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TV series

The Streets of San Francisco

1972TV-145 seasons7.1 / 10

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.

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Synopsis

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.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

The Thirty-Year Pin

49m5.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiWritten by Robert LewinGuest stars Leo Gordon, David Opatoshu, Tim O'Connor, Ed Lauter, Frank Orsatti, Edmond O'Brien, Eileen Heckart, Rex Holman

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Episode 2

The First Day of Forever

51m4.8 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Janice Rule, Joby Baker, James Olson, Phillip Pine, Lawrence Montaigne

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Episode 3

45 Minutes from Home

50m7.2 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Jacqueline Scott, Dick Van Patten, William Windom, Jo Ann Harris, Robert Hogan, John Lasell, Paul Sorensen, Walter Reed

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Episode 4

Whose Little Boy Are You?

50m6.7 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Stephen Manley, Nancy Wickwire, James Stacy, Douglas Henderson, Linda Marsh, Peter Mamakos

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Episode 5

Tower Beyond Tragedy

51m5.5 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Anne Randall, Vic Tayback, Fred Sadoff, Edward Mulhare, Stefanie Powers, Doris Dowling, Joseph V. Perry, Mason Curry

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Episode 6

Hall of Mirrors

51m8.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Arthur H. NadelGuest stars David Soul, Shelly Novack, Valentin de Vargas, Victor Campos, Pepe Hern, Carmen Zapata, Lillian Bronson

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Episode 7

Timelock

51m7.3 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Robert DouglasGuest stars Lenore Kasdorf, Peter Strauss, Bernie Casey, Elaine Giftos, Booth Colman

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Episode 8

In the Midst of Strangers

50m6.7 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Robert DouglasGuest stars David Wayne, Ramon Bieri, Robert Foxworth, Richard Eastham, Ivan Bonar, Deidre Hall

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Episode 9

The Takers

51m5.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Arthur H. NadelGuest stars Vic Tayback, Robert Gentry, Barbara Baxley, Harold Gould, Michael Lerner, Gary Clarke

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Episode 10

The Year of the Locusts

51m8.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Arthur H. NadelWritten by Theodore J. FlickerGuest stars Christopher Stone, Michael Ansara, George Voskovec, Penny Santon, Rita Lynn, Philip Ahn, Lewis Charles, Dorothy Konrad

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Episode 11

The Bullet

51m7.3 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Geraldine Brooks, Peter Hobbs, Carl Betz, Pat Conway, Norman Alden, Hari Rhodes, Barney Phillips, Ruth Kobart

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Episode 12

Bitter Wine

51m6.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Christian NybyGuest stars Paul Michael Glaser, Nehemiah Persoff, Scott Marlowe, Arthur Batanides, Michael Margotta

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Episode 13

A Trout in the Milk

51m8.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Lawrence DobkinGuest stars Brenda Sykes, Vic Tayback, Roscoe Lee Browne, Ed Lauter

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Episode 14

Deathwatch

51m6.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Nicholas Colasanto, Anthony Caruso, Victor French, Carlos Romero, Lou Krugman, Ruth Storey, Hari Rhodes

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Episode 15

Act of Duty

52m7.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Lawrence DobkinGuest stars Keith Andes, Fred Sadoff, James B. Sikking, Michael Burns, Brenda Vaccaro, Judith McConnell, Carleton Young

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Episode 16

The Set-Up

51m7.3 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by George McCowanGuest stars Claudine Longet, Jack Albertson, Stuart Whitman, Jason Evers, John Kerr, Lomax Study

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Episode 17

A Collection of Eagles

51m7.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars William Gray Espy, Ysabel MacCloskey, Joseph Cotten, John Saxon, Belinda Montgomery, Richard Bull, Jamie Farr, Hari Rhodes

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Episode 18

A Room With a View

52m7.3 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Steve Forrest, Michael Strong, Joseph Whipp, Shirley Knight, Norman Alden, Sandy Kenyon, Richard Anderson

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Episode 19

Deadline

52m8.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Seymour RobbieWritten by David FriedkinGuest stars Anna Lee, Richard Bull, Robert Trebor, Barry Sullivan, Geoffrey Deuel, Greg Mullavey, Tommy Kirk, Alan Caillou

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Episode 20

Trail of the Serpent

52m6.5 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by John BadhamGuest stars Hal Smith, Shelley Morrison, Tim O'Connor, Cal Bellini, Brad David

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Episode 21

The House on Hyde Street

52m7.3 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Walter GraumanGuest stars Daniel Selby, Joyce Van Patten, Clint Howard, Lew Ayres, John Kerr, Albert Salmi, Kerry MacLane

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Episode 22

Beyond Vengeance

52m8.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Guest stars Darleen Carr, Robert F. Simon, Norman Alden, Joe Don Baker, Ken Swofford, Rosa Turich, Byron Mabe

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Episode 23

The Albatross

52m7.7 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Robert DayGuest stars Scott Hylands, Jeff Corey, Jim Davis, Dick Sargent, Robert Trebor

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Episode 24

Shattered Image

52m7.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars Richard Egan, Bill Williams, Barbara Rush, Dick Sargent, Jeff Corey, Robert F. Simon

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Episode 25

The Unicorn

52m6.3 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Written by Morton S. FineGuest stars Richard Egan, Charles Aidman, Mitchell Ryan, Jonathan Goldsmith, William Bramley, Eve McVeagh, George Sawaya

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Episode 26

Legion of the Lost

51m7.5 / 10finale

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

Episode credits

Directed by Robert DouglasGuest stars Leslie Nielsen

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Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026

More about The Streets of San Francisco

Cast

Karl MaldenMike Stone
Michael DouglasSteve Keller
Richard HatchDan Robbins
Lenore Kasdorf
Christopher Stone
Eric Server
Ward Costello
Vic Tayback

Credits

Created by
Edward Hume
Written by
Jack B. Sowards, Larry Brody

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
119
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • ABCUnited States
  • Quinn Martin Productions (QM)United States
  • Warner Bros. TelevisionUnited States

Themes

copshomicide detectiveolder man younger man relationshippolicepolice detectivepolice inspectorpolice lieutenant