McCloud
The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
TV Flash files “The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street” as a desk essential hour — McCloud (1970–1977) on NBC, season 5, episode 1, aired 1974-09-22, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 25 of 46 in the McCloud guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 1974-09-22 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “This Must Be the Alamo” (S04E05). Next is “The Gang That Stole Manhattan” (S05E02).
Essential hour: “The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street”. The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street plants the marshal in downtown folklore. Cowboy myth on Village asphalt: the drawl still the weapon, the hat still the guest star.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A madam uses underage girls to extort credit cards from the Johns -- but even she has to ask for McCloud's help when one of the girls gives birth and is stalked by a robber-killer posing as a Minnesota sheriff.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street sit in the McCloud guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 25 of 46 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did McCloud S05E01 air?
The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street aired 1974-09-22 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…