'''''[=McCloud=]''''' is an American television police drama that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} from 1970 to 1977. The title role is played by Dennis Weaver as Marshal Sam [=McCloud=], a law officer from Taos, New Mexico on semi-permanent "special assignment" with the New York City Police Department.

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!!''[=McCloud=]'' contains examples of:
* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: This trope was [[RenamedTropes originally named]] the McCloudSpeech.
* CowboyCop: A literal example.
* DaChief: Chief Peter B. Clifford
* FishOutOfWater
* FollowTheLeader: The show's premise bears more than a passing resemblance to the 1968 Creator/ClintEastwood film ''Coogan's Bluff'' (and indeed the film's primary writer, Herman Miller, receives a "Created By" credit).
* NewYorkCityCops
* ReunionShow: 1989's ''The Return Of Sam [=McCloud=]''. Unlike ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', this went no further.
* SayMyName: Chief Peter B. Clifford whenever New Mexico lawman Sam [=McCloud=] gets on his nerves, which is all the time.
* StrangeCopInAStrangeLand
* WheelProgram: The show was part of two of these, ''Four in One'' (1970) and ''Series/TheNBCMysteryMovie'' (1971-77).
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