Wide Country was an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 20, 1962 to April 25, 1963.[1]
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 Andrew Prine and Earl Holliman in a publicity portrait for The Wide Country episode The Girl from Knob Hill | |
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | Alan Le May |
| Directed by | Alan Crosland, Jr. |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | John Williams |
| Composers |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Production | |
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| Cinematography | Walter Strenge |
| Editor | Milton Shifman |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production companies | Ralph Edwards Productions Revue Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 20, 1962 – April 25, 1963 |
Synopsis
editThe series stars Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine as brothers, Mitch and Andy Guthrie, respectively, who are traveling rodeo competitors.[2]
Episode list
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "The Royce Bennett Story" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Donald S. Sanford | September 20, 1962 |
| 2 | "A Guy for Clementine" | Don Weis | Harold Swanton | September 27, 1962 |
| 3 | "Journey Down a Dusty Road" | John Newland | John Hawkins | October 4, 1962 |
| 4 | "Who Killed Edde Gannon?" | Robert Ellis Miller | Andy Lewis | October 11, 1962 |
| 5 | "What Are Friends For?" | John Brahm | Sy Salkowitz | October 18, 1962 |
| 6 | "Straitjacket for an Indian" | John Florea | Alan Le May | October 25, 1962 |
| 7 | "Our Ernie Kills People" | John Florea | T : Mark Rodgers S : Preston Wood | November 1, 1962 |
| 8 | "A Devil in the Chute" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Archie L. Tegland | November 8, 1962 |
| 9 | "The Girl in the Sunshine Smile" | John Brahm | Ken Kolb | November 15, 1962 |
| 10 | "Tears on a Painted Face" | Herschel Daugherty | Louis Pelletier | November 29, 1962 |
| 11 | "The Bravest Man in the World" | Ted Post | Margaret & Paul Schneider | December 6, 1962 |
| 12 | "Good Old Uncle Walt" | Don Weis | Dave & Andy Lewis | December 13, 1962 |
| 13 | "My Candle Burns at Both Ends" | Ted Post | S : June Randolph S/T : Mark Rodgers | December 20, 1962 |
| 14 | "Memory of a Filly" | Don Weis | Alan Le May | January 3, 1963 |
| 15 | "Step Over the Sky" | William Witney | Gustave Field | January 10, 1963 |
| 16 | "A Cry from the Mountain" | John Peyser | William D. Gordon | January 17, 1963 |
| 17 | "Don't Cry for Johnny Devlin" | John Florea | Harold Swanton | January 24, 1963 |
| 18 | "Speckle Bird" | John Peyser | T : Carey Wilber S : Slim Pickens | January 31, 1963 |
| 19 | "The Man Who Ran Away" | John English | John Hawkins | February 7, 1963 |
| 20 | "Whose Hand at My Throat?" | John Brahm | Gustave Field | February 14, 1963 |
| 21 | "The Judas Goat" | John Peyser | T : Mark Rodgers S : Jameson Brewer | February 21, 1963 |
| 22 | "To Cindy, with Love" | Paul Nickell | S/T : Franklin Barton Based on a story by Slim Pickens & Franklin Adreon | February 28, 1963 |
| 23 | "The Quest for Jacob Blaufus" | John Peyser | Harold Swanton | March 7, 1963 |
| 24 | "Farewell to Margarita" | Earl Bellamy | Mark Rodgers | March 21, 1963 |
| 25 | "The Girl from Nob Hill" | John Peyser | Dave & Andy Lewis | March 28, 1963 |
| 26 | "Yanqui, Go Home!" | Don Weis | T : Preston Wood S : Franklin Barton | April 4, 1963 |
| 27 | "The Lucky Punch" | Don Weis | Ken Kolb | April 18, 1963 |
| 28 | "The Care and Handling of Tigers" | John Peyser | T : Preston Wood S : Gilbert Ralston | April 25, 1963 |
Guest stars
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- Claude Akins
- Eddie Albert
- Frank Aletter
- Michael Ansara
- Rayford Barnes
- Noah Beery Jr.
- Nesdon Booth
- Edgar Buchanan
- Walter Burke
- James Caan
- Conlan Carter
- Jack Cassidy
- Lonny Chapman
- Yvonne Craig
- John Dehner
- Patty Duke
- Steve Forrest
- Eduard Franz
- Anthony George
- Alan Hale, Jr.
- Anne Helm
- Clyde Howdy
- Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
- Jean Inness
- I. Stanford Jolley
- Diane Ladd
- Nolan Leary
- Norman Leavitt
- Karl Lukas
- Dayton Lummis
- Ralph Manza
- Peggy McCay
- Jim McMullan
- Roger Mobley
- Read Morgan
- Jay Novello
- Barbara Parkins
- Slim Pickens
- Ford Rainey
- Anthony Ray
- Chris Robinson
- Barbara Stuart
- Olive Sturgess
- Lyle Talbot
- Ray Teal
- Forrest Tucker
- Lurene Tuttle
- Ray Walston
- Bruce Yarnell
Home media
editOn November 15, 2011, Timeless Media Group released Wide Country- The Complete Television Series on DVD in Region 1. The 8-disc set features all 28 episodes of the series.[3]
References
edit- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-present", Ballantine Books, 1999, p. 1118. ISBN 0-345-42923-0 via Google Books. Accessed October 25, 2008.
- ^ Bernstein, Joel H. "Wild Ride", via Google Books, p. 21. Accessed October 25, 2008.
- ^ "The Wide Country DVD news: Announcement for Wide Country - the Complete Television Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on 2011-12-10. Retrieved 2011-09-26.