Joseph Wambaugh

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Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’ TrailerFrom the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One TrailerThe Blue Knight Trailer

  Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937) is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. Several of his first novels were set in Los Angeles, California, and its surroundings, and featured Los Angeles police officers as protagonists.

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Cop Stories: The Making of Richard Fleischer’s ‘The New Centurions’ Trailer (2016)

09 November 2016

Joseph Wambaugh wrote his first novel 'The New Centurions' while still active as a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, and his fact-based, painfully realistic book became a nation-wide bestseller when it came out in 1971.

The Blue Knight Trailer (1975)

09 May 1975

In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of his partner.

From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One Trailer (1992)

29 November 1992

In the first of a potential series of films inspired by the real-life experiences of Los Angeles police officer turned bestselling author Joseph Wambaugh, an on-the-skids detective, with memories of having accidentally shot and killed his partner while they were pursuing a pair of bank robbers, tries to put his life back in order.

The Blue Knight Trailer (1973)

11 November 1973

Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.

The Onion Field Trailer (1979)

09 September 1979

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.

The Black Marble Trailer (1980)

07 March 1980

When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partner -- the pragmatic Sgt.

Big John Morrison Trailer (1973)

23 October 1973

Detectives Calabrese and Jameson become emotionally involved in a robbery/homicide/rape crime spree when a friend becomes a victim.

The New Centurions Trailer (1972)

03 August 1972

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran.

The Choirboys Trailer (1977)

23 December 1977

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert Trailer (1993)

19 November 1993

A lady private eye on her first job working a routine divorce case teams up with a cynical, heavy-drinking police detective after inadvertently stumbling upon a much bigger caper involving a mysterious fugitive.

Echoes in the Darkness Trailer (1987)

01 November 1987

Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Res

A Cry for Justice Trailer (1979)

23 May 1979

Due to hasty investigations and questionable methods of two police sergeants, two hoodlums are convicted for a robbery in which a patrolman was seriously injured.

The Glitter Dome Trailer (1984)

18 November 1984

Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie mogul that was moonlighting by making child porno pictures.

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop Trailer (1980)

28 April 1980

14 year police veteran, Evelyn Carter looks to make it to retirement while experiencing the highs and lows of police work in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.