Starsky and Hutch Annotated Bib

     William and Ryan Blinn are two very well-known producers. The have produced many hits, especially the 

1970’s hit television series Starsky and Hutch. In 2004 there was a remake also produced by William Blinn 

and many others. Starsky and Hutch is about two street wise cops that bust criminals in their red-and-white 

Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear. (“Wikipedia”).

            The remake does not differ that much from the original television series. Both of them have the same 

two protagonists southern California policemen; David Michael Starsky and Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson.  

Starsky is a streetwise detective and U.S. Army veteran with intense, sometimes childlike moods, and the 

blond Duluth, Minnesota native Hutch, a more reserved and intellectually inclined character. The movie takes 

place in the fictional city of Bay City California in 1975. The storyline of the movie is about the two partners 

bringing down the biggest drug kingpin and making the biggest bust of their career.

           

       The Literary Theory that best fits the essay is Carl Jung Criticism. The question at hand is what trials or 

ordeals do the protagonist face? What is the reward for overcoming them? In the television series the two 

protagonists faced drug pushers, murders, rapists, and similar scum. On the surface the two partners were 

like oil and water but when put together the meshed well. In the remake one of the ordeals that the 

protagonists faced was the biggest drug bust of their career; with the help of their street wise informant 

“Huggy Bear.” In the end they capture the man behind the drug ring.

            The television show and the movie remake are both great depictions of how cops do their jobs. 

There were some great comparisons to real life situations.

Cited Sources

Starsky and Hutch.Wikipedia.Web.25 Jun.2012

Starsky and Hutch.Tv.com.Web.24.Jun.2012