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Timberland
Loggers vs. ranchers
The Virginian regulars take a back seat to the guest cast as the Medicine Bow ranchers are about to go to war with a group of loggers who are going to cut too much timber and not leave any to prevent floods.
The president of the timber company Arch Johnson is a hardheaded ype who is not a big believer in conservation. His foreman William Smith is cut from the same cloth and he's courting Johnson's daughter Joan Freeman. But she has eyes for young rancher Martin Milner.
It's a Romeo and Juliet type story set in the background of 19th century Wyoming. The only cast regular to get appreciable screen time is Clu Gulaget who as Deputy Sheriff Emmet Ryker strives mightily to keep the peace.
It works out a bit better for these folks than the Montagues and Capulets.
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James Drury, Star of ‘The Virginian,’ Dies at 85
James Drury, who starred as the no-name, no-nonsense foreman of the Shiloh Ranch on The Virginian, one of the longest-running Westerns in the history of television, died Monday of natural causes. He was 85.
Drury died at his home in Houston, his assistant, Karen Lindsey, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Preparing for his most famous role, Drury appeared in several Westerns on the big screen, including Good Day for a Hanging (1959) with Fred MacMurray, Ten Who Dared (1960) at Disney and Sam Peckinpah’s Ride the High Country (1962), working opposite Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea (who starred in the 1946 film The Virginian).
Drury also supported singers Elvis Presley and Pat Boone in their respective movie debuts, Love Me Tender (1956) and Bernardine (1957).
Based on Owen Wister’s 1902 novel of the same name, The Virginian was launched by executive producers Roy Huggins (Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive, The Rockford Files) and his son-in-law, future Columbia and Universal studio chief Frank Price.
It aired for 249 episodes on NBC over nine seasons, from 1962-71, and among Westerns, only CBS’ Gunsmoke (20 seasons) and NBC’s Bonanza (14) laste