The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1, Vol. 2

The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1, Vol. 2
by Walter Grauman

The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1, Vol. 2
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Actor: Andrew Duggan, Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Robert Wagner, Tom Bosley
Director: Walter Grauman
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 675 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount

Movie Reviews of The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1, Vol. 2

Movie Review: Not Before Time - Bringing back 70s cop shows
Summary: 5 Stars

For me, this is one of the best cop shows of the 70s. What a thrill that it was finally released. Brilliantly cast with good storylines and pacing that works, Streets Of San Francisco had all the elements needed for a show to work. Karl Malden is fantastic and Michael Douglas is perfect in his role - never over-playing, always natural and believable.
A little annoyed by the splitting of Season 1 into two parts - greed must be the only reason why this was done (a pattern which is becoming all too prevalent - to the execs: Come on guys! Do the right thing). But I paid because seeing this finally released was too good to be true. If you want to watch a perfect example of 70s police drama (or police drama overall), then Streets Of San Francisco is for you. Let's hope we see the rest of them released very soon.

Summary of The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1, Vol. 2

Twenty year veteran Detective Lt. Mike Stone is partnered with young college educated Inspector Steve Keller who has a lot to learn about being a police detective on the Streets of San Francisco.System Requirements:TRT: 675 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating:?NR UPC:?097361227641 Manufacturer No:?122764
These 13 chronological episodes that concluded season 1 were just the ticket to launching one of the 1970s' most arresting cop shows. The first season of The Streets of San Francisco was nominated for an Emmy for Best Drama Series and its stars, Karl Malden and Michael Douglas, were nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. But as this inaugural season unfolded, the veteran cop/rookie cop dynamic that charged the first 14 episodes matured into a more paternal mentor/student relationship (Malden's Mike Stone refers to Douglas's Steve Keller, throughout as "the boy" and "buddy-boy"). These episodes are particularly engrossing, and provide Malden with some of his finest primetime hours. In "Trail of the Serpent," a street gang bent on freeing their captured leader takes Stone hostage. Stone plays it cool, appealing to the humanity of one of the more sensitive gang members, while the more hotheaded Keller almost jeopardizes his rescue. In "Legion of the Lost," Stone goes undercover on skid row to investigate the murders of three homeless men. In two episodes, Stone does not allow personal relationships to compromise his sense of duty. In "Deadline," a newspaper editor tries to cover up the murder of his mistress, and in the process, unwittingly implicates his own son, who was also the victim's lover. In "Shattered Image," a woman from Stone's old neighborhood is now the socialite wife of a murdered senatorial candidate. "Beyond Vengeance" echoes Cape Fear as a vengeful sociopath, freed on parole, seems to be stalking Stone's daughter.

Malden and Douglas are a terrific team, and they are aided and abetted by literate scripts ("Room with a View" alludes to Hemingway's story "The Killers"), with clever twists. In "The Albatross," a killer is freed when it turns out he wasn't wearing his hearing aid and did not hear Keller when he read him his rights. In the Emmy-nominated "The House on Hyde Street," an elderly recluse becomes the prime neighborhood suspect in the death of a young boy. Guest stars in these episodes read like a Hollywood's Most Wanted List, with veteran character actors (Joseph Cotten, Jack Albertson, Leslie Nielsen, Barbara Rush) and future TV Land favorites (Victor French from Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven, a pre-Cheers Nicholas "Coach" Colasanto, Jamie Farr, and Clint Howard). Of course, the real star is San Francisco, an intriguing backdrop with its roller coaster hills and funky neighborhoods. For series fans who left their hearts here, Streets still calls to you. --Donald Liebenson

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