Synopsis
Includes:
The Streets of San Francisco: For the Love of God (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: Shield of Honor (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: The Victims (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: No Badge for Benjy (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: Harem (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: Betrayed (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: Before I Die (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: A Wrongful Death (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: The Twenty-Four Karat Plague (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: Going Home (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: The Stamp of Death (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco: For the Love of God
Stone (Karl Malden)and Keller (Michael Douglas) spring into action when a priest is killed in his Confessional. It turns out that the victim had attended the same seminary as three other priests who were murdered in similar fashion. To root out the killer, Stone goes undercover, donning the collar and robe of a Roman Catholic prelate. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: Shield of Honor
The SFPD's internal affairs division suspects that something is amiss when a witness under police protection is killed. Clearly, someone in the Department is a Syndicate informer--and everyone is under suspicion, even Stone (Karl Malden) and Keller (Michael Douglas). Written by Star Trek veteran D.C. Fontana, this episode's highlight is a compelling performance by Mariette Hartley as a harried female cop. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: The Victims
Stone (Karl Malden) and Keller (Michael Douglas) cover the length and breadth of the Bay Area to track down three escaped convicts. The escapees have embarked on a murder spree, wiping out anyone who gets in their way at the behest of the sadistic outlaw leader who kills for the thrill of it. The detectives' mission is made doubly difficult by a potential witness who refuses to get involved--and whose silence costs the lives of a helpless elderly couple. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: No Badge for Benjy
Several inconvent truths about "equal consideration under the law" come to surface as Stone (Karl Malden) and Keller (Michael Douglas) investigate two separate murders. One of the victims was a wealthy and well-connected white foreign businessman; the other was an impoverished black police informant. Judyann Elder delivers a stunning performance as the black victim's embittered wife, who challenges the cops to pay as much attention to her husband's death as to the executive's murder. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: Harem
In a virtuoso image-smashing performance, pop star Rick Nelson appears in this episode as Billy Jeffers, a sweet-talking, baby-faced "Pied Piper" who lures teenage girls into prositution. Despite his gentle demeanor, Billy is a ruthless criminal and manipulator--and ultimately, a murderer. In one remarkable scene (remarkable for 1973, that is), detective Steve Keller (Michael Douglas) interrogates Billy, who makes the implicit confession that he's far more interested in boys than in girls! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: Betrayed
Still at the stage of his career when he was specializing in cold-blooded villainy, Martin Sheen guests in this episode as Dean Knox, a charismatic young man who has several girlfriends at his beck and call. One of these, a "Plain Jane" named Kate Evans (Collin Wilcox-Horne, stumbles onto the fact that Dean is a bank robber. It now falls to Dean to sweet-talk the girl into keeping his secret--or to get rid of her if she won't play along. Famed female impersonator Jim Bailey makes a cameo appearance as himself. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: Before I Die
A decidedly pre-Naked Gun Leslie Neilsen guest stars in this episode as veteran cop John T. Connor. Upon learning that he has a terminal illness, Connor vows to murder the slick racketeer whom he has been unsuccessfully trying to put behind bars for the past eighteen months. Thus are Stone (Karl Malden) and Keller (Michael Douglas) forced into the uncomfortable position of saving a notorious criminal from one of their own colleagues. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: A Wrongful Death
Season Two of Streets of San Francisco opens with an episode focusing on Steve Keller (Michael Douglas), the young partner of veteran SFPD detective Mike Stone (Karl Malden). Forced to kill a robbery suspect, Keller finds his career on the line when the dead man's father (Michael Constantine) insists that his son was unarmed. This time, not even Stone can come to Keller's rescue unless a weapon is found--a prospect that grows dimmer as the story wears on. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: The Twenty-Four Karat Plague
Vic Morrow heads the guest cast as Vic Tolliman, leader of a gang of thieves. Hijacking a gold shipment, Tollman and his henchmen are unaware that the gold has been mixed with deadly uranium. Per the episode's title, Stone (Karl Malden) and Keller (Michael Douglas) have only twenty-four hours to track down the thieves before the entire Bay Area has been fatally contaminated. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: Going Home
Just before assuming his "Howard Cunningham" duties on Happy Days, Tom Bosley guests in this episode as two-bit thief Eddie Coughlin. The hapless Eddie makes a potentially fatal mistake when he burglarizes a business that is being used as a front by The Syndicate. Sheree Northcostars as Eddie's long-suffering spouse Donna. A good portion of this episode was location-filmed on Alcatraz Island. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Streets of San Francisco: The Stamp of Death
Earl Holliman plays one of two disreputable insurance agents involved in a deadly scam. A wealthy philatelist has been murdered, an 1850 Guyana stamp worth $300,000 has been stolen, and the crooks are trying to turn a huge profit on a counterfeit of the missing stamp. Also prominent in the proceedings is Jessica Walter, fresh from her bravura villainy in Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
