Streets of San Francisco: The Complete Series

These are as good as Blueray and there's no need to say anything about the series. anybody concidering these complete set already know how amazing the show was not only the stories but acting and also eye candy scenery.slipping down a memory lane, seeing these actors in their prime is wonderful.

If you are in to 70's Detective / Cop Shows , this is a must have series in your collection. In addition to Cannon, and the Original Hawaii-5 O . This Complete Series DVD of the Streets of San Francisco was cast perfectly with Karl Malden and Michael Douglas. Their chemistry on screen was great. Also, it was a Quinn Martin Production, which makes it excellent. DVD Box set has 120 episodes on 2 discs . Series ran for 5 seasons , and showcased the Great Scenic City of San Francisco in the 70's era . This is a Must Have DVD in anybody's collection of Crime Dramas .

The Streets of San Francisco ran from 1972-1977, and the word on the street is it’s still solid nearly 50 years later. I grew up watching this television show in the ‘70s, and after revisiting the series now, I personally feel the series still holds up. It comes down to originality, style, storyline, and casting, and TSOSF had it all. Fresh off the heels of the blockbuster Dirty Harry franchise, Dirty Harry in 1971 was a gamechanger in the detective genre and San Francisco remained an intriguing backdrop in both cinema and television during that period of time. The unsolved mystery of the Zodiac Killer left an indelible mark on the beautiful and noirish Golden Gate City, and we all became armchair detectives.The Pilot for Streets of San Francisco, which is included in this complete series, is an excellent script that was based on the book Poor, Poor Ophelia by Carolyn Weston (another recommended read). Great payoff and not predictable even by today’s standards. The Gregory Praxis character was masterfully played by Lawrence Dobkin. I was reminded of what a great actor Karl Malden was in hindsight (what a face). Michael Douglas was solid right out of the starting gate (and Golden Gate).The Four Act Structure (I, II, III, IV, and Epilogue) was a crime script formula that worked, offering twists and cliffhangers during commercial breaks. Top talent as guest stars also included not just top television, but also film stars like Nick Nolte, Robert Wager, Jack Albertson, Mark Hamill, and more. Sometimes the storylines are as much of a Whodunit as they are a Howcatchem (the inverted Columbo model).The opening theme song by Patrick Williams is hip as hell and on par with Mannix (by the great Lalo Schifrin), and the series music has a consistent swagger, swing, and funk. Love it!This set has a lot of crime “bang” for the buck and all the discs played well will no loss of production or transfer quality. The DVD discs are stacked like pancakes, but they were not damaged in the plastic clamshell case. The titles of each episode are printed on the discs.The Streets of San Francisco is still cool in my book and still one of the best crime shows of the ‘70s. Enjoy.

Although I got this DVD set some time ago, I have only watched one episode so far, and the series looks fabulous on a 4K TV. Absolutely fabulous! It's crystal clear, the colors are as vivid as can be, and you get all that wonderful San Francisco scenery you probably didn't really notice when watching the series in the '70s on a smaller TV.I can remember the first time I saw an episode as a teenager, actually it was only the end of an episode. The violence was too realistic for me. I was used to '60s type TV violence, not real looking violence. I swore I'd never watch the series again, but there was something touching about that episode, too, and I ended up watching the one the following week. I watched every episode after that until the end of the series.I loved Karl Malden, didn't like Michael Douglas at all, thought Richard Hatch was a terrible replacement for Douglas, and thought Mike Stone should have had a more tradition daughter than Darlene Carr. All those negative things were okay, though, since both the stories and Karl Malden were so good. My favorite episodes were "The House On Hyde Street", "Trail of the Serpent" and "Mister Nobody".This DVD set was certainly well worth thirty something dollars. I'm sure I have forgotten what happened in lots of the episodes, too, which will make it like watching new shows I have never seen. The series was never syndicated any place I lived. So, it's back to the '70s with Karl Malden and all the scenery and streets of San Francisco.