The Solid Gold Swingers

Episode aired Dec 2, 1973
TV-PG
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

YOUR RATING

Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

McCloud gets himself involved in a series of murders of high-class escorts after a body he discovers in a senator's flat mysteriously disappears.McCloud gets himself involved in a series of murders of high-class escorts after a body he discovers in a senator's flat mysteriously disappears.McCloud gets himself involved in a series of murders of high-class escorts after a body he discovers in a senator's flat mysteriously disappears.

Director
- Lou Antonio
Writers
- Herman Miller
- Michael Gleason
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lou Antonio
Writers
- Herman Miller
- Michael Gleason
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Teri Garr's first appearance as Phyllis Norton. She had appeared as Police Sgt Nora Mullins in The Million Dollar Round Up (1973) and as an unidentified payroll clerk in The Stage Is All the World (1970). Sgt. Norton became a recurring character over the next two seasons.

Goofs
When McCloud is chasing the Al's repair van, the logo on its side disappears at times during the chase. There is also a shot that accidentally catches a view of the California mountains in the background.

Quotes
Murphy Michaels: Down home we got leeches big as footballs. They latch onto anything that moves and suck 'till there's nothing left. You'd be right at home with them, Karen.

Crazy credits
For some reason, the credits show McCloud getting shot and falling down in a scene from "Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue" (episode 1.2). This is repeated in "This Must Be the Alamo" (episode 4.5), but without the sound effects.

Connections
References The Valachi Papers (1972)

User reviews3

Review

Featured review

Solid story

I won't add much to what have already said the other comment, but I will point out something. We have here Ross Martin in a character which is probably a sort of tribute of this other playing; remember EXPERIMENT IN TERROR, back in 1962, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Glenn Ford and where Martin was also a woman terrorizer and killer, and where he harassed Lee Remick. This was an awesome crime movie and this episode reminds me this movie, because of the Martin's character. That's all I wanted to emphasize on. For the rest, nothing special, the always exciting seventies and urban atmosphere. Directed by Lou Antonio, a TV vet director.