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Joseph wambaugh was born on january 22, 1937 in east pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa. The blue knight jefferson parish library overdrive. It was also inspired by the 1973 tv film the blue knight, starring william holden, which ran before the tv show premiered. The blue knight joseph wambaugh, michael connelly on. The blue knight is set in the 1960s and is the story of a cop who plans to retire in three days.