Joe Forrester

Joe Forrester
Genre	Police procedural
Starring	Lloyd Bridges
Composer	Robert Drasnin
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	23
Production
Executive producer	David Gerber
Running time	44 minutes (per episode)
Production companies	David Gerber Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 9, 1975 (1975-09-09) – May 3, 1976 (1976-05-03)

Joe Forrester is an American crime/drama television series, starring Lloyd Bridges as a uniformed foot patrol officer in a run-down neighborhood of Los Angeles. Patricia Crowley co-starred as Georgia Cameron, Joe's romantic interest. Former NYPD Detective Eddie Egan played Sgt. Bernie Vincent, Joe's supervisor. Dwan Smith played Jolene, a resident of the neighborhood Joe patrolled.

Character

Joe Forrester's character was introduced on the TV series Police Story, in a special 90-minute episode "The Return of Joe Forrester", written by Mark Rodgers and directed by Virgil W. Vogel, later retitled Cop on the Beat (1975), and syndicated as a TV-movie. In this pilot, Forrester, a second generation policeman, is a plainclothes officer in LAPD's Metro Division who convinces his superiors to put him back in uniform, and back on a foot beat, in a neighborhood beset by a series of armed robberies which are invariably followed by a vicious rape. When the case is solved, Forrester elects to stay in uniform, and on his foot beat, leading to the subsequent series.

Plot

Forrester is a veteran cop in Los Angeles, assigned to a foot beat. He is a highly respected officer in the community, effectively fighting crime every day because, as a foot patrolman, he is able to keep personal contact with the people he protects, building trust and empathy. Like other cops, he busts thieves, drug dealers, murderers, and other criminals who threaten the residents of his beat.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
0	"The Return of Joe Forrester"	Virgil W. Vogel	Mark Rodgers	May 6, 1975 (1975-05-06)
1	"Stakeout"	Unknown	Unknown	September 9, 1975 (1975-09-09)
2	"The Witness"	Unknown	Unknown	September 16, 1975 (1975-09-16)
3	"Bus Station"	Unknown	Unknown	September 23, 1975 (1975-09-23)
4	"Welcome to the Gardens"	Unknown	Unknown	September 30, 1975 (1975-09-30)
5	"Deadly Weekend: Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	November 4, 1975 (1975-11-04)
6	"Deadly Weekend: Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	November 11, 1975 (1975-11-11)
7	"Powder Blue"	Unknown	Unknown	November 18, 1975 (1975-11-18)
8	"Target: Mexican Syndicate"	Unknown	Unknown	November 25, 1975 (1975-11-25)
9	"No Probable Cause"	Unknown	Unknown	December 2, 1975 (1975-12-02)
10	"The Best Laid Schemes"	Unknown	Unknown	December 9, 1975 (1975-12-09)
11	"The End of Summer"	Unknown	Unknown	December 16, 1975 (1975-12-16)
12	"Fashion Mart"	Unknown	Unknown	December 23, 1975 (1975-12-23)
13	"Fire Power"	Unknown	Unknown	January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06)
14	"An Act of Violence"	Unknown	Unknown	January 13, 1976 (1976-01-13)
15	"The Answer"	Unknown	Unknown	February 2, 1976 (1976-02-02)
16	"Squeeze Play"	Unknown	Unknown	February 9, 1976 (1976-02-09)
17	"A Game of Love"	Unknown	Unknown	February 16, 1976 (1976-02-16)
18	"The Invaders"	Unknown	Unknown	February 23, 1976 (1976-02-23)
19	"Girl on a String"	Unknown	Unknown	March 1, 1976 (1976-03-01)
20	"The Promised Land"	Unknown	Unknown	March 8, 1976 (1976-03-08)
21	"Pressure Point"	Unknown	Unknown	March 22, 1976 (1976-03-22)
22	"The Boy Next Door"	Unknown	Unknown	May 3, 1976 (1976-05-03)

References

The Review of the news, Vol 12

External links

• Joe Forrester at IMDb