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McCloud

★ 7.0 4K votes 1970–1977 7 seasons · 46 episodes Ended NBC
ProceduralA case or problem of the week, solved by a formula that works.This show: 8/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Dennis WeaverJ.D. CannonTerry CarterKen LynchDiana MuldaurSidney Clute
Written by
Herman Miller
Starring
Dennis WeaverJ.D. CannonTerry CarterKen LynchDiana MuldaurSidney Clute
Written by
Herman Miller
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
050100150200

McCloud Episode Ratings Heatmap

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About

"A cowboy marshal loose in Manhattan's underworld"

McCloud follows a lanky New Mexico deputy marshal reassigned to the NYPD, where his cowboy hat, drawl and horseback instincts clash hilariously with big-city police work. Each feature-length episode plays like a mini crime movie, mixing shootouts, car chases and fish-out-of-water comedy as his exasperated chief tries to rein him in. The pace is leisurely by modern standards, closer to a TV movie than a procedural, but Dennis Weaver's easy charm and the culture-clash banter keep it breezy. It's comfort viewing: predictable, good-natured, and content to let its hero swagger through Manhattan like it's the frontier.</summary>

Watch it for

Dennis Weaver's laid-back cowboy charisma clashing gleefully with 1970s New York bureaucracy.

Maybe skip if

you want tight, fast-moving episodes rather than leisurely feature-length TV movies.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11970
7.082776h 21m
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Season 21971
7.184078h 44m
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Season 31972
7.651856h 28m
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Season 41973
7.855357h 33m
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Season 51974
7.8808913h 2m
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Season 61975
7.6559711h 3m
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Season 71976
7.551567h 1m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Dennis Weaver Sam McCloud
J.D. Cannon Peter B. Clifford, Peter J. Clifford, Chief Peter Clifford
Terry Carter Sgt. Joe Broadhurst, Detective Broadhurst, Sergeant Joe Broadhurst
Ken Lynch Grover, Det. Grover, Sergeant Grover
Diana Muldaur Chris Coughlin, Chris
Sidney Clute Simms, Detective Simms
Ken Scott Polk, Detective Polk, Vince Polk
John Finnegan 1st Desk Sergeant, 1st Officer, 1st Sergeant
Teri Garr Sgt. Phyllis Norton, Nora Mullins, Payroll Clerk
Tracy Reed Carol Broadhurst, Mrs. Broadhurst, Carol

Crew

Herman Miller

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