TV WESTERNS – PT32

TV WESTERNS – PT32

July 23, 2022 Alan Royle 3

  THE RESTLESS GUN (1957-9) 78 EPISODES                 The Restless Gun was actually based on a former radio series named ‘The Six-Shooter’ that starred James Stewart. John Payne was cast as the star, his character’s name altered from Britt Ponset to Vint Bonner. The […]

TODAY’S TV BEAUTIES

TODAY’S TV BEAUTIES

July 14, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  Being born in the ‘baby-boomer’ era I have been guilty of focusing on screen goddesses of yesteryear, those at their peak between the 1930s and the 1980s, but there now exists a whole crop of beautiful actresses (including in the world of television), who seriously challenge the validity of […]

TV WESTERNS – PT31.

TV WESTERNS – PT31.

July 5, 2022 Alan Royle 0

  THE REBEL (1959-61) 76 EPISODES        Johnny Yuma (played by Nick Adams) is a former Confederate soldier who roams through the West with a chip on his shoulder, yet always ready to defend settlers from marauding Indians, crooked land developers and evil ranchers. Oddly enough, this ‘Son […]

TV WESTERNS – PT30

TV WESTERNS – PT30

June 23, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  THE RANGE RIDER (1951-53) 78 EPISODES                This series was one of the earliest westerns on American TV and was well-received. Jock Mahony, a former stuntman (and the step-father of actress Sally Field) was the star of the show. Oddly, his character had no name and was known only as […]

TV WESTERNS – PT29

TV WESTERNS – PT29

June 8, 2022 Alan Royle 4

  PARADISE (1988-91) 56 EPISODES                      Paradise is the name of Californian town in which this series, set in 1890, is set. It was broadcast by CBS from October 1988 until May 1991, and was re-named Guns of Paradise for the […]

TV – McLeod’s Daughters

TV – McLeod’s Daughters

May 30, 2022 Alan Royle 0

  MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS (2001-09)        This was one of Australia’s all-time favourite and successful television series, as evidenced by its eight seasons consisting of 224 episodes, each of 45 minutes duration. The story revolved around five women running a cattle station, ‘Drover’s Run’, in outback South Australia. Over its eight-season run […]

TV WESTERNS – PT28

TV WESTERNS – PT28

May 24, 2022 Alan Royle 2

  THE OUTCASTS (1968-9) 26 EPISODES                 The major claim to fame for The Outcasts television series was that it boasted the first ever African-American to co-star in a western series. Otis Young played the black bounty hunter Jemal David and established screen star […]

TV WESTERNS – PT27

TV WESTERNS – PT27

May 9, 2022 Alan Royle 4

                                                THE MONROES (1966-7) 26 EPISODES              Ma and Pa Monroe die in an accident in the first episode, leaving their five orphaned children to survive as a […]

TV WESTERNS – PT26.

TV WESTERNS – PT26.

April 15, 2022 Alan Royle 5

  THE MAN FROM BLACKHAWK (1959-60) 37 EPISODES                   It is generally believed that this short-lived series was created to take advantage of the popularity of ‘private eye’ television series such as 77 Sunset Strip at the time. It starred Robert Rockwell as Sam Logan, an insurance investigator from the Blackhawk […]

:TV WESTERNS – PT26

:TV WESTERNS – PT25

March 25, 2022 Alan Royle 3

  THE LONER (1965-6) 26 EPISODES                    By all accounts this short-lived series was of the highest quality. It never made it to Australia so I have never seen an episode, but it is nonetheless surprising that a series devised and written by Rod Serling, creator of the classic series The […]