Street Justice
Street Justice is an American action crime drama series starring Carl Weathers and Bryan Genesse. The series began airing in syndication in 1991, and was canceled in 1993 after 2 seasons.
| Street Justice | |
|---|---|
 Street Justice Season One DVD Cover | |
| Genre | Crime drama Action |
| Created by | David Levinson Mark Lisson David H. Balkan |
| Starring | Carl Weathers Bryan Genesse Eric McCormack Charlene Fernetz Marcus Chong |
| Composer | Lawrence Shragge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 43 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ann Donahue Jonathan Glassner David Levinson |
| Producer | N. John Smith |
| Production location | Vancouver |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 43-45 minutes |
| Production companies | Stephen J. Cannell Productions (1991-1992) (season 1) Cannell Entertainment (1992-1993) (season 2) |
| Distributor | Stephen J. Cannell Productions (1991-1992) (season 1) Cannell Entertainment (1992-1993) (season 2) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | September 29, 1991 – May 29, 1993 |
Synopsis
The series revolves around U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier-turned-metropolitan police detective, Adam Beaudreaux (Weathers) (b. 1948), and Grady Jameson (Genesse), a Canadian martial arts expert. As a child, Grady saved Adam's life when he was wounded-in-action during the Vietnam War. Grady's parents, who were Canadian missionaries, were killed when the Viet Cong burned down their village. After the encounter, the two formed a bond and were together in Vietnam for 10 months until Adam was sent back to the United States and discharged from service. Adam promised Grady that he would come back for him. In 1972, Adam became a police officer and began a 20-year search for the boy who had saved his life. In the intervening years, Grady was forced to steal to survive on the mean streets in Vietnam. He was eventually arrested and imprisoned for 10 1⁄2 years. Grady learned martial arts in prison in order to stay alive. Adam and Grady are finally reunited in 1991 when Grady finds his way to the U.S. and shows up at Adam's place while in pursuit of the man he holds responsible for his parents' murder.
Adam puts Grady to work at the bar he co-owns with his friend, Malloy (Charlene Fernetz), the daughter of his deceased partner. Grady soon begins helping Adam on cases using the knowledge he picked up living on the streets along with his martial arts training.
Cast
- Carl Weathers as Adam Beaudreaux
- Bryan Genesse as Grady Jameson
- Charlene Fernetz as Malloy
- Marcus Chong as Miguel Mendez (19 episodes)
- Eric McCormack as Detective Eric Rothman (18 episodes)
- Janne Mortil as Detective Tricia Kelsey
- Ken Tremblett as Detective Paul Schuham (11 episodes)
- Leam Blackwood as Lt. Charles Pine
Guest stars
- Tamsin Kelsey (6 episodes)
- Sandra P. Grant
- Lisa Vultaggio
- Steve Bacic (3 episodes)
- Carrie-Anne Moss (2 episodes)
- Beverley Hendry (2 episodes)
- Ken Camroux (2 episodes)
- Buster Douglas
- Christianne Hirt
- Walter Marsh
- Victor Young (2 episodes)
- John Tench
- Eric Keenleyside (2 episodes)
- Rick Poltaruk
- Wren Robertz
- Kim Coates
- Aki Aleong
- Stephen E. Miller
- Salma Hayek
- Larry Manetti
- Dwight McFee
- Robert McNeil
- Beau Starr
- Pat Harrington Jr.
- Oliver Becker
- Jano Frandsen
- Jill Teed
- Scott Jaeck
- Johnny Cuthbert
- John Novak (2 episodes)
- Roark Critchlow
- Debbie Gibson
- Tom McBeath
- Dustin Nguyen
- Kim Kondrashoff
- Marc Baur
- Roger R. Cross (2 episodes)
- Kevin McNulty (2 episodes)
- Melanie Nicholls-King
- Billy Blanks
- Amy Yasbeck
- Collin Raye
- R. Lee Ermey
- Peter DeLuise
- Don S. Davis
- Kim Coates
- Steve Kahan
- Omar Epps
- Alfonso Quijada (3 episodes)
- Alex Datcher (2 episodes)
- Travis MacDonald
- Jim Byrnes
- Earl Pastko
- Jay Brazeau
- Kathy Long
- Benjamin Ratner
- Rob Morton
- Steven Williams
- Bo Svenson
Notes
Marcus Chong and Carrie-Anne Moss would reunite years later in The Matrix.
Episodes
Season 1 (1991–92)
| No. | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Legacy" | September 29, 1991 | |
| While protecting a hitman for a local crime boss, police detective Adam Beaudreaux hires a friend of his to track down Grady Jameson, to whom he feels indebted for saving his life in Vietnam nearly 20 years ago. Grady and Beaudreaux work together when it's revealed that killer was involved with the death of Grady's parents. | |||
| 2 | "Loyalties" | October 5, 1991 | |
| Adam is asked to keep a friend's daughter out of a gang. | |||
| 3 | "Kid Stuff" | October 12, 1991 | |
| Grady's girlfriend asks him to help kidnap get son from his abusive foster parents. | |||
| 4 | "Tables Turned" | October 19, 1991 | |
| Adam agrees to help an attorney who got a rapist he arrested off when the man begins to stalk her. | |||
| 5 | "Shadows" | October 26, 1991 | |
| Adam is placed in protective custody when two officers turn up dead. | |||
| 6 | "Sanctuary" | November 2, 1991 | |
| Grady takes an abused young woman under his wing. | |||
| 7 | "The Group" | November 9, 1991 | |
| The past comes back to haunt Adam when young Asian women are being murdered, and he believes it to be the work of new members of a group of Vietnam vets. | |||
| 8 | "Friendly Fire" | November 16, 1991 | |
| 9 | "Self Defense" | November 23, 1991 | |
| 10 | "Bashing" | November 30, 1991 | |
| 11 | "Homecoming" | January 11, 1992 | |
| 12 | "Parenthood" | January 18, 1992 | |
| 13 | "Partner in Crime" | January 25, 1992 | |
| 14 | "Protectors" | February 1, 1992 | |
| 15 | "Backbeat" | February 15, 1992 | |
| 16 | "Debt of Honor" | February 22, 1992 | |
| 17 | "Bad Choices" | February 29, 1992 | |
| 18 | "Eye Witness" | April 25, 1992 | |
| 19 | "The Long Way Home" | May 2, 1992 | |
| 20 | "Catcher" | May 9, 1992 | |
| 21 | "Missing" | May 16, 1992 | |
Season 2 (1992–93)
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | "Death Warmed Over" | October 3, 1992 |
| 23 | "Circle of Death" | October 10, 1992 |
| 24 | "Cross Fire" | October 17, 1992 |
| 25 | "Feet Of Clay" | October 24, 1992 |
| 26 | "Each One, Teach One" | October 31, 1992 |
| 27 | "Country Justice" | November 7, 1992 |
| 28 | "Back From The Dead Again" | November 14, 1992 |
| 29 | "Innocent Blood" | November 21, 1992 |
| 30 | "Angel Of Death" | November 28, 1992 |
| 31 | "Remember Me" | January 9, 1993 |
| 32 | "Black Or Blue" | January 16, 1993 |
| 33 | "Bitter Fruit" | January 23, 1993 |
| 34 | "A Sense Of Duty" | January 30, 1993 |
| 35 | "Obsession" | February 6, 1993 |
| 36 | "Honor And Trust" | February 13, 1993 |
| 37 | "On My Honor" | February 20, 1993 |
| 38 | "The Cost Of Peace" | February 27, 1993 |
| 39 | "Countdown" | March 6, 1993 |
| 40 | "Hello Again" | May 8, 1993 |
| 41 | "The Wall" | May 15, 1993 |
| 42 | "My Brother's Keeper" | May 22, 1993 |
| 43 | "Desperate" | May 29, 1993 |
Home media
Visual Entertainment has released both seasons of Street Justice on DVD in Canada.[1][2]
On March 22, 2011, VEI released Street Justice: The Complete Series on DVD in Canada. The 10-disc boxset features all 43 episodes of the series.[3]
| DVD name | Ep # | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season | 21 | November 7, 2006 |
| The Complete Second and Final Season | 22 | November 25, 2008 |
| The Complete Series | 43 | March 22, 2011 |
Awards and nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
- Won: Best Direction, Dramatic Series, David Winning (for episode 1.13 "Parenthood", 1993)
References
- Amazon.com: Street Justice Season 1 DVD release info
- Carl Weathers and Bryan Genesse (Actor). "Street Justice Complete Second and Final season: Amazon.ca: Carl Weathers and Bryan Genesse: DVD". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)