The Streets of San Francisco
The Takers
TV Flash files “The Takers” as hour 10 of 120 in the TV Flash guide — The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) on ABC, season 1, episode 10, aired 1972-12-02, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E10: listed hour 10 of 120 in the The Streets of San Francisco guide, hour 10 of 27 in season 1. It aired 1972-12-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “In the Midst of Strangers” (S01E09). Next is “The Year of the Locusts” (S01E11).
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Two young women are found murdered in a swinging singles apartment complex. As Stone and Keller investigate, they uncover multiple suspects with a motive to murder the two gold-digging, teasing "takers."
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Where does The Takers sit in the The Streets of San Francisco guide?
S01E10 is listed hour 10 of 120 — hour 10 of 27 in season 1, season 1 episode 10.
When did The Streets of San Francisco S01E10 air?
The Takers aired 1972-12-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Malden and Douglas, or the later partner?
Start with Malden and Douglas — the mentor pairing that launched a movie star. Hatch arrives after Douglas leaves; the city remains.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Karl Malden's veteran cop drags a young Michael Douglas up those hills, and the city itself does half the blocking. Location-heavy Quinn Martin crime, cable-car glamour, mentor grit. Partnership chemistry that actually launched a movie star, filmed on streets that never look like a backlot.
ABC put Quinn Martin on actual pavement and let San Francisco do half the blocking. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977), from Edward Hume, ran five seasons, 120 episodes: Karl Malden's veteran Mike Stone dragging a young Michael Douglas's Steve Keller up those hills. Heavy on-location shooting made the city a character; the theme and photography refused the backlot. Richard Hatch later arrived as Insp. Dan Robbins after Douglas left toward a producing and film career. Mentor/protégé casting that actually…
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Filed against
- Karl Malden as Det. Lt. Mike Stone
Karl Malden’s Det. Lt. Mike Stone dragged a young Michael Douglas up The Streets of San Francisco — location-heavy Quinn Martin crime, cable-car glamour, mentor grit. Partnership chemistry that actually launched a movie star, filmed on…
- Michael Douglas as Insp. Steve Keller
Michael Douglas’s Insp. Steve Keller climbed The Streets of San Francisco’s hills behind Karl Malden — 1970s Quinn Martin crime, location-heavy blocking, cable-car glamour, mentor grit. Partnership chemistry the city itself helped stage.…
- Richard Hatch as Insp. Dan Robbins
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