Shane (American TV series)

For other uses, see Shane (disambiguation).

Shane
Jill Ireland as Marion Starett and Christopher Shea as her son, Joey.
Genre	Western
Written by	William Blinn Ernest Kinoy Denne Bart Petitclerc Jack Schaefer David Shaw
Directed by	David Greene Alex March Gerd Oswald
Starring	David Carradine Bert Freed Jill Ireland
Theme music composer	Victor Young
Composer	Jerry Fielding
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	17
Production
Executive producer	David Shaw
Producer	Denne Bart Petitclerc
Running time	60 mins.
Production company	Titus Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 10 (1966-09-10) – December 31, 1966 (1966-12-31)

Shane is an American Western television series aired in 1966 and based on the 1949 book of the same name by Jack Schaefer (there had also been a 1953 film of the novel, Shane). The series starred David Carradine as the title character, a former gun fighter and sometimes outlaw who takes on work as a hired-hand at the ranch of a widowed woman, her son, and her father-in-law. The series, which aired on ABC, was filmed as a continuing story.

Cast comparison

Character	1953 movie	1966 TV series
Shane	Alan Ladd	David Carradine
Marian Starett	Jean Arthur	Jill Ireland
Joey Starett	Brandon deWilde	Christopher Shea
Rufe Ryker	Emile Meyer	Bert Freed
Sam Grafton	Paul McVey	Sam Gilman

Episode list

Nº	Title	Original air date
1	"The Distant Bell"	September 10, 1966 (1966-09-10)
2	"The Hant"	September 17, 1966 (1966-09-17)
3	"The Wild Geese"	September 24, 1966 (1966-09-24)
4	"An Echo of Anger"	October 1, 1966 (1966-10-01)
5	"The Bitter, the Lonely"	October 8, 1966 (1966-10-08)
6	"Killer in the Valley"	October 15, 1966 (1966-10-15)
7	"Day of the Hawk"	October 22, 1966 (1966-10-22)
8	"The Other Image"	October 29, 1966 (1966-10-29)
9	"Poor Tom's A-Cold"	November 5, 1966 (1966-11-05)
10	"High Road to Viator"	November 12, 1966 (1966-11-12)
11	"The Day the Wolf Laughed"	November 19, 1966 (1966-11-19)
12	"The Silent Gift"	November 26, 1966 (1966-11-26)
13	"A Long Night of Mourning"	December 3, 1966 (1966-12-03)
14	"The Big Fifty"	December 10, 1966 (1966-12-10)
15	"The Great Invasion: Part 1"	December 17, 1966 (1966-12-17)
16	"The Great Invasion: Part 2"	December 24, 1966 (1966-12-24)
17	"A Man'd Be Proud"	December 31, 1966 (1966-12-31)

DVD release

On March 10, 2015, Timeless Media Group released Shane: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.

External links

• Shane at IMDb
• Shane at AllMovie
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• Shane at epguides.com