McCloud
Season 5
9 listed hours · 1970–1977 · NBC
From the desk
How this season is filed
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.
TV Flash files Season 5 of McCloud (1970–1977) on NBC as a mid listed season (5; 5 of 7) — 9 listed hours, 1974-09-22–1975-03-30 from “The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street” (S05E01) to “Return to the Alamo” (S05E09). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S05E01 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.
- S05E01
The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
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.
- S05E02
The Gang That Stole Manhattan
A film producer steals an idea about making a movie about a diamond-store robbery to cover the real-life robbery of said store, and kills the original screenwriter to boot.
- S05E03
Shivaree on Delancy Street
Shivaree on Delancy Street — Season 5, Episode 3 of McCloud. Aired 1974-11-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S05E04
The 42nd Street Cavalry
The 42nd Street Cavalry — Season 5, Episode 4 of McCloud. Aired 1974-11-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S05E05
The Concrete Jungle Caper
The Concrete Jungle Caper — Season 5, Episode 5 of McCloud. Aired 1974-11-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S05E06
The Man with the Golden Hat
The Man with the Golden Hat — Season 5, Episode 6 of McCloud. Aired 1975-01-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S05E07
Lady on the Run
Lady on the Run — Season 5, Episode 7 of McCloud. Aired 1975-01-26. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S05E08
Sharks!
Sharks! — Season 5, Episode 8 of McCloud. Aired 1975-02-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S05E09
Return to the Alamo
Return to the Alamo — Season 5, Episode 9 of McCloud. Aired 1975-03-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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