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The Streets of San Francisco

  • TV-PG
  • 1972–1977
  • 5 seasons
  • Crime, Drama
  • 7.1

Rugged drama of the city and its people.

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.

Episodes

23 episodes
  1. 1A Wrongful Death

    60 minSep 13, 1973

    Keller returns fire during a chase in a dark shopping center, killing a kid, but the body comes up unarmed. The boy's father insists Keller is a murderer.

  2. 2Betrayed

    60 minSep 20, 1973

    One of the girlfriends of a young charmer recognizes her boyfriend as the man who stuck up her bank.

  3. 3For the Love of God

    60 minSep 27, 1973

    In order to stop a psychotic priest-killer, Stone goes undercover as a Roman Catholic priest. The victims were all clergymen who studied at the same seminary.

  4. 4Before I Die

    60 minOct 4, 1973

    A cop (Nielsen) who finds out that he has a terminal illness, sets out to kill a racketeer (Danton) who had been his quarry for the last year and a half.

  5. 5Going Home

    60 minOct 11, 1973

    A small-time crook accidentally heists a fantastic sum from a small store that is actually a Syndicate front.

  6. 6The Stamp of Death

    60 minOct 18, 1973

    Lieutenant Stone and Inspector Keller go after two insurance agents involved in the counterfeiting of an 1850 2-cent purple Guyana stamp which had a value of $250,000.

  7. 7Harem

    60 minOct 25, 1973

    A flute-playing "Pied Piper" (played by Ricky Nelson) talks teenage girls into prostitution, then disposes of them when they are no longer convenient. Stone's daughter helps him break up this murderous prostitution ring.

  8. 8No Badge For Benjy

    60 minNov 1, 1973

    A black police informant is murdered, but the police seem more concerned with the death of a white business man. His flinty daughter forces the police to go after his killers.

  9. 9The Twenty-Four Karat Plague

    60 minNov 8, 1973

    Crooks heist a truck filled with gold, not knowing that the gold is the irradiated byproduct of a power plant experiment and extremely toxic.

  10. 10Shield of Honor

    60 minNov 15, 1973

    Internal affairs suspects that something is amiss when a witness under police protection is killed. Someone in the Department is a Syndicate informer--and everyone is under suspicion, even Stone and Keller.

  11. 11The Victims

    60 minNov 29, 1973

    A trio of violent prison escapees leaves a trail of blood by murdering or crippling everyone they see.

  12. 12The Runaways

    60 minDec 6, 1973

    The oldest of a set of three young sibling runaways is suspected of the murder of a drugstore owner. His animosity towards authority doesn't do him any favors.

  13. 13Winterkill

    60 minDec 13, 1973

    Angered by the rising cost of health care, an old man tries to pay his friend's bills by threatening a businessman with the bombing of his buildings.

  14. 14Most Feared in the Jungle

    60 minDec 20, 1973

    Believing her baby was kidnapped, not stillborn as people claim, a deranged new mother embarks on a murderous quest to find the truth.

  15. 15Commitment

    60 minJan 3, 1974

    An undercover cop is murdered with Stone's gun, and a hotshot young inspector seems determined to pin the rap on Stone.

  16. 16Chapel of the Damned

    60 minJan 17, 1974

    Stone and Keller work to crack a kidnap case where the mother is friends with an alleged psychic.

  17. 17Blockade

    60 minJan 24, 1974

    A woman who has dedicated her life to a prominent family fails to see her neglected son has fallen in with a psycho—and may have helped him kill a woman.

  18. 18Crossfire

    60 minJan 31, 1974

    A philandering professor is killed and his mistress shot by a sniper who has been terrorizing a college campus.

  19. 19A String of Puppets

    60 minFeb 7, 1974

    Keller goes undercover as an ex-con musician to bust a crooked parole officer and his ring of parolees.

  20. 20Inferno

    60 minFeb 14, 1974

    Stone looks for the arsonists who set a fire that killed two firemen.

  21. 21The Hard Breed

    60 minFeb 21, 1974

    A cowboy was trampled to death by a bull; his mates suspected it to be murder.

  22. 22Rampage

    60 minFeb 28, 1974

    A team of angry fathers, who are fed up with crime in their neighborhood, take a vigilante approach at solving the problem. During one of their rampages, a police informant is killed.

  23. 23Death and the Favored Few

    60 minMar 14, 1974

    San Francisco's social elite are suspects when a publisher who blackmailed them is found murdered.

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Series cast

Karl MaldenMike Stone119 episodes
Michael DouglasSteve Keller119 episodes
Richard HatchDan Robbins24 episodes
Darleen CarrJeannie Stone11 episodes
Fred Sadoff8 episodes
John Kerr7 episodes
Hari RhodesCharlie Johnson6 episodes
Barry SullivanMarty Wallach5 episodes
Eric Server4 episodes
Gene Nelson4 episodes
Michael Strong4 episodes
Tim O'Connor4 episodes
Norman AldenSgt. Dan Healy4 episodes
Dick Van PattenThurman Barber4 episodes
Vince HowardCharlie Johnson4 episodes
Lenore Kasdorf3 episodes
Christopher Stone3 episodes
Ward Costello3 episodes

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