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The Streets of San Francisco

Rugged drama of the city and its people.

7.0(103)
First Aired:September 23, 1972
Seasons:5 seasons
Episodes:119
Status:Ended

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.

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Cast

Karl Malden

Karl Malden

Mike Stone

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

Steve Keller

Richard Hatch

Richard Hatch

Dan Robbins

Seasons

The Thirty-Year Pin

E1The Thirty-Year Pin

49m5.5

Sep 23, 1972

When a police officer is fatally shot 3 days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.

The First Day of Forever

E2The First Day of Forever

51m4.8

Sep 30, 1972

Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.

45 Minutes from Home

E345 Minutes from Home

50m7.2

Oct 7, 1972

A salesman attending a convention wrongly believes that he is responsible for the death of an attractive female hitchhiker who had lured him to her houseboat.

Whose Little Boy Are You?

E4Whose Little Boy Are You?

50m6.7

Oct 14, 1972

A Vietnam veteran goes AWOL from the army in order to kidnap the son he has never seen.

Tower Beyond Tragedy

E5Tower Beyond Tragedy

51m5.5

Oct 28, 1972

Stone and Keller face off against Gilliam, a wealthy executive who transforms women into his own special image of perfection, then kills them when they inevitably fail to live up to every demented standard of his.

Hall of Mirrors

E6Hall of Mirrors

51m8.0

Nov 4, 1972

Keller, temporarily partnered with a hotshot detective, sets out to discover why his new partner seems to be absolutely convinced of a murder suspect's guilt for no apparent reason.

Timelock

E7Timelock

51m7.3

Nov 11, 1972

Stone appears to be the only one willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a convict who is accused of a murder while out of prison on a 36-hour pass.

In the Midst of Strangers

E8In the Midst of Strangers

50m6.7

Nov 25, 1972

When a corner newspaper vendor goes after the muggers who stole his life savings, Stone and Keller discover that the crime is linked to the murder of a housing commissioner.

The Takers

E9The Takers

51m5.0

Dec 2, 1972

The murders of a flight attendant and a nurse who were rooming together lead Stone and Keller to suspect a jewelry salesman and his wife.

The Year of the Locusts

E10The Year of the Locusts

51m8.0

Dec 9, 1972

In their attempt to bring down a family of con artists who victimize entire neighborhoods, Stone and Keller are aided by dissension among the gang members.

The Bullet

E11The Bullet

51m7.3

Dec 16, 1972

A college professor, shot accidentally while trying to pay off a blackmailer, refuses to co-operate with Stone's investigation for fear that the publicity will lose him an upcoming promotion.

Bitter Wine

E12Bitter Wine

51m6.0

Dec 23, 1972

A man who served 12 years in prison to protect his brother gets out only to find that the brother never told their father, a Greek restaurant owner, the truth about who should have gone to jail.

A Trout in the Milk

E13A Trout in the Milk

51m8.0

Jan 6, 1973

Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.

Deathwatch

E14Deathwatch

51m6.0

Jan 13, 1973

Two fishermen (Colasanto and Caruso) decide to keep quiet after witnessing a human smuggling ring.

Act of Duty

E15Act of Duty

52m7.0

Jan 18, 1973

After a female detective is killed by the rapist she had been bait for, her roommate (played by Brenda Vaccaro) goes on the warpath to catch him. After Mike Stone kicks her off the case, she continues on her own, hurtling headlong into peril.

The Set-Up

E16The Set-Up

51m7.3

Jan 25, 1973

A retired hit man returns to San Francisco, not knowing that he will be the target of a hit.

A Collection of Eagles

E17A Collection of Eagles

51m7.0

Feb 1, 1973

A murder brings to light a coin dealer's plan to substitute fakes for the rare coins in a collection.

A Room With a View

E18A Room With a View

52m7.3

Feb 8, 1973

One witness in a racketeering trial is killed with a booby-trapped car, and Stone worries that the remaining witness, Roy Chaffee, will be picked off by a hit man if he surfaces.

Deadline

E19Deadline

52m8.0

Feb 15, 1973

Stone discovers that a murdered woman was involved with both a famous newspaper reporter and his son.

Trail of the Serpent

E20Trail of the Serpent

52m6.5

Feb 22, 1973

A gang takes Mike Stone hostage after killing a policeman in an attempt to flee from a grocery store robbery. They want to trade Stone in for their leader, Buddy Sims.

The House on Hyde Street

E21The House on Hyde Street

52m7.3

Mar 1, 1973

When a boy disappears after school, suspicion falls on the neighborhood recluse, who is popularly known as a pedophile, although never convicted.

Beyond Vengeance

E22Beyond Vengeance

52m8.0

Mar 8, 1973

After spending a "lousy" 12 years in prison for a brutal sexual assault and murder, a young punk returns to San Francisco to seek revenge against Mike Stone (who was the arresting officer). And he's not picky about how he'll take that revenge -- or on who.

The Albatross

E23The Albatross

52m7.7

Mar 15, 1973

A father finds out that the man who murdered his deaf son is released on a technicality.

Shattered Image

E24Shattered Image

52m7.0

Mar 22, 1973

Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.

The Unicorn

E25The Unicorn

52m6.3

Apr 5, 1973

A priest (Fr. Scarne) won't tell Stone where a murderer (Abel Hoffman) is hiding. Stakes are raised by drug smugglers looking for a stolen shipment of heroin.

Legion of the Lost

E26Legion of the Lost

51m7.5

Apr 12, 1973

Stone goes undercover as a bum to investigate the beating death of three homeless men.

A Wrongful Death

E1A Wrongful Death

60m6.0

Sep 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.

Betrayed

E2Betrayed

60m5.5

Sep 20, 1973

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

For the Love of God

E3For the Love of God

60m4.0

Sep 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.

Before I Die

E4Before I Die

60m6.5

Oct 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.

Going Home

E5Going Home

60m4.5

Oct 11, 1973

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

The Stamp of Death

E6The Stamp of Death

60m6.0

Oct 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.

Harem

E7Harem

60m8.0

Oct 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.

No Badge For Benjy

E8No Badge For Benjy

60m4.0

Nov 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.

The Twenty-Four Karat Plague

E9The Twenty-Four Karat Plague

60m8.3

Nov 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.

Shield of Honor

E10Shield of Honor

60m6.3

Nov 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.

The Victims

E11The Victims

60m6.5

Nov 29, 1973

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

The Runaways

E12The Runaways

60m4.0

Dec 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.

Winterkill

E13Winterkill

60m6.3

Dec 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.

Most Feared in the Jungle

E14Most Feared in the Jungle

60m5.5

Dec 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.

Commitment

E15Commitment

60m6.5

Jan 3, 1974

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

Chapel of the Damned

E16Chapel of the Damned

60m7.0

Jan 17, 1974

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

Blockade

E17Blockade

60m5.5

Jan 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.

Crossfire

E18Crossfire

60m6.7

Jan 31, 1974

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

A String of Puppets

E19A String of Puppets

60m6.5

Feb 7, 1974

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

Inferno

E20Inferno

60m7.5

Feb 14, 1974

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

The Hard Breed

E21The Hard Breed

60m4.5

Feb 21, 1974

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

Rampage

E22Rampage

60m5.5

Feb 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.

Death and the Favored Few

E23Death and the Favored Few

60m6.0

Mar 14, 1974

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

One Last Shot

E1One Last Shot

60m8.0

Sep 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.

The Most Deadly Species

E2The Most Deadly Species

60m7.3

Sep 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...

Target: Red

E3Target: Red

60m7.3

Sep 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.

Mask of Death

E4Mask of Death

60m9.0

Oct 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."

I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

E5I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

60m6.0

Oct 10, 1974

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

One Chance to Live

E6One Chance to Live

60m6.7

Oct 17, 1974

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

Jacob's Boy

E7Jacob's Boy

60m5.7

Oct 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?...

Flags of Terror

E8Flags of Terror

60m7.0

Oct 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.

Cry Help!

E9Cry Help!

60m6.0

Nov 7, 1974

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

For Good or Evil

E10For Good or Evil

60m5.7

Nov 14, 1974

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

Bird of Prey

E11Bird of Prey

60m7.5

Nov 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.

License to Kill

E12License to Kill

60m8.0

Dec 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.

The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

E13The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

60m7.3

Dec 12, 1974

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

Mister Nobody

E14Mister Nobody

60m7.0

Dec 19, 1974

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

False Witness

E15False Witness

60m7.3

Jan 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.

Letters from the Grave

E16Letters from the Grave

60m6.0

Jan 16, 1975

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

Endgame

E17Endgame

60m7.0

Jan 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.

Ten Dollar Murder

E18Ten Dollar Murder

60m5.0

Jan 30, 1975

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

The Programming of Charlie Blake

E19The Programming of Charlie Blake

60m7.3

Feb 6, 1975

A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

River of Fear

E20River of Fear

60m5.7

Feb 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.

Asylum

E21Asylum

60m7.3

Feb 20, 1975

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

Labyrinth

E22Labyrinth

60m6.3

Feb 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.

Solitaire

E23Solitaire

60m5.7

Mar 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.

Poisoned Snow

E1Poisoned Snow

60m7.5

Sep 11, 1975

When a lady cop is killed in a drug sting gone wrong, her boyfriend cop decides to take matters into his own hands. Stone and Keller try to stop him.

The Glass Dart Board

E2The Glass Dart Board

60m7.0

Sep 18, 1975

While a psychopathic killer uses San Francisco hi-rises as target practice, Stone and Keller have to contend with a new Captain who immediately countermands everything they do.

No Place to Hide

E3No Place to Hide

60m5.5

Sep 25, 1975

Prison gangs intimidate weaker prisoners into having their wives smuggle drugs into prison -- and kill the wives if they don't.

Men Will Die

E4Men Will Die

60m6.5

Oct 2, 1975

A rapist targets Stone's daughter and her friend; a radical feminist organization encourages them to take matters into their own hands.

School of Fear

E5School of Fear

60m7.5

Oct 9, 1975

A retired history teacher goes off the deep end and takes it upon himself to take a group of his former students hostage in an empty, condemned school. There, at gunpoint, he proceeds to teach them the finer points of history.

Deadly Silence

E6Deadly Silence

60m6.5

Oct 16, 1975

After Stone is hit by a van and suffers an inner ear injury, he considers changing to a desk job. Meanwhile, the vengeful wife of a man he killed stalks and tries to kill him in his half-deaf state.

Murder by Proxy

E7Murder by Proxy

60m5.5

Oct 23, 1975

Property owners who refuse to sell their parcels find themselves murder victims at the hands of a developer.

Trail of Terror

E8Trail of Terror

60m6.5

Oct 30, 1975

When a gang of smuggling sailors kills a jeweler, they realize they have to eliminate his girlfriend for being a witness, and Keller, who is transporting the girlfriend to jail.

Web of Lies

E9Web of Lies

60m5.0

Nov 6, 1975

Keller and Stone's sole witness in a jewel robbery turns out to be a compulsive liar.

Dead Air

E10Dead Air

60m8.5

Nov 13, 1975

A sleazy radio host is accused of murder when a former girlfriend, who was pregnant, is shot.

Merchants of Death

E11Merchants of Death

60m4.5

Nov 20, 1975

A youth-center worker is caught in a war between two teenaged street gangs, a war that really has the heat turned up when one of the gangs obtains automatic rifles.

The Cat's Paw

E12The Cat's Paw

60m6.0

Dec 4, 1975

Lieutenant Stone is placed in the awkward position of investigating a burglary with Irene Martin, a lady cop -- who is also his girlfriend who he's just proposed to. She resents his intrusion into 'her' case and their relationship unravels.

Spooks for Sale

E13Spooks for Sale

60m7.0

Dec 11, 1975

The death of a night-watchman during a burglary puts Stone and Keller into the midst of a spy-vs.-spy conflict between high-tech industrial espionage firms.

Most Likely to Succeed

E14Most Likely to Succeed

60m4.5

Dec 18, 1975

A teacher is murdered at an exclusive all-boys prep school.

Police Buff

E15Police Buff

60m8.0

Jan 8, 1976

A vigilante is methodically and savagely wiping out criminals who have managed to slip through the fingers of the legal system.

The Honorable Profession

E16The Honorable Profession

60m6.0

Jan 15, 1976

Stone and Keller search for the only eyewitness to a shooting -- a self-proclaimed doctor who gave them a false name.

Requiem for Murder

E17Requiem for Murder

60m4.0

Jan 22, 1976

A bishop (Mike's friend) tries to protect the person who shot him, but revelations in the course of the investigation start to shed suspicion on the bishop's accounting of events entirely.

Underground

E18Underground

60m4.5

Jan 29, 1976

A cop seeks to catch his brother's murderer by going undercover in an illegal gambling operation.

Judgment Day

E19Judgment Day

60m6.5

Feb 19, 1976

Four judges have been murdered, and in each case an obsolete pamphlet on disbarrment proceedings is found near the body...

Clown of Death

E20Clown of Death

60m4.0

Feb 26, 1976

Two retired brothers, both having worked as riggers for circuses many years before, are found murdered while a circus happens to be performing in San Francisco at the Cow Palace.

Superstar

E21Superstar

60m5.5

Mar 4, 1976

Stone clashes with an abrasive NYC cop who is on the trail of his partner's killer.

Alien Country

E22Alien Country

60m3.5

Mar 11, 1976

When an Immigration raid goes wrong and a security guard is killed, the prime suspect becomes one of the illegal immigrants.

Runaway

E23Runaway

60m3.0

Mar 18, 1976

Stone searches for a fugitive, and is dogged by the fugitive's innocent and naive daughter.

The Thrill Killers (1)

E1The Thrill Killers (1)

60m6.0

Sep 30, 1976

Misguided radicals take a jury hostage in a case where corrupt "movement leaders" are being tried for murder.

The Thrill Killers (2)

E2The Thrill Killers (2)

60m6.0

Oct 7, 1976

Mike and Inspector Dan Robbins make a last-ditch effort to save the jury from execution at the hands of the radicals.

Dead or Alive

E3Dead or Alive

60m5.5

Oct 21, 1976

A man offers a $1,000,000 reward for the capture -- dead or alive -- of the man who raped and murdered his daughter, throwing the city into greed-fueled chaos.

The Drop

E4The Drop

60m5.5

Oct 28, 1976

Mike thinks he's a murder target when a kidnapper specifies that he deliver the ransom money.

No Minor Vices

E5No Minor Vices

60m6.5

Nov 4, 1976

A nice, normal 16-year-old hooker keeps having her johns turn up dead; Dan is particularly horrified by the case.

In Case of Madness

E6In Case of Madness

60m8.0

Nov 11, 1976

A music producer turns up dead; a popular singer he was producing an album for is convinced that he is going insane and killed the producer, but the truth is stranger.

Till Death Do Us Part

E7Till Death Do Us Part

60m5.5

Nov 18, 1976

Stone must protect a former book keeper's wife, in order to have her testify against several high profile mobsters who want her dead because of the evidence she has against them.

Child of Anger

E8Child of Anger

60m5.5

Dec 2, 1976

A clothing designer finds herself on the front page after her daughter confesses to the murder of her latest fling. Stone and Robbins realize the girl's really a witness and not a murderer.

Hot Dog

E9Hot Dog

60m4.0

Dec 9, 1976

Inpector Stone and Robbins go after a gang of thieves who use motor cycles to make their get away.

Castle of Fear

E10Castle of Fear

60m7.0

Dec 23, 1976

A man who has been tormented by mysterious, threatening phone calls believes that his stalker has entered his property, and shoots him. Unfortunately for the man, his victim was a totally innocent cop...

One Last Trick

E11One Last Trick

60m3.5

Jan 6, 1977

A former prostitute goes back to work to smoke out the murderer of another prostitute.

Monkey is Back

E12Monkey is Back

60m5.0

Jan 13, 1977

As a dare to try to win a spot among a gang of high school thugs in the 1950's, Charley Belasco commits a crime that sends him to prison for 20 years. Upon his release, he goes on a murderous rampage to hunt down the the high school thugs who spurned him.

The Cannibals

E13The Cannibals

60m4.5

Jan 20, 1977

A mobster's son steals loot from his father and seeks protection from federal authorities in exchange for being a material witness against his father.

Who Killed Helen French?

E14Who Killed Helen French?

60m7.5

Feb 3, 1977

An abused wife vanishes after a vicious attack by her drunken husband and all clues point to murder with the husband as the prime suspect, but he can't remember if he did it or not.

A Good Cop...But

E15A Good Cop...But

60m5.5

Feb 10, 1977

A cop-killer's henchmen hunt the only witnesses to his crime, an officer and an informer.

Hang Tough

E16Hang Tough

60m4.5

Feb 17, 1977

A narcotics cop who has only four months to go 'til retirement roughs up a drug pusher and plants a knife on him. Meanwhile, an operation begins to uncover the "Tucson connection," a major drug ring operating in San Francisco.

Innocent No More

E17Innocent No More

60m5.0

Feb 24, 1977

Mike pushes to get teen gang members, who have made a mockery of the juvenile court, tried as adults.

Once a Con

E18Once a Con

60m5.5

Mar 3, 1977

When a female college student is killed on campus, suspicion falls on a prison inmate allowed temporary release to work in the college's print-shop.

Interlude

E19Interlude

60m4.5

Apr 28, 1977

Refusing to believe he murdered his wife, a man escapes from an institution for the criminally insane to find her.

Dead Lift

E20Dead Lift

60m8.0

May 5, 1977

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a bodybuilder with a strong body but a fragile ego, who causes trouble wherever he goes.

Breakup

E21Breakup

60m4.5

May 12, 1977

An episode where there are two parallel stories: A small business owner is going through divorce proceedings while his business is in financial straits. His wife's lawyer just happens to also be hunted by a revenge-seeking ex-con.

Let's Pretend We're Strangers

E22Let's Pretend We're Strangers

60m7.0

May 19, 1977

A public defender is convinced that a young man (Wheeler) accused of murder, is innocent. Stone and Robbins are not convinced.

Time Out

E23Time Out

60m8.0

Jun 2, 1977

A San Quentin prison guard tries to hunt down the criminals who escaped while under his guard.

The Canine Collar

E24The Canine Collar

60m7.7

Jun 9, 1977

Mike and Dan pursue a smuggler who will stop at nothing to locate a dog collar containing stolen diamonds.

Storyline

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.

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