"Knight Rider" Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death (1983)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Bernard L. Kowalski

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (creator)
David Braff (writer)

TV Series:

"Knight Rider" (1982)

Original Air Date:

21 January 1983 (Season 1, Episode 14)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Michael and Kitt enter the Alternative 2000, a cross country race for cars that run on alternative fuel. They are there to find a saboteur, not to win, but find themselves having to rescue nosy reporter Liberty Cox in each lap. |

Plot Keywords:

Forces Of Evil | Artificial Intelligence | Detective | Electronic Music Score | Famous Opening Theme

Cast

David Hasselhoff	...	Michael Knight
Edward Mulhare	...	Devon Miles
Patricia McPherson	...	Bonnie Barstow
Robin Dearden	...	Liberty Cox
Brett Halsey	...	Clark Sellers
Alan Fudge	...	Ed Shaw
Francine Lembi	...	Dorothy Ackridge
Kai Wulff	...	Helmut Gras
Kenneth Tigar	...	Dr. Kempler
Sab Shimono	...	Hito Osaka
Richard Young	...	Sonny Prince
Adam Ageli	...	Hashi Al Qatar
Gary Phillips	...	Lester Prince (as Gary Houston Phillips)
Frank Pesce	...	Director
Robert Balderson	...	P.A. Announcer (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Glen A. Larson Productions

Trivia:

In this episode, an orange Dodge Charger is a participant in the race. The car is driven by a pair of relatives, one with blonde hair, and one with dark hair. The pair have a Dixie flag on their uniforms. Also, their vehicle is powered by moonshine. This seems like a reference to the series The Dukes of Hazzard, where a pair of cousins drive an orange Dodge Charger with a confederate flag painted on the roof, and have a family history of driving moonshine around a dry county.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: To jump over the alcohol fueled car, Michael presses the Rocket Fire instead of the Rocket Boost button.

Quotes:

Dr. Kempler: What a disaster. Look at it. There isn't a sober journalistic face to be seen. There isn't one scientific quarterly writer. The whole thing has turned into a blood and guts demolition derby. It's a car crash carnival.

Soundtrack:

Hurts So Good