The Streets of San Francisco (1972-1980)
TSOSF S01E01 The Streets Of San Francisco Pilot

ABC, A Quinn Martin Production: Warner Bros (USA) 120 episodes of 60 minutes duration.
Premiered: September 16, 1972 Last Aired: June 23, 1977 

The Streets of San Francisco starred Karl Malden as veteran detective Mike Stone and Michael Douglas as Steve Keller, a rookie detective who is college-educated in a workingman's SFPD.

Based on the novel "Poor, Poor Ophelia" by Carolyn Weston and produced by the legendary Quinn Martin (The Untouchables; The Fugitive; The FBI; Cannon and others), TSOSF is probably best-known today as the police drama that launched a young Michael Douglas to film stardom. It was also the best-known role for co-star and veteran actor Karl Malden.

Besides the gorgeous scenes of San Francisco and reasonably plausible scripts, the main reason the show worked was the chemistry between the two charismatic leads, written with some degree of intelligence - the older Malden and the younger Douglas. The two had a professional and working relationship that was in many ways like father and son. That bond ensured a large and loyal audience; at one point in the mid-1970's TSOSF was third-ranked ABC's most-popular series. In many ways, it remains a great time capsule to '70s America. 

After the second episode of the fifth and final season, Douglas left the show after successfully producing the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. To replace Douglas, Richard Hatch (Battlestar Gallactica) became Mike Stone's new partner, Inspector Dan Robbins. But the dynamic of the show changed; the ratings dropped, leading ABC to cancel the show in 1977.

TSOSF was in many ways the typical no-nonsense 1970's drama that showed the jobs and morals of cops in black and white terms. But it was Karl Malden and Michael Douglas who helped make it one of the era's most memorable police procedurals. Review: Mike Spadoni January 2003, http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk , other sources

These were probably some of the best dvds I've seen for an older TV show.
"The picture quality is stunningly good for shows that are 35 years old, with solid print quality from the original 35mm 1.33 X 1 film sources. Note how good the color is too. The sound is Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono recorded from the original English mono." http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5409/

TSOSF S01E01 The Streets Of San Francisco Pilot
First aired: 9/16/1972

Detectives Stone and Keller try to reconstruct the final days of a murdered young woman in order to find clues to identify her killer.
Review from IMDB - 
"The story is about two detectives from the San Francisco homicide department who are assigned to a case when a girl's body washes ashore beneath the Golden Gate bridge. She was killed and the story is played out in flashback scenes to show her last days. The cast is tremendous with Kim Darby as the victim and Robert Wagner as the attorney who dated her before she died. The suspects are the attorney and a stranger who is posing as her uncle. The real star is the city itself." Guest stars include Kim Darby, Robert Wagner, and Tom Bosley.

Cast: Karl Malden (Mike Stone), Michael Douglas (Steve Keller)

Guest cast: E.J. Peaker, David Gruner (Paul Harris), Robert Wagner (David J. Farr), Andrew Duggan (Capt. A.R. Malone), Tom Bosley (Saretti), Carmen Mathews (Sally Caswell), John Rubinstein (Lindy), Kim Darby (Holly Jean Berry), William Swan (Larry Pyle), Andy Park (News Anchor), Robert Armstrong, Lou Frizzell (Lou), Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Saretti), June Vincent (Diana), Brad Davis (Del Berry), Mako (Kenji), Edward Andrews (Joe Caswell), Lawrence Dobkin (Gregory Praxas) 
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