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 · E04

The Big Deal

Season 1 · Oct 10, 1962 · 1h 30m

Columbian Enrique Cuellar (Ricardo Montalban) has inherited land which was leased and used by Judge Garth. The Judge wants to renew the lease or buy the land outright. He minimizes its importance to his operations even though it contains a pass needed to drive his cattle herd between its seasonal ranges. Enrique discovers this deception and demands a large amount of money for the land. The Judge decides to drive his cattle through the land before Enrique can get a legal restraining order and in turn Enrique begins erecting a barbed wire fence to block the passage. A violent confrontation seems inevitable but is prevented by an unpredictable event involving Betsy Garth.

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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