Season 1 • Episode 23
LatestBank teller Roy has an interesting early-retirement plan: he's the inside man on a quarter-million-dollar heist.
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.
Acting
James Franciscus commits fully to the blind-detective bit.
Stunts
Bruce Lee choreographed and guest-starred in the pilot episode.
Production
Shot on location in New Orleans—atmosphere for days.
Creator
Stirling Silliphant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bruce Lee's role as Li Tsung made such an impact that he was supposed to return as a recurring character, but the show's cancellation killed that plan.
Created by Stirling Silliphant, who also wrote In the Heat of the Night—this was his attempt to bring that same social awareness to disability representation, with mixed 1971 results.
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