The original title was "McCloud: Who Killed Miss USA"
The plot from this pilot episode, tends to resemble the 1968 movie "Coogan's Bluff."
Peter Mark Richman - cast as McCloud's superior Peter B. Clifford. This role would go to J.D. Cannon when the show was picked up as a series, but Richman did play another part as a guest star in The 42nd Street Cavalry (1974).
Brothers Harry, Henry and Raymond Tirado, from the Bronx, and also brothers to vocalist Roberto Tirado, are in the scene where the boys are playing football in a city park and McCloud id speaking with the priest.