The Streets of San Francisco
For Good or Evil
TV Flash files “For Good or Evil” as hour 60 of 120 in the TV Flash guide — The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) on ABC, season 3, episode 10, aired 1974-11-14, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E10: listed hour 60 of 120 in the The Streets of San Francisco guide, hour 10 of 23 in season 3. It aired 1974-11-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Cry Help!” (S03E09). Next is “Bird of Prey” (S03E11).
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Young Paul is torn between Lt Stones efforts to take him off the streets and go to college and his brother, part of a street gang. One day he witnesses the head of the gang committing a murder on an rivaling street gang boss. His brother convinces him in joining the gang and to kill Mike Stone, who has started to investigate on the murder case in the scene.
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Where does For Good or Evil sit in the The Streets of San Francisco guide?
S03E10 is listed hour 60 of 120 — hour 10 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 10.
When did The Streets of San Francisco S03E10 air?
For Good or Evil aired 1974-11-14 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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