The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

Action · Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (7,888 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1972)

7.30 avg 27 episodes 7.2 → 7.5 61 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Pilot	7.2	739
1	The Thirty-Year Pin	7.1	311
2	The First Day of Forever	7.4	274
3	45 Minutes from Home	7.4	270
4	Whose Little Boy Are You?	7.1	240
5	Tower Beyond Tragedy	7.0	248
6	Hall of Mirrors	6.9	229
7	Timelock	7.1	193
8	In the Midst of Strangers	7.2	214
9	The Takers	7.5	209
10	The Year of the Locusts	7.1	206
11	The Bullet	7.5	210
12	Bitter Wine	7.5	220
13	A Trout in the Milk	7.1	208
14	Deathwatch	7.3	193
15	Act of Duty	7.6	212
16	The Set-Up	7.4	186
17	A Collection of Eagles	7.4	196
18	A Room with a View	7.4	196
19	Deadline	7.2	182
20	Trail of the Serpent	7.5	175
21	The House on Hyde Street	7.6	209
22	Beyond Vengeance	7.6	191
23	The Albatross	7.5	169
24	Shattered Image	7.0	171
25	The Unicorn	7.1	157
26	Legion of the Lost	7.5	174

Season 2 (1973)

7.48 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 7.4 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Wrongful Death	7.5	176
2	Betrayed	7.8	196
3	For the Love of God	7.5	170
4	Before I Die	7.6	163
5	Going Home	7.6	171
6	The Stamp of Death	7.5	169
7	Harem	7.7	168
8	No Badge for Benjy	7.3	151
9	The Twenty-Four Karat Plague	7.6	153
10	Shield of Honor	7.8	164
11	The Victims	7.4	153
12	The Runaways	7.2	156
13	Winterkill	7.4	157
14	Most Feared in the Jungle	7.3	158
15	Commitment	7.6	156
16	Chapel of the Damned	7.5	148
17	Blockade	7.7	163
18	Crossfire	7.2	153
19	A String of Puppets	7.3	139
20	Inferno	7.4	134
21	The Hard Breed	7.3	149
22	Rampage	7.5	137
23	Death and the Favored Few	7.4	144

Season 3 (1974)

7.70 avg 23 episodes 7.6 → 7.6 60 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	One Last Shot	7.6	161
2	The Most Deadly Species	7.8	152
3	Target: Red	7.7	162
4	Mask of Death	7.7	159
5	I Ain't Marchin' Anymore	7.5	149
6	One Chance to Live	7.3	141
7	Jacob's Boy	7.7	136
8	Flags of Terror	8.1	139
9	Cry Help!	7.8	142
10	For Good or Evil	7.5	124
11	Bird of Prey	7.4	135
12	License to Kill	7.9	128
13	The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague	7.8	135
14	Mister Nobody	7.4	132
15	False Witness	7.6	112
16	Letters from the Grave	8.1	139
17	Endgame	7.5	130
18	Ten Dollar Murder	7.8	135
19	The Programming of Charlie Blake	8.1	134
20	River of Fear	7.6	132
21	Asylum	7.8	127
22	Labyrinth	7.8	127
23	Solitaire	7.6	122

Season 4 (1975)

7.55 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 6.7 60 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Poisoned Snow	7.9	139
2	The Glass Dart Board	8.1	119
3	No Place to Hide	7.3	125
4	Men Will Die	7.6	122
5	School of Fear	7.5	125
6	Deadly Silence	7.6	119
7	Murder by Proxy	7.8	122
8	Trail of Terror	8.0	142
9	Web of Lies	7.5	124
10	Dead Air	8.1	131
11	Merchants of Death	7.1	109
12	The Cat's Paw	7.3	107
13	Spooks for Sale	7.5	124
14	Most Likely to Succeed	8.0	128
15	Police Buff	8.2	126
16	The Honorable Profession	8.2	113
17	Requiem for Murder	6.8	106
18	Underground	7.1	106
19	Judgment Day	7.8	116
20	Clown of Death	7.2	99
21	Superstar	6.8	111
22	Alien Country	7.6	112
23	Runaway	6.7	114

Season 5 (1976)

7.55 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.2 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Thrill Killers: Part I	8.0	157
2	The Thrill Killers: Part II	7.9	130
3	Dead or Alive	7.5	119
4	The Drop	7.6	110
5	No Minor Vices	7.9	124
6	In Case of Madness	7.1	103
7	"Till Death Do Us Part"	7.9	104
8	Child of Anger	7.1	97
9	Hot Dog	7.9	114
10	Castle of Fear	6.7	106
11	One Last Trick	7.6	106
12	Monkey Is Back	7.1	98
13	The Cannibals	7.4	93
14	'Who Killed Helen French?'	7.9	108
15	'A Good Cop... But'	7.7	102
16	Hang Tough	7.7	107
17	Innocent No More	7.8	114
18	Once a Con	7.5	97
19	Interlude	7.7	100
20	Dead Lift	7.0	221
21	Breakup	8.0	110
22	'Let's Pretend We're Strangers'	7.5	102
23	Time Out	7.4	100
24	The Canine Collar	7.2	97