McCloud (TV series)

McCloud was an American television series, which was made from 1970 to 1977 and also aired in the Netherlands by VARA . In the 1990s various repetitions were exhibited by RTL 5.

Lead actor was Dennis Weaver as Marshal Sam McCloud, a police officer from Taos (New Mexico) that was deployed on semi-permanent basis to the police of New York City. As "cowboy" in the big city had a very own way of fighting crime, McCloud is not always to the satisfaction of his superiors.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Deputy US Marshall Sam McCloud of Taos, New Mexico should accompany a prisoner to New York. A city that he would prefer to leave as soon as possible. Once in New York touches McCloud involved in a complicated murder case that he knows to fix. If wishes back to New Mexico he gets McCloud of his chef de Mission for the time being to remain in the city and as a trainee with it to run with the Criminal Investigation Department of police to police as the latest techniques to master. His supervisor is chief Clifford that little welcomes the Marshall forced upon him. He considers McCloud as a stupid peasant from the West but expected few difficulties will yield. That changes soon if it turns out that McCloud is a good police officer and much less naive than everyone thinks.
 * 2 main characters
 * 3 Episodes
 * 4 Production

McCloud puts out soon his nose in all kinds of things and not always with the approval of Clifford. With his cowboy hat, sheep's leather jacket and cowboy boots seems McCloud barely fit into the urban jungle of New York. But that's an illusion. McCloud is common as an innocent rural resident (his favorite saying is "There ya go!") but in the meantime he know regular to expose all kinds of criminals. Its relationship between McCloud and chief Clifford soon becomes grimmer, certainly because McCloud refuses to behave as a trainee. Cliffords mood is any better if he notes that McCloud no renounces his Colt .45, to a helicopter goes hang or on horseback through the streets of New York drives. Also the increasing number of complaints from the McCloud suspicious New Yorkers do not contribute to a pleasant relationship.

The Marshall from Taos can get along well with brigadier Broadhurst. Although also Broadhurst as a real New Yorker looks down on the ' cowboy from New Mexico ', the two friends. Broadhurst helps investigate and try him regularly in his McCloud out of the wind to hold if the anger of chief Clifford on the pair descends. Another person can find it right is Chris Coughlin, McCloud the niece of chief Clifford. Chris writes for various newspapers and works every now and then with the Marshall together to solve certain issues. Although McCloud Bachelor continues, is there between him and Chris and an amorous relationship. ==Lead Actors[ Edit] == ==Episodes[ Edit] ==
 * Dennis Weaver - Sam McCloud
 * J.D. Cannon - Peter B. Clifford
 * Terry Carter - Sergeant Joe Broadhurst
 * Diana Muldaur - Chris Coughlin
 * Ken Lynch - Police Sergeant Grover
 * See: list of episodes of McCloud (TV series)

==Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series is inspired by the 1968 film Coogan's Bluff from Don Siegel 's with Clint Eastwood in the lead role, where also a cowboy lost in the big city. The series was largely recorded on the studio area of Universal Studios and partly on location in New York. Each episode lasted 60 minutes, but initially in 1971 this was expanded to ninety minutes and in 1974 even up to two hours. In the last season in 1976 the episodes were cut back to ninety minutes. In 1989 a sequel to the series in the form of a television film under The title "The return of Sam McCloud". Dennis Weaver played the lead role, though it was Sam McCloud, but now no longer Marshall elected as senator for the State of New Mexico. McCloud was a part of The mystery Movie by the American broadcaster NBC, along with Columbo (with Peter Falk) and McMillan and Wife (with Rock Hudson).