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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 jeopardises 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 favourites (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 neighbourhoods. --Donald Liebenson
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Subtitles: English of hearing impaired, English, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Subtitles: English of hearing impaired, English, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I bought this DVD as a present for my mums Birthday
My mum is deaf but she loved this program when it was on, it didn't say if it has subtitles, but thankfully it does.
She loves the DVD
My mum is deaf but she loved this program when it was on, it didn't say if it has subtitles, but thankfully it does.
She loves the DVD
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The 1st Season of The Streets of San Francisco in one DVD set rather than two seperate volumes. The show may be over 35 years old but most of the episodes still stand up and the chemistry betwwen Karl Malden and Michael Douglas is excellent Malden as the grizzled veteran Mike Stone and Douglas as his youthful Ivy League partner. The 3rd star of the show is San Francisco itself, particularly in the early episodes which are filmed in many of the tourist spots. As a regular visitor to the City by the Bay its great to see locations i recognise and have been to, many of them haven't changed that much over 30 years, others have drastically (like the Embarcadero). This Quinn Martin show can be a little formulaistic (4 Acts and an 'Epilog') but is well worth watching, and with 27 episodes good value for money. I look forward to Season Two!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The star of this series is undoubtedly "The City" aka S.F very closely followed by the experienced Karl Malden teaming up with the fresh talent of the young Michael Douglas. Without a doubt the best detective show ever screened and the stories are just as relevant to today's society as they were back in the 1970's. This and the brilliant production, acting and sets makes for compulsive viewing!
The DVD's are well packaged in a handy box set and there are photos and an episode listing on each disk. The extras are fairly interesting with a pilot presentation of the show itself. I was very impressed with the quality and the art work, you have the feeling that great care was taken to make the box set extra special for an extra special show.
A must for any DVD collection and the price is very very good, buy today!
The DVD's are well packaged in a handy box set and there are photos and an episode listing on each disk. The extras are fairly interesting with a pilot presentation of the show itself. I was very impressed with the quality and the art work, you have the feeling that great care was taken to make the box set extra special for an extra special show.
A must for any DVD collection and the price is very very good, buy today!
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