Burke's Law: Season One Volume Two

"Burke's Law Season One Part Two ... Gene Barry ... VCI Ent. (2008)"
VCI Entertainment presents "BURKE'S LAW-SEASON ONE - VOLUME TWO" (20 September 1963) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- On 4 DVD's 16 episodes exceptional quality, produced by Aaron Spelling --- Burke's Law is a detective series which ran on ABC from 1963 to 1966 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s --- The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire Los Angeles Chief of Detectives, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce --- The best of the Cary Grant clones was Gene Barry --- In his career Barry was a male model, had good breeding and seductive whiskey voice --- Barry was also TV's greatest reactors --- With a multitude of comic takes that was perfect for Amos Burke, who had to confront an unending series of eccentric subjects --- Yet he could turn around and romance the ladies or get tough with the tough guys. And he was a good enough actor to hold up his end when the heavy dramatics intervened.

The 1964 Golden Globe Winner best TV Show & Best...

Outstanding!
I had actually been searching for a company to put out DVD's of "Burke's Law" and all of a sudden there they were (at least Season 1). I have been thrilled with both volumes of that first season. I remembered this show being on TV in the 60's and loving it and to go back and view the shows again has been wonderful. All the characters: Capt. Burke, Tim, & Les are there in their respective roles making the show special. Gene Barry was created for this part of the rich, debonaire, handsome police captain and he carries the part well. Someone always has to be the murder victim in each show of course but murder is never glorified. It is the old "Who DunIt" format that I like. If you remember this show and liked it then these DVD's are for you.

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...

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