The Streets of San Francisco
Breakup
TV Flash files “Breakup” as hour 117 of 120 in the TV Flash guide — The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) on ABC, season 5, episode 21, aired 1977-05-12, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E21: listed hour 117 of 120 in the The Streets of San Francisco guide, hour 21 of 24 in season 5. It aired 1977-05-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Dead Lift” (S05E20). Next is “Let's Pretend We're Strangers” (S05E22).
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Stone and Robbins cross paths with two men pushed to their breaking points: an ex-con nursing a grudge against the former assistant district attorney who put him in prison and a struggling small businessman with a hot temper.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Breakup sit in the The Streets of San Francisco guide?
S05E21 is listed hour 117 of 120 — hour 21 of 24 in season 5, season 5 episode 21.
When did The Streets of San Francisco S05E21 air?
Breakup aired 1977-05-12 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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- Michael Douglas as Insp. Steve Keller
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