Johnny Ringo

Season 1 Ep. 5: The Hunters

Ringo discovers that guards from a state prison hunt down escaped convicts with the intention of killing them rather than capture them.

Johnny Ringo,the famous gunslinger becomes the Sheriff of Velardi,Arizona.All those aspiring to become the”Fastest Gun In The West” descend upon Velardi to test themselves against the great Johnny Ringo,who,it turns out is not interested in that life anymore.

The show came out in the Fall of 1959 in the absolute heyday of the TV Western.I think it ranks amongst the Top 5 of the whole bunch.Like most Westerns in those days,it was dominated by the star:Don Durant.He may not have been the greatest actor of all-time,but he was perfect for this role.I think the latter episodes where Laura and Cason Thomas are gone,are a little weaker than the earlier ones.
The show might have gained by involving Laura a little more in the storylines.
One other thing we can’t forget about “Johnny Ringo” is the fabulous theme song,sung by Don Durant himself,which ends every show.

Cast and Crew:

Don Durant, Mark Goddard and Karen Sharpe

Creator: Aaron Spelling
Production Company: Four Star Productions
Original Air Date: 1959
Audio & Video: Mono – Black & White

AAdditional details in:

Johnny Ringo in IMDB | Johnny Ringo in Wikipedia

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A Man Called Shenandoah

Episode 03: The Fort

Shenandoah arrives at an army fort looking for the sergeant who claims to have recognized his photo, but finds that he is arrested as an accomplice in the sergeant’s treason.

Actor Robert Horton said once during an interview with TV Guide that he “vowed never to do another television western.” After more than eight seasons as Flint McCullough on “Wagon Train”(one of the all-time great television westerns ever made that ran from 1957 until 1965),Horton was back in the saddle once again in this short-lived western series “A Man Called Shenandoah” that originally ran on ABC-TV for 34 episodes,all in black and white from September 13,1965 until its final episode on May 16,1966. The show ran an half-hour. Robert Horton is excellent as a man who lost his memory after he gets shot in the head,gets amnesia,and also is searching for his history throughout the country going from town to town throughout the old west in search for the man who shot him,that is if he can even remember who he was in the first place. This series was in fact little darker,and more emotionally than most of the westerns that came out during the 1960′s.

While the theme and dark subject matter somewhat resembles “The Fugitive”,let’s face it…Robert Horton was no David Janssen. In “The Fugitive”,one got more sense of desperation;after all,Kimble was however running for life,and searching for the man who frame him for murder while on the run from the police. In “A Man Called Shenandoah”,Horton was just wandering through the West looking for his identity,but still had a good life,but trying to find the pieces of a puzzle that left him without remembering who he is or what was he looking for?

But still the show lasted more than a year,producing 34 episodes. The reason why is got clobbered in the ratings is that ABC,the network that originally ran the series,put “A Man Called Shenandoah” on its Monday night schedule opposite the Emmy-winning powerhouse “The Andy Griffith Show”,that was on CBS. However,the show did have a very good original concept,with lots of open space to work with and other ideas that could have developed into a great series. It had quality,not to mention potential. However,several episodes were very good including the pilot episode “The Onslaught”,as well as “Requiem For The Second”,”The Clown”, “An Unfamiliar Time”,”Care of General Delivery”,and the final episode of the series “Macauley’s Care”.

Cast and Crew:
Starring:

Robert Horton, Christopher Riordan and James Griffith

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Production Company: Bronze Enterprises, MGM Television
Audio/Visual: mono, black & white
Date Release: 1965

Additional details in:

A Man Called Shenandoah in IMDB | A Man Called Shenandoah in Wikipedia

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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

Episode 29: The Thieves

King Arthur and Sir Lancelot disguise themselves as thieves in order to test the validity of a statement by Lancelot. The knight believes that the thieves of the kingdom are thieves only because they are starving.

Raiding the tales of Arthurian lore, this British show follows the stirring adventures of dashing Sir Lancelot (William Russell) and the Knights of the Round Table. Queen Guinevere (Jane Hylton), King Arthur (Ronald Leigh-Hunt), and Merlin (Cyril Smith) are among the supporting cast in this 1950s series that later aired for a successful run on American television (a rarity at the time).
Although the series is supposed to be black and white, a number of episodes are mysteriously in gorgeous color.
In all of Arthurian legend, the most famous of the Knights of the Round Table is undoubtedly Sir Lancelot. This series, painstakingly researched by the History and Literature Departments of Oxford University, re-creates some of the notable exploits of the famous knight, as well as the deeds of the other members of King Arthur’s court.

Cast and Crew:

* William Russell Sir Lancelot
* Robert Scroggins Squire Brian
* Cyril Smith Merlin, the Magician
* Peter Bennett (III) Leonides
* Martin Benson Hassie
* Bruce Seton King Arthur (eps 1-3 only)
* Jane Hylton Queen Guinevere
* Ronald Leigh-Hunt King Arthur (11-05-56)

# Writers: Rober Lees
# Director: Bernard Knowles

Production Company: Incorporated Television Company
Date Release: 15 September 1956 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Audio & Video: Mono – Black and White

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