Street Hawk is an American television series that aired for 13 episodes on ABC in 1985. The series is a Limekiln and Templar Production in association with Universal Television. Its central characters were created by Paul M. Belous and Robert "Bob" Wolterstorff, and its core format was developed by Bruce Lansbury, who had initially commissioned the program's creation. This series was originally planned for the fall of 1984, Mondays at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central. However, ABC executives changed their minds when the summer series Call to Glory did well, and Street Hawk was pushed to mid-season. Street Hawk made its debut on January 4, 1985 on ABC at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central and ran until May 16, 1985.
Reruns aired on the USA Network on Saturdays at 10:00AM from 1990-91.
Street Hawk is an American television series that aired for 13 episodes on ABC in 1985. The series is a Limekiln and Templar Production in association with Universal Television. Its central characters were created by Paul M. Belous and Robert "Bob" Wolterstorff, and its core format was developed by Bruce Lansbury, who had initially commissioned the program's creation. This series was originally planned for the fall of 1984, Mondays at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central. However, ABC executives changed their minds when the summer series Call to Glory did well, and Street Hawk was pushed to mid-season. Street Hawk made its debut on January 4, 1985 on ABC at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central and ran until May 16, 1985.
Reruns aired on the USA Network on Saturdays at 10:00AM from 1990-91.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 1
Pilot
1h 15m
Jesse's best friend is killed by a black truck and Jesse himself is injured in the accident. He can't ride a motorcycle again until a man named Norman Tuttle turns up and offers him a knee operation and a job as a test pilot for a top-secret government project, code named Street Hawk.
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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Robert Wolterstorff, Paul M. BelousGuest stars Christopher Lloyd, Lawrence Pressman, Jayne Modean, Robert Beltran, Doug Cox, John Carter, Sam Vlahos, Janet Winter
Jesse's old mate (George Clooney) shows up in town after years of not seeing him. Unknown to Jesse he is in town to kill Street Hawk.
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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Nicholas Corea, Bruce CerviGuest stars George Clooney, Robert Lipton, John Wesley, Sal Landi, Marco Rodríguez, James Walsh, Jason Corbett, Larry Margo
Jesse impedes a jewel sale, but a murderer, pretending to be a cop, retrieves the gems. This episodes introduces an enemy unknown to Street Hawk. This enemy is the masquerading cop boss whom we only know of via telephone conversations.
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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Nicholas CoreaGuest stars Marjoe Gortner, Milt Oberman, Michael Horsley, Robert Dryer, Bernard White, Nicholas Worth, Paul Tuerpe, Jim Boeke
Unwittingly Jesse and Norman become embroiled in the case of Linda Martin, an important witness against a mobster. She is persued by the mobster's henchman who are hell-bent on getting rid of her.
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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by Deborah Dean DavisGuest stars Sybil Danning, Christopher Thomas, Christie Houser, Stephen Liska, Robert Miranda, Leslie Bevis, Gregory Itzin, Jay Fenichel
Jesse attempts to convince a rock star to appear in a public service announcement.
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Directed by Daniel HallerWritten by Nicholas Corea, Bruce CerviGuest stars James Whitmore Jr., Daphne Ashbrook, Charles Lampkin, Lee Ving, Kai Wulff, Michael MacRae, Barrie Ingham, Susan Elliot
A series of arson attacks at six different factories make Jesse and Norman doubt about their fortuity. Yet, when they set out to investigate, they are both completely baffled by the fact that the detonator responsible for each incident is untraceable.
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Directed by Virgil W. VogelWritten by L. Ford Neale, John HuffGuest stars Earl Boen, Kristen Meadows, Tige Andrews, Clu Gulager, Jere Burns, Hank Brandt, Raymond Singer
The Widow of an overthrown dictator employs an escaped prisoner for a hideous scheme. Jesse investigates after the prisoner leaves a stand-in at the jail.
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Directed by Kim MannersWritten by Robert Wolterstorff, Paul M. BelousGuest stars Mayf Nutter, Bianca Jagger, Greta Blackburn, Morgan Lofting, Conrad Bachmann, Wayne Powers, Nancy Linari, Lee Ryan
Jesse pursues a gang of gunrunners and their trail leads him to a laser weaponry. There Norman re-encounters an old flame, gets captured, and Jesse is left to do all work on his own.
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Directed by Harvey S. LaidmanWritten by Deborah Dean Davis, Shel WillensGuest stars Charles Napier, Sam Ingraffia, Joanna Kerns, George McDaniel, Tammy Brewer, Lisa Coppenolle, Richard Kuhlman
Jesse helps an author solve a murder committed years earlier. The writer is about to release an book which supposedly incriminates those responsible, but only puts her in danger since the killers now need to get rid of her.
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Directed by Harvey S. LaidmanWritten by Karen HarrisGuest stars Belinda Montgomery, John DiSanti, Don Hood, Donald V. Allen, Rebecca Wood, Vaughn Tyree Jelks, Steve Edwards, Robert Carnegie
Jesse competes with a beautiful and intelligent Insurance Agent when they investigate a horse switching scheme and a murder of a stable hand.
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Directed by Richard ComptonWritten by Joseph GunnGuest stars M.C. Gainey, Barbara Stock, Jeff Pomerantz, Bibi Besch, Walker Edmiston, Tom Simcox, James Oliver, Frank Lugo
Altobelli comes to Jesse's aid when a Federal Agent tries to justify his failure to stop an assassination. However, the assassin is really seeking revenge against the fed who put her away years earlier. Watch out for the face to face confrontation between Altobelli and Jesse as Street Hawk.
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Directed by Harvey S. LaidmanWritten by Karen HarrisGuest stars Ann Turkel, Marc Alaimo, Paul Rossilli, Dennis Franz, Raymond Singer, David Olivier, Tom Everett, Naomi Serotoff
Street hawk is up against a band of Gold thieves with a little help from the neighbourhood watch.
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Directed by Daniel HallerWritten by Burton ArmusGuest stars John Aprea, Robert Costanzo, Bert Rosario, James Emery, Phil Rubenstein, Harry Northup, Don Swayze, Gammy Singer
Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff, Bruce Lansbury
Written by
Nicholas Corea, Bruce Cervi, Karen Harris, Robert Wolterstorff, Paul M. Belous, Joseph Gunn, John Huff, Burton Armus, Deborah Dean Davis, L. Ford Neale, Deborah Dean Davis, Shel Willens, Deborah Dean Davis, Hannah Louise Shearer
