The Streets of San Francisco
The Hard Breed
Season 2, Episode 21 · Aired 1974-02-21
Synopsis
Two "Gunsmoke" writers teamed on this modern-day Western set at a rodeo in San Francisco's Cow Palace. A bronc rider dies in what appears to be an accident. A rodeo clown looks around the scene after the police leave and discovers the rider's rope -- which was cut almost halfway through before it broke, leaving the bronc free to throw him. The police come back to investigate the scene, and before long the chief suspect is also murdered in another "accident."
In the series
This episode is part of The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) on ABC.
Cable-car cop mentorship — Karl Malden grit and a young Michael Douglas.
Key cast
- Karl Malden as Det. Lt. Mike Stone
- Michael Douglas as Insp. Steve Keller
- Richard Hatch as Insp. Dan Robbins