Burke's Law: Season 1 Volume Two

Volume 2 Season 1 of Burke's Law was a welcome return to witty dialogue, spontaneous one liners and genuine star studded puzzlers. Amos Burke (played by Gene Barry) was an erudite millionaire police captain who never reclined on the laurels of his wealth but attacked police work with the same gusto and spontaneity which he pursued romantic dalliances (of which there were many). From the indefatigable Sergeant Les Hart (played solidly by Regis Toomey)to the younger eager beaver Detective Tilson with a head for trivia(played by Gary Conway), the cast boasts a wide array of talent and an absence of maudlin cliches. All the cases begin with "Who Killed?" All the murder victims are odious in some way and have no shortage of enemies. It is up to Amos Burke and cohorts to break alibis and tirelessly sift through clues top determine the culprits, amidst witty exchanges of bantering and verbal jousting.Certain episodes contain Gothic overtones like "Who Kllled Avery Lord?" in which the murder of an architect has Burke pursuing a lady in white at night at a foggy estate. A murder at an exclusive spa for women "Who Killed the Eleventh Best Dressed Woman in the World? has no shortage of female suspects in a glittery world of upper crust cattiness and murderous impulses. All in all, I cannot wait for Season 2 to be unveiled.

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 every episode- no joke, each ep had 5 or 6 famous names, plus well-known character actors in peripheral roles. TV didn`t get much better than this, if ever it did. I can`t recommend this show enough to you, IF you`re over 40. If you`re younger, you`re not reading this anyway, you`re on some social-networking website trying to make believe YOU`RE a celebrity...

This was, and still is, a highly enjoyable television show. The writing is quick, funny and filled with sexual overtones. Amos Burke is the ultimate intellgent, wealthy, sophiscated, cultured, playboy working as a Police Captain of Detectives who does not fight off innumerable glamorous females. No doubt it is an unacceptable program in the present Politically Correct culture. It is truly a forgotten treat from a bygone time.

Burk's Law was my mom's favorite show on television, along with Perry Mason. I really got interested in the show when they started showing it on ME_TV KVOS. on Sunday morning., but they cancelled it. But I got to see why my mom was so crazy about the show back in the early to mid sixties, and decided to secure volume 1 and 2 of season 1, and found the picture and audio to be very good, much better than some black and white shows that are that old. Featuring Gene Barry as bon vivant millionaire police captain Amos Burke,who always gets his pick of the beautiful ladies.Co-starring Gary Conway, Regis Toomey, and Henry Tonloc. Every episode begins with "Who Killed......?" Captain Burke always manages to solve the case. This was Aaron Spelling's first big show on television. guest starring Mary Ann Mobley, Tina Louise, Annette Funicello, and other beautiful starlets of the 1960's. Also has old commercials of the period .Just one one question. What's keeping season 2?

I have heard about this series for years, and saw the reboot made in the 90's, but never the original. After finding the first part of the first season at my local ARC, I decided to see if the se ond half of the first season was available. A pre-curser to other murder mystery series with revolving guest stars, I think it was pretty good... it's too bad the format was changed the third season, and I hope the second season is available soon.

As a DVD collector, space is critical to me, the packaging for this volume of Burke's Law was nothing short of perfect. They should have packaged the first volume like this also.* All 4 discs in one package* Slimmer caseAs far as the Episodes?, they were great, I finished Volume two last night. If you were a fan of this show in the 60's, I can tell you, it hasn't lost any of it's greatness and the vintage commercials, while some were snoozers to watch, were tinged with nostalgia.If you like 60's crime shows, you need this in your DVD collection - Bill's Law.************** 2011 UPDATE *************As of me updating this review on September 17th, 2011, The studio, VCI Entertainment, has failed to release Season 2 or any of the remaining Seasons of "Burke's Law", this is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE to me as I have Season One sitting on my DVD rack collecting dust and no other season to show for it.What I did do is write to them and they informed me that CBS/Fox had the rights to the show now but then my life took over and had more important stuff to do, If I knew this was going to happen, I wouldn't have bought season one in the first place...............Lesson learned.And now that Gene Barry has passed away, you would think they would want to get the rest of the seasons out there for his fans to enjoy, but apparently not.Well BL has made me a little more careful in purchasing TV shows when they come out, now I wait until subsequent seasons come out before I start buying them, easier that way, saves me aggravation.

Suave, sophisticated, unruffled, perceptive. Some of the adjectives which could be applied to womanising Amos Burke as well as Gene Barry's performance. Burke's Law followed in the tradition of such TV crime-shows as "77 Sunset Strip", "Hawaiian Eye" in the early 1960s.In this case the detective was a millionaire solving crimes whilst riding in a chauffered Rolls Royce. 16 episodes, with synopsis and cast, are presented in this box-set.All featuring guest cameos by Telly Savalas, Mickey Rooney, Dorothy Lamour, Broderick Crawford etc. etc. Picture and sound quality are superb, B/W of course!The show ran from 1963 to 1966 and briefly revived in 1994.Nice addition to vintage US TV collections.

great dvd. I am giving it as a Christmas gift and am sure they will like it.

This was a great show my only complaint is when are the other shows in the series going to be available…

This series is a lot of fun and very entertaining.

Worth every penny