The Streets of San Francisco — Season 5
Rugged drama of the city and its people.
About this season
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
Episodes (24)
1. The Thrill Killers (1)
6.0Aired 30 September 1976 • 60 min
Misguided radicals take a jury hostage in a case where corrupt "movement leaders" are being tried for murder.
2. The Thrill Killers (2)
6.0Aired 7 October 1976 • 60 min
Mike and Inspector Dan Robbins make a last-ditch effort to save the jury from execution at the hands of the radicals.
3. Dead or Alive
5.5Aired 21 October 1976 • 60 min
A man offers a $1,000,000 reward for the capture -- dead or alive -- of the man who raped and murdered his daughter, throwing the city into greed-fueled chaos.
4. The Drop
5.5Aired 28 October 1976 • 60 min
Mike thinks he's a murder target when a kidnapper specifies that he deliver the ransom money.
5. No Minor Vices
6.5Aired 4 November 1976 • 60 min
A nice, normal 16-year-old hooker keeps having her johns turn up dead; Dan is particularly horrified by the case.
6. In Case of Madness
8.0Aired 11 November 1976 • 60 min
A music producer turns up dead; a popular singer he was producing an album for is convinced that he is going insane and killed the producer, but the truth is stranger.
7. Till Death Do Us Part
5.5Aired 18 November 1976 • 60 min
Stone must protect a former book keeper's wife, in order to have her testify against several high profile mobsters who want her dead because of the evidence she has against them.
8. Child of Anger
5.5Aired 2 December 1976 • 60 min
A clothing designer finds herself on the front page after her daughter confesses to the murder of her latest fling. Stone and Robbins realize the girl's really a witness and not a murderer.
9. Hot Dog
4.0Aired 9 December 1976 • 60 min
Inpector Stone and Robbins go after a gang of thieves who use motor cycles to make their get away.
10. Castle of Fear
7.0Aired 23 December 1976 • 60 min
A man who has been tormented by mysterious, threatening phone calls believes that his stalker has entered his property, and shoots him. Unfortunately for the man, his victim was a totally innocent cop...
11. One Last Trick
3.5Aired 6 January 1977 • 60 min
A former prostitute goes back to work to smoke out the murderer of another prostitute.
12. Monkey is Back
5.0Aired 13 January 1977 • 60 min
As a dare to try to win a spot among a gang of high school thugs in the 1950's, Charley Belasco commits a crime that sends him to prison for 20 years. Upon his release, he goes on a murderous rampage to hunt down the the high school thugs who spurned him.
13. The Cannibals
4.5Aired 20 January 1977 • 60 min
A mobster's son steals loot from his father and seeks protection from federal authorities in exchange for being a material witness against his father.
14. Who Killed Helen French?
7.5Aired 3 February 1977 • 60 min
An abused wife vanishes after a vicious attack by her drunken husband and all clues point to murder with the husband as the prime suspect, but he can't remember if he did it or not.
15. A Good Cop...But
5.5Aired 10 February 1977 • 60 min
A cop-killer's henchmen hunt the only witnesses to his crime, an officer and an informer.
16. Hang Tough
4.5Aired 17 February 1977 • 60 min
A narcotics cop who has only four months to go 'til retirement roughs up a drug pusher and plants a knife on him. Meanwhile, an operation begins to uncover the "Tucson connection," a major drug ring operating in San Francisco.
17. Innocent No More
5.0Aired 24 February 1977 • 60 min
Mike pushes to get teen gang members, who have made a mockery of the juvenile court, tried as adults.
18. Once a Con
5.5Aired 3 March 1977 • 60 min
When a female college student is killed on campus, suspicion falls on a prison inmate allowed temporary release to work in the college's print-shop.
19. Interlude
4.5Aired 28 April 1977 • 60 min
Refusing to believe he murdered his wife, a man escapes from an institution for the criminally insane to find her.
20. Dead Lift
8.0Aired 5 May 1977 • 60 min
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a bodybuilder with a strong body but a fragile ego, who causes trouble wherever he goes.
21. Breakup
4.5Aired 12 May 1977 • 60 min
An episode where there are two parallel stories: A small business owner is going through divorce proceedings while his business is in financial straits. His wife's lawyer just happens to also be hunted by a revenge-seeking ex-con.
22. Let's Pretend We're Strangers
7.0Aired 19 May 1977 • 60 min
A public defender is convinced that a young man (Wheeler) accused of murder, is innocent. Stone and Robbins are not convinced.
23. Time Out
8.0Aired 2 June 1977 • 60 min
A San Quentin prison guard tries to hunt down the criminals who escaped while under his guard.
24. The Canine Collar
7.7Aired 9 June 1977 • 60 min
Mike and Dan pursue a smuggler who will stop at nothing to locate a dog collar containing stolen diamonds.