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S01E32 - "The Convention"
Aired on May 15, 1963, 12:30 AM
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Episodes (1 Season · 32 Episodes)
The Day the Empire Stood Still
Ranch hands refuse to work with a man who was cleared of murder charge.
Sep 25, 1962
60 min
Ballard Number One
With guest star Ed Begley. Jim Redigo opposes, ex-convict's attempted comeback as an oil man. Ex-con faces opposition on returning to Mesa after prison term for crooked business practices.
Oct 2, 1962
60 min
A Place to Put a Life
The pressures of his job as Garrett Ranch foreman get to Jim Redlgo (Richard Egan) who quits (but we all know he'll be back, don't we?) to return to his own farm, being worked by a small family. When he arrives he finds the son of the family thinks the land belongs to him, the daughter is searching for love, and the mother is a good woman trying to perpetuate an idealistic view of her dead husband. Reactions are generally predictable, but the story is nevertheless absorbing.
Oct 9, 1962
60 min
Ride to a Fall
Victor Jory and Claude Akins guest star in a drama about an aging meat packing tycoon who has trouble to keep up wth the times.
Oct 16, 1962
60 min
Long Past, Long Remembered
A ruthless man uses his friendship with the Garrets to take possession of their holdings during a drought.
Oct 23, 1962
60 min
Walk Like a King
With guests Ralph Meeker, Joanne Linville. Former Garrett ranch employe returns with new wealth, then marries and jeopardizes wife's life.
Oct 30, 1962
60 min
The Fire Dancer
Itinerant firefighter (Frank Gorshin) offers to extinguish oil well fire that threatens Garret ranch. Frank Gorshin is very effective as a fire fighter with delusions of grandeur, in a story about an attempt to put out an oil well fire. Though his role tends to become psychiatrically monotonous, his performance manages to hold your interest.
Nov 13, 1962
60 min
The Tall Shadow
Chuck, a soil engineer (Frank Overton), hired to save the Garret Ranch from drought and subsequent flood conditions, attempts to befriend the young son of the widow he plans to marry.
Nov 20, 1962
60 min
The Earth Mover
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell. This series, sustained by the forceful emoting of star Richard Egan, adds a second powerful performer in guest Dan O'Herlihy, making for some good strong drama. O'Herlihy plays an industrialist who plans a gigantic construction project in Mesa. His aggressive ability convinces almost everyone to go along with his plans, except Redigo, who sees potential totalitarian evils in the man.
Nov 27, 1962
60 min
Pressure Lock (aka Deadline)
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo (Richard Egan) is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining. Tal must deal with Hettie Burton, a troublesome businesswoman, and a hostile crew. Young Tal garret, directing his first drilling operation, faces trouble from a shrewed businesswoman and a hostile crew. Hettie Burton forces Tal to accept a three-week time limit on the well. When Tal asks for a needed extension, Hettie agrees if he will marry her granddaughter, Charlotte.
Dec 4, 1962
60 min
Echo of a Man
The show's dual themes are dusting and lusting. Guests are John Dehner who dusts the Garrett crops against locusts, and Claire Griswold who lusts after Garret foreman Jim Redigo. Ranch engineer Dan Tabor resents a romantic relationship developing between his ward and Jim Redigo.
Dec 11, 1962
60 min
When the Gods Laugh
James Gregory plays a thoroughly contemptible character, a sharecropper who uses his sensitive young son as a pawn in a get-rich-quick oil scheme. Gregory is fine, and so is Terry Moore, but the story of the "poor white trash" suddenly overwhelmed by riches, runs steadily downhill.
Dec 18, 1962
60 min
Green, Green Hills
Arthur O'Connell and Joanna Moore guest star in a drama about a con artist and his daughter who scheme against the Garret holdings.
Dec 25, 1962
60 min
Stopover on the Way to the Moon
When a twenty-year old itinerant ranch hand (Keir Dullea) damages Garret property, Jim Redigo (Richard Egan) gives him a choice of jail or a chance to work off the damage.
Jan 1, 1963
60 min
The Four Thumbs Story
An Indian brave returns from the Korean conflict and has difficulty adjusting to civilian life. The story is noteworthy because it deals with Indians who are recognizable, real people. Ray Danton is Four Thumbs, a proud Navajo confined for 10 years In a mental hospital. He escapes and heads home. Even in his confused mental state, he is disillusioned by the apparent crass commercialism of his people.
Jan 8, 1963
60 min
End of an Image
Citizens of a small town attempt to pervert justice to preserve the reputation of a war hero for whom the town is named.
Jan 15, 1963
60 min
The Loner
Guest star Jeremy Slate gives a strong performance as the loner of the title, an honest and determined young man who rises unconventional tactics to get foreman Redigo (Richard Egan) to give him a job on the ranch. What gives the tale its spirit is the threat Slate poses to young Tal Garret (Ryan O'Neal), and it's the clash between these two that holds you right up to its medical-show-lnspired, melodramatic end.
Jan 22, 1963
60 min
Where the Hawk is Wheeling
Absorbing entry featuring a valid flashback about the turbulent battle for power that followed the death of ranch owner Garret. Not only does it tell a suspenseful story about Jim Redigo's (Richard Egan) victory over an unscrupulous antagonist (Robert Culp), but it also establishes the strength and sensibility of the Redigo character we've come to admire in the series overall.
Jan 29, 1963
60 min
No Small Wars
Guest star Robert Vaughn does a superb job as a hostile paraplegic who's lost his will to live. How his rehabilitation is accomplished through the ministrations of lovely Connie Garret will keep you troubled and fascinated throughout However, the only fault we find with the drama is the unlikely premise that Jim Redigo would have urged Connie to get involved, without thinking the problem through in the first place.
Feb 5, 1963
60 min
The Tiger Inside (aka The Hunted)
Harold J Stone, Philip Abbott and Joyce Bulifant guest star. A lynch minded possee joins a manhunt for a young man who has injured his employer and eloped with his girl friend
Feb 12, 1963
60 min
Season of Growth
Dan Bishop arrives to pursue his romance with Connie Garret but clashes with Jim Redigo over a business proposition.
Feb 19, 1963
60 min
Seven Days on Rough Street
Ryan O'Neal (Tal) is the star of this episode and holds his own very nicely, indeed. He's fighting for his integrity in a battle of wits with rugged, granite-faced Charles Bronson, and the result is a bet he can take life in the raw like a man. The seven days of the title refer to Tal's endurance without a dime in Delgado, a strange town, and every one of them will sustain your interest.
Feb 26, 1963
60 min
A House in Order (aka Farewell)
Lucie Garret, owner of the vast Garret holdings, learns she will die soon of an incurable disease. Her fatal illness develops simultaneously with a critical freeze which threatens the survival of the livestock. The woman uses this period to test her son and heir and to determine the disposition of her estate.
Mar 5, 1963
60 min
Down There the World
A shrewd businesswoman (Joanna Barnes) acquires ownership of a processing plant vital to Garret Ranch mining activities.
Mar 12, 1963
60 min
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