The Virginian
Western • Series

The Virginian

"With every hoofbeat, history is made."

6.5/10 1962 9 Seasons 249 Episodes Ended

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.

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Season 3 Episodes

E1
Ryker
90 min 1964

A former law man and now hired gun, Emmett Ryker (Clu Gulager), heads to Medicine Bow at the request of Hagen (Leslie Ni…

S3E2
E2
Dark Challenge
1964

Carl Hendricks (Victor Jory), with his son Arnie (Chris Robinson) and daughter Jenny (Katharine Ross), buys a local ranc…

E3
The Stallion
1964

A wild stallion escapes its owner, John Slaughter (Don ""Red"" Barry), killing a handler in the process. The animal inju…

E4
The Hero
1964

Posing as a newspaper man, James Templeton (Steve Forrest) comes to Medicine Bow to interview Judge Garth who is a leadi…

E5
Felicity's Spring
1964

Felicity Andrews (Katherine Crawford), the new Medicine Bow school teacher, lives with her older sister Kate (Mariette H…

E6
The Brazos Kid
1964

Samantha Frye (Barbara Eden), who has been fired from many newspapers for her exaggerated stories, arrives in Medicine B…

E7
Big Image . . . Little Man
1964

Millionaire Paul Leland (Linden Chiles) treats everyone like dirt and ends up in the desert after getting shoved off a t…

E8
A Father for Toby
1964

At the Medicine Bow orphanage Toby Shea (Kurt Russell) makes up stories about his great father which none of the other b…

E9
The Girl from Yesterday
90 min 1964

Steve Hill is asked to go under cover by a US Marshall (Don Collier) by renewing his relationship with a former girlfrie…

E10
Return a Stranger
1964

An old friend of Judge Garth named Charlie Ryan (Leif Erickson) revives the low grade silver Gloria Mine with help from …

E11
All Nice and Legal
90 min 1964

Victoria Greenley (Anne Francis) comes to Medicine Bow to set up a law practice but encounters resistance from those who…

E12
A Gallows for Sam Horn
1964

Widower Sam Horn (John Lupton) comes into conflict with the railway headed by Colonel John Briscoe (Edward Binns). Part …

E13
Portrait of a Widow
1964

French-accented portrait painter Charles Boulanger (John Gavin) says goodbye to Betsy Garth and Maggie Mencken (Vera Mil…

E14
The Payment
1964

Ryker invites the man who raised him to come to Medicine Bow after being released from 10 years in prison. When Ryker fi…

E15
Man of the People
90 min 1964

Trouble comes to Medicine Bow in the form of a number of settlers who camp on land they say has been promised to them bu…

E16
The Hour of the Tiger
1964

A landslide blocks the pass needed to drive the Shiloh cattle to the rail line. The only alternative route would have to…

E17
Two Men Named Laredo
1965

The Virginian hires some workers to help drive some cattle to Shiloh from Cheyenne, among whom is an easy going and timi…

E18
Hideout
1965

Betsy Garth investigates rumours of wild broncos in the mountains and while there she encounters a young man, Clint (And…

E19
Six Graves at Cripple Creek
1965

Emmett Ryker learns that a man named McMasters, who had killed his good friends, a rancher and his daughter, two years b…

E20
Lost Yesterday
1965

A man dies due to a gunshot wound but not before he reveals to his sweetheart, Clara Malone (Shirley Knight), that robbe…

E21
A Slight Case of Charity
1965

Trampas is in Albuquerque to pick up some money on behalf of the cattlemen's association. He encounters and is robbed of…

E22
You Take the High Road
1965

The Virginian makes the acquaintance of a young man, Mark Shannon (Richard Beymer), who along with his sister (Diana Lyn…

E23
Shadows of the Past
1965

Emmett Ryker's good friend, storekeeper John Conway (Jack Warden), is to marry a woman he met in San Francisco and has k…

E24
Legend of a Lawman
1965

In Cobb's Run, Kansas, while waiting for the Virginian, Randy Benton is framed for a $50,000 payroll robbery. His defenc…

E25
Timberland
1965

Local ranchers are upset with the lumbering of Charles Daniels (Arch Johnson) which they believe will destroy a valuable…

E26
Dangerous Road
1965

Trampas escorts a murderer back to a town where he knew the sheriff. There is a question of the man's innocence plus Tra…

E27
Farewell to Honesty
1965

A deputized Virginian arrives in the very misnamed Honesty, Wyoming looking for Major Ralph Forrester (Richard Carlson) …

E28
Old Cowboy
1965

An older man, Murdoch (Franchot Tone), and his young grandson Willie (Billy Mumy), arrive at Medicine Bow on foot. Much …

E29
Showdown
1965

The Virginian is forced to take sides in a bitter dispute between a family of ranchers and two domineering marshals.

E30
We've Lost a Train
1965

In this pilot episode for the Laredo TV series, Trampas must pick up a bull for Shiloh Ranch in Mexico, and along the wa…

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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