This Must Be the Alamo

Episode aired Mar 24, 1974
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

The first of four "Alamo" episodes has the 23rd Precinct (in its last appearance; the show moved to Police Headquarters the next year) under siege by mobsters desperate to locate the diary o... Read allThe first of four "Alamo" episodes has the 23rd Precinct (in its last appearance; the show moved to Police Headquarters the next year) under siege by mobsters desperate to locate the diary of a kept woman who knows all about football game fixing. First major role for Robby Weaver... Read allThe first of four "Alamo" episodes has the 23rd Precinct (in its last appearance; the show moved to Police Headquarters the next year) under siege by mobsters desperate to locate the diary of a kept woman who knows all about football game fixing. First major role for Robby Weaver, as a phony newspaper reporter.

Director
- Bruce Kessler
Writers
- Herman Miller
- Glen A. Larson
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bruce Kessler
Writers
- Herman Miller
- Glen A. Larson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This 1974 episode This Must Be the Alamo features Sidney Clute as Detective Simms and Martin Kove in an uncredited role as the Punk. In 1981 they would both be in the cast of the series Cagney and Lacey.

Goofs
As McCloud is driving to Bellevue Hospital he is twisting the steering wheel right and left in quick motions. If he were indeed driving like this, then the car would be swerving left and right. Yet, the car continues straight in spite of McCloud's swerving.

Quotes
Sam McCloud: Have you ever heard about the law against police harrassment?
Scoop Henderson: I thought that only worked the other way?
Sam McCloud: Well, we're fixing to change the way it works.