The Virginian - Season 1 - Eps 12: Fifty Days to Moose Jaw
Older cowhand Slim Jessup (James Gregory) is accussed of killing a man in Idaho and escapes east. He signs on with a Shiloh Ranch cattle drive to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. On the way the drovers are joined by a young man, James Cafferty (Bandon de Wilde), who wishes a different life than dirt farming with his widowed step-father (Frank Overton). The older Slim takes James under his wing and teaches him lessons in life before his past catches up with him.
About The Virginian
Title: The Virginian
First Air Date: 1962-09-19
Last Air Date: 1971-03-24
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 29 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 249
Network: NBC
Genres: Western, Drama
Production Companies: Universal Television, Revue Studios, NBC
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Doug McClure
Trampas
James Drury
The "Virginian"
Lee Majors
Roy Tate
Sara Lane
Elizabeth Grainger
