Tombstone Territory Television Western online
THERE IS ABOUT 10 MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS THAT IS THE END OF AN EPISODE, – THEN A COMPLETE FULL LENGTH HALF HOUR EPISODE PLAYS, – THEN ANOTHER EPISODE STARTS BUT CUTS OFF ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE ENDING!
An American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series’ first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The third and final season aired in syndication from 1959 until 1960.
western entertainment episodes of the classic tv show Tombstone Territory for you to view here for free. The program takes place in the boom town of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, one of the Old West’s most notorious frontier towns and the site of the shootout, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Located south of Tucson, Tombstone was then known by the sobriquet, “the town too tough to die.” The theme song, “Whistle Me Up a Memory” was composed and performed by William M. Backer.
The series did not deal with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, or the Clanton Gang of the early 1880s, but with fictional characters in the American Southwest. Conway, then twenty-six, played the lawman in the series, Sheriff Clay Hollister. The Tombstone Epitaph, the actual name of the longstanding local newspaper, was edited in the series by Eastham’s character of Harris Claibourne, who also narrated the series in a deep baritone voice.
The Ziv TV series aired on Wednesdays on ABC in the 1957-1958 season opposite Robert Young’s sitcom Father Knows Best, then broadcast on NBC. It was returned to the ABC schedule for twelve new episodes on March 13, 1959, followed by summer rebroadcasts. It replaced the first season of Charles Bronson’s Man with a Camera on Friday evenings at the 9 Eastern time slot, preceding the popular detective series 77 Sunset Strip. After the network run, Tombstone Territory was placed in syndication and ran mostly outside prime time in selected markets until it ceased production. Conway and Eastham appeared in all ninety-three episodes.
Genre Western
Starring Pat Conway
Richard Eastham
Narrated by Richard Eastham
Theme music composer William M. Backer
Opening theme “Whistle Me Up a Memory” performed by William M. Backer
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 93
Production
Executive producer(s) Frederick W. Ziv
Producer(s) Frank Pittman
Andy White
Editor(s) W. Duncan Mansfield
Joseph Silver
Cinematography Monroe P. Askins
Curt Fetters
Robert Hoffman
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) ZIV Television Programs
Broadcast
Original channel ABC (1957-1959)
Syndication (1959-1960)
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural
Original run October 16, 1957 – July 8, 1960
Guest stars
James Best
Peter Breck
Diane Brewster
Harry Carey, Jr.
Lon Chaney, Jr.
James Coburn
Russ Conway
Angie Dickinson
Jack Elam
Constance Ford
Bruce Gordon
Tom Greenway
Dabbs Greer
Virginia Gregg
Ron Hagerthy
Ron Hayes
Douglas Kennedy
Brett King
Michael Landon
Keith Larsen
Patrick McVey
Tyler McVey
Joyce Meadows
Gerald Mohr
Ed Nelson
Leonard Nimoy
Kathleen Nolan
Denver Pyle
Rhodes Reason
Paul Richards
Pernell Roberts
Bing Russell
Fay Spain
Guy Stockwell
Liam Sullivan
Ralph Taeger
Kent Taylor
Lee Van Cleef
John Vivyan
Tony Young
Recurring
Robert Foulk appeared in 1957 and 1958 as Curly Bill Brocius in three episodes, “Gunslinger from Galeville”, “Ride Out at Noon” and “Skeleton Canyon Massacre”.
Quintin Sondergaard was cast as Quint in eleven episodes of the two later seasons
Gilman Rankin starred as Deputy Charlie Riggs in seven episodes
Dennis Moore appeared as “Deputy” in five segments
Robert J. Wilke, John Doucette, and Warren Oates all appeared three times, respectively, as Burt Foster, Apache Chief Geronimo, and Bob Pickett, as well as occasional other roles. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone_Territory
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