Blue Blood
A detective series by Brian Clemens, featuring a penniless German count who turns to investigation work to make ends meet.
Episode title: Bounty (pilot episode)
Transmission date: 1988
Lewis’s character: Hugh Sinclair
Synopsis: Insurance broker Sinclair engages Count von Altenberg to track down Max Zinder, as there is evidence to suggest his death was faked, thus defrauding the insurance company.
Cast:
| Count Henry von Altenberg | - | Albert Fortell |
| Lisa Prentice | - | Ursula Karven |
| Hugh Sinclair | - | LEWIS COLLINS |
| Pat Canning | - | Barbara Wussow |
| Countess von Altenberg | - | Capucine |
| and | ||
| Kurt Schmidtchen | ||
| Helen Vita | ||
| Horst Kummeth | ||
| Udo Weinberger | ||
| Hermann Schneider | ||
| Reinhold Hartl |
Trivia:
The proposed series was originally set in Britain, but a German T.V. company offered financial backing so the location was changed accordingly. The pilot led to a series which was transmitted in 1990. It was entitled Scandalous in the U.S.A.