Dakotas Intro

ABC Monday 7:30 PM (60 min.)
Premiered: January 7, 1963




Last Aired: September 9, 1963

Marshal Frank Ragan and his three deputies try to maintain law and order in the Dakota Territory.

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[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

Jack Webb Was Fired Then Got A job At Universal Studios to produce,direct and star in Dragnet a 1960's version as well as producing Adam 12,Emergency and other TV Shows done by Universal he left Universal And Signed With TV Distributor Worldvision set up shop at Goldwyn Studios In Hollywood produced Project UFO and Sam the shows today controlled by The Jack Webb Estate And NBC Universal Except Project UFO and Sam Controlled By CBS Television Distribution.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

Jack Webb Taken over As Head of TV Production At Warner Bros During the 1963-64 Season he cancelled TV shows Except for 77 Sunset Strip. and new shows for september 1964. including no time for sergeants,wendy and me,the federal investigators,a drama starring bette davis and found enough time to produce and narrate a series The FBI in which he earned the personal thanks of J.Edgar Hoover.

[spacepatrolman]

@901hwx37122 Its in youtube now

[901hwx37122]

I just watched the first episode, A man Called Ragan, which was a spinnoff from "Cheyenne." Ragan was a one-eyed, officially resigned US Marshall. The man he is hunting hires JD to kill Ragan. This and other oddities. This episode is available as a bit Torrent download.

[spacepatrolman]

@mikecleona this show always starts in the middle of something like you tuned in late then gets progressively more wierd

[fairnorth]

In 1963, I was six years old, and always saw the promos for this series. I wanted to watch it, but it was a week day show, and I could not watch many of those. But NOW, thanks to Classictvcollector and You/Tube I can watch it ! I remember a line spoken by one of the stars of the show . "We can either put the whole town in jail, or kill them" ! This appears to be an outstanding series, that should be released on DVD.

[mikecleona]

@spacepatrolman This is, in fact, the episode that triggered the protest mail that led ABC to cancel "The Dakotas"

[901hwx37122]

Larry Ward had a small role in Hombre where he played a soldier. Richard Boone ran him off and took his seat on the stage.

[spacepatrolman]

The show was cancelled because chad chased a suspect into a church and killed him with a shotgun there were letters off protest [I wonder if this is the beginning of that episode that we are watching right here ] .

[spacepatrolman]

He wrote some plays and was also in the outer limits and the rat patrol .

[waydecolt]

You can find them at times on ebay but rumors are that WB might put these and other WB series on DVD and perhaps be shown on one of the western channels, Lawman should be on in 2010!!!!

[waydecolt]

He passed away after the series was cancelled, you can find him in an Italian western or two......