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.
Showing Season 5 of 8
Season 5
1974
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01. The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street
1974-09-22
McCloud helps a runaway and her baby, amidst a curious stolen property investigation.
02. The Gang That Stole Manhattan
1974-10-13
McCloud is assigned to a film shoot, and suspects the production is a front.
03. Shivaree on Delancy Street
1974-11-03
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.
04. The 42nd Street Cavalry
1974-11-17
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.
05. The Concrete Jungle Caper
1974-11-24
The international drug trade and a dealer named Harry Hague have McCloud undercover and in prison to root out the Rhigas family of distributors.
06. The Man with the Golden Hat
1975-01-12
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.
07. Lady on the Run
1975-01-26
A woman pursues the hit man who killed her sister, and in Mexico City is pursued herself.
08. Sharks!
1975-02-23
Loan sharks accidentally kill a welcher, and a hardnosed Homicide lieutenant has the wrong man.
09. Return to the Alamo
1975-03-30
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.
