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Burke's Law (1963)

Action · Adventure · Comedy

Burke's Law is an American 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.

IMDb rating
7.4 (1,118 votes)
Seasons
3
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1963)

7.74 avg 32 episodes 8.5 → 7.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 95 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 87 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 88 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 72 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 63 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 61 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 79 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 68 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 61 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 72 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 75 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 49 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 60 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 56 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 83 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 54 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 74 votesEp 18: 7.2 · 55 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 57 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 61 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 60 votesEp 22: 7.9 · 56 votesEp 23: 7.1 · 48 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 59 votesEp 25: 8.0 · 55 votesEp 26: 8.0 · 60 votesEp 27: 7.8 · 54 votesEp 28: 7.5 · 61 votesEp 29: 8.0 · 66 votesEp 30: 8.0 · 54 votesEp 31: 6.7 · 47 votesEp 32: 7.7 · 49 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Who Killed Holly Howard?8.595
2Who Killed Mr.X?8.187
3Who Killed Cable Roberts?7.788
4Who Killed Harris Crown?8.172
5Who Killed Julian Buck?7.763
6Who Killed Alex Debbs?7.661
7Who Killed Sweet Betsy ?8.179
8Who Killed Billy Jo?7.468
9Who Killed Wade Walker?7.761
10Who Killed the Kind Doctor?7.772
11Who Killed Purity Mather?8.075
12Who Killed Cynthia Royal?7.649
13Who Killed Eleanora Davis?8.060
14Who Killed Beau Sparrow?7.756
15Who Killed Jason Shaw?7.383
16Who Killed Snooky Martinelli?7.754
17Who Killed What's His Name?7.774
18Who Killed Madison Cooper?7.255
19Who Killed April?7.857
20Who Killed Carrie Cornell?7.461
21Who Killed His Royal Highness?8.460
22Who Killed Marty Kelso?7.956
23Who Killed Avery Lord?7.148
24Who Killed Andy Zygmunt?7.759
25Who Killed the Paper Dragon?8.055
26Who Killed Molly?8.060
27Who Killed WHO IV?7.854
28Who Killed Annie Foran?7.561
29Who Killed My Girl?8.066
30Who Killed the Eleventh Best Dressed Woman in the World?8.054
31Who Killed Don Pablo?6.747
32Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee?7.749

Season 2 (1964)

7.81 avg 32 episodes 8.1 → 7.9 59 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 37 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 38 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 59 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 35 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 42 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 29 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 41 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 44 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 43 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 24 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 47 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 37 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 38 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 46 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 29 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 35 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 40 votesEp 18: 7.0 · 27 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 31 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 30 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 46 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 34 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 41 votesEp 24: 7.9 · 36 votesEp 25: 7.3 · 21 votesEp 26: 8.1 · 35 votesEp 27: 7.6 · 37 votesEp 28: 8.0 · 49 votesEp 29: 7.8 · 36 votesEp 30: 7.9 · 60 votesEp 31: 7.6 · 36 votesEp 32: 7.9 · 27 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Who Killed the Surf Broad?8.137
2Who Killed Vaudeville?7.938
3Who Killed Cassandra Cass?7.559
4Who Killed the Horne of Plenty?7.635
5Who Killed Everybody?8.142
6Who Killed Mr. Cartwheel?7.529
7Who Killed Cornelius Gilbert?7.741
8Who Killed Lenore Wingfield?8.344
9Who Killed the Richest Man in the World?8.243
10Who Killed the Tall One in the Middle?7.424
11Who Killed Merlin the Great?8.547
12Who Killed 711 ?7.537
13Who Killed Supersleuth?7.838
14Who Killed the Swinger on a Hook?8.246
15Who Killed Davidian Jonas?8.029
16Who Killed the Strangler?7.635
17Who Killed Mother Goose?8.140
18Who Killed the Toy Soldier ?7.027
19Who Killed Rosie Sunset?8.231
20Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings?7.430
21Who Killed the Fat Cat?7.846
22Who Killed the Man on the White Horse?7.734
23Who Killed the 13th Clown?7.741
24Who Killed Mr. Colby in Ladies' Lingerie?7.936
25Who Killed the Rest?7.321
26Who Killed Cop Robin?8.135
27Who Killed Nobody Somehow?7.637
28Who Killed Hamlet?8.049
29Who Killed the Rabbit's Husband?7.836
30Who Killed the Jackpot?7.960
31Who Killed the Grand Piano?7.636
32Who Killed the Card?7.927

Season 3 (1965)

7.31 avg 17 episodes 6.9 → 8.2 60 min avg

Ep 1: 6.9 · 49 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 45 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 27 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 26 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 19 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 22 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 31 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 32 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 30 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 27 votesEp 11: 6.5 · 30 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 21 votesEp 13: 6.8 · 28 votesEp 14: 7.0 · 22 votesEp 15: 6.8 · 23 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 35 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 31 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Balance of Terror6.949
2Operation Long Shadow7.545
3Steam Heat7.727
4Password to Death7.126
5The Man with the Power7.119
6Nightmare in the Sun7.322
7The Prisoners of Mr. Sin7.731
8Peace, It's a Gasser8.032
9The Weapon7.630
10Deadlier Than the Male7.127
11Whatever Happened to Adriana and Why Won't She Stay Dead?6.530
12The Man's Men7.221
13Or No Tomorrow6.828
14A Little Gift for Cairo7.022
15A Very Important Russian Is Missing6.823
16Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 17.735
17Terror in a Tiny Town8.231