McCloud (TV series)
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Herman Miller |
| Starring |
Dennis Weaver J. D. Cannon Terry Carter Ken Lynch Diana Muldaur (season 6 and 7) |
| Composer(s) |
David Shire Stu Phillips Frank De Vol |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (+1 TV movie) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Glen A. Larson Leslie Stevens |
| Cinematography | John M. Stephens Ben Colman Sol Negrin |
| Running time | 120 min. (20 episodes) 90 min. (19 episodes) 60 min. (6 episodes) |
| Distributor |
Universal Television (original) NBCUniversal Television Distribution (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 16, 1970 – April 17, 1977 |
McCloud is an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970-77. The series starred Dennis Weaver, and for six of its seven years on the air it aired as part of the NBC Mystery Movie wheel series that was produced for the network by Universal Television.
The show was centered on Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of Taos, New Mexico, who was on loan to the New York City Police Department as a special investigator.
The first choice for the role of McCloud was Fess Parker, who turned it down. Universal hired the highly experienced Dennis Weaver. The pilot, "Portrait of a Dead Girl", aired on February 17, 1970, and established the premise by having McCloud escort a prisoner from New Mexico to New York City, only to become embroiled in solving a complicated murder case.
This premise of "a cowboy in the big city" was more or less adapted from the 1968 Don Siegel film, Coogan's Bluff, starring Clint Eastwood. Herman Miller was responsible for the story of Coogan's Bluff and co-wrote the screenplay with Dean Riesner and Howard A. Rodman. Indeed, Miller is credited as the creator of McCloud. Coogan's Bluff reflects Richard Thorpe's 1942 film Tarzan's New York Adventure and the latter-day career of Bat Masterson. (Siegel appeared in the "Return to the Alamo" episode as "2nd Desk Sergeant".) Like Coogan, McCloud galloped the length and breadth of Manhattan (he was joined by a mounted unit in "The 42nd Street Cavalry"), and the sight of McCloud on horseback riding down the middle of a busy street (taken from an early episode) became one of the series' most famous images.
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