The Streets of San Francisco
Police Buff
TV Flash files “Police Buff” as hour 88 of 120 in the TV Flash guide — The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) on ABC, season 4, episode 15, aired 1976-01-08, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E15: listed hour 88 of 120 in the The Streets of San Francisco guide, hour 15 of 23 in season 4. It aired 1976-01-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Most Likely to Succeed” (S04E14). Next is “The Honorable Profession” (S04E16).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bill Bixby places a guy who like to follow the police scanner. He wants to be a cop, but cannot hack it, and ends up taking the law into his own hands. And a good cop gets blamed.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Police Buff sit in the The Streets of San Francisco guide?
S04E15 is listed hour 88 of 120 — hour 15 of 23 in season 4, season 4 episode 15.
When did The Streets of San Francisco S04E15 air?
Police Buff aired 1976-01-08 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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