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The Streets of San Francisco: Season Two, Vol. 1
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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.
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These 11 gripping episodes that comprise the first half of season two went a long way toward putting The Streets of San Francisco on the map. The series would earn Emmy nominations for Best Actor (Karl Malden), Supporting Actor (Michael Douglas), and Outstanding Drama. Streets is an efficient, old school police procedural series. Rumpled 20-year veteran Mike Stone and his younger, snappier, college-educated partner, Steve Keller, rely on old-fashioned legwork, gut hunches, and plain luck to crack some particularly heinous crimes. Stone and Keller have by now bridged their generation gap. Stone still calls Keller "hot shot" and "buddy boy," but it is done with paternalistic affection, while Keller is benefiting from Stone's streetwise "axioms," such as "Ask (a suspect) the time of day, you'll learn a lot more what he thinks about than the weather." Uniformly well acted and sharply written, these episodes also feature some memorable guest stars. In "Betrayed," Martin Sheen is as a small-time Wall Street broker who uses a lonely and unwitting teller to rob a bank to finance his relationship with a wealthy girlfriend. In "Shield of Honor," Mariette Hartley is a vice cop and former Academy classmate of Keller's who may be leaking information to a crime syndicate. Leslie Nielsen is a terminally ill cop who is bent on assassinating the mobster who has eluded him in "Before I Die." And if you bought Rick Nelson as a gunslinger in Rio Bravo, then it won't be too much of a stretch to see him as a flute-playing pied piper who lures teenage runaways into prostitution in "Harem." Filmed on location, Streets has a palpable sense of place. Malden and Douglas, too, seem right at home. Their chemistry elevates this series above the standard issue cop show. If you're going to San Francisco for the first time, this three-disc set is a solid introduction. --Donald Liebenson
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The Streets of San Francisco: Season Two, Vol. 1
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User Comments About The Streets of San Francisco: Season Two, Vol. 1
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Great to watch the old Cops shows from the 70's, and this one was one of the better ones.
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He totally owns this role and is unshakeable even after taking alot of verbal and physical abuse on the seies. This show will forever be a classic
Kudos to Karl Malden one of the greatest actors ever. The city is populated with Runyonesque characters and great storylines.
One reviewer stated that if it weren't for the cars and clothes you wouldn't know that this was filmed 35 years ago. How true, For my money this is one of the best series ever filmed.
I am not interested in seeing a bunch of rich yuppies and their problems. What is interesting is that Maldens character can so easily connect with the city's working class characters.
I heard that they were making another version of this show.
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Ecellent remastering job on this series. If it wasn't for the classic cars and leisure suits, I would have thought it was shot in 2008.
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It is a great DVD. Good stories, good acting. Also, it is amazing to see San Francisco as it was 35 years ago.
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Some things never get old.
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Each episode in this volume is packed with thick plots, great acting, and a bit of humor. The chemistry between Mr.Malden and Mr. That and the endless array of guest stars. The Streets of San Francisco is a true walk down memory lane, with none of the boring projector slides and dusty photos in a shoe box. If you are hungry for a good, old cop drama served up with a smear of nostalgia, this will not let you down. Douglas is secret ingredient that really what makes this whole series groove. In what other series could you see Tiny Tim, Tom Bosley, and Patty Duke.
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