Jake and the fatman : Synopsis, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Filming Locations

J.L. McCabe, ex-policeman who has become a district Attorney in Honolulu, often teams up with policeman Jake Styles to resolve business.

The American TV series The law is the law (in English Jake and the Fatman) was broadcast for the first time in the United States between 1987 and 1992. It staged two main characters: J. L. McCabe, a Los Angeles prosecutor nicknamed "Jake" (interpreted by William Conrad), and Paul Donovan, a special prosecutor nicknamed "The Fatman" (interpreted by Joe Penny).

The series followed the surveys carried out by McCabe and Donovan to resolve criminal affairs in Los Angeles. Each episode featured a different affair, often inspired by real facts. The characters were accompanied by an assistant, Lieutenant Marcel Proust "Dino" (interpreted by Gérard Sanders), and various experts in forest sciences.

The law is the law was a suspense police series, with comic and dramatic elements. It has been very popular in the United States and has been broadcast in many countries around the world. The series won several prizes, including a Primetime Emmy Award for the best artistic direction for a television series in 1990.

In addition to the main actors, the series featured many guests, including known actors such as Patrick Macnee, David Carradine, Roger Corman and Jack Klugman. The law is the law also launched the career of several actors, including Jason Priestley, who played a recurring role in the series before becoming famous for its role in Beverly Hills 90210.

Despite its success, the law was the law was canceled in 1992 after five seasons. However, the series has continued to be broadcast in syndication for many years and remains popular with fans of police series.

McCabe has a son who regularly appears in the series. He will be killed later by criminals.

Most of the episodes' titles are chosen from the songs of the groups of "L'Ere du Swing".

The year preceding the broadcast of the 1st episode, William Conrad (McCabe) appeared in an episode in 2 parts of the series "Matlock", in 1986, entitled "The Don", in which he plays the prosecutor James Mcshane. Joe Penny (Jake Styles) appears in the second part of the episode, in the role of Paul Baron, the son of Matlock's client. (The two series come from the "Dean Hargrove Company".

McCabe's best companion is his bulldog, max.

Filming locations:

• 2nd Street Tunnel, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Hawaii Film Studio - 18th Avenue & Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (studio)
• Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

• Creation date: 2003/07/01 by stals