- Man Without a Gun
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Man Without a Gun Format Western Starring Rex Reason
Mort MillsCountry of origin United States No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 52 Production Running time 30 minutes Broadcast Original channel NTA Film Network (Syndicated) Picture format Black and white Original run November 6, 1957 – September 10, 1959 Man Without a Gun is a western television series produced by 20th Century Fox television and presented in first-run syndication in the United States from 1957 to 1959. Set in the town of Yellowstone near Yellowstone National Park in the then Dakota Territory during the 1870s, the program starred Rex Reason as newspaper editor Adam MacLean, who brought miscreants to justice without the use of violence or gunplay but through his Yellowstone Sentinel. The co-star was Mort Mills (1919-1993), as Marshal Frank Tallman, who intervened when the "pen" proved not to be "mightier than the sword".[1]
The program is considered to have been unique because it showcases MacLean's moral ethics and common sense to bring outlaws to justice. The show was also used as a schoolroom to teach the youngsters of the day about decency and the differences between right and wrong.[2]
Guest stars
- Chris Alcaide (twice as Johnny Kansas)
- John Anderson
- Whit Bissell
- Lloyd Corrigan
- Dennis Cross (episode "Indian Fury")
- John Doucette
- James Drury ("Aftermath")
- Stanley Fafara
- Bruce Gordon
- Don Gordon
- Dabbs Greer
- Ron Hagerthy (as Tod Wilburn in episode "Witness to Terror")
- Myron Healey
- Diane Jergens
- Robert Karnes
- Dayton Lummis ("The Fugitive")
- Doug McClure (as Albert Ketchum in "The Kidder")
- Patrick McVey (episode "Special Edition")
- James Philbrook
- Dorothy Provine
- Denver Pyle
- Victor Rodman (episode "Devil's Acre")
- Robert F. Simon
- Olan Soule
- Ray Teal
- Robert J. Wilke[3]
After Man Without a Gun, Rex Reason was again cast as a reporter, Scott Norris, on ABC's crime drama, The Roaring Twenties, with co-stars Dorothy Provine (who had guest-starred on Man Without a Gun), John Dehner, Donald May, Mike Road, and Gary Vinson. Mort Mills later appeared as a semi-regular on NBC's most successful western, Bonanza.
References
- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penquin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 515
- ^ "Man Without a Gun". TVacres.com. http://www.tvacres.com/westerns_m.htm. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
- ^ "Man Without a Gun episode list". Internet Movie Data Base. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179590/episodes. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
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Categories:- Western (genre) television series
- 1950s American television series
- Black-and-white television programs
- First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
- 1957 television series debuts
- 1959 television series endings
- Television series by Fox Television Studios
- Television shows set in Wyoming
- Television series by CBS Paramount Television
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