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Cowboy G-Men
American television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cowboy G-Men is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from September 1952 to June 1953, for a total of thirty-nine episodes.
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Synopsis
Russell Hayden and Jackie Coogan star as Pat Gallagher and Stoney Crockett, a pair of government agents operating in the American West in the 1870s.[1] Phil Arnold portrayed Zerbo, a sometimes associate of Gallagher and Crockett. Gallagher typically was undercover as a ranch hand, while Crockett took the role of a wrangler.[2] Hand-picked agents Gallagher and Crockett dealt with "counterfeiters, smugglers and robbers and protecting property owners".[3]
Other actors who appeared in Cowboy G-Men included Claudia Barrett[4]: 19 and Virginia Herrick.[4]
Cowboy G-Men was based on a story by Henry B. Donovan and featured the writing of such Western fiction authors as Todhunter Ballard[5] and Louis L'Amour.[6]
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Episode list
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Production
Henry B. Donovan was the producer for Telemount-Mutual Productions, a TV production company he established in the late 1940s under the "Telemount Pictures" branding (it would eventually become "Mutual Television Productions" before finally taking on the Telemount-Mutual name), and the series was distributed by United Artists-TV Distribution.[7] Directors included Lesley Selander.[8] The series was filmed in color[9] "with black and white dupes for present day TV release".[10] The Jack Ingram Ranch was used for exterior shots, while interior scenes were filmed in California studios.[10] Taystee Bread sponsored the series in 24 cities.[11]
Hayden and Coogan did their own stunts on the show. Episodes were filmed in groups of 13, with three episodes typically completed within seven days—four days on location, two in a studio and "one day for the 'chases'".[12] Location shots were filmed in the San Fernando Valley.[12]
Release
Home media
Timeless Media Group released a 10 episode best-of set on DVD in Region 1 on October 26, 2008.[13]
Alpha Home Entertainment has released collections of Cowboy G-Men episodes on DVD. Each volume contains 4 episodes from the series. Six DVDs have been published from 2006 to 2011.
International
In Japan, Cowboy G-Men was the first show to be dubbed in Japanese in 1956.[14]
References
External links
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