Definitions for "Longstreet"
Keywords:  franciscus, mike, killers, james, wife
Longstreet was a television series starring 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 was the title of a television movie that served as the pilot for Longstreet (TV series) (1971-1972). It starred James Franciscus as Mike Longstreet, an insurance investigator in New Orleans who loses his sight and his wife in an explosion and is determined to track down his wife's killers. The movie ran 90 minutes (with commercial breaks).