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Sidestreet

Sidestreet

1975 - 1978

The Hold Out

14th September 1975
Episode 1
A widow being terrorized by a real-estate developer trying to force her out of her home.

The Money-Go-Round

21st September 1975
Episode 2
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.

The Rebellion of Bertha Mackenzie

28th September 1975
Episode 3
Two social workers are involved as a Metis mother of two children fights to keep from being evicted from her home.

Perhaps in Dreams Old Man

5th October 1975
Episode 4
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.

Rape

12th October 1975
Episode 5
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.

Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

19th October 1975
Episode 6
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.

Strikebreaker

26th October 1975
Episode 7
Tempers flare when a professional strikebreaker leads a group of scabs across a picket line.

Playing the Game

2nd November 1975
Episode 8
A young parolee is harassed by two overly zealous cops who employ barely-within-the-law tactics to extract information from him.
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Sidestreet was a Canadian television drama, which aired Sundays on CBC from 1975 to 1978. It starred Sean McCann and Donnelly Rhodes as police working the mean streets of 1970s Toronto. The producers of "Sidestreet:" wanted to feature community service officers instead of ordinary detectives. They aimed to concentrate on issues such as blockbusting, strikebreaking, rape, poverty, and the problems of the elderly in the city, instead of major crimes.

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