Sidestreet (1975)

Name: Sidestreet
Rating: 6.7

Rating: 6.7

Synopsis

Community service police detectives navigate social and urban issues in Toronto rather than just traditional major crimes.

First Air Date: 1975-09-14

Last Air Date: 1978-11-12

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 32

Created By: Geoffrey Gilbert, John Saxton

Networks: CBC Television

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Ep. 1: The Hold Out (1975-09-14)

A widow being terrorized by a real-estate developer trying to force her out of her home.
Ep. 2: The Money-Go-Round (1975-09-21)

A young man turns to crime to pay off inherited debts to a loan shark. Extortion and purse snatching by a bicycling thief heat things up and community service cops Alex Woodward and Johnny Dias move quickly to defuse a dangerous situation.
Ep. 3: The Rebellion of Bertha Mackenzie (1975-09-28)

Two social workers are involved as a Metis mother of two children fights to keep from being evicted from her home.
Ep. 4: Perhaps in Dreams Old Man (1975-10-05)

An informer's tip shatters the dreams of two elderly pensioners whose obsession with owning a farm in Alberta leads them to commit a rather unusual robbery.
Ep. 5: Rape (1975-10-12)

The rape of a young woman soon to be married triggers a series of events affecting the lives of several people in addition to the rapist and his victim.
Ep. 6: Do You Know Where Your Children Are? (1975-10-19)

A police inspector is torn between a sense of duty and paternal concern when he learns that his son has become involved in organized juvenile crime.
Ep. 7: Strikebreaker (1975-10-26)

Tempers flare when a professional strikebreaker leads a group of scabs across a picket line.
Ep. 8: Playing the Game (1975-11-02)

A young parolee is harassed by two overly zealous cops who employ barely-within-the-law tactics to extract information from him.