The Last Precinct

For the crime novel by Patricia Cornwell, see The Last Precinct (novel).

The Last Precinct is an American police comedy-drama television series that premiered on NBC January 26, and then aired weekly from April 11 to May 30, 1986, on Friday nights at 9:00pm. The series stars Adam West as Capt. Rick Wright, leading a group of misfit police academy rejects.^[1] The pilot for the Stephen J. Cannell series debuted after Super Bowl XX in 1986, but the show was canceled within two months of its April premiere.^[2] This was the only sitcom from Stephen J. Cannell Productions.

The Last Precinct
publicity shot of cast
Genre	Comedy-drama Police procedural
Created by	Stephen J. Cannell Frank Lupo
Directed by	Hy Averback Michael Lange
Starring	(See article)
Composers	Mike Post (1.1) Pete Carpenter (1.1)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Stephen J. Cannell
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 26 (1986-01-26) – May 30, 1986 (1986-05-30)

Plot

An odd mix of cops, including a transgender woman and an Elvis impersonator, are given one final opportunity to distinguish themselves in the field of law enforcement, when they are assigned to the 56th Precinct, Los Angeles' seediest and most woebegone unit. Under the leadership of Capt. Rick Wright, these losers-in-blue attempt possible redemption, if they can make an arrest without killing themselves.^[3]

Cast

• Adam West as Capt. Rick Wright
• Rick Ducommun as Officer William "Raid" Raider
• Ernie Hudson as Sgt. "Night Train" Lane
• Randi Brooks as Officer Mel Brubaker
• Vijay Amritraj as Alphabet
• Pete Willcox as The King
• Keenan Wynn as Butch
• Hank Rolike as Sundance
• Jonathan Perpich as Sgt. Price Pascall
• Lucy Lee Flippin as Officer Rina Starland
• Wings Hauser as Lt. Ronald Hobbs
• Yana Nirvana as Sgt. Martha Haggerty
• Geoffrey Elliot as Justin Dial
• James Cromwell as Chief Bludhorn
• Thomas F. Duffy as Harvey
• Nicholas Kadi as Norton

Episodes

Nº	Title	Directed by	Written by	Air date
TVM	"Pilot"	Hy Averback	Frank Lupo & Stephen J. Cannell	January 26, 1986 (1986-01-26)
1	"The Gorilla-Gram"	Michael Lange	Frank Lupo	April 11, 1986 (1986-04-11)
2	"Mr. Cool"	Michael Lange	Robert Goethals	April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18)
3	"I Want My Mummy"	Bob Sweeney	Paul Bernbaum	April 25, 1986 (1986-04-25)
4	"Never Cross a Vampire"	Michael Lange	Paul Bernbaum	May 2, 1986 (1986-05-02)
5	"A Ghost of a Chance"	Bruce Kessler	Frank Lupo	May 9, 1986 (1986-05-09)
6	"Toehold"	David Hemmings	Jim Mulligan	May 16, 1986 (1986-05-16)
7	"Three-Ring Circus"	Michael Lange	Paul Bernbaum & Robert Goethals & Jim Mulligan	May 30, 1986 (1986-05-30)