David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Phyllis Davis

When a young detective is ambushed in a failed police stake out, he is believed to have been killed. In reality, he revives and learns that his face has been altered and his identity has been changed ...( read more  read more... )to Micheal Knight. The person responsible for this is Wilton Knight, a dying billionare who, convinced that one man can make a difference, has selected Micheal for the role as a crime-fighter. Now armed with a advanced car called KITT which has the equivalent armor of a battle tank, capable of speeds over 300 MPH and contains an artificial intelligence computer personality as an aide, Micheal agrees to perform his assigned role.

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Unrated, 91 min.

Directed by: Daniel Haller

Release Date: January 1, 1985

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  • July 27, 2007
    Ridiculous 80s rubbish that was the pilot for a TV series starring the Hoff battling crime with the aid of a gay car. Quite funny if you don't take it as seriously as he obviously does. And David in a goatee looks suspiciously like George Michael doing the arabian nights...
  • June 18, 2007
    This is the movie that set up the TV show.
  • August 27, 2007
    Loved it .......as a youngun.
  • June 30, 2009
    Loveee the Knight Rider.
  • January 26, 2009
    This is the best, still rocks, the old one is better than the new series.
  • November 15, 2008
    it really good i like kitt black car
  • October 30, 2008
    I havent seen that but I really want to see it as soon as possible.
  • October 23, 2008
    Th greatest film eva made (not really!!)
  • October 2, 2008
    I LOVED the original Knight Rider...give me a break, I was FIVE years old.
  • August 25, 2008
    What a legendary show:)

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  • djin6662
    February 18, 2008
    Full video here:
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  • nbhatti3000
    September 21, 2007
    my childhood has come back it seems like i have to go to school tomorrow morning. it was great show of its time i had used to wait for this tv show that time we had not any other channel to watch there was no cable but now time has changed. do you rememeber it?
    time goes never comes back,it leaves behind good momries of pleasant days of life.

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