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.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes aired
- 13
- Latest aired
- S01E13
- Total runtime
- 11h 13min
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S01E01 Pilot
January 4 · 75min find the promo
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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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S01E02 A Second Self
January 11 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E03 The Adjuster
January 18 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E04 Vegas Run
January 22 · 46min find the promo
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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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S01E05 Dog Eat Dog
January 30 · 46min find the promo
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Jesse attempts to convince a rock star to appear in a public service announcement.
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S01E06 Fire on the Wing
February 5 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E07 Chinatown Memories
February 14 · 55min find the promo
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Jesse comes to the assistance of an old girlfriend. Her family gets in trouble after an statue is stolen.
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S01E08 The Unsinkable 453
February 20 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E09 Hot Target
February 27 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E10 Murder Is a Novel Idea
March 7 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E11 The Arabian
May 2 · 55min find the promo
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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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S01E12 Female of the Species
May 9 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E13 Follow the Yellow Gold Road
May 16 · 46min find the promo
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Street hawk is up against a band of Gold thieves with a little help from the neighbourhood watch.