Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)

Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear.

Creator:

William Blinn

Stars:

David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
David Soul	...	Det. Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Paul Michael Glaser	...	Det. Dave Starsky (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Antonio Fargas	...	Huggy Bear (89 episodes, 1975-1979)
Bernie Hamilton	...	Capt. Harold Dobey (88 episodes, 1975-1979)

Storyline

Tough Starsky and educated Hutch are plainclothes cops taking on dope dealers, muggers and other thugs, aided by their red 1974 Torino and informant Huggy Bear. Both bachelors' private lives play as interweaving threads in the drama.

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Plot Keywords:

ford torino | police | friendship | detective | friendship between men | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Starsky y Hutch

Filming Locations:

LBPD Headquarters - 400 W Broadway, Long Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (88 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the pilot Starsky uses a Baretta 9mm automatic pistol and Hutch a Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver. In the regular series, Starsky has swapped to a Colt .45 and Hutch a Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver. Hutch's handgun is actually the same weapon used by David Soul's vigilante cop character in the Dirty Harry film Magnum Force.

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Goofs

In The pilot episode, both Starsky and Hutch jump/fall into a swimming pool. A close-up of Starsky in the water shows him in his blue shirt without his sweater, and his gun in his right hand. But the next cut to him shows him standing up out of the water with his sweater back on, and his gun in his left hand.

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Quotes

Capt. Harold Dobey: Starsky, about this report, it reads like a comic book: "The fiery Torino sped into the street and we spilled into action."

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Connections

Spoofed in Murder Can Hurt You! (1980)

User Reviews

With a makeup artist called Shotgun Britton, how could it fail?

The best cop show of the 70's and, with the exception of Kojak and the Rockford Files, a jewel in a sea of studio-cloned crap. First with the much-copied clichés of gruff captain and streetwise, all-knowing snitch, it had pace, pathos and, of course, the Striped Tomato.

Until the Hill Street Blues ushered in a new style of cop show for the eighties, Starsky and Hutch was the defining show of my teens and a rollicking, unashamed express-ride through the polyestered, bell-bottomed decade with two likable cops who are also best friends and plenty of short-skirted, tight-jeaned girls. It also had the great sense not to outlive its popularity.

We all had favourites (mine was Starsky) and we all tried to be as cool as Huggy Bear (brilliantly played by Antonio Fargas)...and failed miserably.

It has definitely dated down the years, but I have a copy on DVD and still take it out now and again for a chuckle at what we used to look like.