When not diagnosing subdural haematomas or performing emergency tracheotomies with a biro, our hero is at his best communing with the Common Man. By the time that happened, Krugman HAD had Larson kicked off the show (though very handsomely recompensed) and pretty much worked with a completely new team from there on in (including several members of his own family).Īrmed only with an unwavering moral compass and one of the finest toupees in Hollywood, ‘Quince’ (no first name supplied) fought the good fight against The Establishment in defence of the underdog week in week out, touching on such topical issues as police corruption, domestic abuse and the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents. It began as a series of feature-length specials in the Columbo mould before becoming a weekly hour show. The one bona-fide exception to Larson’s reactive copycat tendency in the 1970s was medical-cum-mystery show Quincy, M.E. It was originally written for Robert Wagner and then offered to James Earl Jones but eventually became a hit starring Jack Klugman. ![]() At least Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-80) was a genuine, attributed remake … Thus Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) begat Alias Smith and Jones (1971-73) Coogan’s Bluff (1968) became McCloud (1970-77) Burt Reynolds’ back-to-back hits Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and Hooper (1978) spawned BJ and the Bear (1979-81) and The Fall Guy (1981-86) while Battlestar Galactica (1978-79) cashed-in on Star Wars (1977). Larceny’ by Harlan Ellison for his quick-off-the-mark TV projects ‘inspired’ by recent movie hits. Larson (1937-2014) was nicknamed ‘Glen A. Hollywood writer-producer-composer Glen A. This brief review is offered as part of Tuesday’s Overlooked Film & TV meme hosted by Todd Mason over at his Sweet Freedom blog, ![]() ![]() Jack Klugman, one of the best actors who ever worked on American film and TV, was already a 25-year veteran, and star of the hit sitcom The Odd Couple, when he scored his biggest personal success in Quincy, which ran for 7 years. “You are about to enter the most fascinating sphere of police work, the world of forensic medicine”
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