Martial Law
TV ShowTitle | Martial Law |
User score | 7.1 |
Release date | Sep 26, 1998 |
Release date of last episode | May 13, 2000 |
Genre | Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama |
Director | Carlton Cuse |
Production country | Canada, United States of America |
Production companies | Cuse Productions, Ruddy Morgan Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, CBS Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 2 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 44 |
Run time | 43 min. |
Martial Law is an American/Canadian crime drama that aired on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US. The show was a surprise hit, making Hung the only East Asian headlining a prime-time network series in the United States. At the time, Hung was not fluent in English, and he reportedly recited some of his dialogue phonetically. In many scenes, Hung did not speak at all, making Martial Law perhaps the only US television series in history that featured so little dialogue from the lead character.
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Actors
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Sammo Law
Kelly Hu
Chen Pei Pei
Louis Mandylor
Det. Louis Malone
Tom Wright
Capt. Benjamin Winship
Gretchen Egolf
Amy Dylan
Arsenio Hall
Terrell Parker
Tammy Lauren
Det. Dana Dickson
Johnny Nguyen
Street Thug
Darryl Chan
Thug (uncredited), Drug Dealer (uncredited), Yakuza Henchman (uncredited)
Sung Kang
Xian
Mako
Suzanne Krull