• 1990
  • 1h
Shades of LA

Summary Det. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a shallow, casual kind of guy until a near-death experience changes his life. Grazed in the head by a bullet during a stake-out, Burton dies and finds himself in limbo, surrounded by "shades"--spirits of the dead who are trapped there, unable to proceed to Heaven or Hell until they can complete whatever unfinished business binds them to Earth. Paramedics restart his heart, and Burton wakes up in the hospital--only to discover he can still see shades. View more details

  • 1990
  • 1h

Shades of LA

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Warren Berlinger John D'Aquino Summer Shohfi Susan Ware

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7.4

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Genres : Fantasy Crime Drama

Release date : Oct 9, 1990

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment International

Summary Det. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a shallow, casual kind of guy until a near-death experience changes his life. Grazed in the head by a bullet during a stake-out, Burton dies and finds himself in limbo, surrounded by "shades"--spirits of the dead who are trapped there, unable to proceed to Heaven or Hell until they can complete whatever unfinished business binds them to Earth. Paramedics restart his heart, and Burton wakes up in the hospital--only to discover he can still see shades. View more details

Details

Genres : Fantasy Crime Drama

Release date : Oct 9, 1990

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment International

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Shades of LA (1990)

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Episode 1 • Oct 09, 1990
Shades of L.A.
A dead astronaut contacts Michael.
Episode 2 • Oct 16, 1990
The Wrong Man
A deceased thief feels guilty that the wrong man was convicted and sent to death row for a crime he committed and asks Burton to clear the man.
Episode 3 • Oct 23, 1990
Coopers Coroner
The ghost of a baseball announcer seeks Burton's help to redress things with a player he rebuffed years before.
Episode 4 • Oct 30, 1990
Where There's No Will, There's a Weigh-In
Janis Paige plays a shade who wants Burton to find out why her nephew is stalling the execution of her will and testament that instructs that her money be given to her financially strapped senior center.
Episode 5 • Nov 06, 1990
Concrete Evidence
Burton meets the late Frankie Mannis at an Italian restaurant who requests that he find his missing corpse so that he may move on to the after-life.
Episode 6 • Nov 13, 1990
Pointers from Paz
A slain policeman, supposedly shot because he was corrupt, wants Burton's help to find the officer who framed him.
Episode 7 • Nov 20, 1990
Episode #1.7
Episode 8 • Nov 06, 1990
Big Brother Is Watching
A murdered ventriloquist returns to point out his killer.
Episode 9 • Dec 04, 1990
Some Like It Cold
Detective Burton falls for the shade of a murdered attorney (Lee Purcell) while searching for her killer.
Episode 10 • Dec 11, 1990
The Teacher from Hell
The ghost of Michael Burton's former high-school science teacher helps him in the investigation of a reporter's murder.
Episode 11 • Jan 07, 1991
Dead Dogs Tell No Tales
Michael is haunted by the ghost of a dog that was used in a bank robbery and accidentally run over by the getaway car.
Episode 12 • Jun 01, 1991
Send Up the Clowns
Michael is entertained by the ghosts of two circus clowns whose amusing antics provides clues to their mysterious deaths.
Episode 13 • Jan 08, 1991
Last Laugh
Episode 14 • Jun 15, 1991
Burial Ground
The ghost of a policeman leads Detective Burton to a hidden payroll meant for Nevada Indians and the murderous thieves who stole it.
Episode 15 • Jan 22, 1991
Cross the Center Line
The ghosts of two bikers from the 1950s help Detective Burton clear Lt. Wesley of charges that he planted a gun on a suspect he shot.
Episode 16 • Jan 29, 1991
Till Death Do Us Part
Det. Michael Burton tries to clear the name of a shade accused of killing his wife, however the original investigator impedes his efforts.
Episode 17 • Feb 05, 1991
Ten Little Thespians
Michael Burton attends a murder mystery weekend where he encounters a murdered novelist who wants him to discover the identity of her killer.
Episode 18 • Feb 22, 1991
The Really Big Sleep
Don Stroud plays a private detective who was murdered 50 years ago who seeks Burton's help to find his killer.
Episode 19 • Mar 30, 1991
Line of Fire: Part 1
Michael Burton becomes romantically involved with his former partner's widow, a TV producer who obtained a videotape of a murder committed by an evangelist.
Episode 20 • Apr 05, 1991
Line of Fire: Part 2
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