David Cassidy - Man Undercover

This was a very timely show, and being around the same age as David I could relate to it completely. I would put in the same category with "Straightaway" which was a "teen" show back in the 60's. I guess because David's character was not a "teenie-bopper star" like the Partridges,it wasn't a big hit. I was disappointed when it was canceled because I thought there many plot points that could be addressed over the years. They did an episode on the California road racing scene, later featured in the movies "Mulholland Drive" and "The Fast and The Furious." They was the first episode I watched as was really blown away. Simon Oakland was great as his boss, much nicer than Darren McGavin's boss in "Night Stalker."

The shows I remember seeing were actually decent entertainment but it always seemed to me like the storylines were a bit rushed...like they were trying to pack too much in an episode.

And forgive my saying so but with those looks, Dan Shay came across a little like a male Pepper Anderson (Police Woman) It did look like Cassidy made an effort to turn in a believable performance. I read an interview he did at the time the show came out on TV Mirror where he said that he respected the Dan Shay character he was playing because he was "saving people's (rear ends)".

I think the main problem I had was in forgetting the Keith Partridge character and imagining David as a policeman. Let's face it: it's hard to be gritty when you're pretty, and David looked more natural holding a Fender Stratocaster guitar than a Smith and Wesson Model 10 revolver.

This was a terrific show, I remember it more than I do Keith Partridge. I was 15 at the time, and remember thinking what a great young actor David Cassidy was. What a great tragedy we wouldn't give Mr.Cassidy the chance he so greatly deserved to leave the Partridge Family behind. Great acting, great plots, great everything!

Try it again David, I'll watch, I think alot of people would.

I have a recording of this David Cassidy movie which was a film called a chance to live police story,,it was about 1hr 30mins long where he goes undercover in a school.very good film.dont think this was put on police story dvds.

I have got the DVD of this tv show & my partner Chris & I watch it because very lovely David Cassidy starred along with the rest of the cast, he was indeed an excellent actor, a very great performance indeed by him.