The Virginian

9 Seasons 1962 - 1971 TV-PG 1h 15m 7.6

Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth (Lee J. Cobb), the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie (Stewart Granger). It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Executioners

1. The Executioners

Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Although some question his guilt, a man is hanged in Medicine Bow when a woma...

Episode 2 Woman from White Wing

2. Woman from White Wing

Aired: Sep 26, 1962

A man at the unfinished White Wing cabin on Shiloh asks Judge Garth to meet h...

Episode 3 Throw a Long Rope

3. Throw a Long Rope

Aired: Oct 3, 1962

The ranchers, who are losing cattle and hold homesteaders as the prime suspec...

Episode 4 The Big Deal

4. The Big Deal

Aired: Oct 10, 1962

Judge Garth has a visitor from South America who inherited a critical piece o...

Episode 5 The Brazen Bell

5. The Brazen Bell

Aired: Oct 17, 1962

A timid easterner and his wife arrive in Medicine Bow looking for a job as a ...

Episode 6 Big Day, Great Day

6. Big Day, Great Day

Aired: Oct 24, 1962

The Fourth of July finds Judge Garth, Steve and Trampas in Casper, Wyoming to...

Episode 7 Riff-Raff

7. Riff-Raff

Aired: Nov 6, 1962

Trampas and Steve decide to join up with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Come...

Episode 8 Impasse

8. Impasse

Aired: Nov 13, 1962

The Virginian, Trampas, and Steve are capturing wild horses in the mountains ...

Episode 9 It Tolls for Thee

9. It Tolls for Thee

Aired: Nov 20, 1962

The Judge, believing violence in the West is disappearing, creates a rift wit...

Episode 10 West

10. West

Aired: Nov 27, 1962

Trampas becomes involved with 3 good old fun loving guys. The four of them me...

Episode 11 The Devil's Children

11. The Devil's Children

Aired: Dec 4, 1962

Tabby McCallum, beautiful but cruel teenage daughter of Tucker McCallum, is b...

Episode 12 50 Days to Moose Jaw

12. 50 Days to Moose Jaw

Aired: Dec 11, 1962

An old cowhand and a "greenhorn" join the Shiloh hands for a cattle drive to ...

Episode 13 The Accomplice

13. The Accomplice

Aired: Dec 18, 1962

An old maid bank teller who decides it is time to provide for herself identif...

Episode 14 The Man from the Sea

14. The Man from the Sea

Aired: Dec 25, 1962

A seaman moving to Wyoming meets twin sisters traveling there with Trampas. W...

Episode 15 Duel at Shiloh

15. Duel at Shiloh

Aired: Jan 1, 1963

At a friend's grave, Steve recalls how the man helped him survive his arrival...

Episode 16 The Exiles

16. The Exiles

Aired: Jan 8, 1963

While trying to find a man to clear the Judge of a murder charge, The Virgini...

Episode 17 The Judgment

17. The Judgment

Aired: Jan 15, 1963

Garth recalls his early days as a judge in Medicine Bow in one particularly d...

Episode 20 If You Have Tears

20. If You Have Tears

Aired: Feb 12, 1963

A friend has been framed for the murder of a woman's husband in Montana. The ...

Episode 21 The Small Parade

21. The Small Parade

Aired: Feb 19, 1963

The Virginian, Trampas. and Steve help a vegetarian with a chimp who is frame...

Episode 23 The Money Cage

23. The Money Cage

Aired: Mar 5, 1963

A trio of con artists target Medicine Bow with an oil scam when a banking cri...

Episode 24 The Golden Door

24. The Golden Door

Aired: Mar 12, 1963

An immigrant is jailed for murder. The bias against him adds to the Judge's d...

Episode 25 A Distant Fury

25. A Distant Fury

Aired: Mar 19, 1963

Ed Frazer returns to Medicine Bow after serving three years for burglary. Ste...

Episode 26 Echo of Another Day

26. Echo of Another Day

Aired: Mar 26, 1963

Trampas helps a friend just out of prison who has multiple people after him f...

Episode 27 Strangers at Sundown

27. Strangers at Sundown

Aired: Apr 2, 1963

A outlaw gang traps Garth and Betsy and several stagecoach passengers at a wa...

Episode 29 Run Away Home

29. Run Away Home

Aired: Apr 23, 1963

The Virginian and Steve are forced to carry $40,000 back to Medicine Bow afte...

Episode 30 The Final Hour

30. The Final Hour

Aired: May 1, 1963

Garth allows a controversial coal mine to be opened with Polish miners. Among...

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Info about The Virginian

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres: Western