The Bold Ones: The Protectors
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Bold Ones: The Protectors |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1969-1970 |
| Production company |
Universal Television |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 7 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Crime series |
| idea | William Sackheim, Roland Wolpert |
| production | Jerrold Freedman , William Sackheim |
| First broadcast | September 28, 1969 (USA) on NBC |
| occupation | |
The Bold Ones: The Protectors is an American television series that ran in 1969 and 1970. It was developed by William Sackheim and Roland Wolpert . The main roles were played by Leslie Nielsen and Hari Rhodes . The court drama is part of the Wheel series The Bold Ones .
content
An unnamed city in California . Sam Danforth, a seasoned, die-hard, and very conservative Cleveland police officer becomes the city's new chief of police. He not only has to deal with the explosive situation in the city, he also meets the prosecutor William Washburn, a young, idealistic and liberal African American who is aiming for a political career. The two seldom agree at first, but learn to respect each other.
background
The series The Bold Ones: The Protectors relied heavily on relentless realism. To achieve this, music was largely dispensed with, including theme music, which was considered daring for the time.
The characters Danforth and Washburn are created absolutely equal, which Leslie Nielsen , who nominally had the lead role, was proud of.
Despite good reviews, The Bold Ones: The Protectors was discontinued after one season and replaced by The Bold Ones: The Senator .
occupation
| actor | Role name | consequences | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Nielsen | Sam Danforth | 1-7 | 1969-1970 |
| Hari Rhodes | William Washburn | 1-7 | 1969-1970 |
Episodes
| No. | Original title | First broadcast in the United States | Director | script | Guest actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Deadlock 1 | Feb. 22, 1969 | Lamont Johnson | Chester Krumholz , Robert E. Thompson | Aldo Ray , Ruby Dee , Beverly Todd , Dana Elcar , Fred Williamson |
| 1 | A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time | 28 Sep 1969 | Robert Day | LT Bentwood , Betty Deveraux | Edward Andrews , Charles Drake , Lorraine Gary , Fred Williamson |
| 2 | If I Should Wake Before I Die | Oct 26, 1969 | Daryl Duke | Adrian Spies | Robert Drivas , Edmond O'Brien , Gene Evans , Milton Selzer |
| 3 | Draw a straight man | Dec 14, 1969 | ? | ? | Michael Bell , Celeste Yarnall |
| 4th | The carrier | Jan. 11, 1970 | Frank Arrigo | Mark Rodgers , Barry Trivers | Louise Sorel , Clifford David , Barbara Babcock , Frank Maxwell |
| 5 | A Thing Not of God | Feb. 1, 1970 | Jerrold Freedman | Mark Rodgers | Lynn Carlin , James Broderick , John Rubinstein , Peter Brocco |
| 6th | Memo from the Class of '76 | March 8 1970 | Daryl Duke | Benjamin Masselink | Norma Crane , Billy Gray , Peter Hooten , Michael C. Gwynne |
Reviews
Stuart Galbraith IV's review focuses on the pilot, which he extensively praises. He anticipated the iconography and realistic portrayal of the suburbs of films like Dirty Harry and Focal Point Brooklyn . The following series is clearly weaker and less carefully produced, but still well above average. He finds Leslie Nielsen's performance very good, pointing out that the series is before the humorous part of Nielsen's career. Danforth is depicted humorless, but - especially in the series - so hard-nosed that he still reminds of Frank Drebin (from The Naked Cannon ). The "criminally underrated" Hari Rhodes is even better.
Joe Corey also thinks Leslie Nielsen's performance is good, but points out that you can only really appreciate it when you have made it clear that there would be no more or less comical resolution of the event. The Bold Ones: The Protectors is an “extraordinary drama” for him, it has “revolutionized the police drama” through a “documentary atmosphere” and through “the lack of a manipulative soundtrack”. He also asks why the series was so short. He comes to the conclusion that the south of the USA was not yet ready for an African American in a managerial position.
Frank Calvillo sees the series similarly. Although The Bold Ones: The Protector "never got the chance to be the series it could have been, it ran long enough to still be seen as a groundbreaking piece of television." He, too, points to the brave decision to give up music entirely, and he too asks why the series is no longer running.
DVD
The Bold Ones: The Protectors was released on DVD on September 15, 2015.
Web links
- The Bold Ones: The Protectors in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Bold Ones: The Protectors on Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Joe Corey: DVD Review: The Bold Ones: The Protectors (The Complete Series). In: InsidePulse.com. September 19, 2015, accessed April 16, 2017 .
- ^ A b Frank Calvillo: THE BOLD ONES: THE PROTECTORS - The Best Crime Drama You've Probably Never Heard Of. In: cinapse. September 18, 2015, accessed April 16, 2017 .
- ^ Hal Erickson: Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948–2008 . McFarland & Company, Jefferson 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-5452-5 , pp. 46–48 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed April 16, 2017]).
- ^ A b Stuart Galbraith IV: The Bold Ones: The Protectors - The Complete Series. In: DVDTalk. February 28, 2016, accessed April 16, 2017 .