Street Hawk
Rex Smith: Officer Jesse Mach Joe Regalbuto: Norman Tuttle Richard Venture: Captain Leo Altobelli Jeannie Wilson: Rachel Adams
Street Hawk is an American television series that aired in 1985 on the U.S. television network ABC.
Action
The former motorcycle police officer Jesse Mach has been displaced after an accident with a knee injury for indoor service in the press department. He is engaged in secret by Norman Tuttle, an inventor and computer experts at the FBI, who heads the secret project Street Hawk, which is a up to 500 km / h fast super motorcycle is. During the day, Mach works to camouflage still at the desk, in the night, however, he goes with Street Hawk hunting criminals.
Background
The producers held in the style of Knight Rider series laid the emphasis on elaborate stunts and special effects, yet remained unsuccessful and the series was canceled after 13 episodes. On German television series from 1986 to 1991 was repeatedly repeatedly aired on RTL and 1995 to 1998 on Super RTL. The soundtrack to the series contributed the German group Tangerine Dream. This is the title Le Parc des album of the same from the year 1985.
The young George Clooney at the age of 24 years in the episode 's best friend one of his first TV supporting roles. Bianca Jagger played in the episode The Double the evil dictators Widow Simone Prevera.
The motorcycle
A total of 15 motorcycles were rebuilt for the show. A Honda XL 500 from 1983 was used for the pilot. Three Honda XR 500 from the year 1984 served as the basis for the seen in the series machines. Eleven other machines of the Honda CR 250 from the year 1984 were used for stunts. The total cultivated parts or panels were mounted on various Honda models. There were a total of four different variants, the width of the panels varied as well as various ornaments.
In the series had the bike several special functions, like KITT from Knight Rider. The bike could take off from the ground by means of compressed air, obstacles could be skipped so easy. When using the Hyper Thrust with a top speed of over 500 km / h the bike from the center was controlled remotely. The armament consisted of a machine gun, missiles and a laser. Winfield Special Projects in Canooga Park has made all the fairings and special effects. Eric Thaler of Austria was responsible for the project at Winfield's.
DVD
Since September 2011, the complete series on DVD is available in Germany.