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McCloud (1970)

McCloud poster
Genre
action television series, drama television series, crime television series, police television drama
Country
United States
Length
7 seasons, 46 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A deputy marshal from a small New Mexico town works as a special investigator in New York City. He brings his western ways and folksy attitude into the big city police department.

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What happens

McCloud is an American police drama television series created by Herman Miller, that aired on NBC from September 16, 1970, to April 17, 1977. The series starred Dennis Weaver, and for six of its seven years as part of the NBC Mystery Movie rotating wheel series that was produced for the network by Universal Television. The show was centered on Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico, who was on loan to the New York City Police Department (NYCPD) as a special investigator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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