Longstreet

Longstreet
Premiere	pilot movie February 23, 1971 series September 16, 1971
Finale	March 2, 1972
Based upon	characters created by Baynard Kendrick
Developed for TV by	Stirling Silliphant
Network/Provider	ABC
Style	60-minute crime drama
Company	Edling Productions, Corsican Productions, Paramount Television
Seasons	1
Episodes	23 + pilot movie (List of episodes)
Origin	USA

Longstreet is a crime drama that aired on ABC.

The series starred James Franciscus as insurance investigator Mike Longstreet. After a bomb (hidden in a champagne bottle) kills his wife, Ingrid, and leaves him blind, the title character pursues and captures the killers. He then continues his career as an insurance investigator despite his blindness. Longstreet's seeing eye dog was a white German Shepherd called Pax. The series was set in New Orleans, but was actually filmed in Los Angeles. Coincidentally, exactly a decade earlier, Franciscus had appeared as insurance investigator Russ Andrews in a 13-week CBS series The Investigators, with James Philbrook as his principal co-star. Both series aired at the same time, Thursdays at 9PM (Eastern).

Mystery novelist Baynard Kendrick was credited in each episode as the creator of the source material for the series, although his character, Captain Duncan Maclain, had little in common with Longstreet aside from their both being blind private detectives.

Pilot

Title	Network		Airdate
Longstreet	ABC		February 23, 1971

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
ABC
Season One	September 16, 1971	March 2, 1972				23

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

There are no DVD releases for this show.

External Links

• opening credits