CELEBRATING 70 YEARS! : THE VIRGINIAN - THE LADY FROM WICHITA .. UNIVERSAL TELEVISION .. USA 1967 ..

 UNIVERSAL TELEVISION

Presents 

Starring

James Drury as The Virginian  

Charles Bickford as John Grainger   

Doug McClure as Trampas              

Clu Gulagar as Sheriff Emmett Ryker  

Don Quine as Stacey Grainger                 

Sara Lane as Elizabeth Grainger              

       

( Season 6 - Episode 3 )

Guest Starring 

Joan Collins as Lorna Marie Marshall      

Rose Marie as Belle Stevens

With

Ann Doran as Mrs Graves   

Harry Lauter as Roy Kane          

Russell Thorson as Judge Craig       

L.Q. Jones as Belden                        

Irene Tedrow as Mrs Scanlon        

Helen Kleeb as Mrs Howard 

Walter Reed as Rev Nichols

Directed by Don McDougall

(c) 1967 Universal Television.

Lorna Marshall runs a local saloon bar with her "Aunt", Belle Stevens, but business is not too good and the bills are mounting. The arrival of an unexpected telegram from Medicine Bowl, Wyoming, informs Lorna that she has been left a large sum of money and a ranch by an elusive Carl Crandall, who has just died. Lorna has no recollection of him, but she decides to travel with Belle to Medicine Bowl. But can she keep her life as a lowly saloon owner from the moralistic townsfolk? Or will the past catch up with The Lady From Wichita!'

                                                                                  

The series revolves around a character called "The Virginian" played by James Drury, we never find out his real name over the nine seasons the series ran for. He is a foreman who keeps a tight reign over the workers on Shiloh Ranch.. As the series progressed, Trampas played by the late Doug McClure became the shows most popular character.. In this episode he has a dalliance with Joan's character Lorna.

Along with "Gunsmoke" and "Bonanza", "The Virginian" is the third longest western television series of all time, notching up a total of 249 episodes over it's nine seasons.. It also attracted some legendary names such as Bette Davis, Angie Dickinson, Raquel Welch, Greer Garson, Cloris Leachman, Myrna Loy and Joan Crawford and that is just a handful of big names.. Joan is in excellent form as ever as the Saloon girl made good and with always reliable support from veteran Rose Marie, all in all an enjoyable episode of a classic series.   

  Season 6 of 'The Virginian' is available including Joan's episode at the following...

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