(NBC Primetime, 1975 - 1976)
[alternate title: "NBC Mystery Movie: McCoy";
It was added to the rotating group of series which aired
under the umbrella title "The NBC Mystery Movie";
The McCoy character was a curious concept -- a con man with a
gambling addiction decides to turn over a new leaf and become
a latter-day Robin Hood -- to help those who have been financially
victimized to regain their money and put the perpetrators in jail;
The concept may have had more than a passing co-incidence
with that of the hit 1973 movie "The Sting" in which a con man
con's a notorious mob figure and card cheat;
It may have been confused with another one of the rotating
series of NBC's "Mystery Movie" -- "McCloud" starring Dennis
Weaver -- playing a New Mexico deputy on temporary assignment
in New York City;
But whatever the reason, "McCoy" unfortunately failed to catch
on with the public so only four episodes aired...]
[above is the THEME created for the rotating umbrella series
of which "McCoy" was one -- "The NBC Mystery Movie"...
above is the title as filed for copyright; ASCAP titles
are: "Mystery Movie (Signature)";
aka: "Mystery Movie Theme";
aka: "Mystery Movie Main Title"]
Composer: Henry Mancini (ASCAP)
[professional name of Enrico Nicola Mancini]
1978 Publisher: Leeds Music Corp. (ASCAP)
1998 Publisher: MCA/On Backstreet Music, Inc. (ASCAP),
c/o MCA Music Publishing/
a division of Universal Studios, Inc.,
of Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date: Oct. 13, 1971; Eu 283 321.
Renewal Date: Jan. 15, 1999; RE-801-021.
Recording:
[ASCAP alternate title aka: "McCoy Theme"]
Composer: Richard ("Dick") De Benedictus (ASCAP)
Orig. Publisher: Leeds Music Corp. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Universal/On Backstreet Music (ASCAP)
c/o Universal Music Publishing Group
a div. of Universal Studios
of Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings: