Originally Posted by Leanwolf
McCloud was just a spin off of an earlier Universal movie starring Clint Eastwood titled Coogan's Bluff.

Universal had the writer-producer Glen Larson adapt the movie Coogan's Bluff into the series McCloud.

Larson did that with a number of Universal movies, for whom he worked under contract.

FWIW.

L.W.

Thanks LW. Good info and it makes sense, now.
Coogan’s Bluff was a good early Eastwood film.

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