Joe Forrester

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.

Joe Forrester
Genre	Police procedural
Starring	Lloyd Bridges
Opening theme	Richard Markowitz
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)

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"	Alf Kjellin	Dallas L. Barnes	September 9, 1975 (1975-09-09)
2	"The Witness"	Unknown	Stephen Dowling	September 16, 1975 (1975-09-16)
3	"Bus Station"	Alvin Ganzer	Frank Telford	September 23, 1975 (1975-09-23)
4	"Welcome to the Gardens"	Barry Shear	S.S. Schweitzer	September 30, 1975 (1975-09-30)
5	"Deadly Weekend: Part 1: Saturday"	Michael O'Herlihy	Mark Rodgers	November 4, 1975 (1975-11-04)
6	"Deadly Weekend: Part 2: Sunday"	Michael O'Herlihy	Mark Rodgers	November 11, 1975 (1975-11-11)
7	"Powder Blue"	Alvin Ganzer	Dallas L. Barnes	November 18, 1975 (1975-11-18)
8	"Target: Mexican Syndicate"	Richard Benedict	Irv Pearlberg, Mark Rodgers	November 25, 1975 (1975-11-25)
9	"No Probable Cause"	Alexander Singer	Mark Rodgers, Norman Jolley, Frank Telford	December 2, 1975 (1975-12-02)
10	"The Best Laid Schemes"	Alf Kjellin	Dallas L. Barnes	December 9, 1975 (1975-12-09)
11	"The End of Summer"	Unknown	Stephen Dowling	December 16, 1975 (1975-12-16)
12	"Fashion Mart"	Unknown	Mark Rodgers	December 23, 1975 (1975-12-23)
13	"Fire Power"	Unknown	Orville Hampton, Frank Telford	January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06)
14	"An Act of Violence"	Alf Kjellin	Dallas L. Barnes	January 13, 1976 (1976-01-13)
15	"The Answer"	Unknown	Rick Kelbaugh, Mark Rodgers	February 2, 1976 (1976-02-02)
16	"Squeeze Play"	Barry Crane	Walter Dallenbach	February 9, 1976 (1976-02-09)
17	"A Game of Lose"	Alf Kjellin	Robert Dellinger, Mark Rodgers	February 16, 1976 (1976-02-16)
18	"Hard Core"	Alf Kjellin	Calvin Clements, Sr.	February 23, 1976 (1976-02-23)
19	"Girl on a String"	Alvin Ganzer	Stephen Dowling, Mark Rodgers	March 1, 1976 (1976-03-01)
20	"The Promised Land"	Unknown	Dallas L. Barnes	March 8, 1976 (1976-03-08)
21	"Pressure Point"	Jerry London	Jack Miller	March 22, 1976 (1976-03-22)
22	"The Boy Next Door"	Unknown	Dallas L. Barnes	May 3, 1976 (1976-05-03)

References

The Review of the news, Vol 12

External links

• Joe Forrester at IMDb