Shane (TV series)

Shane
Jill Ireland as Marion Starett and Christopher Shea as her son, Joey.
Genre Western
Written by William Blinn
Ernest Kinoy
Denne Bart Petitclerc
Jack Schaefer
David Shaw
Directed by David Greene
Alex March
Gerd Oswald
Starring David Carradine
Bert Freed
Jill Ireland
Theme music composer Victor Young
Composer(s) Jerry Fielding
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 17
Production
Executive producer(s) David Shaw
Producer(s) Denne Bart Petitclerc
Running time 60 mins.
Production company(s) Titus Productions
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format Color 4:3
Audio format Monaural
Original release September 10 – December 31, 1966

Shane is an American Western television series aired in 1966 and based on the 1949 book of the same name by Jack Schaefer (there had also been a 1953 film of the novel, Shane). The series starred David Carradine as the title character, a former gun fighter and sometimes outlaw who takes on work as a hired-hand at the ranch of a widowed woman, her son, and her father. The series, which aired on ABC, was filmed as a continuing story.

Cast

Character1953 movie1966 TV series
ShaneAlan LaddDavid Carradine
Marian StarettJean ArthurJill Ireland
Joey StarettBrandon deWildeChristopher Shea
Rufe RykerEmile MeyerBert Freed
Sam GraftonPaul McVeySam Gilman

Episode list

Title Original air date
1"The Distant Bell"September 10, 1966 (1966-09-10)
2"The Hant"September 17, 1966 (1966-09-17)
3"The Wild Geese"September 24, 1966 (1966-09-24)
4"An Echo of Anger"October 1, 1966 (1966-10-01)
5"The Bitter, the Lonely"October 8, 1966 (1966-10-08)
6"Killer in the Valley"October 15, 1966 (1966-10-15)
7"Day of the Hawk"October 22, 1966 (1966-10-22)
8"The Other Image"October 29, 1966 (1966-10-29)
9"Poor Tom's A-Cold"November 5, 1966 (1966-11-05)
10"High Road to Viator"November 12, 1966 (1966-11-12)
11"The Day the Wolf Laughed"November 19, 1966 (1966-11-19)
12"The Silent Gift"November 26, 1966 (1966-11-26)
13"A Long Night of Mourning"December 3, 1966 (1966-12-03)
14"The Big Fifty"December 10, 1966 (1966-12-10)
15"The Great Invasion: Part 1"December 17, 1966 (1966-12-17)
16"The Great Invasion: Part 2"December 24, 1966 (1966-12-24)
17"A Man'd Be Proud"December 31, 1966 (1966-12-31)

DVD release

On March 10, 2015, Timeless Media Group released Shane: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[1]

References


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