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THE WESTERNER - Brian Kieth - Sam Peckinpah - 1960 TV WESTERN
Laconic cowboy Dave Blasingame wanders the Wild West with his faithful dog
Brown and the occasional companionship of pal Burgundy Smith. One of the most
unusual and sophisticated westerns for its time or any other. Those who have seen
it will know how revealing it is about Peckinpah and his developing film technique,
and just how plain entertaining it is. Brian Keith is so watchable.
EPISODES:
Jeff
Dave has been searching for quite a while for his old flame, a girl named "Jeff", who
he finds working in a saloon as a prostitute and singer under the thumb of ex-
prizefighter Denny Lipp. Yet, when he finally offers to "rescue her" from the cruel
ex-boxer, he finds she is reluctant to leave him.
School Days
Dave has been meeting evenings with the local schoolmarm, Miss Larson, to learn
how to write his name. On this night, after he leaves, she is attacked by local no-
count Frank Ritchie, who tries to rape her. Screaming for help, Ritchie kills her just
as Dave returns and guns him down. Not yet dead, Frank is taken to the closest
house by Dave, which happens to be the other two Ritchie brothers, Leth and Doug.
They capture Dave and concoct s story that Dave killed the school marm and Frank
was murdered trying to stop him. However, Dave escapes before the law and the
angry townsfolk can arrive-- thus the man hunt begins!
Brown
Dave, in Southfork for the local rodeo, meets up with Burgundy Smith for the first
time, a conniving no-count con man. When Burgundy offers a hundred dollars for
Dave's mongrel dog Brown, and Dave turns him down, the adventure in dog-napping
and bar room fighting begins!
Mrs. Kennedy
Dave finds himself in sexually charged hot water when he saves the life of Henry
Hadley and his weighty saddle bags with untold gold coins. Escorting Hadley to the
failing ranch of Marsh Kennedy, Dave meets the provocative and spoiled Mrs.
Kennedy, Hadley's niece Margie Lee, who makes her desires known to Dave in no
time flat.
Dos Pinos
In the town of Dos Pinos, Dave is pressed into service by the sheriff to care for the
bushwhacked deputy. As the sheriff goes for the doctor, Dave hides the dying
deputy in the back room of the saloon while the no count Pauk Loper, the man who
shot him, parties out front.
The Courting of Libby
Dave meets Libby and falls in love-- head over heels. Of course, things go terribly
wrong when he runs head on with his old nemesis Burgundy Smith, the no count
con man who has also laid claim to the beautiful Libby!
Treasure
While crossing the desert, Dave ducks into a small cave during a wind storm and
finds $30,000 in stolen government gold. Not a cowboy with a well defined moral
compass, Dave decides to keep the gold and head for Mexico.
The Old Man
Dave stumbles into a range war between the McKeen clan-- the old man is dying
and the "cousins" have circled like vultures to pick his bones clean.
Ghost of a Chance
Dave has been promised $50 to deliver a message to a man's brother in a small,
sleepy little village across the border in Mexico-- but when he arrives, he finds the
whole town totally deserted.
LINE CAMP
GOING HOME
HAND ON THE GUN
THE PAINTING
Laconic cowboy Dave Blasingame wanders the Wild West with his faithful dog
Brown and the occasional companionship of pal Burgundy Smith. One of the most
unusual and sophisticated westerns for its time or any other. Those who have seen
it will know how revealing it is about Peckinpah and his developing film technique,
and just how plain entertaining it is. Brian Keith is so watchable.
EPISODES:
Jeff
Dave has been searching for quite a while for his old flame, a girl named "Jeff", who
he finds working in a saloon as a prostitute and singer under the thumb of ex-
prizefighter Denny Lipp. Yet, when he finally offers to "rescue her" from the cruel
ex-boxer, he finds she is reluctant to leave him.
School Days
Dave has been meeting evenings with the local schoolmarm, Miss Larson, to learn
how to write his name. On this night, after he leaves, she is attacked by local no-
count Frank Ritchie, who tries to rape her. Screaming for help, Ritchie kills her just
as Dave returns and guns him down. Not yet dead, Frank is taken to the closest
house by Dave, which happens to be the other two Ritchie brothers, Leth and Doug.
They capture Dave and concoct s story that Dave killed the school marm and Frank
was murdered trying to stop him. However, Dave escapes before the law and the
angry townsfolk can arrive-- thus the man hunt begins!
Brown
Dave, in Southfork for the local rodeo, meets up with Burgundy Smith for the first
time, a conniving no-count con man. When Burgundy offers a hundred dollars for
Dave's mongrel dog Brown, and Dave turns him down, the adventure in dog-napping
and bar room fighting begins!
Mrs. Kennedy
Dave finds himself in sexually charged hot water when he saves the life of Henry
Hadley and his weighty saddle bags with untold gold coins. Escorting Hadley to the
failing ranch of Marsh Kennedy, Dave meets the provocative and spoiled Mrs.
Kennedy, Hadley's niece Margie Lee, who makes her desires known to Dave in no
time flat.
Dos Pinos
In the town of Dos Pinos, Dave is pressed into service by the sheriff to care for the
bushwhacked deputy. As the sheriff goes for the doctor, Dave hides the dying
deputy in the back room of the saloon while the no count Pauk Loper, the man who
shot him, parties out front.
The Courting of Libby
Dave meets Libby and falls in love-- head over heels. Of course, things go terribly
wrong when he runs head on with his old nemesis Burgundy Smith, the no count
con man who has also laid claim to the beautiful Libby!
Treasure
While crossing the desert, Dave ducks into a small cave during a wind storm and
finds $30,000 in stolen government gold. Not a cowboy with a well defined moral
compass, Dave decides to keep the gold and head for Mexico.
The Old Man
Dave stumbles into a range war between the McKeen clan-- the old man is dying
and the "cousins" have circled like vultures to pick his bones clean.
Ghost of a Chance
Dave has been promised $50 to deliver a message to a man's brother in a small,
sleepy little village across the border in Mexico-- but when he arrives, he finds the
whole town totally deserted.
LINE CAMP
GOING HOME
HAND ON THE GUN
THE PAINTING
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