"Burke's Law" was a hit prime-time TV series that aired on ABC in 1963 and ran until 1966. It starred Gene Barry in the title roll (for which he won a Golden Globe - Best TV Actor Award in 1965) of an LA chief of detectives, who also happened to be a millionaire! Each episode featured unusual plot twists, glamorous settings and a fabulous list of guest stars. So good it was brought back for a brief run in 1994! VCI will be releasing season one in two separate collector's sets of 16 episodes each. Digitally remastered from the original 35mm master, each collection will also include 'bonus' original commercials and previews.
These detailed plans for DVD releases of
Burke's Law - Season 1, Volume 1 and
Season 1, Volume 2 are among the various TV-on-DVD titles that VCI Entertainment has
revealed in a "sneak peak" as being among the packages they are working on for future releases. Among the first season guest stars for this original '63 version of the show are Elizabeth Montgomery, Jim Backus, Soupy Sales, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Paul Lynde, John Saxon, Barbara Eden, Juliet Prowse, Joan Blondell, Eva Gabor, Don Rickles, Rita Moreno, Ed Begley, Aaron Spelling, Keenan Wynn, Sammy Davis Jr., Burgess Meredith, Tina Louise, Ida Lupino, Cesar Romero, David Niven, Anne Francis, Nancy Sinatra (and an uncredited appearance by her dad, Frank Sinatra), Annette Funicello, Telly Savalas, Gloria Swanson, Dean Jones, Agnes Moorehead, Yvonne De Carlo, June Allyson, Tammy Grimes, Broderick Crawford, Carl Reiner and many others we missed...and that's just for the first 16 episodes on the first DVD release! The other sixteen episodes from the first season are also star-studded, including Dick Clark, William Shatner, Mickey Rooney and Jayne Mansfield just for starters.
No further details about these releases of
Burke's Law are available just yet, but we wanted to pass along VCI's plans to all of our readers! Our thanks to one of you, reader Craig Bell, for tipping us off about this information. Stay tuned and we'll keep you updated.
