BLUE LIGHT (1966) – Goulet … Robert Goulet. Had to be said. The forgotten television series Blue Light ran 17 half-hour episodes from January to May of 1966 and starred singer Robert Goulet of all people. Despite the odd casting, this series was actually a more sophisticated and grittier spy program than television had yet seen.
Blue Light was condemned for its excessive violence and for depicting its main character ruthlessly knifing enemies to death to prevent them from exposing him as a spy. Viewers were apparently too naive to deal with that.
The story is set during World War Two. Robert Goulet plays American reporter David March, one of eighteen U.S. spies who have infiltrated Nazi Germany by posing as Americans so taken with Nazi philosophy that before American involvement in the war they renounced their U.S. citizenship to become citizens of the Reich.
March and the other spies have become hated around the world for this, especially March, who has become a propaganda broadcaster for Hitler’s regime. This lets him hobnob with Nazi authorities while covertly relaying intelligence to enemies of the Third Reich and carrying out sabotage missions. Continue reading
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