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  • Actors: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Bernie Hamilton, Antonio Fargas, Marki Bey
  • Directors: Paul Michael Glaser
  • Writers: Jeff Kanter, Michael Grais, Robert Dellinger, Robert Earll, William Blinn
  • Format: Box set, Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Dutch, English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Mar 2004
  • Run Time: 999 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000171RAE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,169 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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In the rough-and-tumble, wildly entertaining world of Starsky & Hutch, impatient cops--anxious to join a foot race in pursuit of a villain--throw themselves out of moving vehicles and roll to a bruising stop. Undercover detectives Dave Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (David Soul), hardly imbued with the powers of Spider-Man, routinely scale walls, hop from rooftop to rooftop, and fling themselves down steep hillsides to stop bad guys from doing what bad guys do.

Years later Hill Street Blues would redefine the cop genre as a mesh of overlapping storylines and workaday frustrations, but Aaron Spelling's iconic 70s show portrays LA's finest as madly heroic creatures of reckless determination and physicality. This first season is also startlingly brutal for a primetime US show—it was later significantly toned down, much to the regret of fans—while maintaining a delightful, often incongruous, self-deprecating humour. From the series pilot on, partners and best pals Starsky and Hutch work a fine line between predator and prey, relentlessly pursuing suspects while also snared by crime chieftains or short-sighted superiors. In "The Fix", Hutch's secret romance with the former girlfriend of a mafia boss (Robert Loggia) results in the lawman's kidnapping and forced addiction to heroin. Similarly, in "A Coffin for Starsky", a mad chemist injects the wisecracking cop with a slow-acting but lethal poison. "Jo-Jo", written by Michael Mann, finds our guys at loggerheads with federal officers over a dumb deal the G-Men make with a serial rapist.

The 23 episodes in this set are all fun, if sometimes shocking, viewing. Expect each character to take as much abuse as he dishes out. Still, the comic sight of Starsky and Hutch (in "Death Notice") trying to conduct business amid busy strippers is well worth the surrounding violence. --Tom Keogh

DVD Description
This five disc set contains the pilot and all 22 action packed episodes from the series' classic debut season. Produced by Aaron Spelling (TV's Charlie's Angels and S.W.A.T.), Starsky and Hutch roared onto small screens in 1975 to become one of the most popular, iconic series of the decade. This was TV's coolest buddy cop show, fuelled by full throttle car chases, offbeat humour, colourful characters and a hip vibe. The hit series (1975-1979), followed streetwise undercover detectives Dave Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) and Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson (David Soul) as they cruised around town in Starsky's red and white striped Gran Torino, battling thugs and hoodlums with the help of their gruff boss, Captain Harold Dobey (Bernie Hamilton - Blacula, Scream), and jive-talking informant Huggy Bear (Antonio Fargas - Shaft, Car Wash).

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Starsky & Hutch - The Complete First Season (CDRP1367), 6 April 2004
Nostalgia!

The mid-70s on BBC1... it was Ironside (1967-1975), Cannon (1971-1976) or Kojak (1973-1978)... and then Starsky & Hutch arrived on the scene (1975-1979). All of these shows only included a handful of regular characters, and in the case of Starsky & Hutch it was Captain Dobey and Huggy Bear (and even they were often absent). So, for the majority of the 50 minutes of each episode we are with Starsky, or Hutch or both. We kind of got to know them, unlike later shows such as Hill Street Blues (1981-1987) where there were a myriad of characters and you perhaps got five or ten minutes with each.
I didn't realise it back in 1975 but Antonio Fargas as Huggy Bear, the informant is a great actor who really added a lot of humour. Bernie Hamilton as Captain Dobey was cool too.

What struck me most watching these shows (the first time since the original broadcasts of the mid-70s) was not how gritty they were but how grimy everything was. Starsky & Hutch was filmed on location in Los Angeles (they used the fictional Bay City in the series). It all looks dirty and downbeat, with shoeshine stores on every street, and countless sleazy dives! This really helps to give it an authentic feel despite the usual 'by the numbers' plots.

For 1975, some of the subjects approached in the season were also quite controversial - Rape and murder, heroin addiction, racist organisations, kidnap and exhortation. But with this being Starksy & Hutch you always know that they are going to get their man regardless.

The quality of the transfer to DVD is reasonable; there are moments when the picture occasionally jumps very slightly, or freezes for a split second. A couple of times lines in the picture are visible (especially in the episode 'Shoot-Out'), but for twenty-three episodes totaling twenty hours of entertainment in excellently designed packaging - this is still great value.

The extras are worthwhile and include interviews, TV promo spots, and other featurettes. The episodes:

01. Pilot
02. Savage Sunday
03. Death Ride
04. Texas Longhorn
05. The Fix
06. Snow Storm
07. Death Notice
08. Pariah
09. Kill Huggy Bear
10. The Bait
11. Lady Blue
12. Captain Dobey... You're Dead
13. Terror on the Docks
14. The Deadly Imposter
15. Shoot-Out
16. The Hostages
17. Losing Streak
18. Silence
19. The Omaha Tiger
20. Jo-Jo
21. Running
22. A Coffin for Starsky
23. The Bounty Killer

So, if you want to find yourself back in 1975 to grab a nostalgia fix for (American) fashion, furniture, cars and street-talk then this is one of the best DVD box sets you will find.

Thoroughly recommended.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best cop show ever, 16 Jun 2004
This was the best £20 or so I have spent in a long time. I always was a big fan of the show but seeing it on dvd after all these years made me realise just how good Starsky and Hutch was.

Sure it has its share of violence and all kinds of nastiness but Starsky and Hutch are jean-clad knights in their Gran Torino, bringing criminals to justice, helping the weak and defenceless, and do all this with style and humour. The chemistry between the actors is wonderful and they fairly spark off one another. Glaser and Soul, so different in looks and build, are handsome, charming and cool. The range of their acting is impressive and they are very believable in their roles.

Cop shows come and go but this show remains fresh today as it is really about the friendship of the two main characters. They are there for each other during good times and bad and that is very appealing.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Warning! you'll be hooked., 11 Jul 2006
This is such a good cop series. Great stories with action, great humour and a great red Torino car. like the other reviewers say, the lead cast work well together. Yes, there is some hard hitting stuff, but the humour always overcomes that. You are left feeling good after each episode. It's taken me a while to get through the excellent series one. Now I've just started series two and third outing is in the post. Great stuff.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You really need to buy this... Trust me!
I wasn't even a twinkle in my parents' eyes when Starsky and Hutch first aired, but I can remember watching repeats with my dad when I was little. Read more
Published 21 months ago by S. L. Wadey

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent
I never grew up watching starsky and hutch, but once watching it on tv i had to buy it. i love watching old tv shows and this is one of the best!! Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
I can't believe it's taken so long for this series to come out on DVD but it's been worth every minute of the wait! Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2004 by B. J. Frier

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
I used to be a huge fan of the show when I was a kid. In fact I have an aunt that live right next door to Paul Michael Glaser and I had asked her for a autograph (still hanging at... Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2004 by jdc71

5.0 out of 5 stars Starsky And Hutch - The Complete First Series [1975]
Watching Starkey and Hutch as a kid, I guess most of it went over my head, all I really got was the car chases. Read more
Published on 1 April 2004 by richardoldhams

5.0 out of 5 stars T he STRIPED TOMATO is back!
Here we go again, ready to re-live the adventures of the best two cops of the seventies, the dvds take you back to that era when everyone wanted a redstriped GRAN TORINO, an... Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2004 by J. Calvo

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality....Absolute Quality!!!!!
Saw the Hollywood flick - it's ok but it's gets nowhere near the sheer class of the 70's show. There are some classic first season episodes (with some hilarious production errors... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2004 by T. Dasgupta

5.0 out of 5 stars As cool on the eye as its ever been.
I always thought this series was pure class....and my opinion to this day still hasn't changed. In 1975 there appeared to be a long list of staid old character detectives in... Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2004 by Callum G

5.0 out of 5 stars Action all the way!
It's great to have this on DVD. I'd forgotten how good the series was back in the 70's. Although I enjoyed later shows such as Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, this one had far... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2004 by mattlynch

5.0 out of 5 stars Very watchable. As good as I remembered it.
This box set puts the 2004 Starsky & Hutch movie to shame.
I can barely remember Starsky & Hutch the first time around because I was so young at the time - I just know that I... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2004

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