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Wide Country was an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 20, 1962 to April 25, 1963.[1]

Wide Country
Andrew Prine and Earl Holliman in a publicity portrait for The Wide Country episode The Girl from Knob Hill
Genre	Western
Written by	Alan Le May
Directed by	Alan Crosland, Jr.
Starring	Earl Holliman Andrew Prine Slim Pickens
Theme music composer	John Williams
Composers	Morton Stevens John Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	28
Production
Producers	Ralph Edwards Frank Telford
Cinematography	Walter Strenge
Editor	Milton Shifman
Running time	45–48 minutes
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 20, 1962 (1962-09-20) – April 25, 1963 (1963-04-25)

Synopsis

The series stars Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine as brothers, Mitch and Andy Guthrie, respectively, who are traveling rodeo competitors.[2] In the recurring story line, older, wiser brother Mitch, a champion bronco rider, discourages Andy from following in Mitch's footsteps.

The pilot for the series entitled "Second Chance" was aired on March 13, 1962, on the anthology series Alcoa Premiere on ABC. Wide Country is similar to the ABC series Stoney Burke, starring Jack Lord as a rodeo performer, which aired thirty-two episodes during the same season.

Wide Country faced tough competition from ABC's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and The Donna Reed Show and CBS's Mr. Ed and the first half of the legal drama, Perry Mason.[3] The series was cancelled after one season.

Episode list

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The Royce Bennett Story"	Alan Crosland, Jr.	Donald S. Sanford	September 20, 1962 (1962-09-20)
2	"A Guy for Clementine"	Don Weis	Harold Swanton	September 27, 1962 (1962-09-27)
3	"Journey Down a Dusty Road"	John Newland	John Hawkins	October 4, 1962 (1962-10-04)
4	"Who Killed Edde Gannon?"	Robert Ellis Miller	Andy Lewis	October 11, 1962 (1962-10-11)
5	"What Are Friends For?"	John Brahm	Sy Salkowitz	October 18, 1962 (1962-10-18)
6	"Straitjacket for an Indian"	John Florea	Alan Le May	October 25, 1962 (1962-10-25)
7	"Our Ernie Kills People"	John Florea	T : Mark Rodgers S : Preston Wood	November 1, 1962 (1962-11-01)
8	"A Devil in the Chute"	Alan Crosland, Jr.	Archie L. Tegland	November 8, 1962 (1962-11-08)
9	"The Girl in the Sunshine Smile"	John Brahm	Ken Kolb	November 15, 1962 (1962-11-15)
10	"Tears on a Painted Face"	Herschel Daugherty	Louis Pelletier	November 29, 1962 (1962-11-29)
11	"The Bravest Man in the World"	Ted Post	Margaret & Paul Schneider	December 6, 1962 (1962-12-06)
12	"Good Old Uncle Walt"	Don Weis	Dave & Andy Lewis	December 13, 1962 (1962-12-13)
13	"My Candle Burns at Both Ends"	Ted Post	S : June Randolph S/T : Mark Rodgers	December 20, 1962 (1962-12-20)
14	"Memory of a Filly"	Don Weis	Alan Le May	January 3, 1963 (1963-01-03)
15	"Step Over the Sky"	William Witney	Gustave Field	January 10, 1963 (1963-01-10)
16	"A Cry from the Mountain"	John Peyser	William D. Gordon	January 17, 1963 (1963-01-17)
17	"Don't Cry for Johnny Devlin"	John Florea	Harold Swanton	January 24, 1963 (1963-01-24)
18	"Speckle Bird"	John Peyser	T : Carey Wilber S : Slim Pickens	January 31, 1963 (1963-01-31)
19	"The Man Who Ran Away"	John English	John Hawkins	February 7, 1963 (1963-02-07)
20	"Whose Hand at My Throat?"	John Brahm	Gustave Field	February 14, 1963 (1963-02-14)
21	"The Judas Goat"	John Peyser	T : Mark Rodgers S : Jameson Brewer	February 21, 1963 (1963-02-21)
22	"To Cindy, with Love"	Paul Nickell	S/T : Franklin Barton Based on a story by Slim Pickens & Franklin Adreon	February 28, 1963 (1963-02-28)
23	"The Quest for Jacob Blaufus"	John Peyser	Harold Swanton	March 7, 1963 (1963-03-07)
24	"Farewell to Margarita"	Earl Bellamy	Mark Rodgers	March 21, 1963 (1963-03-21)
25	"The Girl from Nob Hill"	John Peyser	Dave & Andy Lewis	March 28, 1963 (1963-03-28)
26	"Yanqui, Go Home!"	Don Weis	T : Preston Wood S : Franklin Barton	April 4, 1963 (1963-04-04)
27	"The Lucky Punch"	Don Weis	Ken Kolb	April 18, 1963 (1963-04-18)
28	"The Care and Handling of Tigers"	John Peyser	T : Preston Wood S : Gilbert Ralston	April 25, 1963 (1963-04-25)

Guest stars

Home media

On November 15, 2011, Timeless Media Group released Wide Country- The Complete Television Series on DVD in Region 1. The 8-disc set features all 28 episodes of the series.[4]

References

External links

• Wide Country at IMDb
• Wide Country at epguides.com

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