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THE VIRGINIAN - 1958 Screen Gems Version Pilot - Intro (Decision)

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The 1958 B&W Screen Gems Version Unsold Pilot of The Virginian - Decision. Not associated with the 1962 Universal Color 90 minute version. James Drury was coincidentally cast in both series. Just goes to show he was destined to be The Virginian.

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  • Gee, this is such a long time before the series actually started!

  • @RandyAKing This is the pilot episode of a half hour b&W version of the series. The series we know as The Virginian has no affiliation with this pilot except the fact that James Drury played the Virginian in both of them.

  • If I remember correctly, there was a movie of the same name staring actor Joel McCray.

  • Yes, you are correct, coolmamac. That was in 1946. There is also a version from 1929 with Gary Cooper. In the 2000 version with Bill Pullman, James Drury has a guest appearance. And of course, the television series, The Virginian that starred James Drury, ran from 1962-1971.

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  • Fascinating! Wherever did you find this?

  • Henry Fonda also played The Virginian on stage in 1937 at Mount Kisco, New York. Charles Bickford played Trampas a year earlier in a radio production with Gary Cooper. One of Doug's last roles in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues: Cruise Missile saw him acting with Colm Feore , who later played Trampas in Bill Pullman's version.

  • Doug McClure played Trampas.(in the TV series) In the book, Trampas was a bad guy.

  • I always thought that Doug McClure had the lead part in this show

  • It's Joel McCrea buddy

    I haven't t seen the Bill Pullman version..did you?

  • @powergirl901 They called him james droopy in MAD magazine

  • Joel McCrea,Randolph Scott,Doug McClure,Warren Oates,Jon Wayne,Royal Dano,

    Ken Curtis,Richard Farnsworth and many more.Such gifted, hard working,unforgettable actors.I am glad that I was able to see so many of them. When Westerns were KING!

  • It was a golden age definitly.

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