The Streets of San Francisco
The Honorable Profession
TV Flash files “The Honorable Profession” as hour 89 of 120 in the TV Flash guide — The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) on ABC, season 4, episode 16, aired 1976-01-15, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E16: listed hour 89 of 120 in the The Streets of San Francisco guide, hour 16 of 23 in season 4. It aired 1976-01-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Police Buff” (S04E15). Next is “Requiem for Murder” (S04E17).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After being shot by robbers who were holding up a store, a young police officer is treated by a doctor who was on the scene. Unfortunately, the officer later dies, and the doctor becomes the only one who can identify the robbers. But when Stone and Keller try to call him, they find that he had to be using a phony name. The man has been practicing using the name of several different doctors.
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Where does The Honorable Profession sit in the The Streets of San Francisco guide?
S04E16 is listed hour 89 of 120 — hour 16 of 23 in season 4, season 4 episode 16.
When did The Streets of San Francisco S04E16 air?
The Honorable Profession aired 1976-01-15 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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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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- Michael Douglas as Insp. Steve Keller
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