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:''For the 2000 television series starring Blair Underwood, see City of Angels (2000 TV series).'' ''City of Angels'' is a 1976 television series created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins, who had previously worked together on ''The Rockford Files''. American mystery novelist Max Allan Collins has called ''City of Angels'' "the best private eye series ever."〔Pierce, J. Kingston. ("Killers, Cover-ups and Max Allan Collins." ) ''January Magazine'', September 1999.〕 ==Plot== Former ''M *A *S *H'' co-star Wayne Rogers plays a determined but rather ethically challenged private detective, Jake Axminster, who looks out for himself—and somewhat less aggressively for his clients—amid the corruption of Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1930s. He is aided in his investigative efforts by two friends: his ditzy blonde secretary, Marsha Finch (Elaine Joyce), who also runs a call-girl business on the side, and attorney Michael Brimm (Philip Sterling). Brimm is called upon frequently to defend Axminster from charges (mostly trumped-up) leveled against him by Lieutenant Murray Quint (Clifton James), a fat, cigar-chomping, and thoroughly crooked member of the Los Angeles Police Department. Axminster drives a 1934 ragtop Studebaker and keeps his office in downtown L.A.’s historic Bradbury Building, phone number OXford-8704. (Brimm’s office is across the hall.) For his services, Axminster charges $25 a day plus expenses. Although Brimm describes him as “Mr. Play-It-Safe,”〔"The Castle of Dreams" - Episode 10〕 Axminster regularly places himself in danger by helping friends and annoying the police with his questions. His efforts frequently result in his being beaten up. So often does Quint order his thrashing, that Axminster has taken to having nude photographs shot of himself in order to prove later on how aggressive the cops were in their interrogations.〔"A Lonely Way to Die" - Episode 5〕 The detective drinks coffee addictively. When one client asks him whether his habit keeps him up, Axminster responds, “No, but it helps.” He appears to be constantly in debt, and he’s not above borrowing money from friends and even his bootblack, Lester (Timmie Rogers).〔"The November Plan, Part II" - Episode 2〕 Axminster “gripes in general about the cost of staying alive. ‘All the angels left this burg about 20 years ago,’ is his succinct summation of the 1930s ...”〔Wilkins, Barbara. ("TV's 'Manure,' Says Wayne Rogers, Who Plays the Angles as Skillfully as 'City of Angels'." ) ''People'', March 8, 1976.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Angels (1976 TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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