"'Twas the Fight Before Christmas…" is the Christmas special of the NBC drama McCloud, produced and aired as the second episode of its seventh & final season on Boxing Day 1976.
Summary
The final "Alamo" episode is set during the Christmas holidays, as McCloud helps a suicidal woman on a window ledge, deals with a psychotic stalker, and tries to rescue "Santa" Clifford and Chris, who are held hostage in a children's ward at a hospital by three drug thieves.
Songs
All uncredited
Cast
| Actor/actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Dennis Weaver | Sam McCloud |
| J.D. Cannon | Chief Peter Clifford |
| Terry Carter | Sgt. Joe Broadhurst |
| Diana Muldaur | Chris Coughlin |
| William Sylvester | Jason Howard |
| Henry Olek | Stranger |
| Linda Gray | Kate O'Hannah |
| Robert Weaver | Scott |
| Dean Stockwell | Pete Lancaster |
| Robert Ellenstein | Capt. Maxwell Hellman |
| Ann Dusenberry | Peggy |
| Sandy Champion | Officer Washington |
| Ken Lynch | Sergeant Grover |
| Grayce Spence | Mrs. Howard |
| Dan Barton | Sergeant |
| John Furlong | Officer |
| Lance Lindsay | Matt Peterson |
| Betty Cole | Lady |
| Bella Bruck | Joanne Newman |
| Tom Pedi | Santa Claus |
| Jodie Mann | |
| Uncredited actors | |
| Peter Paul Eastman | Hospital Orderly |
| Ralph Montgomery | Hospital Official |
| Michael Pataki | TV Reporter |