Burke's Law is a 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. There were stylistic similarities to Barry's previous series, Bat Masterson, in which he had played the debonair lawman of the old west. During the opening credits, as the title flashed onscreen, a woman's voice was heard seductively pronouncing the words "It's Burke's Law!" The title also reflected Burke's... habit of dispensing wisdom to his underlings in a professorial manner, e.g.: "Never ask a question unless you already know the answer. Burke's Law." The title of each episode started with the words "Who Killed?" with the name or description of the victim completing it. In the original series, other characters were Detective Tim Tilson , Detective Les Hart , Sergeant Ames , and chauffeur Henry .
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| On the air: | September 20, 1963-May 1, 1965 |
| Number of seasons: | 3 |
| Network: | ABC1 |
| Producer: | Aaron Spelling |