The NBC Mystery Movie
Season 1
Showcases a series of many mystery shows shown on a rotating basis in the same time slot on Sunday nights. It featured, Columbo (1971), McMillan & Wife (1971) and McCloud (1970).
Where to Watch Season 1
21 Episodes
- McCloud: Encounter with AriesE2
McCloud: Encounter with AriesThe kidnapping of a woman who is married to a wealthy astrologer -- and the appearance of her kidnapper, who claims she is being held in a room with a ticking time bomb -- spur the woman's husband to bash in the kidnapper's head with a vase, leaving McCloud, Clifford and Broadhurst with a limited time to determine where the woman is and who is really behind the kidnapping. - McCloud: Top of the World Ma?E7
McCloud: Top of the World Ma?A large Ohio country boy arrives in The Big Apple to collect on a $10,000 debt for services rendered to a New York mobster, who couldn't be less happy about the publicity the visitor (and his elderly mom) are stirring up. Stefanie Powers plays a "model" working both the mobster and the visitor. - McMillan and Wife: Husbands, Wives, and KillersE8
McMillan and Wife: Husbands, Wives, and KillersMcMillan's investigation of a suspicious burglary finds him crossing paths (and swords) with a number of his and Sally's friends. Mac, Sally and Sgt. Enright go undercover to a costume ball, where Mac is confident the culprit will strike. - McCloud: Somebody's Out to Get JennieE10
McCloud: Somebody's Out to Get JennieWhen a business magnate already hiding out from his partners narrowly escapes death by bombing (killing an aide who visited his lakeside hideaway), he tries to communicate to his girlfriend that he's still alive -- prompting the associates to try to drive her insane and incompetent to find him via various scare tactics, and take over the company for themselves. - McMillan and Wife: Death is a Seven Point FavoriteE11
McMillan and Wife: Death is a Seven Point FavoriteThe McMillans befriend Billy Benton, quarterback for the Hawks, who is either innocent or involved in a plot to throw the game. A $75,000 bet was made against the Hawks, and the bettor intends to collect at any cost, even murder. - McCloud: The Disposal ManE13
McCloud: The Disposal ManA tip-off from an informant and help from a retired hit man clue McCloud in to the existence of a hit man famed for leaving no traces of his crime, and reveal the nature of his target -- an honest businessman with an extreme talent for abrading everyone in his path. - McMillan and Wife: The Face of MurderE14
McMillan and Wife: The Face of MurderMac's ex-pug pal Freddie O'Neale becomes a target for murder after he claims he can identify The Dutchman, a notorious jewel thief whose face is unknown to the police and to the posh San Francisco social set whose treasures he plunders. - McCloud: A Little Plot at Tranquil ValleyE15
McCloud: A Little Plot at Tranquil ValleyA very successful mortician has a sideline robbing legitimate drug shipments--he waters them down and puts them in caskets destined for South America. Usually, his two squabbling associates carry out the robberies, but this time he's convinced by his wife to include her dull-witted brother, who goes on a daylight heist and murders a security guard. The associates kidnap McCloud at the Statue of Liberty and hold him for ransom in exchange for the brother. - McCloud: The Fifth Man in a String QuartetE17
McCloud: The Fifth Man in a String QuartetA former student (Rick Weaver in the first of five annual appearances) is accused of the fatal stabbing of his ex-violin teacher, but the murder was actually a hit -- a "reformed" mobster and his lawyer, ambitious for political office, are trying to smoke out the violinist's identical twin brother, a thug with almost no redeeming qualities, to waste him before he goes honest and spills the beans about other crimes. - McMillan and Wife: 'Til Death Do Us PartE19
McMillan and Wife: 'Til Death Do Us PartIt's Sally's birthday, but she and Mac are in no mood to celebrate as someone has broken into their house and stolen all the sharp objects (knives, scissors, razor blades and even Sally's knitting needles). Making things worse is that a serial killer known as the Asylum Killer is on the loose and he has written a letter promising a double murder for his next crime. The couple make the best of it despite their fears and try to celebrate. However, after drinking drugged champagne they are knocked unconscious and awake to find their house covered with a fumigation tent ...