He wrote 'The Onion Field,' 'The New Centurions' and 'The Blue Knight' and created the realistic anthology series 'Police Story.' ...

The world's most dangerous secret lies between them.

“The New Centurions” was Wambaugh’s first book (published in 1971), and first work to be adapted. It was made into a 1972 film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring George C ...

Joseph Wambaugh wrote his first novel The New Centurions while ... OF RICHARD FLEISCHERS THE NEW CENTURIONS chronicles the production of that landmark film in all its stages from script to screen ...

Several of Wambaugh’s novels were adapted for the big screen, including “The Onion Field,” “The Choirboys” and “The New Centurions.” Wambaugh co-wrote the screenplay for the film ...

In 1971, eleven years after joining the LAPD, Wambaugh saw his first novel, The New Centurions, published by Little, Brown and Co. The story of rookie LAPD cops in the early 1960s became his first ...

Wambaugh, who joined the LAPD as a patrolman in 1960, made a splash with his debut novel, The New Centurions, a sweeping tale that followed three young LAPD officers during a five-year period that ...

The film adaptation starred George C. Scott and Stacy Keach. The New Centurions novel was followed by a string of police novels, including 1972’s The Blue Knight (later adapted for both an NBC ...