Street Justice is a Canadian-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 two seasons.
Synopsis
The series revolves around U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier-turned-metropolitan police detective, Adam Beaudreaux (Weathers) 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. Miguel Mendez (Marcus Chong) appears early in the series as a gang leader and adversary of Adam and Grady, and is eventually arrested and sent to a youth camp. Following his release, he assists the two from time to time. Chong was credited as a guest star throughout Season 1, then added to the main cast at the beginning of Season 2.
Cast
Main
- Carl Weathers as Adam Beaudreaux
- Bryan Genesse as Grady Jameson
- Charlene Fernetz as Malloy
- Marcus Chong as Miguel Mendez (Season 2; guest appearances in Season 1)
Recurring
- 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
- 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. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | ||||||
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| 1 | 1 | "Legacy" | Bill Corcoran | David Levinson & Jonathan Glassner | September 29, 1991 | ||||||
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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. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Loyalties" | Unknown | Unknown | October 5, 1991 | ||||||
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Adam is asked to keep a friend's daughter out of a gang. | |||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Kid Stuff" | Unknown | Unknown | October 12, 1991 | ||||||
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Grady's girlfriend asks him to help kidnap her son from his abusive foster parents. | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Tables Turned" | Unknown | Unknown | October 19, 1991 | ||||||
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Adam agrees to help an attorney who got a rapist he arrested off when the man begins to stalk her. | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Shadows" | Unknown | Unknown | October 26, 1991 | ||||||
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Adam is placed in protective custody when two officers turn up dead. | |||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Sanctuary" | Unknown | Unknown | November 2, 1991 | ||||||
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Grady takes an abused young woman under his wing. | |||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Group" | Unknown | Unknown | November 9, 1991 | ||||||
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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. | |||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Friendly Fire" | Unknown | Unknown | November 16, 1991 | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Self Defense" | Unknown | Unknown | November 23, 1991 | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Bashing" | Unknown | Unknown | November 30, 1991 | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Homecoming" | Unknown | Unknown | January 11, 1992 | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Parenthood" | Unknown | Unknown | January 18, 1992 | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Partner in Crime" | Unknown | Unknown | January 25, 1992 | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Protectors" | Unknown | Unknown | February 1, 1992 | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Backbeat" | Unknown | Unknown | February 15, 1992 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Debt of Honor" | Unknown | Unknown | February 22, 1992 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Bad Choices" | Unknown | Unknown | February 29, 1992 | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Eye Witness" | Unknown | Unknown | April 25, 1992 | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Long Way Home" | Unknown | Unknown | May 2, 1992 | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Catcher" | Unknown | Unknown | May 9, 1992 | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Missing" | Unknown | Unknown | May 16, 1992 | ||||||
Season 2 (1992–93)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 23 | 1 | "Death Warmed Over" | René Bonnière | Jonathan Glassner | October 3, 1992 |
| 24 | 2 | "Circle of Death" | Brad Turner | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | October 10, 1992 |
| 25 | 3 | "Cross Fire" | René Bonnière | Carleton Eastlake | October 17, 1992 |
| 26 | 4 | "Feet of Clay" | Brad Turner | David Kemper | October 24, 1992 |
| 27 | 5 | "Each One, Teach One" | Bill Corcoran | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle and Jonathan Glassner & Carleton Eastlake | October 31, 1992 |
| 28 | 6 | "Country Justice" | David Winning | Jonathan Glassner | November 7, 1992 |
| 29 | 7 | "Back From the Dead Again" | Paul Shapiro | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | November 14, 1992 |
| 30 | 8 | "Innocent Blood" | David Winning | John Whelpley | November 21, 1992 |
| 31 | 9 | "Angel of Death" | David Winning | Paul M. Belous | November 28, 1992 |
| 32 | 10 | "Remember Me" | Brad Turner | Vivienne Radkoff | January 9, 1993 |
| 33 | 11 | "Black or Blue" | Brad Turner | Jay Huguely | January 16, 1993 |
| 34 | 12 | "Bitter Fruit" | Jeff Woolnough | I.C. Rapoport | January 23, 1993 |
| 35 | 13 | "A Sense of Duty" | David Winning | Barry Schkolnick | January 30, 1993 |
| 36 | 14 | "Obsession" | Brenton Spencer | Barry Schkolnick | February 6, 1993 |
| 37 | 15 | "Honor and Trust" | Brad Turner | David Kemper | February 13, 1993 |
| 38 | 16 | "On My Honor" | Brenton Spencer | Vivienne Radkoff | February 20, 1993 |
| 39 | 17 | "The Cost of Peace" | René Bonnière | Jonathan Glassner | February 27, 1993 |
| 40 | 18 | "Countdown" | Brad Turner | Vivienne Radkoff | March 6, 1993 |
| 41 | 19 | "Hello Again" | David Winning | Vivienne Radkoff | May 8, 1993 |
| 42 | 20 | "The Wall" | Brad Turner | Todd Trotter | May 15, 1993 |
| 43 | 21 | "My Brother's Keeper" | René Bonnière | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | May 22, 1993 |
| 44 | 22 | "Desperate" | Jeff Woolnough | Carleton Eastlake | May 29, 1993 |
Home media
Visual Entertainment has released both seasons of Street Justice on DVD in Canada.
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.
| DVD name | Ep # | Release date |
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| 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)
