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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco Season 1

Every episode of The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco Season 1!

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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
    The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 1 - The Thirty-Year Pin
    7.1/10(300 votes)

    #1 - The Thirty-Year Pin

    S1:E1

    When a police officer is fatally shot 3 days before he is due to retire, Stone undertakes a relentless search for the killer.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Robert Lewin

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  2. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 2 - The First Day of Forever
    7.4/10(265 votes)

    #2 - The First Day of Forever

    S1:E2

    Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 3 - 45 Minutes from Home
    7.4/10(262 votes)

    #3 - 45 Minutes from Home

    S1:E3

    A salesman attending a convention wrongly believes that he is responsible for the death of an attractive female hitchhiker who had lured him to her houseboat.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 4 - Whose Little Boy Are You?
    7.0/10(231 votes)

    #4 - Whose Little Boy Are You?

    S1:E4

    A Vietnam veteran goes AWOL from the army in order to kidnap the son he has never seen.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 5 - Tower Beyond Tragedy
    7.0/10(240 votes)

    #5 - Tower Beyond Tragedy

    S1:E5

    Stone and Keller face off against Gilliam, a wealthy executive who transforms women into his own special image of perfection, then kills them when they inevitably fail to live up to every demented standard of his.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 6 - Hall of Mirrors
    6.8/10(224 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 7 - Timelock
    7.1/10(191 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 8 - In the Midst of Strangers
    7.2/10(208 votes)

    #8 - In the Midst of Strangers

    S1:E8

    When a corner newspaper vendor goes after the muggers who stole his life savings, Stone and Keller discover that the crime is linked to the murder of a housing commissioner.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 9 - The Takers
    7.4/10(201 votes)

    #9 - The Takers

    S1:E9

    The murders of a flight attendant and a nurse who were rooming together lead Stone and Keller to suspect a jewelry salesman and his wife.

    Director:Arthur H. Nadel
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 10 - The Year of the Locusts
    7.1/10(201 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 11 - The Bullet
    7.5/10(206 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 12 - Bitter Wine
    7.5/10(214 votes)

    #12 - Bitter Wine

    S1:E12

    A man who served 12 years in prison to protect his brother gets out only to find that the brother never told their father, a Greek restaurant owner, the truth about who should have gone to jail.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 13 - A Trout in the Milk
    7.1/10(202 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 14 - Deathwatch
    7.3/10(184 votes)

    #14 - Deathwatch

    S1:E14

    Two fishermen (Colasanto and Caruso) decide to keep quiet after witnessing a human smuggling ring.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 15 - Act of Duty
    7.6/10(204 votes)

    #15 - Act of Duty

    S1:E15

    After a female detective is killed by the rapist she had been bait for, her roommate (played by Brenda Vaccaro) goes on the warpath to catch him. After Mike Stone kicks her off the case, she continues on her own, hurtling headlong into peril.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 16 - The Set-Up
    7.5/10(178 votes)

    #16 - The Set-Up

    S1:E16

    A retired hit man returns to San Francisco, not knowing that he will be the target of a hit.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 17 - A Collection of Eagles
    7.3/10(184 votes)

    #17 - A Collection of Eagles

    S1:E17

    A murder brings to light a coin dealer's plan to substitute fakes for the rare coins in a collection.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 18 - A Room With a View
    7.3/10(186 votes)

    #18 - A Room With a View

    S1:E18

    One witness in a racketeering trial is killed with a booby-trapped car, and Stone worries that the remaining witness, Roy Chaffee, will be picked off by a hit man if he surfaces.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 19 - Deadline
    7.1/10(175 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 20 - Trail of the Serpent
    7.5/10(167 votes)

    #20 - Trail of the Serpent

    S1:E20

    A gang takes Mike Stone hostage after killing a policeman in an attempt to flee from a grocery store robbery. They want to trade Stone in for their leader, Buddy Sims.

    Director:John Badham
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 21 - The House on Hyde Street
    7.6/10(195 votes)

    #21 - The House on Hyde Street

    S1:E21

    When a boy disappears after school, suspicion falls on the neighborhood recluse, who is popularly known as a pedophile, although never convicted.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 22 - Beyond Vengeance
    7.6/10(180 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 23 - The Albatross
    7.5/10(167 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 24 - Shattered Image
    7.0/10(165 votes)

    #24 - Shattered Image

    S1:E24

    Mike Stone has reason to believe that the death of a politician is no accident.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Streets of San Francisco Season 1 Episode 25 - The Unicorn
    7.1/10(150 votes)

    #25 - The Unicorn

    S1:E25

    A priest (Fr. Scarne) won't tell Stone where a murderer (Abel Hoffman) is hiding. Stakes are raised by drug smugglers looking for a stolen shipment of heroin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Morton S. Fine

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Thirty-Year Pin" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 300 votes. Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Robert Lewin, it aired on 9/23/1972. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The First Day of Forever".