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THE MAN... THE MACHINE...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jesse attempts to convince a rock star to appear in a public service announcement.
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.
Jesse comes to the assistance of an old girlfriend. Her family gets in trouble after an statue is stolen.
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.
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.
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.
Jesse competes with a beautiful and intelligent Insurance Agent when they investigate a horse switching scheme and a murder of a stable hand.
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.
Street hawk is up against a band of Gold thieves with a little help from the neighbourhood watch.
