The Last Precinct

*The Last Precinct*
The Last Precinct
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Genre	Comedy-drama; Police procedural
Created by	Stephen J. Cannell; Frank Lupo
Directed by	Hy Averback; Michael Lange
Starring	(See article)
Composers	Mike Post (1.1); Pete Carpenter (1.1)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Stephen J. Cannell
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 26 –; May 30, 1986

The Last Precinct is an American police comedy-drama television series that premiered on NBC January 26, and then aired weekly from April 11 to May 30, 1986, on Friday nights at 9:00pm. The series stars Adam West as Capt. Rick Wright, leading a group of misfit police academy rejects.^[1] The pilot for the Stephen J. Cannell series debuted after Super Bowl XX in 1986, but the show was canceled within two months of its April premiere.^[2] This was the only sitcom from Stephen J. Cannell Productions.

Plot

An odd mix of cops, including a transgender woman and an Elvis impersonator, are given one final opportunity to distinguish themselves in the field of law enforcement, when they are assigned to the 56th Precinct, Los Angeles' seediest and most woebegone unit. Under the leadership of Capt. Rick Wright, these losers-in-blue attempt possible redemption, if they can make an arrest without killing themselves.^[3]

Cast

Adam West as Capt. Rick Wright
Rick Ducommun as Officer William "Raid" Raider
Ernie Hudson as Sgt. "Night Train" Lane
Randi Brooks as Officer Mel Brubaker
Vijay Amritraj as Alphabet
Pete Willcox as The King
Keenan Wynn as Butch
Hank Rolike as Sundance
Jonathan Perpich as Sgt. Price Pascall
Lucy Lee Flippin as Officer Rina Starland
Wings Hauser as Lt. Ronald Hobbs
Yana Nirvana as Sgt. Martha Haggerty
Geoffrey Elliot as Justin Dial
James Cromwell as Chief Bludhorn
Thomas F. Duffy as Harvey
Nicholas Kadi as Norton

Episodes

Nº	Title	Directed by	Written by	Air date
TVM	"Pilot"	Hy Averback	Frank Lupo & Stephen J. Cannell	January 26, 1986 (1986-01-26)
1	"The Gorilla-Gram"	Michael Lange	Frank Lupo	April 11, 1986 (1986-04-11)
2	"Mr. Cool"	Michael Lange	Robert Goethals	April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18)
3	"I Want My Mummy"	Bob Sweeney	Paul Bernbaum	April 25, 1986 (1986-04-25)
4	"Never Cross a Vampire"	Michael Lange	Paul Bernbaum	May 2, 1986 (1986-05-02)
5	"A Ghost of a Chance"	Bruce Kessler	Frank Lupo	May 9, 1986 (1986-05-09)
6	"Toehold"	David Hemmings	Jim Mulligan	May 16, 1986 (1986-05-16)
7	"Three-Ring Circus"	Michael Lange	Paul Bernbaum & Robert Goethals & Jim Mulligan	May 30, 1986 (1986-05-30)

References

^ Sonsky, Steve (December 7, 1985). "U.S. networks weed our failures in crucial midseason facelifts". Ottawa Citizen. Knight Ridder. p. C20. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
^ "Last Precinct". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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External links

The Last Precinct at IMDb (pilot)
The Last Precinct at IMDb (series)

[oc851207-1] Sonsky, Steve (December 7, 1985). "U.S. networks weed our failures in crucial midseason facelifts". Ottawa Citizen. Knight Ridder. p. C20. Retrieved March 21, 2010.

[2] "Last Precinct". Retrieved 31 October 2016.

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