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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    McCloud Season 1 Episode 7 - Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)

    S1:E7

    In Paris, McCloud and a stewardess try to locate a mysterious arms smuggler with ties to an American mogul and a New York gubernatorial candidate.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. McCloud Season 2 Episode 5 - A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley
    6.5/10(112 votes)

    #2 - A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley

    S2:E5

    Stolen penicillin is diluted and sent south of the border by the director of a famous cemetery.

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  3. McCloud Season 1 Episode 1 - Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)
    7.0/10(131 votes)

    #3 - Portrait of a Dead Girl (or Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?)

    S1:E1

    McCloud escorts a witness from New Mexico to New York City, but loses him to kidnappers and finds himself in a murder case involving Puerto Rican nationalists, a lady novelist, a Wall Street lawyer, and a dead beauty pageant winner.

    Director:Richard A. Colla
    Writers:William Link, Richard Levinson, Stanford Whitmore

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  4. McCloud Season 1 Episode 2 - Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
    7.0/10(93 votes)

    #4 - Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)

    S1:E2

    McCloud goes to help a lady in distress, but gets caught in a shootout that sends him back to Taos on Chief Clifford's orders. At the last minute, the Chief is kidnapped to force McCloud to act as a courier to Paris.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  5. McCloud Season 1 Episode 3 - Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)
    7.0/10(95 votes)

    #5 - Manhattan Manhunt (1) (or Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue)

    S1:E3

    McCloud is becoming famous thanks to press coverage. It doesn't endear him to the boys in blue, who have to deal with a string of drugstore holdups.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  6. McCloud Season 1 Episode 4 - Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)
    7.0/10(100 votes)

    #6 - Murder Arena (1) (or The Concrete Corral)

    S1:E4

    McCloud is assigned to shepherd the cowboys at a visiting rodeo. They're old friends, and one of them is killed by a jealous rival over a woman, it appears.

    Director:Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. McCloud Season 7 Episode 1 - Bonnie and McCloud
    7.1/10(78 votes)

    #7 - Bonnie and McCloud

    S7:E1

    The head of a trucking company is killed before eyewitnesses, and McCloud's girlfriend is the culprit.

    Director:Steven Hilliard Stern
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  8. McCloud Season 2 Episode 1 - Encounter with Aries
    7.2/10(123 votes)

    #8 - Encounter with Aries

    S2:E1

    The wife of an astrologer and widely-syndicated newspaper columnist is kidnapped in broad daylight.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  9. McCloud Season 2 Episode 3 - Somebody's Out to Get Jennie
    7.2/10(119 votes)

    #9 - Somebody's Out to Get Jennie

    S2:E3

    An industrial engineer is thought to have been died in an air crash, and his secretary is driven into a mental hospital.

    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. McCloud Season 2 Episode 6 - Fifth Man in a String Quartet
    7.2/10(103 votes)

    #10 - Fifth Man in a String Quartet

    S2:E6

    A musician is framed for the killing of his teacher, a violinist whose long-lost brother was in the mob.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:James D. Buchanan

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  11. McCloud Season 6 Episode 5 - Our Man in the Harem
    7.2/10(74 votes)

    #11 - Our Man in the Harem

    S6:E5

    A patrolman's daughter is held captive in the Middle East.

    Director:Glen A. Larson
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  12. McCloud Season 1 Episode 5 - Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)
    7.3/10(94 votes)

    #12 - Manhattan Manhunt (2) (or The Stage Is All the World)

    S1:E5

    McCloud, whose new-found celebrity (thanks to an article by Chris Coughlin in the Chronicle) vexes the Department, is assigned to protect a British theatrical maven who has received letters assailing his ""filthy, obscene"" productions and threatening his life.

    Directors:Russ Mayberry, Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  13. McCloud Season 2 Episode 7 - Give My Regrets to Broadway
    7.3/10(107 votes)

    #13 - Give My Regrets to Broadway

    S2:E7

    A Broadway producer is implicated in the murder of a detective investigating his business practices.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  14. McCloud Season 6 Episode 2 - Showdown at Times Square
    7.4/10(67 votes)

    #14 - Showdown at Times Square

    S6:E2

    The Chief (Clifford) is running a weekly bull session, that is, the detectives squawk and he gives them a talk. McCloud notices smoke signals coming from a nearby roof. The Chief (Stillwater) is seeking his grandson Johnny, who has followed a gang of thieves to New York. Johnny's father is in jail back home in Phoenix, framed by the gang.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. McCloud Season 7 Episode 3 - The Great Taxicab Stampede
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    #15 - The Great Taxicab Stampede

    S7:E3

    McCloud is framed for the murder of a drug-dealing hack, and exposes the ring.

    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  16. McCloud Season 7 Episode 6 - McCloud Meets Dracula
    7.4/10(89 votes)

    #16 - McCloud Meets Dracula

    S7:E6

    Murder victims are found to be drained of blood, and an elderly star of vampire films is suspected; Chief Clifford is on the hunt for a random sniper.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  17. McCloud Season 1 Episode 6 - Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)
    7.5/10(79 votes)

    #17 - Murder Arena (2) (or Walk in the Dark)

    S1:E6

    McCloud complains about his assignment to rodeo detail, so Chief Clifford sends him to Special Auxiliary Force VI under the command of Sgt. Dameron, where he works to catch a murderer in Central Park.

    Directors:Russ Mayberry, Nicholas Colasanto
    Writer:Leslie Stevens

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  18. McCloud Season 2 Episode 4 - The Disposal Man
    7.5/10(105 votes)

    #18 - The Disposal Man

    S2:E4

    A nabob is menaced by a professional killer with an unknown employer.

    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:Dean Hargrove

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  19. McCloud Season 3 Episode 2 - The Barefoot Stewardess Caper
    7.5/10(124 votes)

    #19 - The Barefoot Stewardess Caper

    S3:E2

    A bevy of international stewardesses have a second career as cat burglars.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writers:Glen A. Larson, Michael Gleason

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  20. McCloud Season 3 Episode 5 - The Million Dollar Round Up
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    #20 - The Million Dollar Round Up

    S3:E5

    A dying Roman mobster wills his ""Saracen Horse,"" a jewel-encrusted green jade treasure, to any of his criminal colleagues who can take possession of it.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Douglas Heyes

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  21. McCloud Season 5 Episode 4 - The 42nd Street Cavalry
    7.5/10(77 votes)

    #21 - The 42nd Street Cavalry

    S5:E4

    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.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Michael Gleason

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  22. McCloud Season 6 Episode 1 - Park Avenue Pirates
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    #22 - Park Avenue Pirates

    S6:E1

    Racketeers take over a record company.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. McCloud Season 2 Episode 2 - Top of the World, Ma!
    7.6/10(118 votes)

    #23 - Top of the World, Ma!

    S2:E2

    A football player from Ohio who needs an operation goes to find the New York mobster who owes him money.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  24. McCloud Season 4 Episode 3 - A Cowboy in Paradise
    7.6/10(96 votes)

    #24 - A Cowboy in Paradise

    S4:E3

    Just before presenting a rackets case, Chief Clifford goes to Hawaii for a police conference. Taos sends McCloud, too, and the Marshal is obliged to dragoon a vacationing N.Y. policewoman when the Chief is set up on a murder charge.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Jimmy Sangster

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  25. McCloud Season 5 Episode 8 - Sharks!
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    #25 - Sharks!

    S5:E8

    Loan sharks accidentally kill a welcher, and a hardnosed Homicide lieutenant has the wrong man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Man from Taos (2) (or Our Man in Paris)" is the worst rated episode of "McCloud". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/21/1970. This episode scored 6.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley".