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TV series

The Streets of San Francisco

1972TV-145 seasons7.0 / 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.

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Episode 1

Poisoned Snow

1h7.5 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Written by Paul SavageGuest stars John Karlen, Anthony Geary, George Sawaya, Albert Popwell, Janis Hansen, Alan Fudge, Clu Gulager, Mark Hamill

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Episode 2

The Glass Dart Board

1h7.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Harry FalkGuest stars Patrick O'Neal, Joel Fabiani, Gene Nelson

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Episode 3

No Place to Hide

1h5.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Guest stars Paul Carr, Charles Napier, Michael Bell, Ben Frank, Stefanie Powers, Chris Robinson, Todd Martin, Ji-Tu Cumbuka

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Episode 4

Men Will Die

1h6.5 / 10

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

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Guest stars Anitra Ford, Marcia Mae Jones, Deirdre Lenihan, Vera Miles, Michael Parks, Paula Kelly, Darleen Carr

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Episode 5

School of Fear

1h7.5 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Guest stars Ruth McDevitt, Geoffrey Lewis, Maurice Evans, Bob Hastings, Robert Hegyes, Don Stark, Ann Doran, Bernie Kopell

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Episode 6

Deadly Silence

1h6.5 / 10

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.

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Guest stars Regis Cordic, Meredith Baxter, Robert Karnes, Nora Marlowe, Darleen Carr

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Episode 7

Murder by Proxy

1h5.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Guest stars George D. Wallace, Eduard Franz, Sorrell Booke, Bradford Dillman, John Ritter, Raymond Singer, Gordon Jump, Marj Dusay

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Episode 8

Trail of Terror

1h6.5 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Michael PreeceGuest stars Meg Foster, James Woods, Ford Rainey, Greg Mullavey, Philip Bruns, Kenneth Tobey, Morgan Jones

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Episode 9

Web of Lies

1h5.0 / 10

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

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Guest stars Robert Walden, Nancy Olson, Pat Hingle, Ron Thompson, Wayne Maunder

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Episode 10

Dead Air

1h8.5 / 10

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

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Guest stars Jenny O'Hara, Larry Hagman, Burke Byrnes, Ina Balin, George DiCenzo, Dennis Patrick, Arlene Golonka

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Episode 11

Merchants of Death

1h4.5 / 10

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.

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Guest stars Greg Morris, Barry Miller, Evan C. Kim, Buck Young, George Cheung

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Episode 12

The Cat's Paw

1h6.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Guest stars Darleen Carr, Diane Baker, Mark Miller, Barbara Babcock, Lewis Charles, Paul Bryar, Michael McGuire

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Episode 13

Spooks for Sale

1h7.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Michael DouglasGuest stars Fritz Weaver, Tom Selleck, Charles Cioffi, Jack Thibeau, Allan Miller

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Episode 14

Most Likely to Succeed

1h4.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Guest stars Eric Server, Patricia Smith, Devon Ericson, Kristoffer Tabori, Charles Aidman, Tom Troupe

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Episode 15

Police Buff

1h8.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Guest stars Christopher Stone, Bert Freed, Bill Bixby, James Karen, Fred Sadoff

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Episode 16

The Honorable Profession

1h6.0 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Harry FalkWritten by Paul Robert CoyleGuest stars Rosanna DeSoto, Larry Manetti, Shelly Novack, Robert Reed, John Zaremba, Linden Chiles, Virginia Gregg

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Episode 17

Requiem for Murder

1h4.0 / 10

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.

Episode credits

Directed by Harry FalkGuest stars Irene Tedrow, Cal Bellini, Richard Basehart, Fionnula Flanagan, Stephen Young, William Windom, Walter Brooke, Lou Krugman

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Episode 18

Underground

1h4.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Directed by Paul StanleyGuest stars William Campbell, Claudia Jennings, Leslie Charleson, Suzanne Charny, Joe E. Tata, Jason Evers, David White, Francine York

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Episode 19

Judgment Day

1h6.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Guest stars Ward Costello, Jean Hagen, Lynnette Mettey, Fred Sadoff, Robert Hays, James McCallion, Peter Hobbs, Gloria LeRoy

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Episode 20

Clown of Death

1h4.0 / 10

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.

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Guest stars Michael Strong, Mary Jackson, Parley Baer, David Birney, Madlyn Rhue, Dick Van Patten, Lynne Marta, Will Hutchins

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Episode 21

Superstar

1h5.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Guest stars Paul Sorvino, Danny Wells, Alfred Ryder, Don Gordon

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Episode 22

Alien Country

1h3.5 / 10

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

Episode credits

Written by Larry BrodyGuest stars Henry Darrow, Bruce Glover, Royce D. Applegate, Amzie Strickland, Michael Hitchcock, David McLean, Roy Poole, James Griffith

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Episode 23

Runaway

1h3.0 / 10finale

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

Episode credits

Directed by Harry FalkWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Joshua Shelley, Billy Green Bush, Walter Burke, Eddie Quillan, Milton Selzer, Alex Henteloff, Darleen Carr

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 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