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

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 ...

“The New Centurions” (1970) became a bestseller and set in motion ... (The novel was adapted into a 1972 film starring George C. Scott and Stacy Keach.) His next books, including “The Blue Knight” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...