"Knight Rider" Knight of the Phoenix (1982)

Director:

Daniel Haller

Writer:

Glen A. Larson (written by)

TV Series:

"Knight Rider" (1982)

Original Air Date:

26 September 1982 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi

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.

Plot Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence | Knight Rider | TV Series Pilot | Gadget Car | Automobile

Cast

David Hasselhoff	...	Michael Knight
Edward Mulhare	...	Devon Miles
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Anderson	...	Dr. Ralph Wesley
Richard Basehart	...	Wilton Knight
Alma Beltran	...	Luce (as Alma L. Beltran)
Noel Conlon	...	William Benjamin
Brian Cutler	...	Bar Manager
Phyllis Davis	...	Tanya Walker
Vince Edwards	...	Fred Wilson
Ed Gilbert	...	Charles Acton (as Edmund Gilbert)
Victoria Harned	...	Doris
Ed Hooks	...	Guard
Lance LeGault	...	Vernon Gray
Tyler Murray	...	Sally
Barret Oliver	...	Buddy
Robert Phillips	...	Symes
Michael D. Roberts	...	Jackson
Bert Rosario	...	Brown
Pamela Susan Shoop	...	Maggie
Shawn Southwick	...	Lonnie

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono

Certification:

Sweden:11

Company:

Glen A. Larson Productions

Trivia:

The running gag of the two car thieves trying to steal K.I.T.T. was written, shot and inserted after the first cut of the pilot was seven minutes too short

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene where Michael is pulled over to the side of the road by the police for driving whilst asleep the rear of KITT, although only seen for a matter of seconds, is different. The black-out panel covering the rear lights is missing and the "KNIGHT" license plate is substituted for a standard one.

Quotes:

Jackson, Car-Thief: I have died and gone to automobile heaven.

Movie Connections:

Edited into "Knight Rider: Dead of Knight (#3.8)" (1984)

Soundtrack:

Third Rate Romance

classic

I remember when we eventually got our cable back in the mid-80's. Knight Rider came on our screens along with Airwolf and those other shows you also might remember well. I was a child and Knight Rider was fun, a car that actually can talk and think. Coool. Well, I strongly doubt I will be still as much impressed more than 15 years later, but it was really entertaining at that time.