The Psychic (15 Jan. 1977)

A psychic running a diner helps Starsky and Hutch when the schoolgirl daughter of a wealthy football team owner is kidnapped.

Director:

Don Weis

Writers:

Michael Mann, William Blinn (creator)

Stars:

David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Soul	...	Det. Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson
Paul Michael Glaser	...	Det. Dave Starsky
Antonio Fargas	...	Huggy Bear
Bernie Hamilton	...	Capt. Harold Dobey
George Loros	...	Earl Pola
Cliff Emmich	...	Moo-Moo Caifalno
Herb Voland	...	Joe Haymes
Allan Miller	...	Joe Collandra
Sylvia Anderson	...	Charlie Sireen
James Hong	...	Su Long
Michael Keenan	...	De Meo
Edward James Olmos	...	Julio Gutierez (as Edward Jamesl Olmos)
Charles Everett	...	Cha-Cha
Dianne Kay	...	Joanna Haymes (as Diane Kay)
Larry Mitchell	...	Policeman

Storyline

After Starsky and Hutch successfully chase down a transvestite shoplifter violating his parole, they get a tip from a Huggy Bear about a dead body. The flamboyant jive-talker got his information from Joe Collandra, formerly a stage psychic, now the owner of a diner, who was just showing off and now regrets it. Collandra's previous stint at using his paranormal abilities to help the police resulted in misery for the beleaguered ex-showman, and now he wants nothing to do with psychic detection. The trouble is, his vision of a dead body, in a place that is very like an amusement park, proves to be true. And now the skeptical Starsky and the believing Hutch need his help in a crime the dead man was involved with: the kidnapping of a schoolgirl, the daughter of a wealthy football team owner.

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Plot Keywords:

psychic | football team owner | dead body | schoolgirl | diner | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 1977 (USA)

Filming Locations:

324 Windsor Pl, Long Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Starsky: Where's he going?
Hutch: If you ever catch him you can ask him.
Starsky: If I ever catch him I won't have to ask him.

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Connections

References Hustle (1975)

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