| The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1, Vol. 2 | 
 enlarge | Director: Walter Grauman
Actors: Michael Douglas, Karl Malden, Robert Wagner, Andrew Duggan, Tom Bosley
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $38.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 11960
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 98
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: PARD122764D
UPC: 097361227641
EAN: 0097361227641
ASIN: B000RZIGSQ
Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 1972
Release Date: September 25, 2007
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/25/2007 Run time: 672 minutes
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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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Can't get any better than this November 3, 2008
The Streets of San Francisco is a class on its own. Superb acting, believable stories, most beautiful location, and of course that seventies feeling, makes it impossible to beat. I am just beginning to enjoy the Volume 2 of the first season and I can tell you the picture quality is absolutely terrific. It is quite unbelievable for a series filmed over 35 years ago. For sure they used top of the line quality equipment back then.
This is an all over fantastic purchase. Go ahead and get it!
Not Before Time - Bringing back 70s cop shows September 30, 2008
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.
Streets of San Francisco September 15, 2008
Great picture quality, one of the greatest cop shows ever. Full of nostalgia for long-time San Franciscans.
Just a Terrific TV Police Show! July 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a City of San Francisco aficionado, I was delighted to see the release of "Streets of San Francisco" and the DVD did not disappoint me.
Karl Malden and Michael Douglas are terrific actors, the guest stars in the episodes are all believable and solid, there are some great visual shots of The City (not as many as in season two), and the writing and plotting are as good (if not better) than any series produced now, about 35 years later.
Fans of the police TV series genre will (and should) snap this up, sit back and enjoy.
Outstanding police procedural drama - great cast and locations July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Streets of San Francisco was superior to most Quinn Martin detective shows, in part because of the great chemistry between its lead characters but also because a detective and sidekick always works better dramatically: the team of Holmes and Watson always worked better than solo detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, for example. But far more mysterious than any of the Quinn Martin plot lines is why these outstanding TV shows have taken so long to be released on video. In 1998 a handful of episodes were released only on VHS, even when that format had clearly been displaced by DVD. And presumably the manufacturing cost of DVD is a fraction of VHS duplication, so this further adds to the mystery. Even so, those VHS tapes were a vast improvement over the fuzzy, grainy, cut-for-more-commercial-time versions on TV rerun channels. But this DVD set is better still. The colors are bright and the titles are razor sharp. It probably didn't look this good on first-run network TV. The cover art says "some episodes may be edited from their original network versions," but I can see scenes that have been missing from reruns for many decades. There are no DVD extras but there are English/Spanish Subtitles and a Spanish audio track. With only 4 discs, (on the Volume 1-2 set) and a list price of $80, the collection is grossly overpriced when more contemporary shows cost a half or a third that price, and almost always include some value-added content. But if you're a SSF fan, it may well be worth the premium price.
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