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| The Streets of San Francisco - Season One, Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Actor: Karl Malden
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 12783
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc, Full Screen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 60
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARD122754D
UPC: 097361227542
EAN: 0097361227542
ASIN: B000LV6VZQ
Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 1972
Release Date: April 10, 2007
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/10/2007
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More career-making than groundbreaking TV, The Streets of San Francisco is an efficiently entertaining old-school cop show from Quinn Martin, master of the four-acts-and-an-epilogue hour drama (The Untouchables, The Fugitive). Old Hollywood meets new with the casting of Oscar-winning character actor Karl Malden (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront) and, in the role that put him on the map, future Oscar-winner Michael Douglas (Wall Street) as partners in San Francisco's Bureau of Inspectors. Malden is 23-year-veteran Lt. Mike Stone. Douglas is Inspector Steve Keller, whose "fancy degrees in criminology" don't impress Stone. The generational conflict is more pronounced in the pilot episode. When Keller questions whether a deceased woman found floating in the bay is a suicide, Stone derisively responds, "If you were born in this town, you'd know that the current under the bridge flows out to sea and not in." Though the t wo have their differences (Stone, a self-described "slob," wears the classic trench coat, while Keller is "the best dressed cop on poverty row"), Stone is a more patient mentor in the 1972 series' first 14 episodes (13 plus the pilot) that are contained in this set's four discs. One of this series' retro-TV delights is the veteran/rookie casting dynamic that extends to the series' guest stars. The pilot episode features Robert Wagner as a slick and initially suspect lawyer, and a pre-Happy Days Tom Bosley as the victim's landlord. The future Starsky & Hutch show up, albeit in separate episodes. David Soul is a racist cop with a surprising genealogy in "Hall of Mirrors" and in "Bitter Wine," Paul Michael Glaser stars as a man who spent 12 years in San Quentin for his brother's crime. Other familiar faces from TV Land include Vic Tayback (Alice), Victor French (Little House on the Prairie), Edward Mulhare (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir), and Di ck Van Patten (Eight Is Enough). But perhaps this serie s' real star is San Francisco, an offbeat location for a cop show. Ghirardelli Square, the Golden Gate Bridge, and other landmarks are intriguing backdrops as the gruff but compassionate Stone and the more hotheaded Keller pursue criminals and killers, some of whom are as deeply twisted as Lombard Street. Throw in a vintage show-launch interview with Malden and Douglas conducted by former Hollywood columnist and Oscars red-carpet emcee Army Archerd, and you have a set that's a real San Francisco treat. --Donald Liebenson Beyond The Streets of San Francisco 
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 "The Streets of San Francisco" #1-1 December 13, 2008
This is the first half-season's worth of ABC's classic '70's police series, "The Streets of San Francisco." For the uninitiated, "Streets" was a police drama that starred famed actor Karl Malden as Lt. Mike Stone, a 23-year veteran detective of the San Francisco Police Department. Michael Douglas (who currently does the opening V/O for "NBC Nightly News") costarred as his young partner, Inspector Steve Keller. Together, they patrolled the City by the Bay, with Stone acting as a mentor, a father figure if you will, to the rookie Keller. This first half-season's worth (I say that because this series was cut into volumes for DVD release) spanned from Sep. 1972 to the first week of 1973, and included the following outings:
Pilot (a.k.a. "The Streets of San Francisco") (9-16-72)
"The Thirty-Year Pin" (9-23-72)
"The First Day of Forever" (9-30-72)
"45 Minutes from Home" (10-7-72)
"Whose Little Boy Are You?" (10-14-72)
"Tower Beyond Tragedy" (10-28-72)
"Hall of Mirrors" (11-4-72)
"Timelock" (11-11-72)
"In The Midst of Strangers" (11-25-72)
"The Takers" (12-2-72)
"The Year of the Locusts" (12-9-72)
"The Bullet" (12-16-72)
"Bitter Wine" (12-23-72)
"A Trout in the Milk" (1-6-73)
All of the abovementioned outings (including the pilot) are contained on four single-sided discs in two slipcases. The discs are packaged against a backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge at night. The first and third discs have images of Karl Malden; the second and last discs have images of Michael Douglas. The discs have the names of the outings on the left at the top. The fronts of the slipcases have images from the series on top, the release title near the top, and the disc numbers at the bottom, all against another backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge. The episode listings are on the back of each slipcase. The box says that the first 16 outings of #1 are included; I didn't count 16. I counted only the pilot and 13 regular outings, for a total of 14. Perhaps Paramount thought that the pilot could be split into two separate outings for syndication-- who knows?
This first release has two bonuses, both on Disc 1. The first is a "pilot presentation" that details what the series is about, and introduces the characters. Clips from the pilot are used in this 9-min. feature. The other is a short interview conducted by famed entertainment writer Army Archerd with Malden and Douglas; the setting is that of Stone's office.
A lot of people here have been disappointed in the fact that this series was cut in volumes for DVD release. They bemoan the fact that you're paying full-season prices for only half-season releases, therein paying the price of two normal full-season releases to get a full season's worth of a volume series. This is seen by some people, I believe, as a profit-maximizing measure for Paramount. The volume format (as used for this series and several others), once you finish all of the outings in a specific volume, leaves you wanting more. I know I am-- this first release of "Streets" had some pretty darn good entertainment for a `70's series.
In short, despite the fact that "Streets" was cut in volumes for DVD release, this first release gets my personal purchase recommendation because of the sheer entertainment value.
A real classic September 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After watching the whole first season and half of the second, I now realize why I don't care for the new shows. The acting is so-so,the writing worse, they all depend on flashy effects and editing,too many closeups of actors faces ect. This show made you feel you were going along with them as they solved the cases. Great, just great television, which I'm afraid will never be again.
We like it in the UK too! August 28, 2008
Excellent to see this out at last on DVD, even if I do have to buy an import. It hasn't been on TV over here for years. My all time favourite cop show. Having been to SF, it's nice to see some of the landmarks again.
What would you do without this show? What WOULD you do? July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll let others describe the episodes. Presumably, you are here because you already know something about this maverick 1970's cop TV drama, and my rating reflects you are that type of person. If your idea of good TV is I Survived A Japanese Game Show, this may not be for you. In addition to Hawaii Five-0, another good series of this era now on DVD is The Rookies.
What I noticed immediately was the sound and video transfer to DVD was excellent. It's almost creepy to see SOSF in such high fidelity. The episodes make a lot more sense now that I've grown up and understand a bit more about inner city, 1970's culture! And to me, they seem to hold up very well. The writing is very good. Some language and clothing styles are a bit dated (well heck, that's part of the fun), but the stories move along, particularly without commercials butting in every 10 minutes. There are also several moments of humor in many episodes.
I've visit San Fran a few times in the last two years, and it's wonderful to see some of the shots of neighborhoods. If you enjoy this nostalgia or even live there or have lived there, I think you'll get some bonus enjoyment from the series. And seeing those big Chryslers and Matadors fly two feet off the ground while driving down hills with 30 degree inclines...it's a thing of beauty.
One of the Best Cop Shows of All Time December 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"The Streets of San Francisco" was one of the best cop shows of the 1970s and its wonderful that it is finally available on DVD. The formula was similar to other cops shows, but seemed to have more realistic story lines. This release marks the first time the Pilot has been seen in many years. When the episodes re-air on TV, the pilot is usually not shown since it was 98 minutes long, so it was a definite treat to see how the show started and what made the show so interesting.
I think the reason that Karl Malden's Mike Stone and Michael Douglas' Steve Keller worked so well is because their characters were completely different - Stone was raised on the streets of San Francisco and Keller was a college educated cop, but yet they had one thing in common, the pursuit of justice. I think it also helped that Karl Malden knew Michael's father, legendary actor Kirk Douglas, since before Michael was born. The chemistry between the two actors was undeniable and you could tell they both had fun shooting together, which was made even more evident after Douglas left the series at the beginning of the shows final season and was replaced by actor Richard Hatch.
The colors and audio have been enhanced on this DVD and makes the show look even better than it originally aired back in the early 1970s on ABC. This show was well renowned for its ability to get major guest stars and even have stars who later became famous in their own right, years after appearing.
Also included are two special features. One features Douglas and Malden being interviewed on the set of the show by legendary interviewer Army Archerd before the show began airing in September 1972. The other is a 9 minute Pilot Presentation which summarizes what the show is about. Both are thoroughly entertaining and wonderful to see all these years later. All in all this DVD set is a wonderful trip back in time to the good ol days of partner crime drama.
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