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Season 1 – The Virginian

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A mysterious man enforces law and order in 1890s Wyoming.
The Virginian — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 19, 1962 The Executioners The Virginian hires an itinerant cowboy (Hugh O'Brian), despite the sheriff's (John Larch) suspicions he may be looking for revenge. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 26, 1962 Woman From White Wing Carrying a secret that could destroy Garth's relationship with his daughter, a former friend (Barry Sullivan) of the judge's arrives at Shiloh Ranch; guests Tom Reese, Parley Baer. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 3, 1962 Throw a Long Rope The Virginian defends a poor homesteader (Jack Warden) against attacks by Judge Garth and an ex-Army officer (John Anderson); guest Ted Knight. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 10, 1962 The Big Deal A South American (Ricardo Montalban) uses armed men and barbed wire around his land, which is surrounded by Shiloh property. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 17, 1962 The Brazen Bell A cowardly schoolteacher (George C. Scott) and his students are the hostages of two escaped convicts (Royal Dano, John David Chandler). Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 24, 1962 Big Day, Great Day Garth winds up in the middle of two disputes, one between Trampas and Steve over a saloon girl and the other between two bad-tempered wrestlers (Aldo Ray, Mickey Shaughnessy) bent on mayhem. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 7, 1962 Riff-Raff Trampas, Steve and the Virginian enlist in Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and join in the charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba; guest Ray Danton. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 21, 1962 Impasse The head (Eddie Albert) of a family of horse thieves plots retaliation when Shiloh begins a wild-horse roundup, but doesn't expect his daughter's (Denice Alexander) reaction to Trampas. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 21, 1962 It Tolls for Thee A vengeful ex-convict (Lee Marvin) kidnaps Garth, intending to use torture to reduce him to savagery; guests Albert Salmi, Ron Soble. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 28, 1962 West Inspired by tales of the days of the six-gun, Trampas and his friends set out to capture a band of outlaws and to find a place where the Old West still survives; guests Steve Cochran, Claude Akins. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 5, 1962 The Devil's Children A rancher refuses to accept the evil in his two children (Joan Freeman, Carl Reindel) until convinced by a mysterious blaze and a death that cannot be explained; guest Charles Aidman. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 12, 1962 50 Days to Moose Jaw A runaway farm boy (Brandon de Wilde) who learns how to be a cowpoke by observing a veteran hand (James Gregory) during a cattle drive. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 19, 1962 The Accomplice A woman (Bette Davis) identifies Trampas as a bank robber in order to extort $10,000 from the actual thief; guests Lin McCarthy, Harold Gould. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 26, 1962 Man From the Sea A former sailor (Tom Tryon) seeking a wife falls for a beautiful woman (Carol Lynley) whose relationship with her plain twin sister (Shirley Knight) hides a sinister secret. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 2, 1963 Duel at Shiloh Steve's friend (Brian Keith), an itinerant cowboy, incites a rancher (Geraldine Brooks) to wage war if Garth and his neighbors erect fences; guest DeForest Kelley. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 9, 1963 The Exiles The Virginian asks a dance-hall singer (Tammy Grimes) to trick a shady character (Ed Nelson) into revealing information that could clear Garth of a trumped-up murder charge. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 16, 1963 The Judgment Asked to be a candidate for district judge, Garth recalls a murder trial in which the defendant's brother (Clu Gulager) attempted to intimidate an entire town to prevent his sibling's execution. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 23, 1963 Say Goodbye to All That A vengeful man convinces his son (Fabian) to prove himself by killing Trampas; guests Royal Dano, Katherine Crawford, Meg Wyllie. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 30, 1963 The Man Who Couldn't Die In San Francisco trailing a missing woman (Vera Miles), Garth kills in self-defense, then learns the man didn't die; guest James Doohan. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 13, 1963 If You Have Tears A friend (Britt Lomond) accused of murder asks the Virginian to prove the man's widow (Dana Wynter) is a more logical suspect in the crime; guests Nancy Sinatra, Robert Vaughn, John Milford. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 20, 1963 The Small Parade A vegetarian's (David Wayne) crusade to convert the beef-eating town of Medicine Bow makes locals consider him insane; guests Barbara Barrie, Morgan Woodward. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 27, 1963 Vengeance Is the Spur Garth is deceived into agreeing to help a woman (Nina Foch) find her outlaw husband, then discovers the true motive behind her search; guests Michael Rennie, Denver Pyle. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 6, 1963 The Money Cage A con man (Steve Forrest) and his accomplices (Ronald Foster, Joanna Moore) attempt to pull a swindle in Medicine Bow, but fail to account for their leader's love for a banker's daughter (Bethel Leslie). Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 13, 1963 The Golden Door Garth and Betsy care for a pregnant woman while trying to defend her immigrant husband (Karl Boehm) on a murder charge, unaware the victim's son (Robert Duvall) has his own plans for justice. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 20, 1963 A Distant Fury A greedy woman (Ida Lupino) wants Steve to execute a recently released robber (Howard Duff) so she won't have to share the loot with him. Details Episode 26 Aired Mar 27, 1963 Echo From Another Day Trampas joins in a search for $50,000 in stolen gold to help his ex-convict friend (Bradford Dillman) escape a vengeful former accomplice (John Dehner); guest Edward Asner. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 3, 1963 Strangers at Sundown Outlaws hold stage passengers, including Garth and Betsy, and will kill them all if one doesn't become a sacrifice by sundown; guests Skip Homeier, Richard Anderson. Details Episode 28 Aired Apr 17, 1963 Mountain of the Sun The Virginian encounters three women (Jeanette Nolan, Dolores Hart, Amzie Strickland) who are determined to carry on the missionary work of their husbands, killed by Indians a year before. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 24, 1963 Run Away Home An angry farmer (Karl Swenson) who has lost his savings in a bank closure sets out to get revenge on the Virginian, who withdrew $40,000 minutes before it failed. Details Episode 30 Aired May 1, 1963 The Final Hour Local residents are up in arms when Garth allows a group of Polish immigrants to begin mining operations on the Shiloh Ranch; guests Don Galloway, Jacques Aubuchon. Details

Season Info

Director
Earl Bellamy, Bernard Girard, Maurice Geraghty, David Friedkin, Richard L. Bare, William Witney
Executive Producer
Thomas Fitzroy, Charles Marquis Warren
Screenwriter
Morton S. Fine, Harry Kleiner, Howard Browne, Winston Miller, John Hawkins, D.D. Beauchamp, David Friedkin, Thomas Fitzroy, Ward Hawkins, Maxwell Shane, William P. McGivern, Frank Fenton
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 19, 1962