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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. 1One Last Shot

    60 minSep 12, 1974

    Alcoholic officer Joe Landers accidentally gets his partner killed and clumsily tries to cover it up as Stone and Keller work their way to the truth.

  2. 2The Most Deadly Species

    60 minSep 19, 1974

    A high-ranking hoodlum hires the androgynously-named "Sidney"--a hitwoman who's assigned to murder the three thugs responsible for the death of his son. She decides to let the police do her digging for her and moves in next door to Keller...

  3. 3Target: Red

    60 minSep 26, 1974

    Bill Bixby plays a former CIA hitman who is hired by some kooky generals to assassinate a Red Chinese envoy on a state visit to San Francisco.

  4. 4Mask of Death

    60 minOct 3, 1974

    A professional female impersonator, whose headline act is a perfect imitation of 1930s movie star Carol Marlowe, is overwhelmed with an alternate personality -- and murdering any man who is unlucky enough to be attracted to "Carol."

  5. 5I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

    60 minOct 10, 1974

    Steve Keller goes undercover as a draft-dodger to discover who killed a young Vietnam war deserter.

  6. 6One Chance to Live

    60 minOct 17, 1974

    An average older woman is concealing an affair with a married diplomat and believes she is targeted for death.

  7. 7Jacob's Boy

    60 minOct 24, 1974

    A bum blackmails a black guy. The bum's friends roll him for the money and attempt to pin his death on the black guy, who is the lovable and successful nanny to a young kid. What's the black guy hiding?...

  8. 8Flags of Terror

    60 minOct 31, 1974

    Domestic terrorists take several people hostage, including Keller. Stone has to deal with not only the terrorists but a right-wing journalist and a vengeful father whose daughter was killed.

  9. 9Cry Help!

    60 minNov 7, 1974

    A troubled teen from a broken home is suspected of shooting a friend's stepfather.

  10. 10For Good or Evil

    60 minNov 14, 1974

    A boy who saw the slaying of a mob chief is torn between telling Stone and joining the syndicate.

  11. 11Bird of Prey

    60 minNov 21, 1974

    Women keep turning up in hotel rooms strangled; the only lead is a witness who thinks he saw an air force Colonel's uniform. Keller goes undercover as an air force officer to infiltrate the base.

  12. 12License to Kill

    60 minDec 5, 1974

    Mike's former partner returns to San Francisco, but not because of any longing for the good old days. He's back in town to kill the hired gunman who murdered his son years before.

  13. 13The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

    60 minDec 12, 1974

    A single .25 caliber pistol affects many lives in a single weekend.

  14. 14Mister Nobody

    60 minDec 19, 1974

    A retired cobbler takes the rap for a shooting to protect the real killer, the grandson of his best friend.

  15. 15False Witness

    60 minJan 9, 1975

    When a patrolman and personal friend of Keller has his arrestee turned loose on insufficient evidence, he goes on the warpath, endangering both of their careers.

  16. 16Letters from the Grave

    60 minJan 16, 1975

    A skeleton discovered on Alcatraz is that of a convict who'd supposedly escaped in the 1950s.

  17. 17Endgame

    60 minJan 23, 1975

    While investigating a lead, Steve is run over by a car and rendered a vegetable. Mike insists on taking revenge, and is demoted to walking a beat.

  18. 18Ten Dollar Murder

    60 minJan 30, 1975

    A policewoman's son has an unusual hobby -- he holds up taxicabs. Eventually this results in the murder of an undercover cop.

  19. 19The Programming of Charlie Blake

    60 minFeb 6, 1975

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

  20. 20River of Fear

    60 minFeb 13, 1975

    A man seduces the widow of a bank robber. The money he stole was never found. When she tells him where it is, he kills her and sets out to take the money from her children out in the country.

  21. 21Asylum

    60 minFeb 20, 1975

    Keller goes undercover at a mental hospital to uncover the truth about a string of mysterious deaths.

  22. 22Labyrinth

    60 minFeb 27, 1975

    A prizefighter refuses to throw a fight, instead opting to throw the gangsters out the window of his hotel room. Injured, he hides in the hotel as both the police and mob close in.

  23. 23Solitaire

    60 minMar 13, 1975

    While Keller recovers from a gunshot wound, Stone is forced to team with hippie-haired narcotics officer Al Walczinsky. Together they try to break up a narcotics ring that's gone murderous -- until Stone suspects that Walczinsky's in on the racket.

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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 RhodesFloyd Marsden6 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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