The Virginian

“With every hoofbeat, history is made.”

19621h 30m / epWestern · Drama

First aired

September 19, 1962

6.5

TMDB Score

65% match · 36 votes

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S01 · E12

Fifty Days to Moose Jaw

Season 1 · Dec 12, 1962 · 1h 30m

Older cowhand Slim Jessup (James Gregory) is accussed of killing a man in Idaho and escapes east. He signs on with a Shiloh Ranch cattle drive to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. On the way the drovers are joined by a young man, James Cafferty (Bandon de Wilde), who wishes a different life than dirt farming with his widowed step-father (Frank Overton). The older Slim takes James under his wing and teaches him lessons in life before his past catches up with him.

About the Series

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Synopsis

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

First aired
September 19, 1962
Last aired
March 24, 1971
Seasons
9 seasons · 249 episodes
Status
Ended
Original language
English
Network
NBC

Top Billed Cast

Doug McClure

Doug McClure

Trampas

James Drury

James Drury

The "Virginian"

Lee Majors

Lee Majors

Roy Tate

Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger

Col. Alan MacKenzie

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