The Return of Sam McCloud (1989)

Ex-Marshal McCloud now is senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's most important chemical manufacturer. ... See full summary »

Director:

Alan J. Levi

Writer:

Michael Sloan

Stars:

Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Terry Carter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Weaver	...	Sam McCloud
J.D. Cannon	...	Commissioner Peter Clifford
Terry Carter	...	Chief Joe Broadhurst
Diana Muldaur	...	Chris Coughlin
Patrick Macnee	...	Tom Jamison
Kerrie Keane	...	Dr. Ashley Stevens
Roger Rees	...	Jason Cross
Simon Williams	...	Simon Langton
Melissa Sue Anderson	...	Colleen McCloud (as Melissa Anderson)
David McCallum	...	Inspector Craig
Sondra Currie	...	Rachel
Robert Beatty	...	William Maitland
Michael Cochrane	...	Geraint Davies
Patrick Monckton	...	Jack Barron
John Turner	...	McFarland

Storyline

Ex-Marshal McCloud now is senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's most important chemical manufacturer. Shortly after McCloud gives an inspiring speech, he barely escapes an bomb in his car and a shooting in a restaurant. When he learns that his niece, medical researcher for Chemtel, was killed, he begins to suspect that the attempts on his life were not made by Arabian terrorists, but by Maitland. He pays him a visit in Britain and starts to research on his own.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

I epistrofi tou Sam McCloud

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Final film role of Robert Beatty.

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Connections

Follows McCloud (1970)

User Reviews

God-awful schlock

What a terrible pile of [expunged expletive].

No doubt scripted so that the American cast and crew could get a free sight-seeing tour to Britain, the majority of the action takes place in England, and London in particular. Some of it is clearly shot on London streets, but the rest is some sound-stage Hollywood cliché of "quaint little England", where every pub has a piano played all the time, where the trains still run on steam, and the sound of gunshots sends the police and Horseguards into a wild panic, leaving Sam McCloud to save the day, valiantly rescuing the damsel on a purloined Met Police horse, galloping down The Mall.

It's impossible to lay on too thickly how downright dreadful this pile of horse-manure is. McCloud was an entertaining series, bit a product of its time. It should have been allowed to stay dignified in death.

House boats don't moor at Westminster Pier (and didn't at the time it was filmed 14 years ago). Pawn shops don't handle firearms. There is an 8 hour time difference between the Great Britain and the mainland US. Dover is nowhere near the New Forest (as any goon reading an atlas could tell you).

Add to that a cheesy greenspeak monologue about the poor state of the planet and mankind's need to respect it, and it couldn't get any worse. (Yes it's true, but we don't need lecturing about it. Certainly not by some fictional prairie-wise New Mexico Marshal.)

Urrrch!