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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.
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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.
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Episode 1
McCloud helps a runaway and her baby, amidst a curious stolen property investigation.
Directed by Barry ShearGuest stars Joshua Shelley, James Noble, Kay Lenz, Keith Barbour, Gordon MacRae, Shelley Winters, Whit Bissell, Robyn Millan
Episode 2
McCloud is assigned to a film shoot, and suspects the production is a front.
Directed by Bruce KesslerGuest stars Jerry Lacy, Marc Lawrence, Salem Ludwig, Leslie Parrish, Fernando Lamas, Larry Hagman, Ruth McDevitt, Edward Binns
Episode 3
A black gang infiltrating a white ethnic gang's numbers racket makes four very big mistakes, in ascending order of importance: robbing and killing a pickup man for his bets and the numbers; shooting Broadhurst (knocking him out of the episode after the first scene) when he tries to interfere; framing the unconscious Broadhurst for skimming money from the numbers runners; and depriving a VERY well-connected Jewish tailor of his winnings.
Directed by Bruce KesslerGuest stars Cesare Danova, John Quade, Jack Kruschen, Michael Delano, Louis Gossett Jr., Danny Thomas
Episode 4
McCloud's lackluster assignments make him grouse, so Chief Clifford sends him to the Mounted Unit. A fence sets up a munitions theft at a National Guard Armory (USMC) for a revolutionary group, and the cavalry is on its way.
Directed by Jerry JamesonWritten by Michael GleasonGuest stars Darwin Joston, Steve Bond, Hunter von Leer, Rudy Challenger, Julie Sommars, Peter Mark Richman, Rafael Campos, Victor Campos
Episode 5
The international drug trade and a dealer named Harry Hague have McCloud undercover and in prison to root out the Rhigas family of distributors.
Directed by Gene LevittWritten by Jimmy Sangster, Lou Shaw, Lou ShawGuest stars John Russell, John Marley, Joseph Campanella, Victor Jory, Robert Donner, Brock Peters, Angel Tompkins, Lonny Chapman
Episode 6
After hanging his Stetson in a diner one night, McCloud is stymied by various attempts to relieve him of it. His clues lead to a ballet company on the verge of folding, and a philanthropic foundation with millions of dollars missing from its account books.
Directed by Glen A. Larson, Lou AntonioGuest stars Liam Dunn, Philip Carey, Don Ameche, Kyle Johnson, Jaclyn Smith, Robert Webber, Roger C. Carmel, Mills Watson
Episode 7
A woman pursues the hit man who killed her sister, and in Mexico City is pursued herself.
Directed by Russ MayberryGuest stars Mariette Hartley, Clu Gulager
Episode 8
Loan sharks accidentally kill a welcher, and a hardnosed Homicide lieutenant has the wrong man.
Guest stars Herbert Jefferson Jr., Dick Haymes, Christopher George, Stuart Nisbet, Carmen Zapata, Pat Hingle, Woodrow Parfrey, Lynda Day George
Episode 9
In the second "Alamo" episode, Phyllis Norton, in her last appearance, takes over the station when Chief Clifford catches the flu, a thief kidnaps Broadhurst in order to swap him for the thief's brother, a drug-addicted mother kidnaps her addicted newborn daughter - and a time bomb ticks in the squad room ceiling.
Directed by Walter DonigerWritten by Glen A. LarsonGuest stars Brad Dexter, Don Siegel, Regis Cordic, Lawrence Montaigne, Larry Storch, Roger E. Mosley, Jeanne Cooper
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Dennis WeaverSam McCloud
J.D. CannonPeter Clifford
Terry CarterJoe Broadhurst
Diana MuldaurChris Coughlin
Ray Danton
Herbert Jefferson Jr.
Joshua Shelley
NBCUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States
