Debuted as an ABC Movie of the Week, airing on Tuesday night at 8:30 EST.
Longstreet was based on characters created by novelist Baynard Kendrick whose most famous character was blind detective Duncan Maclain whom Edward Arnold portrayed in two movies for MGM in the 1940s--Eyes in the Night and the Hidden Eye. Kendrick wrote a series of novels involving his hero solving crimes. His novel "Lights Out" was the basis of the movie Bright Victory where the hero was also blind.
Jeanette Nolan and John McIntire were married.