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"The Streets of San Francisco" Dead Lift (1977)
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5 May 1977
(Season 5, Episode 20)
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Ah-nold, long before his movie stardom, made his TV-acting debut as a champion bodybuilder (which he...
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The most fascinating episode in the entire series
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(Episode Credited cast) | Karl Malden | ... | Detective Lt. Mike Stone |
 | Richard Hatch | ... | Inspector Dan Robbins |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jerry Ayres | ... | David Garver |
| Dan Barton | ... | Desk Officer |
| Peter Brandon | ... | Paul Allen |
| William Bronder | ... | Pappy Thompson |
| Brendan Burns | ... | John Kopecki |
| Barry Cahill | ||
| Larry Delaney | ... | Sgt. Andrews |
| Bert Freed | ... | Mr. Jenks |
| Victor Izay | ... | Tony Lawler |
| Larry Mahan | ||
| Diana Muldaur | ... | Judith Winters |
| Art Passarella | ... | Officer Sekulovich |
| Frances Rafferty | ... | Maxine |
| Irene Robinson | ... | Riva Allen |
| Eddie Ryder | ... | Jim Barnotti |
 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | ... | Josef Schmidt |
| Florence Sundstrom | ... | Lydia Beauchamps |
| Hilary Thompson | ... | Ann |
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This was one of only two TV guest roles Arnold Schwarzenegger did before getting into movies, and it's his best early role before The Terminator. It was hard to find good roles for a muscle-bound hunk for whom English was a second language (very second language at the time), but the story works beautifully for Arnie, who plays a bodybuilder who comes to San Francisco to make it in the big time. Despite his immense muscles, he can't quite crack it, and he has developed an extreme hypersensitivity to criticism which could combine to produce a lethal assault on somebody (which it does). I only watched this episode on first broadcast so I'm fuzzy on the details, but my recollection is that steroids weren't explicitly mentioned. Schwarzenegger has always denied taking them, but there's no doubt that he saw other body builders use them and saw many of their effects -- which would include the temper and the hypersensitivity. In today's steroid-scandal era, this episode would be a fascinating look at the beginning of the steroid era and why people should be so concerned about it. Hopefully, this episode will show up on DVD some day and be a selling point for the fifth season.