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Shane is an American Western television series aired in 1966 and based on the 1949 book of the same name by Jack Schaefer. 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.
Original Release
09/10/1966 on ABC
US Release
09/10/1966
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| David Carradine | Shane |
| Jill Ireland | Marian Starett |
| Tom Tully | Tom Starett / Tom Starrett |
| Christopher Shea | Joey Starett |
| Bert Freed | Rufe Ryker |
| Sam Gilman | Sam Grafton |
| Owen Bush | Ben |
| Lawrence Mann | Harve Hanes / Harve |
| Ned Romero | Chips / Drover #1 |
| Bradford Dillman | Maj. George Hackett |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Distant Bell | Saturday, 10 September 1966 |
| 2 | The Hant | Saturday, 17 September 1966 |
| 3 | The Wild Geese | Saturday, 24 September 1966 |
| 4 | An Echo of Anger | Saturday, 01 October 1966 |
| 5 | The Bitter, the Lonely | Saturday, 08 October 1966 |
| 6 | Killer in the Valley | Saturday, 15 October 1966 |
| 7 | Day of the Hawk | Saturday, 22 October 1966 |
| 8 | The Other Image | Saturday, 29 October 1966 |
| 9 | Poor Tom's A-Cold | Saturday, 05 November 1966 |
| 10 | High Road to Viator | Saturday, 12 November 1966 |
| 11 | The Day the Wolf Laughed | Saturday, 19 November 1966 |
| 12 | The Silent Gift | Saturday, 26 November 1966 |
| 13 | A Long Night of Mourning | Saturday, 03 December 1966 |
| 14 | The Big Fifty | Saturday, 10 December 1966 |
| 15 | The Great Invasion: Part 1 | Saturday, 17 December 1966 |
| 16 | The Great Invasion: Part 2 | Saturday, 24 December 1966 |
| 17 | A Man'd Be Proud | Saturday, 31 December 1966 |
Directors
Alex March, Gerald Mayer, Gerd Oswald, David Greene, John Brahm, Jeffrey Hayden, Don McDougall, Herschel Daugherty, Marc Daniels, Jud Taylor, Gary Nelson, Robert Butler
Writers
Jack Schaefer, Ernest Kinoy, William Blinn, Denne Bart Petitclerc, David Shaw, Ellen M. Violett, Ronald M. Cohen, Philip H. Reisman Jr., Barbara Torgan, Richard P. McDonagh, Robert Hardin, Peter Nasco, John Tanner
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| David Carradine | Shane |
| Jill Ireland | Marian Starett |
| Tom Tully | Tom Starett / Tom Starrett |
| Christopher Shea | Joey Starett |
| Bert Freed | Rufe Ryker |
| Sam Gilman | Sam Grafton |
| Owen Bush | Ben |
| Lawrence Mann | Harve Hanes / Harve |
| Ned Romero | Chips / Drover #1 |
| Bradford Dillman | Maj. George Hackett |
| Bill Fletcher | Lee Maddox / Wynn Truscott |
| Frank Marth | Harvey Ball |
| Claude Hall | Claude / Drover #2 |
| Sam Melville | Len / Shane's Companion |
| Ross Hagen | Floyd Pettyburn / Floyd |
| Karl Lukas | Ed Howell |
| Charles Grodin | Jed |
| Tim O'Kelly | Eddy |
| Hal Lynch | Gunderson |
| E.J. André | Bullhead O'Reilly |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| David Shaw | Executive Producer |
| Denne Bart Petitclerc | Producer |
| Austen Jewell | Producer |
