"Get Christie Love!" (1974) TV series 1974-1975

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Directors:

William A. Graham
Alexander Grasshoff

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

11 September 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Tagline:

When you need a cop who's no lady ...get Christie Love!

Plot:

Adventures of sexy & sassy black undercover cop Christie Love.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Punctuation In Title | Exclamation Point In Title | Blaxploitation | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win

Cast

Teresa Graves	...	Christie Love (22 episodes, 1974-1975)
Charles Cioffi	...	Matt Reardon (12 episodes, 1974)
Jack Kelly	...	Arthur Ryan (10 episodes, 1975)

Runtime:

60 min (22 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Trivia:

Cicely Tyson was originally cast as Christie Love, but was involved in an accident just a day before beginning work on the series. Executive producer David L. Wolper was understanding of the situation and recast the role. The two would eventually work together on the mini-series "Roots" (1977).

Quotes:

Christie Love: You under arrest, Sugar.

Movie Connections:

Featured in TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)

she did not die of natural causes

On October 10, 2002, Graves' home caught fire after a faulty space heater burst into flames. Fire fighters found her unconscious in a bedroom of her home and she was rushed to the Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival from burns and smoke inhalation.

I found the show to be entertaining, but to copy cat, this was about the same time as Pam Grier - with her tough black chick movies and the other black exploitation flicks of the day, even being a pioneering show, it still was a racist show. I liked Angie Dickinson's "Police Women" much better, and I'm a black American.