Doug Wallen
Senior HTF Member
I have been busy being a nurse. My wife is recovering from her surgery and is becoming a bit more mobile each day. Her ankle is having adjustments to make with the changing weather here in Middle Georgia. Due to my caretaker duties and the continued "shelter in place" directives, I have been watching a lot of classic television as well as movies and the few network shows with new episodes.
The Dakota's - Complete Series
Trouble At French Creek (1.4) Michael Constantine, Joan Freeman, Mercedes McCambridge, John Kellog, Stephen Joyce. A female mine owner drives her workers so hard that they finally walk out. Furious, she hires a band of vicious gunfighters to keep the miners under control. Marshal Ragan is called in to set matters straight.
Thunder In Pleasant Valley (1.5) Karl Swenson, Lee Van Cleef, Patricia Huston, Gregory Walcott. A wealthy rancher's daughter is kidnapped by an outlaw gang, and Marshal Ragan tries to stop him from paying the ransom while his deputies search for the kidnappers.
Crisis At High Banjo (1.6) Karen Sharpe, Warren Stevens, Robert J. Wilkie, Logan Ames, Michael Pate, Ed Peck. Several years ago Marshal Ragan's wife was murdered, and he never caught the killer. Now he has--a man named Johnny Fox, who admits to Ragan that he was paid to kill her. Ragan is torn between his desire for vengeance for his wife's murder and his wanting to know who paid to have her killed and why. Excellent episode anchored by Larry Ward's performance and Jack Elam's support.
Requiem At Dancer's Hill (1.7) Dennis Hopper, Dick Foran, Alan Reed, Jr., Anne Whitfield, Herb Vigran. Marshal Ragan and his deputies go after the leader of a posse that captured a wanted man, but instead of turning him over to the authorities, they hanged him on the spot.
Daniel Boone -The Complete Season 2
The Trek (2.6) Aldo Ray. Boone is recruited by a representative of the Governor to capture and return John Benton, a rabble-rousing trouble-seeking ruffian due for an appointment with the hangman's noose. After snaring Benton from the midst of his nefarious companions with a rather unique ploy, Boone drives him on a trek through the wilderness to justice. He finds himself acquiring a grudging respect for the scoundrel along the way.
The Aaron Burr Story (2.7) Lief Erickson, Mike Ragan, Michael St. Clair. Boone is recruited by a representative of the Governor to capture and return John Benton, a rabble-rousing trouble-seeking ruffian due for an appointment with the hangman's noose. After snaring Benton from the midst of his nefarious companions with a rather unique ploy, Boone drives him on a trek through the wilderness to justice. He finds himself acquiring a grudging respect for the scoundrel along the way.
Cry Of Gold (2.8) William O'Connell, Kenneth MacDonald. A man arrives at Boonesborough offering unusually high prices for beaver pelts. Daniel doesn't trust this generous trader and soon discovers the man has an ulterior motive of a sinister nature.
The Peace Tree (2.9) Liam Redmond, Nestor Paiva, Abel Fernandez. Highlander settlers begin building a settlement on land that belongs to the Cherokee, threatening the peace. Daniel tries to mediate but finds the Highlander's leader is unwilling to negotiate with "savages".
The Thanksgiving Story (2.10) John McIntire, Rudolf Acosta, Shug Fisher, Abraham Soafer. With Daniel and Jericho away and Choctaw chief Gabriel and his warriors on the warpath, a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving is in doubt. Then Rebecca's Irish father Timothy Patrick Bryan shows up and, in order not to disappoint his grandson Israel, who believes his yarns, invites the Indians to Thanksgiving dinner.
Gunsmoke - Seasons 8-9
Decided to finish this set off, so here are my remarks on the last 6 episodes of season 9.
Trip West (9.31) Herbert Anderson, Sharon Farrell, H. M. Wynant, Percy Helton. Going to a quack Dr, a man believes he has four months left to live so he depletes his bank account and ends up in Dodge where he finds love. A sweet story.
Scott Free (9.32) Patricia Owens, Julie Sommars, Jay Lanin, Jack Betts, Harry Bartell. Rob Scott considers himself a man who could stay or go when it came to women. He may have met his match though when a woman he desires and her husband take over an abandoned homestead and they come to where he works to look over some stock. Plenty of duplicitous people in this story.
The Warden (9.33) George Kennedy, Chris Connelly, Julie Parrish, Anthony Caruso. A traveling salesman meets up with Bull Foot, an Indian who mainly sells vegetables. When goods are traded for a squaw, he is upset when she runs away and into the arms of Festus, whose mule she steals, only to return home awaiting sale to the next customer.
Homecoming (9.34) Phyllis Coates, Jack Elam, Harold J. Stone, Tom Lowell. Orval returns from seven years in prison for killing his wife's lover, vowing to reclaim his house and business. Edna tries to goad her new husband and Orval's son into a plot to kill Orval; then her head is turned by a traveling salesman. Another conniving woman who has aspirations and uses people, even her son.
The Other Half (9.35) Lee Kinsolving, Paul Fix, Donna Anderson, Patric Knowles. Jess, Jay's twin, is shot and killed by an unknown assailant while working late at the family business. When a stranger to Dodge is suspected, Matt does his best to track him down and bring him to justice.
Journey For Three (9.36) Margaret Blye, Mark Goddard, Michael J. Pollard, William Arvin. Evolution of a serial killer. Two brothers traveling to California are joined by a third man who soon proves to be a wrong 'un, manhandling and killing a young woman they encounter on the prairie and turning on Quint when he shows up to share his rabbits with them.
Really enjoyed these final six episodes to end the season. Looking forward to the next set - Seasons 10-12.
Cannon - Complete Series
Nobody Beats The House (2.13) Tom Skerritt, Corinne Camacho, John Marley, Paul Michael Glaser, Geoffrey Lewis. Cannon is hired to help a man avoid paying his gambling debt with his life.
Hard Rock Roller Coaster (2.14) John Vernon, Fritz Weaver, Charlotte Stewart, Greg Mullavey. Cannon is hired to help a man who wandered into someone's home after being beaten up. He has no memory or any I.D. on him. Two thugs are after him and one of his benefactors may have a secret agenda.
The Dead Samaritan (2.15) Arlene Golanka, David Hedison, Barbara Babcock, Priscilla Morrill. A bystander is charged after he sees a woman being assaulted by a businessman, he intervenes, and the businessman dies of a heart attack. But was it a set-up?
Death Of A Stone Seahorse (2.16) Sondra Locke, David Soul, Tim O'Connor, Malachi Throne. A marine biologist is stabbed on a research island.
Moving Target (2.17) Susan Oliver, Gordon Pinsent, Meg Wylie, Keith Andes, Richard Carlson. To protect an author whose life has been threatened, Cannon puts him in a motor-home to finish his manuscript and investigates who might want the writer dead.
Murder For Murder (2.18) Jason Evers, Noam Pitlik, Dick Van Patten, Mary Frann. Cannon is hired by the sister of a young woman who died at the mansion of two brothers who own a cosmetics company.
Hawaii 5-O - Complete First Season
Face Of The Dragon (1.15) David Opatoshu, Soon Tek Oh, Nancy Kovack, Herb Jeffries, A dying man is discovered on a beach. A mysterious motorcycle rider takes the man's identification and speeds off. The man has bubonic plague. Five-O races to contain a potential plague outbreak and discover what the motorcycle rider is doing. Seems a timely episode.
The Box (1.16) Gerald S. O'Loughlin, R. G. Armstrong, Gavin MacLeod, Al Harrington. In Oahu State Prison, cons led by Big Chicken want to bring Swanson to heel because he doesn't show enough respect for "the system." But Swanson manages to shoot one of his attackers with guns the cons had smuggled into the prison. Swanson gathers up prison guards as hostages to try to get out of the prison. Swanson says if he's not let out, he'll start killing the hostages. McGarrett offers himself up as a hostage to try to head off bloodshed.
One For The Money (1.17) Farley Granger, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Collins. McGarrett receives a cryptic letter and a photo of a woman with an "x" drawn through it. The woman was stabbed repeatedly. Later, another is killed the same way and Five-O gets another letter. The victims both worked at the same company, Hawaiian Amalgamated Industries.
Along Came Joey (1.18) Peter Mark Richman, Jesse White, Frank DeKova. Joey Kalama, son of police detective Phil Kalama, nearly goes down in a boxing match then comes back to win the fight. Later, he is beaten by two thugs and dies. McGarrett & Co. investigate the death while trying to rein in Phil, who is also probing the case. The heat is turned up on Five-O after Joey's manager falls to his death accidentally while Phil was trying to question him.
Have Gun - Will Travel - The Complete Series
An International Affair (3.29) Ziva Rodann, Henry Corden, Oscar Beregi, Jr., Olan Soule. Princess Mapuana pays Paladin to keep safe a gift - a signet ring from her royal family to our president. But someone is killing off those involved.
Lady With A Gun (3.30) Paula Raymond, Jack Weston, Ron Soble. A man is shot at by a woman because he killed her little brother during the Civil War. He has been running from her since then. Paladin offers to contact the police but when that is refused, he offers his card and services.
Never Help The Devil (3.31) Jack Lambert. When Doggie's shooting arm is injured winning a gunfight, the impoverished citizens dig deep to rabidly bet on who will finish off their local menace (and when). Passerby Paladin wants nothing to do with it, but decides even the despicable gunslinger deserves some justice, so he agrees to get him out of town so he can stand trial.
Ambush (3.32) George Macready, Ed Nelson. Several travelers are held by gunpoint at a ferry crossing, including Paladin and his prisoner. What fate awaits them soon appears in the form of a blind father seeking vengeance for his son's killer which he believes to be one of them.
Black Sheep (3.33) Patrick Wayne, Stacy Harris, Suzanne Lloyd. Paladin is hired to bring back from Mexico an heir to a sizable fortune. One catch -- the heir may have to spend several years in jail for crimes he committed. But is it jail Paladin is leading him to or something else?
Full Circle (3.34) Barbara Baxley, Adam Williams, Hal Needham. Paladin receives word from someone out of his past that he needs help. Only issue -- this is not a friend but someone he trusted who ran out leaving him to face a vengeful brother's bullet.
With plenty of streaming available, I have availed myself of Tubi tv's Dark Shadows (original series run). I have immersed myself into the original Barnabas storyline that crosses with the Liz Stoddard/Jason Maguire story. Dennis Patrick was at his sleaziest in this role. I remember rushing home from school to watch this before I began my homework (10 year old fan). So glad I uncovered this since we have to be in at present. Fun memories of such an original soap series.
The Dakota's - Complete Series
Trouble At French Creek (1.4) Michael Constantine, Joan Freeman, Mercedes McCambridge, John Kellog, Stephen Joyce. A female mine owner drives her workers so hard that they finally walk out. Furious, she hires a band of vicious gunfighters to keep the miners under control. Marshal Ragan is called in to set matters straight.
Thunder In Pleasant Valley (1.5) Karl Swenson, Lee Van Cleef, Patricia Huston, Gregory Walcott. A wealthy rancher's daughter is kidnapped by an outlaw gang, and Marshal Ragan tries to stop him from paying the ransom while his deputies search for the kidnappers.
Crisis At High Banjo (1.6) Karen Sharpe, Warren Stevens, Robert J. Wilkie, Logan Ames, Michael Pate, Ed Peck. Several years ago Marshal Ragan's wife was murdered, and he never caught the killer. Now he has--a man named Johnny Fox, who admits to Ragan that he was paid to kill her. Ragan is torn between his desire for vengeance for his wife's murder and his wanting to know who paid to have her killed and why. Excellent episode anchored by Larry Ward's performance and Jack Elam's support.
Requiem At Dancer's Hill (1.7) Dennis Hopper, Dick Foran, Alan Reed, Jr., Anne Whitfield, Herb Vigran. Marshal Ragan and his deputies go after the leader of a posse that captured a wanted man, but instead of turning him over to the authorities, they hanged him on the spot.
Daniel Boone -The Complete Season 2
The Trek (2.6) Aldo Ray. Boone is recruited by a representative of the Governor to capture and return John Benton, a rabble-rousing trouble-seeking ruffian due for an appointment with the hangman's noose. After snaring Benton from the midst of his nefarious companions with a rather unique ploy, Boone drives him on a trek through the wilderness to justice. He finds himself acquiring a grudging respect for the scoundrel along the way.
The Aaron Burr Story (2.7) Lief Erickson, Mike Ragan, Michael St. Clair. Boone is recruited by a representative of the Governor to capture and return John Benton, a rabble-rousing trouble-seeking ruffian due for an appointment with the hangman's noose. After snaring Benton from the midst of his nefarious companions with a rather unique ploy, Boone drives him on a trek through the wilderness to justice. He finds himself acquiring a grudging respect for the scoundrel along the way.
Cry Of Gold (2.8) William O'Connell, Kenneth MacDonald. A man arrives at Boonesborough offering unusually high prices for beaver pelts. Daniel doesn't trust this generous trader and soon discovers the man has an ulterior motive of a sinister nature.
The Peace Tree (2.9) Liam Redmond, Nestor Paiva, Abel Fernandez. Highlander settlers begin building a settlement on land that belongs to the Cherokee, threatening the peace. Daniel tries to mediate but finds the Highlander's leader is unwilling to negotiate with "savages".
The Thanksgiving Story (2.10) John McIntire, Rudolf Acosta, Shug Fisher, Abraham Soafer. With Daniel and Jericho away and Choctaw chief Gabriel and his warriors on the warpath, a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving is in doubt. Then Rebecca's Irish father Timothy Patrick Bryan shows up and, in order not to disappoint his grandson Israel, who believes his yarns, invites the Indians to Thanksgiving dinner.
Gunsmoke - Seasons 8-9
Decided to finish this set off, so here are my remarks on the last 6 episodes of season 9.
Trip West (9.31) Herbert Anderson, Sharon Farrell, H. M. Wynant, Percy Helton. Going to a quack Dr, a man believes he has four months left to live so he depletes his bank account and ends up in Dodge where he finds love. A sweet story.
Scott Free (9.32) Patricia Owens, Julie Sommars, Jay Lanin, Jack Betts, Harry Bartell. Rob Scott considers himself a man who could stay or go when it came to women. He may have met his match though when a woman he desires and her husband take over an abandoned homestead and they come to where he works to look over some stock. Plenty of duplicitous people in this story.
The Warden (9.33) George Kennedy, Chris Connelly, Julie Parrish, Anthony Caruso. A traveling salesman meets up with Bull Foot, an Indian who mainly sells vegetables. When goods are traded for a squaw, he is upset when she runs away and into the arms of Festus, whose mule she steals, only to return home awaiting sale to the next customer.
Homecoming (9.34) Phyllis Coates, Jack Elam, Harold J. Stone, Tom Lowell. Orval returns from seven years in prison for killing his wife's lover, vowing to reclaim his house and business. Edna tries to goad her new husband and Orval's son into a plot to kill Orval; then her head is turned by a traveling salesman. Another conniving woman who has aspirations and uses people, even her son.
The Other Half (9.35) Lee Kinsolving, Paul Fix, Donna Anderson, Patric Knowles. Jess, Jay's twin, is shot and killed by an unknown assailant while working late at the family business. When a stranger to Dodge is suspected, Matt does his best to track him down and bring him to justice.
Journey For Three (9.36) Margaret Blye, Mark Goddard, Michael J. Pollard, William Arvin. Evolution of a serial killer. Two brothers traveling to California are joined by a third man who soon proves to be a wrong 'un, manhandling and killing a young woman they encounter on the prairie and turning on Quint when he shows up to share his rabbits with them.
Really enjoyed these final six episodes to end the season. Looking forward to the next set - Seasons 10-12.
Cannon - Complete Series
Nobody Beats The House (2.13) Tom Skerritt, Corinne Camacho, John Marley, Paul Michael Glaser, Geoffrey Lewis. Cannon is hired to help a man avoid paying his gambling debt with his life.
Hard Rock Roller Coaster (2.14) John Vernon, Fritz Weaver, Charlotte Stewart, Greg Mullavey. Cannon is hired to help a man who wandered into someone's home after being beaten up. He has no memory or any I.D. on him. Two thugs are after him and one of his benefactors may have a secret agenda.
The Dead Samaritan (2.15) Arlene Golanka, David Hedison, Barbara Babcock, Priscilla Morrill. A bystander is charged after he sees a woman being assaulted by a businessman, he intervenes, and the businessman dies of a heart attack. But was it a set-up?
Death Of A Stone Seahorse (2.16) Sondra Locke, David Soul, Tim O'Connor, Malachi Throne. A marine biologist is stabbed on a research island.
Moving Target (2.17) Susan Oliver, Gordon Pinsent, Meg Wylie, Keith Andes, Richard Carlson. To protect an author whose life has been threatened, Cannon puts him in a motor-home to finish his manuscript and investigates who might want the writer dead.
Murder For Murder (2.18) Jason Evers, Noam Pitlik, Dick Van Patten, Mary Frann. Cannon is hired by the sister of a young woman who died at the mansion of two brothers who own a cosmetics company.
Hawaii 5-O - Complete First Season
Face Of The Dragon (1.15) David Opatoshu, Soon Tek Oh, Nancy Kovack, Herb Jeffries, A dying man is discovered on a beach. A mysterious motorcycle rider takes the man's identification and speeds off. The man has bubonic plague. Five-O races to contain a potential plague outbreak and discover what the motorcycle rider is doing. Seems a timely episode.
The Box (1.16) Gerald S. O'Loughlin, R. G. Armstrong, Gavin MacLeod, Al Harrington. In Oahu State Prison, cons led by Big Chicken want to bring Swanson to heel because he doesn't show enough respect for "the system." But Swanson manages to shoot one of his attackers with guns the cons had smuggled into the prison. Swanson gathers up prison guards as hostages to try to get out of the prison. Swanson says if he's not let out, he'll start killing the hostages. McGarrett offers himself up as a hostage to try to head off bloodshed.
One For The Money (1.17) Farley Granger, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Collins. McGarrett receives a cryptic letter and a photo of a woman with an "x" drawn through it. The woman was stabbed repeatedly. Later, another is killed the same way and Five-O gets another letter. The victims both worked at the same company, Hawaiian Amalgamated Industries.
Along Came Joey (1.18) Peter Mark Richman, Jesse White, Frank DeKova. Joey Kalama, son of police detective Phil Kalama, nearly goes down in a boxing match then comes back to win the fight. Later, he is beaten by two thugs and dies. McGarrett & Co. investigate the death while trying to rein in Phil, who is also probing the case. The heat is turned up on Five-O after Joey's manager falls to his death accidentally while Phil was trying to question him.
Have Gun - Will Travel - The Complete Series
An International Affair (3.29) Ziva Rodann, Henry Corden, Oscar Beregi, Jr., Olan Soule. Princess Mapuana pays Paladin to keep safe a gift - a signet ring from her royal family to our president. But someone is killing off those involved.
Lady With A Gun (3.30) Paula Raymond, Jack Weston, Ron Soble. A man is shot at by a woman because he killed her little brother during the Civil War. He has been running from her since then. Paladin offers to contact the police but when that is refused, he offers his card and services.
Never Help The Devil (3.31) Jack Lambert. When Doggie's shooting arm is injured winning a gunfight, the impoverished citizens dig deep to rabidly bet on who will finish off their local menace (and when). Passerby Paladin wants nothing to do with it, but decides even the despicable gunslinger deserves some justice, so he agrees to get him out of town so he can stand trial.
Ambush (3.32) George Macready, Ed Nelson. Several travelers are held by gunpoint at a ferry crossing, including Paladin and his prisoner. What fate awaits them soon appears in the form of a blind father seeking vengeance for his son's killer which he believes to be one of them.
Black Sheep (3.33) Patrick Wayne, Stacy Harris, Suzanne Lloyd. Paladin is hired to bring back from Mexico an heir to a sizable fortune. One catch -- the heir may have to spend several years in jail for crimes he committed. But is it jail Paladin is leading him to or something else?
Full Circle (3.34) Barbara Baxley, Adam Williams, Hal Needham. Paladin receives word from someone out of his past that he needs help. Only issue -- this is not a friend but someone he trusted who ran out leaving him to face a vengeful brother's bullet.
With plenty of streaming available, I have availed myself of Tubi tv's Dark Shadows (original series run). I have immersed myself into the original Barnabas storyline that crosses with the Liz Stoddard/Jason Maguire story. Dennis Patrick was at his sleaziest in this role. I remember rushing home from school to watch this before I began my homework (10 year old fan). So glad I uncovered this since we have to be in at present. Fun memories of such an original soap series.
McCoy sure is quick with these diagnoses! (and a whole corridor is lined up in the Sickbay for stimulants within seconds after things strike!)
