

McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
Cast

Rock Hudson
Stewart 'Mac' McMillan

John Schuck
Sgt. Charles Enright

Martha Raye
Agetha

Richard Gilliland
Sgt. Steve DiMaggio
Seasons

E1Murder by the Barrel
Sep 29, 1971
On moving day, Sally discovers a dead body in a moving barrel. When she leaves to tell Mac, the barrel disappears. What happened to it?

E2The Easy Sunday Murder Case
Oct 20, 1971
After the crosswords... a woman's husband is kidnapped, and her dog.

E3Husbands, Wives, and Killers
Nov 10, 1971
A valuable necklace under the eyes of Mac and Sally at a masked ball.

E4Death Is a Seven Point Favorite
Dec 8, 1971
A mysterious note in a football begins a case.

E5The Face of Murder
Jan 5, 1972
A phiz for the fuzz. Sally becomes the prey of a jewel thief out to dispose of witnesses.

E6'Til Death Do Us Part
Feb 16, 1972
Sally and Mac are sealed in their home by a killer.

E7An Elementary Case of Murder
Mar 1, 1972
An old flame enters the picture.

E1Night of the Wizard
Sep 24, 1972
A man is done in by his wife, but he's not done yet. Evidently his ghost is unquiet.

E2Blues for Sally M
Oct 22, 1972
A composer is up against it, and Sally's somehow connected to him.

E3Cop of the Year
Nov 19, 1972
After receiving the Cop of The Year award, Sgt. Enright is accused of the murder of his ex-wife--and the case against him seems air-tight.

E4Terror Times Two
Dec 13, 1972
The mob abducts Mac and replaces him with a surgically-altered lookalike, to liquidate a squealer in a tightly-guarded hospital.

E5No Hearts, No Flowers
Jan 14, 1973
Sally's next on a maniac's agenda; a psychiatrist assists.

E6The Fine Art of Staying Alive
Mar 11, 1973
Sally is kidnapped at an art museum. The ransom: a priceless painting owned by Spain that they are unwilling to relinquish. Mac's only clue takes him back to the day he proposed to Sally.

E7Two Dollars on Trouble to Win
Apr 1, 1973
Strange accidents surrounding a thoroughbred horse suggest its owner, an old family friend of Sally's, is a target for murder.
E1Death of a Monster...Birth of a Legend
Sep 30, 1973
It's off to Scotland to see the laird and the loch, where the game's afoot.
E2The Devil, You Say
Oct 21, 1973
Mildred thinks she's witnessed a murder, and Sally receives a strange gift in the mail: film of a satanic ritual. More gifts reveal someone has it in for Mildred and a yen for Sally.
E3Free Fall to Terror
Nov 11, 1973
A suicide investigation reveals the executive had a merger in the works.
E4The Man Without a Face
Jan 6, 1974
A colleague from military intelligence calls on Mac, and is murdered.
E5Reunion in Terror
Jan 27, 1974
Mac's old football squad is being eliminated one by one.
E6Cross & Double Cross
Feb 17, 1974
Mac switches places with Claudio Manton, a hood with a striking resemblance, to intercept stolen gold trans-shipped from France via Portugal and Mexico.
E1Downshift to Danger
Sep 29, 1974
The grand prize of the 20th Annual Golden State Rally in Monterey is an antique car collection willed by a late millionaire. Mischief develops into mishaps and worse, until an entrant is killed.
E2The Game of Survival
Oct 20, 1974
A temperamental tennis champion is suspected of murdering a newspaper magnate who had him suspended.
E3Buried Alive
Nov 10, 1974
A WWII intelligence colleague, long since thought to be dead, turns up and is murdered.
E4Guilt by Association
Dec 8, 1974
Mildred is accosted while serving on a sequestered jury, then another juror is murdered in his locked room.
E5Night Train to L.A.
Jan 19, 1975
Mac heads south to a police convention on a train filled with officers, Mildred, and the author of Cops and Other Crooks, who is murdered en route.
E6Love, Honor and Swindle
Feb 16, 1975
It seems that Mac's sister is engaged to a con man out to diddle a mining company.

E1Deadly Inheritance
Sep 28, 1975
At Andy Kenesaw's 90th birthday party, an attempt is made on his life, just before a stockholders' meeting of the company he founded with Mac's grandfather years before (Kenemac Alfalfa Corporation, est. 1901) is held to consider a merger bid from Harvest Foods Incorporated.

E2Requiem for a Bride
Oct 26, 1975
Commissioner McMillan celebrates an old friend's wedding, but the honeymoon ends when the bride is murdered, and the intended victim may be closer to home.

E3Aftershock
Nov 9, 1975
Unusual interest is shown in the McMillans' house when Sally thinks of selling it. Then an earthquake reveals a body behind the brickwork.

E4Secrets for Sale
Dec 7, 1975
During an election, the city is beset by a fiscal crisis. Politicians are being blackmailed, and Sgt. Enright leaves the force to marry an heiress and work for a private detective agency.

E5The Deadly Cure
Jan 18, 1976
Mac is wounded in a failed drug raid and sent to the hospital, where he sees a patient smothered, and slowly unravels the case.

E6Greed
Feb 15, 1976
Mildred and Agatha are named in a will. Heirs start dying, and next to inherit is Agatha, whose investigation runs parallel to McMillan's.

E7Point of Law
Mar 7, 1976
A naval lieutenant facing a court-martial on a murder charge is appointed counsel in the person of Commander McMillan, USNR.

E1All Bets Off
Dec 5, 1976
The wagers of sin. Mac is out to retrieve a set of diamonds swiped from his girl in Vegas.

E2Dark Sunrise
Jan 2, 1977
Mac is away on a fishing trip when his house is blown up by a would-be assassin. Presumed dead, he investigates.

E3Philip's Game
Jan 23, 1977
Up against a hit man who announces himself.

E4Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?
Jan 30, 1977
You pays your money, you takes your choice. While on an airline flight, Mac witnesses passengers dying mysteriously.

E5Affair of the Heart
Mar 20, 1977
The case is clear, according to the Deputy D.A., but Mac has his doubts.
E6Have You Heard About Vanessa?
Apr 24, 1977
After a model commits suicide, Mac investigates her lonely life.
Storyline
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.






















