Burke's Law

Season 3

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 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

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17 Episodes

Balance of Terror
E1
Episode 1Balance of TerrorIn his first mission as a secret agent, Burke replaces and pretends to be both pilot and deliveryman Schreiner to infiltrate a syndicate that smuggles Red Chinese gold into Latin America to finance rebels.
Operation Long Shadow
E2
Episode 2Operation Long ShadowIn a combination of ""Day of the Jackal"" and ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"", Burke is sent to Paris to lacate the missing son of an American diplomat. The boy disappeared shortly after someone murdered his father's girlfriend by pushing her off the Eiffel Tower. When Burke arrives, he finds himself involved in a bizarre plot to assassinate Charles de Gaulle that takes him across the French countryside.
Steam Heat
E3
Episode 3Steam HeatBurke infiltrates the organization of a deported mobster who has employed the talents of a diabolical chemist and the funds of foreign governments to execute a fiendish plan to sack New York City and carry out political assassination.
Password to Death
E4
Episode 4Password to DeathWhen persons trying to contact British agents say a password are killed, Burke is directed to investigate and finds a plot to use a Soviet satellite launch and a phony atomic threat to lure British defenses to an underground gas trap.
The Man with the Power
E5
Episode 5The Man with the PowerAmos helps a scientist who has invented a new type bomb and his assistant defect but the scientist is kidnapped during the escape and help for a ransom of uncut diamond under threat of exploding the bomb in Vienna.
Nightmare in the Sun
E6
Episode 6Nightmare in the SunBurke in Mexico to ensure the passage of a treaty gets embroiled in a conspiracy to derail the treaty between a Mexican labor leader and a Mexican industrialist who want it to appear that the United States wants to assassinate the leader.
The Prisoners of Mr. Sin
E7
Episode 7The Prisoners of Mr. SinBurke is sent to a Pacific island run by a ruthless dwarf profiteer to extract a U.S. intelligence cryptographer with a photographic memory in order to prevent intelligence secrets from being compromised.
Peace, It's a Gasser
E8
Episode 8Peace, It's a GasserBurke must infiltrate an international criminal organization which plans to use a peace group's plan to use an LSD gas to render the Washington D.C. population ineffective as a cover to steal military secrets.
The Weapon
E9
Episode 9The WeaponTo gain business and political secrets, a Machiavellian mogul uses a newly developed drug which gains immediate truthful answers followed by the subjects drug induced unstoppable desire to commit suicide.
Deadlier Than the Male
E10
Episode 10Deadlier Than the MaleBurke must thwart the plan of the ruthless wife of an exiled South American dictator to hide the terminal illness so the dictator can get revolutionary financing from the Chinese who want a foothold in South America.
Whatever Happend to Adriana, and Why Won't She Stay Dead?
E11
Episode 11Whatever Happend to Adriana, and Why Won't She Stay Dead?
The Man's Men
E12
Episode 12The Man's MenThe title refers to the operatives of Burke's boss, ""The Man"". The Man has devised an ambitious project entitled Operation Eyeball. It is a plan to bug every foreign embassy in the world. Shortly before the plan is to be put into effect, a microfilm containing a list of American agents assigned to the operation is stolen, along with a photograph of each one. The list is being offered in trade for seven million in diamonds for international bidding on future targets. Even though the ransom is paid, The Man knows the list has been copied and so orders Burke and female agent Sylvia Kellogg to kill everyone connected with the theft. As they carry out the mission, Burke begins to suspect that Sylvia is working for the other side.
Or No Tomorrow
E13
Episode 13Or No TomorrowWhen the government receives a note demanding the release of two spies under threat of the release of a virulent rice fungus on the Asian mainland, Burke is sent to investigate in Ceylon where the developer of the fungus resides.
A Little Gift for Cairo
E14
Episode 14A Little Gift for CairoSheik Farid, deposed King of Egypt, is collecting a secret aresenal of weapons to take over what he has lost. The Man assigns Burke to foil Farid's takeover plans. To help him, he has an elderly but effective British agent named Agatha Carruthers. Burke plans to romance Farid's mistress, Yasmin, and plant a bug in a fake diamond pendant he plans to give her.
A Very Important Russian is Missing
E15
Episode 15A Very Important Russian is MissingThe United States and Russia collaborate on finding a Soviet agent, Borodin, feared kidnapped by China. Both the U. S. and U.S.S.R. worry that the Red Chinese will extract the many military secrets he carries in his head. A top Soviet agent, Pavlov, is sent to assist Burke in locating the missing Borodin. They learn that Borodin has been smuggled into Switzerland in the carcass of a dead ox and is being held in a state of suspended animation. Deceptions lead Burke to finally discover that Russians are actually holding Borodin for a ransom of 4 million dollars.
Terror in a Tiny Town (1)
E16
Episode 16Terror in a Tiny Town (1)Harlan O'Brien, Chief Security Officer at the nuclear power plant in the small town of Sorrel, is shot by a policeman after going berserk in a restaurant. After his death, Burke goes to investigate the death of his old war buddy and finds the townspeople all seem to be under some form of mass hypnosis. Expressionless, they refuse to discuss anything but their great loyalty to their town. Burke tries to uncover the truth about an orgnanization known as The Friends of Progress. The town leader, ex-Congressman Jed Hawkes, seems sane enough until he suddenly orders the citizens to kill Burke. A mob forms and they finally corner Burke in a laundromat. Five of the seemingly ""normal"" people enter with shotguns and come after Burke as the episode ends.
Terror in a Tiny Town (2)
E17
Episode 17Terror in a Tiny Town (2)This episode continues the plot of Part 1.Escaping, Amos goes to see The Man and learns that he is wanted for murder. He returns to Sorrel and finds the secret that Harlan O'Brien knew: the town has been brainwashed by subliminal tapes broadcast from station KJHS. Hawkes is behind the entire scheme - he has stolen an atom bomb from the plant, piece by piece, and hidden it inside a statue in Washington, D. C. Burke allows himself to be arrested, then manages to get the zombie-like citizens to turn on Hawkes. The bomb squad finds the stolen atom bomb and successfully defuses it.