McCloud
Butch Cassidy Rides Again
TV Flash files “Butch Cassidy Rides Again” as a desk essential hour — McCloud (1970–1977) on NBC, season 4, episode 1, aired 1973-10-14, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 20 of 46 in the McCloud guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 1973-10-14 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “The Million Dollar Round Up” (S03E05). Next is “The Solid Gold Swingers” (S04E02).
Essential hour: “Butch Cassidy Rides Again”. Butch Cassidy Rides Again is western folklore crashing the NYC brief. McCloud as a hat in a precinct: the wheel still spinning fish-out-of-water crime as comfort.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Butch Cassidy Rides Again sit in the McCloud guide?
S04E01 is listed hour 20 of 46 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.
When did McCloud S04E01 air?
Butch Cassidy Rides Again aired 1973-10-14 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Do I need Gunsmoke first?
No. Weaver's marshal is a post-Gunsmoke reinvention, not a sequel. Mystery Movie New York is the assignment.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Dennis Weaver's New Mexico marshal brings boots, a hat, and western myth onto New York asphalt. Fish-out-of-water crime on the Mystery Movie wheel, post-Gunsmoke reinvention with a drawl. Cowboy patience colliding with Manhattan procedure, then winning the hour on charm instead of gunfire.
So the group chat wants a New York cop in a black-tie silhouette (Lana would call the hat a *statement*) and then McCloud shows up in boots like that was the whole fish-out-of-water contract. NBC, 1970–1977: Taos marshal Sam McCloud is assigned to the NYPD, solving crimes with small-town tactics and big-city collisions. Herman Miller's Mystery Movie staple alongside Columbo. Dennis Weaver's post-Gunsmoke reinvention: boots, a hat, western myth on asphalt. J.D. Cannon's Chief Clifford and Terry Carter's Sgt.…
Filed against
- Dennis Weaver as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud
Dennis Weaver’s Chester Goode was Gunsmoke’s limp and loyalty — chorus, not gadget, in Dodge City’s weekly moral court. Twenty seasons of adult western that treated a gunfight as a verdict, James Arness as a marshal the camera could…
- J.D. Cannon as Chief Peter B. Clifford
J.D. Cannon’s Chief Peter B. Clifford parked McCloud’s New York while a New Mexico marshal brought boots onto asphalt — Mystery Movie wheel, post-Gunsmoke reinvention, cowboy patience colliding with Manhattan procedure. 1970s…
- Terry Carter as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
Terry Carter partnered McCloud as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst — New Mexico marshal boots on New York asphalt, fish-out-of-water crime on the Mystery Movie wheel, cowboy patience colliding with Manhattan procedure. Drawl versus the precinct. TV…