Season 4 • Episode 8
LatestIn this episode, narcotics trafficking on the West Coast, Glenn Olsen is forced to go undercover to trace a drug shipment that is contaminated with a deadly disease.
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.
Acting
Donnelly Rhodes smolders with weary compassion before Battlestar made him famous.
Writing
Tackles blockbusting and elder abuse when cop shows barely noticed civilians existed.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Donnelly Rhodes later played Chief Medical Officer Sherman Cottle in Battlestar Galactica, making him possibly the only actor to span gritty 70s Canadian procedural and space opera.
Sidestreet pioneered the 'community service officer' concept on North American television, predating Hill Street Blues' similar shift by six years.
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