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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 4 - Mask of Death
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Mask of Death

    S3:E4

    A professional female impersonator, whose headline act is a perfect imitation of 1930s movie star Carol Marlowe, is overwhelmed with an alternate personality -- and murdering any man who is unlucky enough to be attracted to "Carol."

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 10 - Dead Air
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Dead Air

    S4:E10

    A sleazy radio host is accused of murder when a former girlfriend, who was pregnant, is shot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Streets of San Francisco Season 2 Episode 9 - The Twenty-Four Karat Plague
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - The Twenty-Four Karat Plague

    S2:E9

    Crooks heist a truck filled with gold, not knowing that the gold is the irradiated byproduct of a power plant experiment and extremely toxic.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 6 - Hall of Mirrors
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Hall of Mirrors

    S1:E6

    Keller, temporarily partnered with a hotshot detective, sets out to discover why his new partner seems to be absolutely convinced of a murder suspect's guilt for no apparent reason.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 10 - The Year of the Locusts
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - The Year of the Locusts

    S1:E10

    In their attempt to bring down a family of con artists who victimize entire neighborhoods, Stone and Keller are aided by dissension among the gang members.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Theodore J. Flicker

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  6. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 13 - A Trout in the Milk
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - A Trout in the Milk

    S1:E13

    Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 19 - Deadline
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Deadline

    S1:E19

    Stone discovers that a murdered woman was involved with both a famous newspaper reporter and his son.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:David Friedkin

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  8. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 22 - Beyond Vengeance
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Beyond Vengeance

    S1:E22

    After spending a "lousy" 12 years in prison for a brutal sexual assault and murder, a young punk returns to San Francisco to seek revenge against Mike Stone (who was the arresting officer). And he's not picky about how he'll take that revenge -- or on who.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Streets of San Francisco Season 2 Episode 7 - Harem
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Harem

    S2:E7

    A flute-playing "Pied Piper" (played by Ricky Nelson) talks teenage girls into prostitution, then disposes of them when they are no longer convenient. Stone's daughter helps him break up this murderous prostitution ring.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 1 - One Last Shot
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - One Last Shot

    S3:E1

    Alcoholic officer Joe Landers accidentally gets his partner killed and clumsily tries to cover it up as Stone and Keller work their way to the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jack B. Sowards

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  11. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 12 - License to Kill
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - License to Kill

    S3:E12

    Mike's former partner returns to San Francisco, but not because of any longing for the good old days. He's back in town to kill the hired gunman who murdered his son years before.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 15 - Police Buff
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Police Buff

    S4:E15

    A vigilante is methodically and savagely wiping out criminals who have managed to slip through the fingers of the legal system.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 6 - In Case of Madness
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - In Case of Madness

    S5:E6

    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.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 20 - Dead Lift
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Dead Lift

    S5:E20

    Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a bodybuilder with a strong body but a fragile ego, who causes trouble wherever he goes.

    Director:Michael Preece
    Writer:Larry Brody

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  15. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 23 - Time Out
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Time Out

    S5:E23

    A San Quentin prison guard tries to hunt down the criminals who escaped while under his guard.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 23 - The Albatross
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - The Albatross

    S1:E23

    A father finds out that the man who murdered his deaf son is released on a technicality.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 24 - The Canine Collar
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - The Canine Collar

    S5:E24

    Mike and Dan pursue a smuggler who will stop at nothing to locate a dog collar containing stolen diamonds.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 26 - Legion of the Lost
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Legion of the Lost

    S1:E26

    Stone goes undercover as a bum to investigate the beating death of three homeless men.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Streets of San Francisco Season 2 Episode 20 - Inferno
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Inferno

    S2:E20

    Stone looks for the arsonists who set a fire that killed two firemen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Streets of San Francisco Season 3 Episode 11 - Bird of Prey
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Bird of Prey

    S3:E11

    Women keep turning up in hotel rooms strangled; the only lead is a witness who thinks he saw an air force Colonel's uniform. Keller goes undercover as an air force officer to infiltrate the base.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 1 - Poisoned Snow
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Poisoned Snow

    S4:E1

    When a lady cop is killed in a drug sting gone wrong, her boyfriend cop decides to take matters into his own hands. Stone and Keller try to stop him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Paul Savage

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  22. The Streets of San Francisco Season 4 Episode 5 - School of Fear
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - School of Fear

    S4:E5

    A retired history teacher goes off the deep end and takes it upon himself to take a group of his former students hostage in an empty, condemned school. There, at gunpoint, he proceeds to teach them the finer points of history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Streets of San Francisco Season 5 Episode 14 - Who Killed Helen French?
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Who Killed Helen French?

    S5:E14

    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.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 7 - Timelock
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Timelock

    S1:E7

    Stone appears to be the only one willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a convict who is accused of a murder while out of prison on a 36-hour pass.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 11 - The Bullet
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - The Bullet

    S1:E11

    A college professor, shot accidentally while trying to pay off a blackmailer, refuses to co-operate with Stone's investigation for fear that the publicity will lose him an upcoming promotion.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Mask of Death" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Harry Falk and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/3/1974. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dead Air".