Burke's Law
Amos Burke was a Los Angeles chief of detectives who was also a millionaire with a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce, a mansion, and a high-wheeling lifestyle. This series was noted for its glamorous, sophisticatedy settings, unusual twists on formula homicide plots, and big-name guest stars. After a couple of seasons, its format was radically revamped. Burke left the police force and became an agent for US intelligence, and, the show's name changed; Amos Burke; Secret Agent. Burke's adventures were briefly revived in 1994, under the original title.
- 1963-1966
- 3 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Suspense, Drama
- TV-PG
Amos Burke was a Los Angeles chief of detectives who was also a millionaire with a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce, a mansion, and a high-wheeling lifestyle. This series was noted for its glamorous, sophisticatedy settings, unusual twists on formula homicide plots, and big-name guest stars. After a couple of seasons, its format was radically revamped. Burke left the police force and became an agent for US intelligence, and, the show's name changed; Amos Burke; Secret Agent. Burke's adventures were briefly revived in 1994, under the original title.
Season 3 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 1965 - 1966
Episode 1
Balance of Terror
Wed, Sep 15, 1965 60 mins
In 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.
Episode 2
Operation Long Shadow
Wed, Sep 22, 1965 60 mins
Burke is assigned to rescue the son of an Algerian diplomat apparently kidnapped for ransom but uncovers a more serious plot to overthrow the French government.
Episode 3
Steam Heat
Wed, Sep 29, 1965 60 mins
Burke 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.
Episode 4
Password to Death
Wed, Oct 6, 1965 60 mins
When 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.
Episode 5
The Man with the Power
Wed, Oct 13, 1965 60 mins
Amos 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.
Episode 6
Nightmare in the Sun
Wed, Oct 20, 1965 60 mins
Burke 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.
Episode 7
The Prisoners of Mr. Sin
Wed, Oct 27, 1965 60 mins
Burke 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.
Episode 8
Peace, It's a Gasser
Wed, Nov 3, 1965 60 mins
Burke 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.
Episode 9
The Weapon
Wed, Nov 10, 1965 60 mins
To 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.
Episode 10
Deadlier Than the Male
Wed, Nov 17, 1965 60 mins
Burke 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.
Episode 11
Whatever Happened to Adriana and Why Won't She Stay Dead?
Wed, Dec 1, 1965 60 mins
Burke must remove the blackmail threat from a Sicilian official while using this event to locate and stop the shipment of missiles by a ruthless arm dealers to Latin America.
Episode 12
The Man's Men
Wed, Dec 8, 1965 60 mins
Burke must track downtown insiders responsible for theft of agency personnel record and prevent the sale of those records to agency adversaries.
Episode 13
Or No Tomorrow
Wed, Dec 15, 1965 60 mins
When 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.
Episode 14
A Little Gift for Cairo
Wed, Dec 22, 1965 60 mins
Burke is assigned to stop Farid from retaking power by preventing him and his arsenal of weapons which includes napalm from reaching Cairo.
Episode 15
A Very Important Russian Is Missing
Wed, Dec 29, 1965 60 mins
Burke must collaborate with Russian agents to recover an abducted top Russian intelligence officer feared to be targeted to acquire Russian and American military secrets for the Chinese.
Episode 16
Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 1
Wed, Jan 5, 1966 60 mins
When Burke investigates the strange death of an atomic plant security officer, he finds a town in which the residents respond in robotic way with fear and hatred of strangers.
Episode 17
Terror in a Tiny Town
Wed, Jan 12, 1966 60 mins
A mad right wing judge who wants to take over the country airs subliminal radio messages to control the minds of the locals to disguise the fact he used an area atomic plant to build a bomb he has sent hidden in statute to Washington, D.C.
