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"Knight Rider" Knight of the Phoenix (1982)


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"Knight Rider" (1982): Season 1: Episode 1 -- Michael Knight seeks justice and revenge as he goes after the clever industrial saboteurs who murdered his partner. Part 1 of 2.
Knight Rider Season One: Season 1: Episode 1 -- A detective, believed to have been killed, is given a new face and identity and is armed with an artificially intelligent super car.

Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   1,332 votes
Director:
Daniel Haller
Writers:
Glen A. Larson (creator)
Glen A. Larson (written by)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
26 September 1982 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Genre:
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
A young man set on revenge. His partner... an indestructible car.
Plot:
A detective, believed to have been killed, is given a new face and identity and is armed with an artificially intelligent super car. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Hasselhoff Prefers Life On Stage
 (From WENN. 27 March 2001)

User Comments:
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Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

David Hasselhoff ... Michael Knight
Edward Mulhare ... Devon Miles
Phyllis Davis ... Tanya Walker

Pamela Susan Shoop ... Maggie
Lance LeGault ... Vernon Gray
Noel Conlon ... William Benjamin

Michael D. Roberts ... Jackson

Bert Rosario ... Brown
Vince Edwards ... Fred Wilson

Richard Basehart ... Wilton Knight
Ed Gilbert ... Charles Acton (as Edmund Gilbert)
Shawn Southwick ... Lonnie

Brian Cutler ... Bar Manager
Barret Oliver ... Buddy
Robert Phillips ... Symes
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono
Certification:
Sweden:11

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This two hour TV movie is split up into two parts for syndication. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Wilson shoots at K.I.T.T. it ricochets and hits the helicopter but when you see shots of the helicopter damaged, it is smoking on the opposite side. Also when the helicopter comes into land you can clearly see the box attached to the side of it. more
Quotes:
Michael Knight: I've spend years of my life fighting criminals of one type or another who always had the upper hand and now this. That's a loner's dream come true. It's been handed to me on a silver platter. The world's most fantastic car. All the money and all the resources of the Knight Foundation. And most of all the best chance I'll ever get to prove that one man really can make a difference. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Knight Rider: Chariot of Gold (#1.17)" (1983) more
Soundtrack:
Hit Me With Your Best Shot more

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5 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
OK to watch, 25 March 2006
5/10
Author: Stibbert from Norway

David Hasslehof and his talking car may not be the brightest moments in television, but not the darkest neither.

While it may have been a good idea at the time, this just doesn't hold up today. The story is all through silly and would maybe make it in a children's cartoon today. The beginning was really vague and confusing. It kind of made sense later, but still. It's never really believable and you never really forget you're just watching TV. You'll also find the regular clichés in there. Like the take-out-five-guys-alone-in-a-bar-fight-cliché, meet-sexy-girl-with-kid-cliché and not to mention the rich-and-powerful-secret-organization-cliché.

The acting is OK. It's acting and there is no doubt about it. The characters are OK. They make a character of the car and that is good.

The stunts and special effects are obvious, you see the ramps for the jumps and the driver who is not supposed to be there. All together it's not very impressive, but it's fun enough to watch.

As for cinematography it's OK. No shots is bad and here and there, there is a cool one and the lightning is nice. The music is not bad neither. In fact I'd say that theme is the best thing with this whole movie. The rest of the score is good too.

All together this is not quality TV at it's best. Never the less, I found it too be rather entertaining and OK to watch.

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