9 Season
249 Episode
The Virginian - Season 1 Episode 12 Fifty Days to Moose Jaw
With every hoofbeat, history is made.
Older cowhand Slim Jessup (James Gregory) is accussed of killing a man in Idaho and escapes east. He signs on with a Shiloh Ranch cattle drive to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. On the way the drovers are joined by a young man, James Cafferty (Bandon de Wilde), who wishes a different life than dirt farming with his widowed step-father (Frank Overton). The older Slim takes James under his wing and teaches him lessons in life before his past catches up with him.
- Year: 1971
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Western, Drama
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: ranch, 19th century
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- Cast: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee Majors, Sara Lane