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Longstreet
1971 - 1972 6.8 (10 votes) 1 Seasons
Genres
Drama
Networks
ABC
Created By
Stirling Silliphant

Longstreet

Overview

Longstreet is an American crime drama series that was broadcast on the ABC in the 1971-1972 season. A 90-minute pilot movie of the same name aired prior to the debut of the series as an ABC Movie of the Week.

Key Crew

Producer: Stirling Silliphant

Top Cast

James Franciscus
James Franciscus

Mike Longstreet

Peter Mark Richman
Peter Mark Richman

Ann Doran
Ann Doran

Marlyn Mason
Marlyn Mason

Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee

Li Tsung

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1971)

No overview available.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Way Of The Intercepting Fist
1971-09-16

Mike Longstreet enlists the Teachings of martial arts expert Li Tsung in order to defend himself despite his blindness.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: A World of Perfect Complicity
1971-09-23

Mike and Nikki go undercover as husband and wife in an exclusive apartment building, in an attempt to discover the identity of a thief who is robbing its wealthy residents.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: One in the Reality Column
1971-09-30

Mike is kidnapped, drugged and left for dead on an abandoned salvage ship. Miraculously, he survives and attempts to piece together clues and fractured memories, believing it's somehow connected to a case he is working on.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: So, Who's Fred Hornbeck?
1971-10-07

A man who spent several years in prison for a murder he didn't commit enlists Mike's help in finding the real killer.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Elegy in Brass
1971-10-14

When Mike begins investigating the murder of a Jazz Society Director, and the theft of two rare and valuable instruments, it leads him on a path into greed, ambition, hidden family secrets and the world of jazz music.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Spell Legacy Like Death
1971-10-21

Spell Legacy Like Death is a 1971 action, crime and drama television episode written by Mark Rodgers, Sy Salkowitz, Stirling Silliphant and Baynard Kendrick and directed by Paul Krasny.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: The Shape of Nightmares
1971-10-28

A young widow asks Mike to look into the apparent suicide of her husband, who died in prison. Mike enters the prison to investigate, and discovers evidence that he was actually murdered.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: The Girl with a Broom
1971-11-04

An expensive Rembrandt painting is stolen from a wealthy family's home. Mike's investigation into the theft takes him into a web of hidden family secrets and lies.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Wednesday's Child
1971-11-11

Nikki is kidnapped after purchasing an antique sewing machine at an auction, and held for ransom. Mike must discover what's hidden within the machine that's of value, and then with Li's help find a way to rescue Nikki.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: I See, Said the Blind Man
1971-11-18

I See, Said the Blind Man is a 1971 action, drama and crime television episode written by Sandor Stern and directed by Leslie H. Martinson.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: This Little Piggy Went to the Marquette
1971-12-02

Mike investigates a series of thefts of semi-truck trailers, known as "pigs", and uncovers a ring of thieves.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: There Was A Crooked Man
1971-12-09

A valuable racehorse is stolen and held for ransom. The kidnappers want Mike to deliver the ransom money, because they figure he won't be able to identify them.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: The Old Team Spirit
1971-12-16

There has been a series of armored-car robberies, and Mike's old mentor, Harold Kemp, is in charge of the investigation. As Mike assists Harold in the investigation, he begins to suspect his mentor is involved.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: The Long Way Home
1971-12-30

Harper Electronics specializes in hiring handicapped employees, but the company is hit with a string of robberies. Going undercover to investigate, Mike becomes an employee with the firm.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Let the Memories Be Happy Ones
1972-01-06

Nikki takes Mike to the New Orleans International Airport to pick up his late wife's sister, Hannah, and her husband, Sven Aalborg. While greeting each other in the crowded airport terminal, someone mysteriously shoots Hannah's husband, leaving him in critical condition.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Survival Times Two
1972-01-13

A deadly water moccasin and an equally deadly trapper add up to peril for Longstreet and Duke, whose trek into the Louisiana bayous turns into a battle for survival.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Eye of the Storm
1972-01-20

Mike travels to a lonely roadside diner to meet the representative of a gang that stole a valuable jade chess set, in order to pay the ransom for its return. The man he is supposed to meet is a no-show as a hurricane blows through, stranding Mike and a group of fellow travelers.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Please Leave the Wreck for Others to Enjoy
1972-01-27

Nikki is run down by a hit-and-run driver while working on a case with Mike, placing her in the hospital in critical condition. Mike blames himself and begins to question his real motives for being an investigator, as he falls into a deep depression.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: Anatomy of a Mayday
1972-02-03

Mike's good friend is killed in a boating accident, but Mike feels someone may have tried to murder him. Investigating several potential suspects leads him to believe his friend is really still alive.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Sad Songs and Other Conversations
1972-02-10

When a fire breaks out in a hospital room, the patient inside dies. Mike investigates and suspects arson, but must sift through several suspects to find out who and why.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: Field of Honor
1972-02-17

Mike's good friend is Jim Collins, the starting quarterback for the New Orleans football team. After suffering a terrible accident, Jim finds he may never walk again. Mike suspects the accident involved foul play.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: Through Shattering Glass
1972-02-24

When Mike hears a man being murdered, he pieces together enough clues to guess the killer's identity. He then plays a dangerous game as he pretends to be an eyewitness to the killing, hoping to draw the killer out into the open.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 23: The Sound of Money Talking
1972-03-02

Bank teller Roy has an interesting early-retirement plan: he's the inside man on a quarter-million-dollar heist.

Runtime: 60 min

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