All episodes Season 4 S04E03 1975-09-25 60 min 1970s ABC

The Streets of San Francisco

No Place to Hide

TV Flash files “No Place to Hide” as hour 76 of 120 in the TV Flash guide — The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) on ABC, season 4, episode 3, aired 1975-09-25, 60 min.

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This leaf is S04E03: listed hour 76 of 120 in the The Streets of San Francisco guide, hour 3 of 23 in season 4. It aired 1975-09-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Glass Dart Board” (S04E02). Next is “Men Will Die” (S04E04).

The Streets of San Francisco — No Place to Hide (S04E03)

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The wife of a prison inmate is shot and killed in a laundromat in what looks like a professional hit. Stone and Keller determine that it was the work of a prison gang that is using outside enforcers to force inmates' wives to help them smuggle drugs into the prison. Another wife of a prisoner is now targeted to be made to do what the murdered woman would not.

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Where does No Place to Hide sit in the The Streets of San Francisco guide?

S04E03 is listed hour 76 of 120 — hour 3 of 23 in season 4, season 4 episode 3.

When did The Streets of San Francisco S04E03 air?

No Place to Hide aired 1975-09-25 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.

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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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