Wade Walker's plane explodes mid-air, Burke confronts Walker's business partner, secretary (whom Tim has an eye for), and t - S01E10
Who Killed the Kind Doctor?November 29, 1963—Psychiatrist Eric Techman calls Burke to report that he fears one of his patients is a homicidal maniac who plans to kill him. Before he ca - S01E11
Who Killed Purity Mather?December 6, 1963—A self-proclaimed witch sends Burke a record predicting her murder, along with a list of suspects. When her body is discovered after a fire - S01E12Who Killed Cynthia Royal?December 13, 1963—A missing Siamese cat named Deborah is Burke's prime clue to the killing of Cynthia Royal. The murder victim had just arrived in town from
- S01E13Who Killed Eleanora Davis?December 20, 1963—When an unidentified brunette is discovered in a fake electric chair at a run-down amusement park/sideshow run by ""Professor"" Kingston, Bu
- S01E14Who Killed Beau Sparrow?December 27, 1963—Burke is attending a pool party at tycoon Victor Haggerty's mansion when dashing Beau Sparrow is thrown into the pool by a faulty diving app
- S01E15Who Killed Jason Shaw?January 3, 1964—When a shady businessman is found dead, fully clothed, in a hotel shower, surrounded by burned thousand dollar bills, Burke is confronted wi
- S01E16Who Killed Snookie Martinelli?January 10, 1964—At a jet-set party, it appears to Tim and Les that the victim of a fatal shooting is - - - - Burke! Was Burke really the victim and who was
- S01E17Who Killed What's His Name?January 17, 1964—When the president of a bank is shot during a robbery, the only description Burke can get of the killer is that he was ""just ordinary"". B
- S01E18Who Killed Madison Cooper?January 24, 1964—Hotshot lawyer Madison Cooper calls Burke as he dies in a seedy part of town of stab wounds inflicted elsewhere. He had just put a large am
- S01E19Who Killed April?January 31, 1964—Tim's mother is in town for a visit and provides several vital clues that solve the murder of April Adams. Tracking the victim to a carhop-
- S01E20Who Killed Carrie Cornell?February 14, 1964—A group of ""junior cadets"" discover the body of a bikini-clad girl wrapped in chains, lying in the surf. The victim, a singer and sometim
- S01E21
Who Killed His Royal Highness?February 21, 1964—The Grand Duke, Maximilian Karol Alexandrei Kadarian, collapses at a banquet. The Grand Duke was famous locally as phony royalty, who owned - S01E22Who Killed Marty Kelso?February 28, 1964—After a party celebrating his marriage to an Italian movie starlet, producer Marty Kelso falls down a flight of stairs and gets a letter ope
- S01E23Who Killed Avery Lord?March 6, 1964—Burke follows a mournful song, an odd-looking key and an elusive young girl in white, after industrial designer Avery Lord is stabbed to dea
- S01E24Who Killed Andy Zygmunt?March 13, 1964—When pop artist Andy Zygmunt is discovered impaled on one of his works, Burke finds that several of Zygmunt's paintings contain materials us
- S01E25Who Killed the Paper Dragon?March 20, 1964—During Chinese New Year celebrations, a car crashes into a street full of revelers. After the Chinese woman behind the wheel flees the scen
- S01E26Who Killed Molly?March 27, 1964—A rose-covered cottage is the scene for the death of a seemingly ordinary housewife. Burke and Tim (who is contemplating settling down with
- S01E27Who Killed WHO IV?April 3, 1964—One of the riders at a fashionable fox hunt must have bludgeoned wealthy W. H. O. IV (pronounced ""Who Four"") to death with a horseshoe. T
- S01E28Who Killed Annie Foran?April 10, 1964When Annie Foran's body is discovered in the back seat of a car parked at a fashionable night spot, suspicion falls on baseball star Eddie D
- S01E29Who Killed My Girl?April 17, 1964—When an old flame of Burke's is gunned down, he uncovers the darker side of her relationship with several men. The former chauffeur for the
- S01E30Who Killed the Eleventh Best Dressed Woman in the World?April 24, 1964—A notorious homewrecker is discovered dead in a mud bath at a fashionable spa. Burke soon learns that every other guest at the spa, includi
- S01E31Who Killed Don Pablo?May 1, 1964Don Pablo Ortega's skewered corpse replaces the wax figure in a museum during a Spanish festival. The historic plaza is in danger of being
- S01E32Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee?May 8, 1964—The co-owner of a fashion house is killed in an elevator collapse that may not have been an accident. Les is convinced that it is the work
Season02
- S02E01Who Killed the Surf Broad?September 16, 1964—An up-and-coming actress dies while surfing, apparently from an obscure medieval poison. But how was it administered? When Burke is faced
- S02E02Who Killed Vaudeville?September 23, 1964—The burlesque comedy team of Witt, Watt and Who (now an accountant, a desk clerk and a bartender with a dark secret), a professor of the str
- S02E03Who Killed Cassandra Cass?September 30, 1964—After Cassandra Cass is shot in her bed (by a mysterious hooded figure) while her butler draws her bath, it is revealed that she has been bl
- S02E04Who Killed the Horne of Plenty?October 7, 1964—A sniper kills the head of a model agency during a fashionable lawn party. The suspects include the victim's business partner, his disc joc
- S02E05Who Killed Everybody?October 14, 1964—A showgirl jumps out of a cake at a stag party, only to discover all the guests dead. Each of the four wealthy men had a wife who had good
- S02E06Who Killed Mr. Cartwheel?October 21, 1964—Burke goes cowboy at a tourist-style Old West town, after the hanging of Emerson Cartwheel at a coin auction. The clue is a valuable rare c
- S02E07Who Killed Cornelius Gilbert?October 28, 1964—A hotel tycoon is electrocuted while climbing out of his swimming pool. A scrap of plaid cloth from a coat lining and a St. Christopher's m
- S02E08Who Killed Lenore Wingfield?November 4, 1964—Wealthy Lenore is blown away by a shotgun blast while sailing on a barge in her pool, dressed as Cleopatra, and is discovered by one of the
- S02E09Who Killed the Richest Man in the World?November 11, 1964—A sniper fires through the window of the suite of the richest man in the world, who is planning on selling an oil lease to one of several bi
- S02E10Who Killed the Tall One in the Middle?November 25, 1964—The lead singer in a sister trio act is poisoned. Both the surviving sisters hated the victim, but others had motive as well: the nightclu
- S02E11Who Killed Merlin the Great?December 2, 1964—Merlin the Great's famous escape-from-a-coffin trick backfires when it is discovered that he has been shot while ""buried"" in a hotel pool
- S02E12Who Killed 711?December 9, 1964—This victim was scheduled to go before a grand jury but was slain in a hotel elevator before he could testify. The solution to the crime mu
- S02E13Who Killed Supersleuth?December 16, 1964—The five greatest detectives in the world become murder suspects when Police Chief Gaynor is murdered in a locked room right under the noses
- S02E14Who Killed the Swinger on a Hook?December 23, 1964—Someone seems to be systematically killing a group of individuals on a list. One name on the list - Amos Burke. What is the connection betw
- S02E15Who Killed Davidian Jonas?December 30, 1964—A shipping tycoon's corpse is discovered draped over his yacht's anchor when it is hoisted out of the water. The tycoon's intended merger w
- S02E16Who Killed The Strangler?January 6, 1965—A famous wrestler is slain during a charity match and the killer is one of five people seated in the ""Gold Row"": the victim's sister (who
- S02E17Who Killed Mother Goose?January 13, 1965—The beloved author of a series of children's books is strangled with her typewriter ribbon. Burke determines that the victim meant to leave
- S02E18Who Killed the Toy Soldier?January 20, 1965—Granny Grabber, the not-so-nice head of a toy firm, is blown sky high by a bomb placed in his giant toy soldier cigar lighter. The killer h
- S02E19Who Killed Rosie Sunset?January 27, 1965—Why would anyone kill sweet old Rosie Sunset, who sold maps to the movie stars homes? An heiress who was seen giving Rosie a ride, Rosie's
- S02E20Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings?February 3, 1965—An ace shot by a tennis star blows up in his face at a charity event, after one of his tennis balls has been loaded with explosives. Burke
- S02E21Who Killed the Fat Cat?February 10, 1965—A big business wheeler-dealer, formerly part of a carny consortium, meets his end after injesting cyanide - but he didn't eat or drink anyth
- S02E22Who Killed the Man on the White Horse?February 17, 1965—Cowboy movie star Clayton Steele is grand marshall at the rodeo, but in the final parade, he rides into the arena, already dead, his neck br
- S02E23Who Killed the 13th Clown?February 24, 1965—At Raff's International Circus, 13 clowns pile into a tiny car, but only 12 come out alive. The thirteenth has been skewered. It turns out
- S02E24Who Killed Mr. Colby in Ladies' Lingerie?March 3, 1965—With Burke out of town, Tim, Les and Sgt. Ames have to discover who is responsible for the murder of a blackmailer found propped among the m
- S02E25Who Killed the Rest?March 17, 1965—Burke's vacation south of the border is anything but restful when he is jailed for the murder of a gossip columnist and a popular local fish
- S02E26Who Killed Cop Robin?March 24, 1965—Burke's mentor is slain in a dark alley. His killer may be a suspect from one of his former cases who got off, but who was actually guilty.
- S02E27Who Killed Nobody Somehow?March 31, 1965—Author Graham Tree is poisoned at a party celebrating the publication of his new book. Tree miraculously survives and now it is Burke's job
- S02E28Who Killed Hamlet?April 7, 1965—Burke attends the opening night of ""Hamlet"" and later discovers that someone has arranged for the star, Roland Trivers, NOT ""to be"". Th
- S02E29Who Killed the Rabbit's Husband?April 14, 1965—When a wealthy physician is shot, his wife disappears. It seems she has a habit of running away when things get tough. Is she the murderer
- S02E30Who Killed the Jackpot?April 21, 1965—When a wealthy banker is found murdered in a seedy hotel, it becomes a race to see who will catch the killer first - Burke or glamorous priv
- S02E31Who Killed the Grand Piano?April 28, 1965—Pianist Artur Bachner's concert ends with a bang when his piano explodes, killing him. Anyone could have tampered with it during the backst
- S02E32Who Killed the Card?May 5, 1965—The head of a greeting card firm was killed, but not by the arrow protruding from his body. It was slow, methodical arsenic poisoning. His
Season03
- S03E01Balance of TerrorSeptember 15, 1965—
- S03E02Operation Long ShadowSeptember 22, 1965—
- S03E03Steam HeatSeptember 29, 1965—
- S03E04Password to DeathOctober 6, 1965—
- S03E05The Man with the PowerOctober 13, 1965—
- S03E06Nightmare in the SunOctober 20, 1965—
- S03E07The Prisoners of Mr. SinOctober 27, 1965—
- S03E08Peace, It's a GasserNovember 3, 1965—
- S03E09The WeaponNovember 10, 1965—
- S03E10Deadlier Than the MaleNovember 17, 1965—
- S03E11Whatever Happend to Adriana, and Why Won't She Stay Dead?December 1, 1965—
- S03E12The Man's MenDecember 8, 1965—
- S03E13Or No TomorrowDecember 15, 1965—
- S03E14A Little Gift for CairoDecember 22, 1965—
- S03E15A Very Important Russian is MissingDecember 29, 1965—
- S03E16Terror in a Tiny Town (1)January 5, 1966—
- S03E17Terror in a Tiny Town (2)January 12, 1966—
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