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 Loni Anderson in North Beach, October 13, 2002. |
In 1984, Partners
in Crime was the first series that was filmed entirely in the City
since The Streets of San Francisco. Shot on a sound stage on Custer Street
in Hunters Point and at landmarks all over town, Partners in Crime was
the story of two women who inherit a detective agency from a man to whom
they were both once married. (The man proposed to both women at the Top
of the Mark.) In the comedy-murder-mystery hour, Loni Anderson played
Raymond Caulfield's ex-wife, Sydney Kovak, a street smart bass player who
can crack safes and speak Chinese. Lynda Carter
was Caulfield's first ex-wife, Carole Stanwyck, a broke society type and
professional photographer. When Caulfield is murdered in the pilot, the
women team up to solve the crime then continue as partners in Caulfield's
detective agency. They also inherit his mansion at 2898
Vallejo Street, and their former mother-in-law, Jeanine, played by
Eileen Heckart. Until she teams up with Carole, Sydney lives in the house
at 2301 Scott Street in the heart of Pacific
Heights. Not bad for a struggling bass player! Carson Productions spent
$900,000 on each episode, making it one of the most expensive television
series in 1984. In spite of its good production values, the seeming bankability
of its two appealing leads, and its third star, San Francisco, Partners
in Crime lasted only 13 episodes, including the pilot.
Academy
of Sciences: "Murder in the Museum"
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Copyright 2002 Hank Donat |