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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'McClain's Law' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'McClain's Law':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

November 20, 1981: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1
W: Eric Bercovici   D: Vincent McEveety

With George Loros (Joe Victor), John Tuell (Starky), Bibi Besch, Scott Brady (Capt. Scofield), Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Sid Lammon).
Special two-hour premiere of a new police drama series starring James Arness as a retiring detective who decides to remain with the police force after the murder of his partner. Co-stars Marshall Colt, George DiCenzo, Conchata Ferrell and Carl Franklin.

November 27, 1981: Requiem For A Narc
Season 1, episode 2
W: Stephen Downing   D: Alan Smithee

With Markie Post (Linda), Art Lund, Thom Christopher (Phillip).
McClain tries to nail a dope dealer who killed an undecover cop but beat the murder rap on a technicality.

December 4, 1981: A Time Of Peril
Season 1, episode 3
W: Frank Telford   D: James Sheldon

With Kathryn Daley (Joyce Collins), Nicholas Pryor (Sheridan), Barbara Babcock (Vanessa Vale), Francis X. McCarthy, Sheila Wills.
McClain is charged with brutality after a rape suspect he collared is released for insufficient evidence.

December 11, 1981: Let The Victims Beware
Season 1, episode 4
W: Frank Abatemarco   D: Paul Krasny

With Jenny O'Hara, Charles Cioffi (Lou), Julie Carmen (Natalie), Stephen Liksa, Terry Michos (Rick D'Martino).
McClain is outraged to learn that the vicious robbers who wounded two persons in a shootout enjoy federal immunity in exchange for their cooperation in another case.

December 18, 1981: Portrait Of A Playmate
Season 1, episode 5
W: Gerald Sanford   D: Michael O'Herlihy

With Linda Thorson (Teri Fields), James McEachin, Burr DeBenning (Paul Blake), Jody Medford (Alison).
McClain teams with an alcoholic ex-cop to investigate the murders of two teenage prostitutes.

January 8, 1982: To Save The Queen
Season 1, episode 6
W: Mark Rodgers   D: Bruce Kessler

With Bill Paxton (Michael), Abraham Alvarez, Aron Kincaid (Commander Callender), Xander Berkeley (Peter), Marta DuBois (Clea), Laraine Stephens (Deputy Mayor), Nicholas Hormann, Jack Yates (Reilly).
McClain is assisgned to protect the deputy mayor, who has been targeted for assassination by a group of international terrorists.

January 15, 1982: A Matter Of Honor
Season 1, episode 7
W: Walter Dallenbach   D: Christian I. Nyby II

With Judith Chapman (Arlene), Bruce Gray, Ana Alicia, Scott Colomby (Joe), Titos Vandis (Garcia).
A murder investigation reveals that the victim was loved -- by many women other than his wife. The search leads McClain to the father and brother of one of the man's girlfriends.

January 22, 1982: The Sign Of The Beast (1)
Season 1, episode 8
W: Stephen Downing   D: Gary Nelson

With K.C. Martel (Frankie Betts), Robert Dryer (Billy Monroe), Jonathan Lippe (Dave Janoski), Richard Lynch (Ernie Neil), Laurie Prange (Connie Beth French), Carolyn Coates (Margaret Stanton), Arte Johnson.
McClain investigates a dope connection in four execution-style shootings.

January 29, 1982: The Sign Of The Beast (2)
Season 1, episode 9
W: Stephen Downing   D: Gary Nelson

With Jonathan Lippe, Richard Lynch (Ernie Neal), Arte Johnson, Robert Dryer (Billy Monroe).
Gates goes undercover to nail two racist parolees who are on a spree of seemingly random slayings.

February 5, 1982: What Patric Doesn't Know
Season 1, episode 10
W: Frank Abatemarco   D: Larry Elikann

With Laurence Haddon (Gun Shop Owner), Sheila Larken, John Crawford (Tulio), Pat Corley, Julie Carmen, Richard Jaeckel, Joseph Pantoliano (Russell).
Two friends of McClain's are among the victims when a pair of young thugs start a crime wave in the neighborhood. One of the victims, desiring more than police protection, buys a handgun.

February 12, 1982: Green Light
Season 1, episode 11
W: Mark Rodgers   D: Corey Allen

With William Mims (Glen Harmon), Robert F. Lyons (Jack Clayton), Tom Bower (Lloyd Jorgenson).
Lieutenant DiNisco and Detective Cross are held hostage in the police squad room by two escaped convicts and their female accomplice.

February 19, 1982: Use Of Deadly Force
Season 1, episode 12
W: Gerald Sanford   D: James Sheldon

With Robert Pierce (Wilson), Britt Lind (Mary Lou St. Clair), Lance LeGault (Sgt. Hawkins).
McClain is asked to investigate a nearby police force after accusations are made that the officers are beating suspects.

March 6, 1982: Takeover
Season 1, episode 13
W: Frank Abatemarco   D: Lee H. Katzin

With Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Norton), Marc Alaimo, Henry Jones (Oscar Norton), Philip Baker Hall (Mr. Harris), Jeanna Michaels.
A pensioner attempts a bank holdup -- seconds before professionals hit the same bank.

March 13, 1982: From The Mouths Of Babes
Season 1, episode 14
W: Joe Viola   D: Bernard McEveety

With Justin Lord, Kip Niven, Peter Billingsley, Karen Jennings (Joan Potter).
A young boy is the only witness to a supermarket robbery, but his fearful mother refuses to let him testify.

March 20, 1982: The Last Hero
Season 1, episode 15
W: Frank Abatemarco   D: Corey Allen

With David Ackroyd, Gregory Sierra (Lou Minetti), Susan Adams, Vincent Caristi, Marion Yue.
A mentally disturbed Vietnam veteran rages through a hospital with a submachine gun, demanding to see a patient, and takes McClain and two others as hostages. (Last show of the series.)


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