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The New Breed

  • TV Series
  • 1961–1962
  • 1h
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7.9/10
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Leslie Nielsen, John Beradino, John Clarke, and Greg Roman in The New Breed (1961)
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"The New Breed" was an American crime - drama series ,aired on ABC network from 1961 to 1962, with thirty-six episodes,starring Leslie Nielsen at age 35."The New Breed" was an American crime - drama series ,aired on ABC network from 1961 to 1962, with thirty-six episodes,starring Leslie Nielsen at age 35."The New Breed" was an American crime - drama series ,aired on ABC network from 1961 to 1962, with thirty-six episodes,starring Leslie Nielsen at age 35.

  • Creator
    • Hank Searls
  • Stars
    • Leslie Nielsen
    • John Beradino
    • John Clarke
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
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    • Creator
      • Hank Searls
    • Stars
      • Leslie Nielsen
      • John Beradino
      • John Clarke
    • 6User reviews
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    Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen
    • Lt. Price Adams
    John Beradino
    John Beradino
    • Sgt. Vince Cavelli
    John Clarke
    John Clarke
    • Off. Joe Huddleston…
    Greg Roman
    • Off. Pete Garcia…
    Art Gilmore
    Art Gilmore
    • Narrator
    Byron Morrow
    Byron Morrow
    • Capt. Keith Gregory…
    Olan Soule
    Olan Soule
    • Lab Technician
    Oscar Beregi Jr.
    Oscar Beregi Jr.
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    Bartlett Robinson
    Bartlett Robinson
    • Farnum…
    Brett Somers
    Brett Somers
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    Barry Kelley
    Barry Kelley
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    Robert Emhardt
    Robert Emhardt
    • Orcutt…
    Ed Nelson
    Ed Nelson
    • Jefty Bright…
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    Sydney Pollack
    • Austin Rogers…
    James Doohan
    James Doohan
    • Dr. Lennon
    Selette Cole
    Selette Cole
    • Marge…
    John McLiam
    John McLiam
    • Henry Joy
    Danni Sue Nolan
    Danni Sue Nolan
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      • Hank Searls
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    • Trivia
      Leslie Nielsen plays Lieutenant Price in this series. He went on to play the iconic Lieutenant Frank Debin in the "Police Squad" (1982) television series and the "Naked Gun" police parody movies.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Critic's Choice (1963)

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    Leslie Nielsen as the first Quinn Martin hero
    Quinn Martin produced the first season of "The Untouchables" (1959-60) for Desilu, and then left to form his own production company.

    "The New Breed" (1961-62) was the first QM production. "The New Breed" was set in modern day Los Angeles, but it was basically a remake of "The Untouchables". Lt. Price Adams (a modern day Eliot Ness) led an elite squad of college-educated detectives who handled the most challenging cases. This special unit was called the "Hot Shot" squad.

    Quinn Martin's biggest skill as a producer was choosing seemingly perfect leading men. David Janssen, Robert Lansing, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roy Thinnes, William Conrad and Michael Douglas made wonderful QM heroes. Thirty-five year old Leslie Nielsen had worked for Quinn Martin as a guest star on the first season of "The Untouchables". Nielsen was a strong and highly respected dramatic actor, but at this point in his career he just didn't make a very interesting hero. Nielsen didn't let you see the humanity, self-doubts and quirks of Price Adams. His Price Adams was too much the usual flawless, upstanding, dedicated, humorless hero. Nielsen would become a big star many years later making brutal fun of just such a character, Lt. Frank Drebin.

    Nielsen started to get interesting as a dramatic actor in the late 1960's as he began to gray. He was fascinating as character leads in the TV movies "Shadow over Elveron" and "Trial Run". Nielsen made a terrific cop in "The Protectors" segments of "The Bold Ones", seven years after "The New Breed".

    Quinn Martin later said he didn't know where he went wrong in casting Nielsen, but that maybe he was just too muscular to appeal. Quinn Martin must not have been too mad at Nielsen for the failure of "The New Breed". Nielsen was later an ubiquitous guest star on QM shows including "The Streets of San Francisco", "The FBI", "Cannon" and "Barnaby Jones".

    It is not so easy to say who could have made a better Price Adams than Leslie Nielsen. Some ideas: Charles Aidman, Gary Merrill, Keith Andes, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Keith Larsen, Jason Evers, George Grizzard, Michael Tolan, James Coburn, Robert Sampson, David McClean, Jack Lord, and Vince Edwards. Frankly, I'm not sure any of them would have been any better than Nielsen. Making a cop role compelling (and convincing) is not as easy as it looks.

    The most memorable episode of "The New Breed" was "Lady Killer", where Robert Redford played a psychopathic serial rapist. Anne Francis was his latest victim, and Martin Balsam was her husband. This was an unusually stark and adult subject for the time, and it was well handled. Redford was superb, and I bet Quinn Martin offered him a series. Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen had worked together five years earlier in "Forbidden Planet" (1956).

    Peter Falk had two early guest star roles on "The New Breed". Other guest stars included Telly Savalas, Robert Blake, Jack Klugman and Charles Bronson.

    Quinn Martin hit the bullseye in casting the lead in his next series, "The Fugitive". But Martin actually cast Barry Morse as Lt. Gerard before David Janssen. Morse had greatly impressed Martin with two guest star performances on "The New Breed".
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    • Release date
      • October 3, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Schauplatz Los Angeles
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Quinn Martin Productions (QM)
      • Selmur Productions
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      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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