Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue (23 Sep. 1970)

The horseback chase used in all subsequent episode titles caps this story of McCloud trying to track a drug thief who barely grazed him with a bullet, leading McCloud to believe the thief is an addict who can be helped.

Director:

Bruce Kessler

Writers:

Herman Miller (creator), Glen A. Larson

Stars:

Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Diana Muldaur

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Dennis Weaver	...	Sam McCloud
J.D. Cannon	...	Peter B. Clifford
Diana Muldaur	...	Chris Coughlin
Lorraine Gary	...	Joan Stanford
Terry Carter	...	Sergeant Joe Broadhurst
Leo Gordon	...	Officer Shannen
Ken Scott	...	Polk
Angus Duncan	...	Dr. Bussey
William Bryant	...	Policeman
William Wintersole	...	Lab Man (as Bill Wintersole)
Jeff Burton	...	1st Reporter
Bill Baldwin	...	2nd Reporter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Ballen	...	Officer
Howard Curtis	...	Arnold Stanford
Ric Mancini	...	Brodney

Storyline

The horseback chase used in all subsequent episode titles caps this story of McCloud trying to track a drug thief who barely grazed him with a bullet, leading McCloud to believe the thief is an addict who can be helped.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 1970 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The horseback chase was a spur-of-the-moment idea. Originally the plan was to have McCloud "borrow" a mounted officer's horse at a drugstore and then cut to Central Park for the end of the chase. Instead, the director and a camera car followed Dennis Weaver through the streets of Manhattan without a permit. Due to a rain the previous day, the horse slipped at least once in street grease.

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Quotes

Peter B. Clifford: [to Broadhurst] Let's not have any credit-grabbing around here, there's room on my list for both of you.

User Reviews

good episode

When I looked at my DVD I didn't find the particular title that was stated here on IMDb. A bit confused I searched for the storyline about an arrogant Broadway producer so I came across Manhattan Manhunt. It looked like the same story but strangely when the episode started it was also titled Manhattan Manhunt. Again, IMDb said it was just one hour long, but on my DVD (region 2) it took 72 minutes to watch. But when I watched it I also recognised the story about McCloud and a gunman. So here we have it, Manhattan Manhunt is a compilation of Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City? and The Stage Is All the World.

The story, as for many McCloud episodes, is rather simple and doesn't have a lot of shootings or pursuits. Still, this episode was watchable but coming from the early seventies couldn't stand the time but being that old it is watchable just to see Time Square back then or here a party going on with some kind of hippies. That part is heavily edited but it worked out fine.

All acting was believable but you could fall over the thing that McCloud is new in the city but always finds his way through New York.

Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue is never used on region 2 DVD's, the only thing they used from it is here to see, the horseback chase used in all subsequent episode titles.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5