David Cassidy: Man Under Cover

Synopsis

David Cassidy: Man Undercover was an American police drama starring David Cassidy, four years after his run starring in the The Partridge Family. The series was spun off after Cassidy guest starred in a special two-hour episode of another show, Police Story, titled A Chance to Live, which aired in May 1978; this episode is therefore sometimes confusingly referred to as the pilot for Man Undercover. In A Chance to Live, Cassidy portrayed undercover police officer Dan Shay, a cop who successfully infiltrates a high-school drug ring as a fellow student. Cassidy earned an Emmy Award nomination for Best Dramatic Actor for the role. He reprised the role of Officer Shay for the Man Undercover series, which aired on NBC from November 2, 1978 to July 12, 1979. Only ten episodes of the show aired prior to its cancellation.

First Air Date: 1978-11-02

Last Air Date: 1979-07-12

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 11

Created By: Richard Fielder

Networks: NBC

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Top Cast

David Cassidy as Officer Dan Shay
Simon Oakland as Sgt. Abrams
Raymond Vitte as Officer T.J. Epps
Kristine DeBell as N/A
Barbara Tarbuck as May
Gary Graham as Otis
Ed Harris as Ben

Seasons

Season 1 (1978)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Running the Hill (1978-11-02)

The head of an undercover narcotics division assigns a young policeman, Dan Shay, to infiltrate a high-school drug ring.
Ep. 2: Baby Makes Three (1978-11-09)

Shay poses as a hot-rod enthusiast to infiltrate a gang of supermarket thieves.
Ep. 3: Cage of Steel (1978-11-16)

Posing as a college student, Shay infiltrates a baby-selling ring.
Ep. 4: Deadly Convoy (1978-11-23)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 5: Flashpoint (1978-12-07)

Shay infiltrates a violent gang of motorcycle thieves.
Ep. 6: Rx for Dying (1978-12-21)

Shay poses as a drifter to track down the killer of two prostitutes.
Ep. 7: Firestorm (1978-12-28)

Posing as a patient, Shay makes an office call on a crooked doctor.
Ep. 8: Teammates (1979-01-04)

Shay becomes a produce truck driver to nab an organized-crime arsonist and the Mob's top man.
Ep. 9: Nightwork (1979-07-05)

Working with a federal agent, Shay poses as a weapons buyer to make a case against an arms dealer.
Ep. 10: Death is a Close Friend, Too (1979-07-12)

Shay poses as a junkie and uses a drug abuser to track down a robber.
Ep. 11: DELETE

No overview for this episode.