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LONGSTREET
 

USA / ABC/Paramount / 1x120 minute episode / 23x60m-e / 9 September 1971 - 2 March 72

Producer: Joel Rogosin / Music: Billy Goldenburg, Robert Drasnin / Executive Producer: Stirling Silliphant 

Crime drama series. Blind private detective Mike Longstreet tackles his cases in downtown New Orleans helped by his Alsation guide dog Pax. Jim Franciscus had a big hand in creating the show and spent much time in training his eyes not to appear blind. The legendary Bruce Lee appeared in a semi regular role as Mike's self defence teacher.

regular cast 
JAMES FRANCISCUS as Mike Longstreet / MARILYN MASON as Nikki Bell / PETER MARK RICHMAN as Duke Paige / ANN DORAN as Mrs Kingston

 

ONE SEASON ONLY 

1. Pilot: Longstreet (Broadcast: 2/23/1971)

Writer: Stirling Silliphant 

After losing his wife, and his eyesight, in a bomb attack, insurance company investigator Mike Longstreet determines to track down the perpetrators.

With:- Bradford Dillman as Duke Paige / John McIntire as Dr. Dan Stockman / Jeanette Nolan as Alice Longstreet / Martine Beswick as Nikki Bell / Barry Russo as Lieutenant Kirk Gantry / Judy Jones as Ingrid Longstreet / Martin Kosleck as Von Marks / Barney Phillips as Dr. Richards / Lisabeth Field as Nurse / Lincoln Demyan as Inspector / James De Closs as Police Sergeant

Director: Joseph Sargent 


2. The Way of the Intercepting Fist (Broadcast: 9/16/1971)

Writer: Stirling Silliphant 

After being attacked by hoods Mike decides he needs to learn self defense.

With:-Louis Gossett, Jr. as Sgt. Cory / Bruce Lee as Li Tsung / John Milford as 
Jim Bolte / Johnny Haymer as Harv / Brett Pearson as Pete / Del Monroe as Gunman /
Bruce Kirby as Truck Driver / Ray Galvin as Jessie / Eugene Peterson as Arvin

Director: Don McDougall 


3. A World of Perfect Complicity (Broadcast: 9/23/1971)

Writer: Stirling Silliphant 

Mike teams up with his girl friday Nikki to investigate a spate of robberies all taking place in the same well to do high rise block. 
 
With:- James Broderick as Hank / Josephine Hutchinson as Lydia Duval / Beverlee 
McKinsey as Sue Hazelton / Fred Beir as Tom Hazelton / Douglas Henderson as Sidney 
Benbrook / Darlene Conley as Mrs. Benbrook / Alex Gerry as Albert Duval / Patricia 
Winters as Mrs. McCourtney / Mark Roberts as Mr. McCourtney 

Director: Jud Taylor


4. One in the Reality Column(Broadcast: 9/30/1971)

Writer: Lionel E. Siegel 

Mike goes missing after and turns up 15 hours later having been drugged and kidnapped and with no idea who the bad guys 
are.

With:- Tyne Daly as Marcella / Victor French as Dolph Cottle / Murray MacLeod as 
Ben Cottle / Wesley Lau as Defense Attorney / Ed Prentiss as Judge / Mark Tapscott as Lt. Martinson / Nick Dennis as Nick / Med Flory as Charlie / Norman Leavitt as Truck 
Driver

Director: Don McDougall 


5. So, Who's Fred Hornbeck?  (Broadcast: 10/7/1971)

Writer: Sandor Stern 

A man who has spent years in jail for a crime he didn't commit hires Longstreet to track down the real killer. 

With:- Michael Ontkean as David De Carie / Martha Scott as Louisa De Carie /
Victor Jory as Fred Hornbeck / Lynn Hamilton as Mary Rose Carter / William Patterson as Henri De Carie / Leonard Stone as Means / Len Wayland as Sheriff Pyke / Bert Kramer as Officer Grove / Jimmy Pelham as Red Carter 

Director: David Lowell 


6. Elegy in Brass (Broadcast: 10/14/1971)

Writer: Steven Lord 

Mike investigates a robbery at the Jazz Society.

With:- Janet MacLachlan as Molly Richards / Robert DoQui as Gus Pollack / Berry Kroeger as Truman Deckbar / Brock Peters as Danny / Logan Ramsey as Clayton / Joel Fluellen as Jimbo Rollins / Bill Walker as Joe-the-Butcher Powell / Ed Peck as Det. Lt. Toomey 

Director: David Lowell Rich 


7. Spell Legacy Like Death (Broadcast: 10/21/1971)

Writer: Sy Salkowitz, Mark Rogers / Story: Sy Salkowitz

Mike has to track down a black mailing would be bomber in just two hours. 


With:- Barry Nelson as Les Bailey / Bruce Lee as Li Tsung / Anthony Caruso 
as Capt. Dimirjian / Louise Latham as Maxine Bailey / Paul Mantee as Sergeant Aubrey 

Director: Paul Krasny 



8. The Shape of Nightmares (Broadcast: 10/28/1971)

Writer: Stirling Silliphant 

Mike finds himself in prison to determine whether an inmates death was suicide or murder.

With:-Dana Elcar as Dr. Burlen / Paul Koslo as Bobby Karp / Nora Meadows as Mrs. Dutton / William Smith / Scott Walker

Director: James Neilson

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9. The Girl with a Broom (Broadcast: 11/4/1971)

Writer: Reuben Bercovitch 

Mike is investigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt from the home of a well to do couple but the husband wants him off the 
case as he doesn;t think he is up to it.

With:- Shelley Fabares as Marianne Franklin / Christopher Ashton as William Kellman / Tim O'Connor as Dr. Franklin / Nan Martin as Mrs. Franklin / Melendy Britt as Lenore Crowley / Michael Bell as Casey Davenport / Stacy Keach, Sr. as Warden Lewis / Gregory Morton as Peter Kellman / Val Bisolgio as Garvey / John Sebastien as Lt. Webber

Director: Lee Philips 


10. Wednesday's Child (Broadcast: 11/11/1971)

Writers: Stephen Kandel, Mark Rogers / Story: Howard Browne
Nikki is kidnapped and an antique sewing machine seems to hold the key to her survival. 

With:- Marion Ross as Ilene Decker / Gene Evans as Fred Decker / Paul Fix as Dan Schirmer / Tim McIntire as Richard Swift / Virginia Vincent as Dora Wyman / Nellie Burt as Sara Wyman / Bruce Lee as Li Tsung 

Director: Jeannot Szwarc 



11. I See, Said the Blind Man (Broadcast: 11/18/1971)

Writer: Sandor Stern 

When a waitress is murdered in front of him Longstreet's only clue is the way the killer walked.

With:- Kasey Rogers as Nancy Oaks / Lee Montgomery as Rudy Krim / John Lupton as Don Krim / Frances Spanier as Sylvia Krim / Bert Freed as Lt. Ryder / George Murdock as Burt Oaks / Nora Marlowe as Mrs. Metcalfe / Kip King as Dr. Fowler / Francine York as Ellie / Darwin Johnston as Gary Stephens / Bruce Lee as Li Tsung / Jerry Hausner as Arnie / Frank Farmer as Vet / Bartlett Robinson 

Director: Leslie H. Martinson 


12. This Little Piggy Went to the Marquette (Broadcast: 12/2/1971)

Writer: Robert Malcolm Young 

Mike is the victim of a near-accident as he begins his investigation of a trailer company owned by Jordan Anderson. When he finally closes in on the suspect, Longstreet walks right into a trap... 

With:- Madlyn Rhue as Kim / Barry Sullivan as Anderson / Michael Strong 

Director: Charles Dubin 


13. There Was A Crooked Man (Broadcast: 12/9/1971)

Writers: John Furia, Mark Rogers 

When a valuable racehorse is stolen Mike is chosen to deliver the ransom money, the crooks believing a blind man won't be able to identify them. 

With:- Laird Stuart as Sheraton / Danielle de Metz / Murray Hamilton as Nelson Woodley / Pippa Scott as Julia Woodley / Mills Watson as Charles Murphy 

Director: Don McDougall 


14. The Old Team Spirit (Broadcast: 12/16/1971)

Writer: Robert Hamner 

Mike is upset when he learns that the man he considers his mentor could be behind a spate of armed robberies.

With:-Leif Erickson as Harold Kemp / John Ericson as Frank Glendon 

Director: James Sheldon 


15. The Long Way Home (Broadcast: 12/30/1971)

Writer: Richard Landau 

Mike takes on a false identity to find out who is behind a series of robberies in an electronic parts factory. But when the bad guys learn of his assignment they plot his murder. 

With:- Susan Oliver as Paula / Rosemary DeCamp as Emma / Skip Homeier as Ben / David Huddleston as Walter 

Director: Don McDougall 

16. Let the Memories Be Happy Ones (Broadcast: 1/6/1972)

Writer: Mark Rodgers 

The husband of Mike's sister-in-law Hannah has an attempt made on his life, Mike decides to find out why. 

With:- Rosemary Forsyth as Hannah / Lonny Chapman as Lt. Crane / Karl Swenson as Sven Aalborg / Jim Antonio as John Lang 

Director: Jeff Hayden 


17. Survival Times Two (Broadcast: 1/13/1972)

Writer: Mark Rodgers 

Mike and Duke's visit to the Louisiana bayou to try and track down a man accused of trying to destroy an oil rig turns sour when 
they are left for dead by their guide. 

With:- Neville Brand as La Brien / Jan Shepard as Alice Page / Robert Donner as Fourchet 

Director: James Harmon Brown 



18. Eye of the Storm (Broadcast: 1/20/1972)

Writer: Simon Wincelberg 

Whilst stuck in a lonely diner waiting to recover a stolen chess set Mike finds himself caught up in a murder mystery when a group of stranded bus passengers arrive and one of them is murder during a power out. 

With:-Claude Akins as Flecker / Collin Wilcox as Verna / James Callihan as Royce / Lisabeth Hush as Mrs. Royce / Jonathan Lippe as Dunstan 

Director: Don McDougall 


19. Please Leave the Wreck for Others to Enjoy (Broadcast: 1/27/1972)

Writer: Stirling Silliphant 

Nike is in a depression following a hit and run accident that has left Nikki badly injured, his old mentor Dan Stockton persuades him to help out a young man who has just been blinded. 

With:- Wendell Burton as Russ Larsen / John McIntire as Dan Stockton 

Director: Alexander Singer 


20. Anatomy of a Mayday (Broadcast: 2/3/1972)

Writer: Robert W. Lenski 

A friend of Mike's disappears at sea and Mike wants to know why. 

With:-Kathie Browne / Arch Johnson / Harold J. Stone / Jeremy Slate as Barry / Stephen McNally as Gillman 

Director: James Harmon Brown 


21. Sad Songs and Other Conversations (Broadcast: 2/10/1972)

Writer: Sandor Stern 

A hospital fire which leaves three patients dead sends out smoke signals to Longstreet. 

With:- Richard Anderson / Jeanne Cooper / Brooke Bundy as Nurse Kelly / John Colicos as Arnold Zaduck / Dennis Olivieri as Andy Woodman 

Director: Don McDougall 


22. Field of Honor (Broadcast: 2/17/1972)

Writer: Herman Groves 

Mike gets caught up in the problems of a pro gambler and a pro quarterback. 

With:- Tol Avery as Alex Roebling / Bernie Casey as Ray Eller / Robert Horton as Jim Collins


Director: Charles Dubin 


23. Through Shattering Glass (Broadcast: 2/24/1972)

Writer: Jackson Gillis 

Mike believes that a death in an elevator was murder and sets out to prove it. 

With:- Stacy Harris as Jim Carlton / Lee Meriwether as Miss Cooper / Peggy McCay as Mrs. Ames / William Bramley as Ames 

Director: James Harmon Brown



24. The Sound of Money Talking (Broadcast: 3/2/1972)

Writer: Richard Shapiro 

Longstreet gets involved when a bank teller seems to be the inside man on a major heist. 

With:- Peter Haskell as Roy / Walter Burke as Virgil Willis / Luke Askew as Murph 

Director: Don McDougall 

 
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