• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Prime-Time Drama, Cop Show
• Director: Virgil Vogel
• Release Year: 1976
• Country: US
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

The two-part opener of Streets of San Francisco's fifth and final season marks a major transition, as SFPD homicide detective Mike Stone (Karl Malden) loses his longtime partner Steve Keller (Michael Douglas) and gains a new one, athletic young inspector Dan Robbins (Richard Hatch). But before Keller can leave the force to launch a teaching career, he and Stone are faced with the daunting task of rescuing a busload of jurors who have been kidnapped by a "family" of dangerously misguided revolutionaries, who demand the release of their imprisoned cohorts. This two-parter is clearly inspired by the Patty Hearst kidnapping, with former Partridge Family regular Susan Dey delivering a shockingly powerful performance. As a publicity ploy, the season opener features fourteen guest stars, including Marion Ross (then appearing regularly on Happy Days, Barry Sullivan, Dick Van Patten, Norman Fell and Doris Roberts--not to mention such stars-to-be as Anthony Geary and Ron Glass. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Bill Baldwin - Judge
Darlene Carr - Jeannie Stone
Tina Chen - Juror
Jan Clayton - Mrs. Whelan
Ward Costello - Capt. Roy Devitt
Susan Dey - Barbara Ross
Edith Diaz - Jenny Rios
Norman Fell - Breitback
Gary Frank - Winston Stiles
Anthony Geary - Gary Jelinek
Ron Glass - Arlen Washington
Paula Kelly - Amanda Chamberlain
Jonathan Lippe - Nick Tannenger
Jim McMullan - James Reid
Hari (Harry) Rhodes - Floyd Marsden
Doris Roberts - Mrs. Strauss
Marion Ross - Mrs. Ross
Fred Sadoff - Dr. Lenny Murchison
James Shigeta - Prosecutor Burt Taguchi
Barry Sullivan - Breitbach
Irene Tedrow - Mary Alice Kline
Dick Van Patten - Thurman Barber
Joseph Wiseman - Barbato
James Hong - Robert Lee
Patricia Mattick - Marie Tannenger
David Moody - Sanders
Van Williams - Off. Morton
Patty Duke Astin
Roberta Callahan - Head Nurse

Credit

Virgil Vogel - Director; Clifford Newton Gould - Screenwriter