The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series)

Act of Duty (1973)

Karl Malden: Detective Lt. Mike Stone

Quotes 

• Detective Lt. Mike Stone : [Discussing the rapist]  Well, what about his m.o.? Doesn't that tell you enough to translate for us?

  Dr. Lenny Murchison : What, the corner market? That's a natural, a regular game preserve. Chicks on display there like all the rest of the merchandise. Shouldn't need a psychiatrist to tell you that.

• Inspector Steve Keller : He didn't give me a chance, Mike.

  Detective Lt. Mike Stone : Happens sometimes. Maybe nobody gave him one either. Like Lenny said, "In the beginning, there was childhood."

• Detective Lt. Mike Stone : [On stake out for a serial rapist]  Doesn't matter how many times you've done it, it still makes your skin crawl. A loose screw sitting out here somewhere in the dark, or walking around in that market, watching women. And they don't even know he's there. Gotta hand it to gals like Evelyn.

  Inspector Steve Keller : To be bait for a rapist? I wouldn't do it.

  Detective Lt. Mike Stone : You don't have to worry, buddy-boy. Not with legs like yours.