McCloud — Season 1
The Cowboy Cop On The Mean Streets Of New York
About this season
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.
Episodes (7)
1. Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)
7.0Aired 17 February 1970 • 94 min
McCloud escorts a witness from New Mexico to New York City, but loses him to kidnappers and finds himself in a murder case involving Puerto Rican nationalists, a lady novelist, a Wall Street lawyer, and a dead beauty pageant winner.
2. Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
Aired 16 September 1970 • 48 min
McCloud goes to help a lady in distress, but gets caught in a shootout that sends him back to Taos on Chief Clifford's orders. At the last minute, the Chief is kidnapped to force McCloud to act as a courier to Paris.
3. Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)
Aired 23 September 1970 • 48 min
McCloud is becoming famous thanks to press coverage. It doesn't endear him to the boys in blue, who have to deal with a string of drugstore holdups.
4. Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)
Aired 30 September 1970 • 48 min
McCloud is assigned to shepherd the cowboys at a visiting rodeo. They're old friends, and one of them is killed by a jealous rival over a woman, it appears.
5. Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)
Aired 7 October 1970 • 48 min
McCloud, whose new-found celebrity (thanks to an article by Chris Coughlin in the Chronicle) vexes the Department, is assigned to protect a British theatrical maven who has received letters assailing his ""filthy, obscene"" productions and threatening his life.
6. Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)
Aired 14 October 1970 • 48 min
McCloud complains about his assignment to rodeo detail, so Chief Clifford sends him to Special Auxiliary Force VI under the command of Sgt. Dameron, where he works to catch a murderer in Central Park.
7. Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)
Aired 21 October 1970 • 48 min
In Paris, McCloud and a stewardess try to locate a mysterious arms smuggler with ties to an American mogul and a New York gubernatorial candidate.