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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 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II. Though the original series was converted from a detective show to a spy drama in its third and final season, the revived series was again a cop show. The Rolls-Royce used in the original 1963–1965 series still exists, and is owned by a collector in Palm Beach, Florida. ==Premise== There were stylistic similarities to Barry's previous series, ''Bat Masterson'', in which he had played the debonair lawman of the old west. During the opening credits, as the title flashed onscreen, a woman's voice was heard seductively pronouncing the words "It's Burke's Law!" The title also reflected Burke's habit of dispensing wisdom to his underlings in a professorial manner, e.g.: "Never ask a question unless you already know the answer. Burke's Law." The title of each episode started with the words "Who Killed...?" with the name or description of the victim (who invariably died in the show's opening minutes) completing it. Five or six "special guest stars" would comprise the list of suspects. Burke would then be driven to the crime scene in his Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffer, Henry. In the original series, Burke was assisted by Detective Tim Tilson (Gary Conway), Detective Les Hart (Regis Toomey) and chauffeur Henry (Leon Lontoc). Two recurring characters were coroner George McLeod (Michael Fox) and lovely desk sergeant Gloria Ames (Eileen O'Neill). Tilson was a go-getting young man whose skill at finding clues and trace references didn't result in his solving the murders, being always outflanked by Burke's cool intuition, while Hart was a no-nonsense, seen-it-all veteran, perhaps a nod to Toomey's numerous roles as cops in feature films. A guest appearance by Anne Francis as female detective Honey West in the season two episode "Who Killed The Jackpot?" (Francis appeared in season one's "Who Killed Wade Walker?" in another role) led to a short-lived spin-off series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burke's Law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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