Hawk
John Hawk was a full-blooded Iroquois employed as a special detective with the New York City District Attorney's office. With partner Dan Carter, Hawk was assigned to all sorts of different cases, ranging from murder to arson to organized crime. Because of his background, he occasionally dealt with racism inside and outside the department.
- 1966-1966
- 1 season
- ABC
- Suspense, Drama
John Hawk was a full-blooded Iroquois employed as a special detective with the New York City District Attorney's office. With partner Dan Carter, Hawk was assigned to all sorts of different cases, ranging from murder to arson to organized crime. Because of his background, he occasionally dealt with racism inside and outside the department.
Season 1 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 1966
Episode 1
Do Not Mutilate or Spindle
Thu, Sep 8, 1966 60 mins
Houston Worth, a religious fanatic, is the missing link between the murder of an office worker and the threatening telephone calls received by a young fashion model.
Episode 2
The Longleat Chronicles
Thu, Sep 15, 1966 60 mins
The murder of a bookbinder, who was working on a wealthy client's chronicles, is somehow tied in with a young woman who Hawk is starting to become romantically involved with.
Episode 3
Thanks for the Honeymoon
Thu, Sep 22, 1966 60 mins
Nick Weller is the prime suspect in a murder, and the search is on for his alibi, a married woman being blackmailed for her liaison with him.
Episode 4
Game with a Dead End
Thu, Sep 29, 1966 60 mins
Hawk is on the hunt for a beautiful woman kidnapped off the street and held captive by the disgruntled ex-co-worker of her boyfriend.
Episode 5
Death Comes Full Circle
Thu, Oct 6, 1966 60 mins
Peter Jannus' new bride is killed in a hit-and-run by slick con man Nick Serri, and it's up to Hawk to prove Serri's guilt.
Episode 6
The Theory of the Innocent Bystander
Thu, Oct 13, 1966 60 mins
A brokerage firm is robbed of a million dollars worth in securities, and Hawk is sure an employee of the firm knows more than she is telling.
Episode 7
The Man Who Owned Everyone
Thu, Oct 20, 1966 60 mins
Hawk has personal reasons for his determination to get evidence against a powerful city contractor, despite the reluctance of many others who he needs to convince, including the district attorney, and despite the fact that of his two witnesses one turns up dead and the other is very unwilling.
Episode 8
How Close Can You Get?
Thu, Oct 27, 1966 60 mins
A maniac is trying to extort money from a renowned stage actor by threatening to kill an innocent person if the actor does not pay him a large sum of money. Unfortunately, he has already made good on his threat twice.
Episode 9
The Living End of Sisterbaby
Thu, Nov 3, 1966 60 mins
A very popular model is murdered at a crowded party, but no one can tell who shot her, even Hawk, who was at the scene.
Episode 10
The Shivering Pigeon
Thu, Nov 10, 1966 60 mins
An informant insists that he is being targeted for murder, and Hawk starts to believe him, but he can't get others on the force to take the man's claim seriously.
Episode 11
Ulysses and the Republic
Thu, Nov 17, 1966 60 mins
Ulysses Frost, an old friend of Hawk, calls him and begs to meet him because his life is in danger. Hawk tells him to meet him at his apartment, but the killers follow Frost there and kill him. Hawk is then incensed to learn that forensic reports on Frost's death have either disappeared or never been done, apparently on orders from higher-ups. What's more, Frost's sister, whom Hawk also knew well before, doesn't want to cooperate.
Episode 12
Legacy for a Lousy Future
Thu, Nov 24, 1966 60 mins
Hawk and two of his fellow lieutenants are determined to locate $750,000 that a man was sentenced to jail for stealing, and to do that they keep an eye on the man's wife. But they are not the only ones determined to find the money.
Episode 13
"H" Is a Dirty Letter
Thu, Dec 1, 1966 60 mins
Hawk works undercover by pretending to be on the take in order to smash a heroin selling ring, unaware that his assignment is made more precarious by some of the other people who the ring has working for them.
Episode 14
Some Devil Whispered in His Ear
Thu, Dec 8, 1966 60 mins
A psychopath who has already killed several people holds the customers of a bar as hostage.
Episode 15
The Hands of Corbin Claybrooke
Thu, Dec 15, 1966 60 mins
The murder of a minor grade artist and collector is linked to a series of break-ins at art galleries, where nothing is apparently stolen, but the paintings of another artist suddenly appear---paintings which consist exclusively of various views and colorations of the artist's left hand.
Episode 16
Wall of Silence
Thu, Dec 22, 1966 60 mins
An autistic teenage girl is the only witness to the murder of a cop. The killer knows that she saw him, but does not know that she is unable to speak and thus cannot identify him.
Episode 17
Blind Man's Bluff
Thu, Dec 29, 1966 60 mins
Five cab drivers have been murdered, and the only thing Hawk can find that they had in common is that they all had pre-teen daughters.