Aim Laser, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Brite, Chemical Analyzer, Eject Left, Electrical Generating Mode, Geological Analyzer, Grappling Hook, Homing Signal, Image, Map Search, Micro Jam, Microlock, Printer, Pursuit, Radar, Range, Ski Mode
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Knight in Disgrace
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Auto-Roof Left, Eject Left, Homing Signal, Manual Override, Micro Jam, Pursuit, Ski Mode, Turbo Boost, X-Ray
Dead of Knight
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Chemical Scan, Infrared Tracking Scope, Medical Scan, Microlock, Printer, Pursuit, Tinted Windows, X-Ray
Lost Knight
Audio Playback, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Right, Chemical Detectors, Eject Right, Energy System Override, Evade, Map Search, Micro Jam, Police/Radio Frequency, Pursuit, Radar, Surveillance Mode, Turbo Boost Knight of the Chameleon
Air Vac, Anharmonic Synthesizer, Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Auto-Roof Left, Eject Left, Infrared, Interactive Graphics Plotter, Linear Predictive Graphics Routine, Map Search, Medical Scan, Pursuit, Radar, Surveillance Mode, Telephone Monitor, Telephone Trace, Trunk Lid, Turbo Boost
Custom Made Killer
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Auto Cruise, Chemical Detectors, Map Search, Medical Scan, Police/Radio Frequency, Priority Override, Pursuit, Record, Telephone Tap, Tinted Windows
Knight By a Nose
Auto Cruise, Auto Currency Dispenser, Auto-Roof Left, Chemical Analyzer, CO2, Infrared, Micro Jam, Oil Slick, Pursuit, Silent Mode, Tinted Windows, Turbo Boost
Junk Yard Dog
Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Micro Jam, Silent Mode, Ski Mode, Turbo Boost
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Buy Out
Audio Playback, Auto Cruise, Chemical Scan, Map Search, Micro Jam, Pursuit, Radar, Turbo Boost
Knightlines
Air Vac, Audio/Video Record, Auto-Roof Left, Micro Jam, Printer, Trunk Lid, Turbo Boost, Ultrasonic Frequency, Zoom-In
The Nineteenth Hole
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Auto Cruise, Chemical Analyzer, Geological Analyzer, Image Enhancement Software Program, Laser Modulator, Map Search, Medical Scan, Micro Jam, Passive Laser Restraint System, Pursuit, Silent Mode, Suspension Synchronizer, System—Protect, Telephone Trace, Turbo Boost, Voice Projection, XK100 Thermal Printer Knight & Knerd
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Auto Cruise, Medical Scan, Signal, Silent Mode, Turbo Boost, X-Ray Mode
Ten Wheel Trouble
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Audio/Video Playback, Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Homing Device, Infrared, Map Search, Micro Jam, Pursuit, Radar, Record, Signal, Ski Mode, Telephone Monitor, Telephone Tap, Telephone Trace, Turbo Boost
Knight in Retreat
Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Homing Signal, Map Search, Medical Scan, Micro Jam, Pursuit, Sub Zero, Surveillance Mode, Turbo Boost
Knight Strike
Audio Playback, Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Laser System Override, Map Search, Micro Jam, Pursuit, Radar, Surveillance Mode, Tinted Windows, Turbo Boost, Winch
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Circus Knights
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, CO2, Medical Scan, Pursuit, Pyroclastic Lamination, Self Diagnostic Analyzer, Ski Mode, Surveillance Mode, Turbo Boost, Voice Projection Season Four
Knight of the Juggernaut
Auto Cruise, Comprehensive Configuration Analyzer, Convertible Mode, Emergency Braking System, Heat Sensors, Infrared, Micro Jam, Oil Slick, Passive Laser Restraint System, Police/Radio Frequency, Protect, Pursuit, Radar, Self-Analyzing Probe, Super Pursuit Mode, Turbo Boost KITTnap
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Auto-Roof Left, Auto Vac. System, Convertible Mode, Emergency Braking System, Homing Signal, Passive Laser Restraint System, Police/Radio Frequency, Super Pursuit Mode, Tinted Windows, Turbo Boost
Sky Knight
Auto Cruise, Electrical Generation Mode, Electronic Pilot Override, Microlock, Micropulse, Passive Laser Restraint System, Super Pursuit Mode, Surveillance Mode, Protect, Tinted Windows, Voice Analyzer Burial Ground
Auto Cruise, Comprehensive Configuration Analyzer, Convertible Mode, Electrical Generation Mode, Emergency Braking System, Hydraulic Lift, Infrared, Micro Jam, Passive Laser Restraint System, Smoke Release, Super Pursuit Mode, Surveillance Mode, Turbo Boost, Zoom In The Wrong Crowd
Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, CO2, Convertible Mode, Emergency Braking System , Medical Scan, Microlock, Passive Laser Restraint System, Police/Radio Frequency, Pursuit, Radar, Super Pursuit Mode , Thermo Dynamic Generator, Tinted Windows, Turbo Boost, Voice Projection K.I.T.T.’s Functions By Episode •
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Knight Sting
Audio/Video Playback, Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Medical Scan, Micro Jam, Super Pursuit Mode, Surveillance Mode, Turbo Boost, Vocal Synthesizer, Voice Projection, X-Ray Mode
Many Happy Returns
Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Auto-Roof Left, Convertible Mode, Emergency Braking System, Grappling Hook, Medical Scan, Micro Jam, Super Pursuit Mode, Surveillance Lock, Surveillance Mode, Ultra Frequency Modulator, Ultrasonic Frequency, Winch
Knight Racer
Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Chemical Analyzer, Convertible Mode, Grappling Hook, Medical Scan, Metallurgical Stress Analyzer, Oxygen Vent, Passive Laser Restraint System, Printer, SelfAnalyzing Probe, Signal, Super Pursuit Mode, Surveillance Mode, Trunk Lid, Ultrasonic Frequency, Video Playback, Voice Projection, Winch Knight Behind Bars
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Eject Left, Emergency Braking System, Medical Scan, Micro Jam, Passive Laser Restraint System, Polyphonic Synthesizer, Super Pursuit Mode, Surveillance Mode
Knight Song
Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Right, Infrared Tracking Scope, Polyphonic Synthesizer, Pursuit
The Scent of Roses
Audio Playback, Audio/Video Record, Audio/Video Transmit, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Auto-Roof Right, Emergency Braking System, Medical Scan, Super Pursuit Mode, Turbo Boost
Killer K.I.T.T.
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Anti-Theft System, Audio/Video Record, Audio Playback, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Auto-Roof Right, Manual 368
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Override, Passive Laser Restraint System, Protect, Pursuit, Signal, Super Pursuit Mode, Surveillance Mode, Tinted Windows, Video Analyzer, Voice Projection, Zoom-In
Out of the Woods
Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Auto-Roof Right, Chemical Analyzer, CO2, Convertible Mode, Emergency Braking System, Hydraulic Lift, Passive Laser Restraint System, Pursuit, Rapid Cycle, Silent Mode, Speech Synthesis Module, Super Pursuit Mode, Surveillance Mode, Turbo Boost, Voice Synthesizer
Deadly Knightshade
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Audio Playback, Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Micro Jam, Ski Mode, Super Pursuit Mode, Ultrascan
Redemption of a Champion
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Chemical Analyzer, Medical Scan, Olfactory Scan, Printer, Pursuit, Smoke Release, Surveillance Mode, Trajectory Guide, Turbo Boost Knight of a Thousand Devils
Auto Cruise, Grappling Hook, Medical Scan, Pursuit, Silent Mode, Winch
Hills of Fire
Audio/Video Record, Auto-Roof Right, CO2, Infrared, Micro Jam, Passive Laser Restraint System, Police/Radio Frequency, Pursuit, Super Pursuit Mode, Traction Spikes, Voice Projection
Knight Flight to Freedom
Anharmonic Synthesizer, Auto Cruise, Convertible Mode, Passive Laser Restraint System, Printer, Pursuit, Pyroclastic Lamination, Trunk Lid, Turbo Boost, Voice Projection
Fright Knight
Auto Cruise, Auto-Roof Left, Medical Scan, Micro Jam, Polyphonic Synthesizer, Pursuit, Silent Mode, Tinted Windows
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Knight of the Rising Sun
Audio/Video Record, Auto Cruise, Auto Phone, Auto-Roof Left, Eject Left, Micro Jam, Passive Laser Restraint System, Pursuit, Super Pursuit Mode, Ultrasonic Frequency
Voo Doo Knight
Auto Cruise, Electronic Field Disruptor, Medical Scan, Pursuit, Signal, Surveillance Mode
APPENDIX G
CODE OF VENGEANCE
Technical Credits
Music: Don Peake
Edited By: Lawrence J. Gleason, Lawrence J. Vallario Art Director: Raymond G. Storey
Director of Photography: Duke Callaghan
Executive Producer: Robert Foster
Associate Producers: Carl Vitale, Anne Goursaud
Unit Production Managers: Lorin B. Salob, Mitchell L. Gamson First Assistant Directors: Bill Lukather, Michael Kusley Second Assistant Director: Richard W. Abramitis
Casting By: Ron Stephenson, C.S.A.
Location Casting: Claire Sinnett, Holly Hire
Set Decorator: Joseph J. Stone
Sound: Ronald Curfman
Sound Editor: John Shouse
Music Editor: Richard Lapham
Additional Photography By: Thomas Del Ruth
Costume Supervisors: Judy Truchan, Charles DeMuth
Color By: Technicolor
Titles & Optical Effects: Universal Title
Make-Up: Lorinda Carey
Hairstylist: Edie Panda
Panaflex Camera & Lenses By: Panavision
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Charles Taylor (David Dalton)
Episode Descriptions
Code of Vengeance (Two Hours)
Original Airdate: June 30, 1985
Writer: Robert Foster
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Guest Cast: Erin Gray (Nadine Flowers), Charles Haid (Blanton), Randall
“Tex” Cobb (Willard Singleton), Keenan Wynn (Willis), Chad Allen (A.J. Flowers), Tiny Welles (Curly), Robert Dryer (Barnes), Leigh Hamilton (Louise), Michael Rider (Driver), Arell Blanton (Bartender), Tex Hill (Officer), Terry Seago (Anglo #1), David G. Herrera (Mexican Guard), George Salazar (Guard), Gil Escandon (Plainclothes #1), George Aguilar (Plainclothes #2), George Pompa (Man), Cecil Escobedo (Cab Driver), Will Strickland (Anglo #2), Lenka Peterson, Joe Dorsey, Victor Mohica David Dalton, a mysterious drifter, arrives in a town on the U.S./Mexican border looking for work. Nadine Flowers, a divorced mother, hires Dalton to finish building a room on her house. Nadine’s mother, distraught over not knowing the whereabouts of her son’s body, asks Dalton to find it so he may have a proper burial. While searching, Dalton inadvertently becomes involved in a dispute between two warring groups. Commentary:
Although the character of David Dalton was revived from the Knight Rider episode “Mouth of the Snake,” this movie has little to do with its parent series. Dalton is no longer working for Archibald Hendley at the Department of Justice and has since become a vigilante who lives out of CODE OF VENGEANCE •
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his pickup truck. His extraordinary physical feats seen in “Mouth of the Snake” are all but gone here as he attacks with strength instead of gymnastics. The similarities to Knight Rider include Robert Foster’s choice of music (“Skin Game” by John Hiatt and Ry Cooder and the Mexican music from “Hearts of Stone” can be heard; “C.C. Waterback” by Merle Haggard and George Jones from “The Rotten Apples” is also used), as well as Don Peake’s use of some Knight Rider action music from “Lost Knight.”
The movie begins with a drive-by shooting at a Mexican wedding, just like in “Hearts of Stone.”
Trivia:
Before Willis is murdered, he can be seen watching the climatic fight between K.I.T.T. and K.A.R.R. in the Knight Rider episode
“K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R.”
Guest star Erin Gray also appeared in the B.J. and the Bear episode
“Cain’s Cruiser”—Glen Larson’s inspiration for Knight Rider. This television movie was repeated in two parts during Code of Vengeance’s limited run, with part one airing on August 10, 1986 and part two airing on August 17, 1986.
Dalton: Code of Vengeance II (Two Hours)
Original Airdate: May 11, 1986
Director: Alan Smithee
Guest Cast: Donnelly Rhodes (Major Bennett), Karen Landry (Jeanne Bennett), Shannon Stein (Tip Bennett), Alex Harvey (Sheriff Wiloughby), Belinda Montgomery (Libby)
Dalton is asked to find his former CO, who reportedly helped survivalists obtain nitro.
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Trivia:
This movie was directed by Alan Smithee, the alias used when a director wishes to distance himself from his completed work. Rustler’s Moon
Original Airdate: July 27, 1986
Director: Alan Smithee
Guest Cast: Susan Walden (Rhonda Jo), Larry Drake (Jack Ferguson), Paul Carr (Elliot), Harvey H. Christiansen (Myrl), Chris Douridas (Willy), Mickey Giley (Himself)
Dalton helps a rancher protect her prize bull from rustlers. The Last Hold Out
Original Airdate: August 24, 1986
Director: Alan Smithee
Guest Cast: Wandy Ward (Ray Bechet), Maureen Kedes (Rose Bechet), Barry Settels (Fante), Jeff Jensen (Johnson Lee)
A real-estate developer tries to intimidate a produce wholesaler into selling his property at bargain rates.
APPENDIX H
KNIGHT RIDER ON DVD AND VHS
All episodes of Knight Rider available in the United States are from Columbia House home video. Any UK releases are from Universal—Playback. Episode Availability (USA, UK) FORMAT (DVD, VHS) Pilot
USA, UK
DVD
Deadly Maneuvers
USA, UK
USA DVD, UK VHS
Good Day at White Rock UK
UK DVD
Slammin Sammy’s
USA, UK
DVD
Just My Bill
USA, UK
USA VHS, UK DVD
Not a Drop to Drink
N/A
No Big Thing
N/A
Trust Doesn’t Rust
USA, UK
USA DVD, UK VHS
Inside Out
N/A
The Final Verdict
N/A
A Plush Ride
N/A
Forget Me Not
N/A
Hearts of Stone
N/A
Give Me Liberty
N/A
The Topaz Connection
A Nice, Indecent Little Town
N/A
Chariot of Gold
USA, UK
DVD
White Bird
N/A
Knight Moves
N/A
Nobody Does it Better USA
VHS
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Short Notice
USA
VHS
Goliath
USA
VHS
Brother’s Keeper
USA, UK
VHS
Merchants of Death
USA, UK
VHS
Blind Spot
USA
VHS
Return to Cadiz
USA , UK
VHS
KITT the Cat
USA
VHS
Custom K.I.T.T.
USA
VHS
Sole Surviver
USA, UK
VHS
Ring of Fire
USA
VHS
Knightmares
USA, UK
VHS
Silent Knight
USA
VHS
A Knight in Shining Armor USA
VHS
Diamonds Aren’t a Girl’s Best Friend USA
VHS
White-line Warriors
USA
VHS
Race for Life
USA, UK
VHS
Speed Demons
USA
VHS
Goliath Returns
USA
VHS
A Good Knight’s Work UK
VHS
Mouth of the Snake
USA
VHS
Let it be Me
N/A
Big Iron
USA, UK
VHS
Knight of the Drones UK
VHS
The Ice Bandits
USA,UK
VHS
Knights of the Fast Lane
N/A
Halloween Knight
N/A
N/A
The Rotten Apples
N/A
Knight in Disgrace
N/A
Dead of Knight
N/A
Lost Knight
N/A
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Knight of the Chameleon
N/A
Custom Made Killer
N/A
Knight by a Nose
N/A
Junk Yard Dog
USA, UK
VHS
Buy Out
UK
VHS
Knightlines
USA
VHS
The Nineteenth Hole N/A
Knight and Knerd
N/A
Ten Wheel Trouble
UK
VHS
Knight in Retreat
N/A
Knight Strikes
N/A
Circus Knights
UK
VHS
Knight of the JuggernautUSA, UK
VHS
K.I.T.T.nap
UK
VHS
Sky Knight
USA, UK
USA VHS, UK DVD
Burial Ground
N/A
The Wrong Crowd
UK
VHS
Knight Sting
US, UK
USA VHS, UK DVD
Many Happy Returns US, UK
VHS
Knight Racer
UK
UK DVD
Knight Behind Bars
US, UK
VHS
Knight Song
N/A
The Scent of Roses
N/A
Killer K.I.T.T.
N/A
Out of the Woods
N/A
Deadly Knightshade
UK
VHS
Redemption of a Champion
UK
VHS
Knight of a Thousand Devils UK
VHS
Hills of Fire
UK
VHS
Knight Flight to Freedom