2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Bereamic Awesome Movie

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Kirpianuscus the word is not exactly fair. but useful. because, for a part of its audience, it was the first step for discover Michael Douglas. not exactly as star but as ideal partner of Karl Malden . and this detail remains, after decades, significant. because it is the source of realism, humor and tension of a series who remains ... different, respecting the rules of crime genre but giving an original flavor. the music. and the performances. and the science to propose a sigh who defines it among the series from the same genre. so, "T Streets of San Francisco".

Maddyclassicfilms The Streets of San Francisco was created by Edward Hume and produced by Quinn Martin. The series stars Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Richard Hatch and Darleen Carr.Filmed on location in San Francisco this series follows Lt Mike Stone (Karl Malden)the wise and decent older detective who's paired with the young and eager Inspector Steve Keller(Michael Douglas). The pair work well together and over the years become close friends too. The stories are interesting and there's lots of action too but the highlight of the series and the real key to it's success is the friendship between Stone and Keller.Malden and Douglas have great chemistry and you believe they like each other, which helps you believe the friendship between the pair. Stone and Keller are completely dedicated to the job but make time to have some fun to help them cope with the dangers and dark times they often face out on the streets. They regularly tease one another and bicker but always have each others back.The series ran from 1972 to 1977. Douglas left at the end of season 4 and went on to become as bigger star as his father Kirk. Season 5 saw Stone paired with another officer Inspector Dan Robbins(Richard Hatch). Hatch is good in the role and season 5 has some good stories,unfortunately the relationship between Stone and Robbins is nothing like the one between Stone and Keller and it feels like something is missing, the series ended after the fifth season.Many famous actors and future stars make guest appearances in this including Martin Sheen(Karl Malden guest stars in an episode of Sheen's series The West Wing), Edward Mulhare, Joanne Linville, Dean Stockwell, Brock Peters, Andrew Robinson and Leslie Nielsen.Darleen Carr made regular appearances as Stone's daughter Jeannie. The pair have an interesting relationship, Stone raised her on his own following her mothers death and Jeannie always calls him Mike instead of dad(she only calls him that when she's worried about him or something bad has happened).The pair are not just father and daughter but best friends too and Malden and Carr have lovely chemistry.The other star of the series is of course the city of San Francisco itself and there are many beautiful shots of the city and the bay. A great series that's highly recommended.

MartinHafer My family used to love detective shows when I was a kid and we watched them all the time. Recently, I decided to try watching a few of these series and found I really liked many of them still. Sadly, "The Streets of San Francisco" wasn't one of them. After watching the first two discs of Season One from Netflix, I found that the writing was a serious problem. Too many plot holes and way too many weird plot elements made this show hard to stick with for long. For instance? In the pilot, the killer turns out to be an old-time actor who dresses like Anton LaVey and has built a dungeon where he can torment his victims!! In the second episode, you have a Jack the Ripper-like guy hacking up prostitutes! In the next episode, you have a crazed kidnapper and ultra-violent guy talked out of crime after conversing with the Detective! In the one after that, a guy who recreates women to look like a woman he murdered--so he can then murder them!! All of these crimes are insanely bizarre--too bizarre to be believed. And, the plot holes...the many plot holes didn't make things any better.Perhaps the show did get better after the first six episodes. I just know that there are better things I can do with my time than watch a series that seems so incredibly poorly written and ridiculous.

Gary M. James The Streets of San Francisco, as with most Quinn Martin series, is a standard crime drama. What makes the show better than most crime dramas is the father/son chemistry between Karl Malden as veteran Detective Lt. Mike Stone and Michael Douglas as the younger partner Inspector Steve Keller, the 70's, R&B-style theme music by Patrick Williams and the cool, pre-MTV opening credits.What really made this show better than most is the fact that Quinn Martin did spend the extra money and filmed the show entirely in San Francisco. In the 70s, most prime time TV shows were filmed in Los Angeles. I believe Hawaii Five-O was one of only a few prime-time dramas from the early 70s that was filmed on location.When Douglas left the series and Richard Hatch (from the original Battlestar Galactica, not the Richard Hatch from the first Survivor) replaced him, I quickly lost interest in the show. The chemistry between Malden and Douglas was very important to the show and Hatch had the thankless task of creating a character that in the long run was bland.Despite the show's final season, I'm certain that if I had the TV on and heard the drum beats of The Streets of San Francisco theme, I am very sure that I will probably spend the rest of the hour watching the show.