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Is Sword of Justice coming back?

Sword of Justice (1978–1979) — drama · action · crime on NBC

The answer: Concluded July 11, 1979.
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Genre
Drama · Action · Crime
Network / streamer
NBC
Premiered
October 7, 1978
Ended
July 11, 1979
Runtime
~67 min per episode
1season
9episodes

About Sword of Justice

Affluent playboy Jack Cole, released from prison a changed man after serving three years on an embezzling frame up, vows to even the score with the white-collar crooks responsible while maintaining his former easy-going facade. Dack Rambo stars in this new action series; Bert Rosario and Alex Courtney co-star.

"In the tradition of such literary classics as The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Count of Monte Cristo and Zorro, MCA TV's Sword of Justice explores the desperation of a man wrongly accused of a crime, dedicated to revenge." So the blurb glowingly describes this American series which begins with a special two-hour episode. Dack Rambo plays Jack Cole, whose main similarity with past heroes is his habit of leaving cryptic messages behind him — notably playing cards, the clincher, the three of clubs or "sword of justice". Jack Cole was a playboy who spent his father's money until daddy died and he found himself wrongly imprisoned for embezzlement. This gives him the chance to say things, like: "You don't know how rotten the top can look until you see it from the bottom." But prison life — the School of Hard Knocks — is useful because it teaches him how to suffer, and how to be a slick crook.

Once out of prison (after three years) he outwardly resumes the playboy life, but inwardly plots revenge against the meanies in the big business world.

Sword of Justice episode schedule

9 aired

Aired · 9

DateEp.Title
July 11, 1979 S1·E9 Blackjack
December 31, 1978 S1·E8 Deadly Fashion
December 24, 1978 S1·E7 Port of Entry
December 17, 1978 S1·E6 Judgment Day
October 28, 1978 S1·E5 The Girl on the Edge
October 21, 1978 S1·E4 The Gemini Connection
October 19, 1978 S1·E3 The Skywaymen
October 14, 1978 S1·E2 The Destructors
October 7, 1978 S1·E1 Aloha, Julie Lang

Sword of Justice cast