"McMillan & Wife" (1971) TV series 1971-1977

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Creator:

Leonard Stern

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

29 September 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

He's a police commissioner; she wants to help!

Plot:

San Francisco attorney Stewart MacMillan is named commissioner of the San Francisco police department...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Sergeant | San Francisco California | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Rock Hudson	...	Police Commissioner Stewart 'Mac' McMillan / ... (40 episodes, 1971-1977)
John Schuck	...	Sgt. Charles Enright / ... (29 episodes, 1971-1977)
Susan Saint James	...	Sally McMillan (25 episodes, 1971-1976)
Nancy Walker	...	Mildred (21 episodes, 1971-1976)

Also Known As:

McMillan (USA) (sixth season title)

Runtime:

120 min (15 episodes) | 90 min (24 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Talent Associates

Trivia:

Part of the original Sunday NBC Mystery Movie with rotated with the series "McCloud" (1970) and _"Columbo" (1971)_.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Little Mosque on the Prairie: Recipe for Disaster (#3.16)" (2009)

Not a sexless marriage

Just wanted to comment on one reviewer's view that the 'relationship between Mac and Sally seems sexless in hindsight.' Keep in mind your hindsight is now colored by your knowledge that Rock Hudson was gay. Watching those episodes years ago (and re-watching them now), what actually came across was that Mac and Sally had a very active sex life. Unlike Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, they actually got to sleep in the same bed (where they're frequently shown making out under the covers). There are lots of scenes showing the characters kissing, hugging, giving each other sexy looks, etc., (which is all any married couple in an early 1970s TV show is going to be shown doing; this isn't NYPD Blue). Sally's even pregnant by the end of the first season.

Which leads to a question – what ever happened with that storyline? In season two, suddenly Sally's not pregnant. (But a few years later, she's pregnant AGAIN). Is it ever explained why no kids ever get added (something that, admittedly, would probably NOT have been good for the show)? Current rerun prints don't feature any scenes explaining that, say, Sally lost the baby – does anyone know if there were ever any such scenes in the first place?