Redigo (1963)
Redigo is a 15-week Western dramatic series, set on a New Mexico ranch during the early 1960s, which aired over NBC from September 24 to December 31, 1963. The series features Richard Egan as ranch owner Jim Redigo, Roger Davis as Mike the ranch hand, and Elena Verdugo as Gerry. Don Diamond appeared in four episodes, three as the character Arturo. Redigo was the truncated second half-hour season of the previous one-hour series, Empire, which aired from September 25, 1962, to May 13, 1963. Both programs were placed on the Tuesday evening schedule against CBS's The Red Skelton Show. Redigo also lost out in the ratings to the ABC military sitcom, McHale's Navy, starring Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway. In Redigo, Egan's character Jim Redigo was no longer the manager of the large Garrett Ranch but the owner of his own smaller spread nearby. The half-hour format made it hard for the program to develop complex characters as had been done in the initial one-hour version of the show.
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Episode 1 - Lady Warbonnet
Release Date: 1963-09-24Laura McAdams' father died while she was out politicking---and no one will let her forget it.
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Episode 2 - The Blooded Bull
Release Date: 1963-10-01Rustlers have taken Redigo's prize bull, leaving the future of the ranch in jeopardy.
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Episode 3 - Boy from Rio Bravo
Release Date: 1963-10-08A runaway Mexican boy complicates Redigo's battle against a virulent horse disease.
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Episode 4 - Prince Among Men
Release Date: 1963-10-15The son of a ruthless dictator, fearing for his life, seeks sanctuary from assassins at Redigo's ranch.
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Episode 5 - The Crooked Circle
Release Date: 1963-10-22A woman engineer complicates Redigo's problems with a landslide-blocked reservoir and dangerously thirsty cattle.
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Episode 6 - Little Angel Blue Eyes
Release Date: 1963-10-29Sweet and innocent the lady isn't, but Redigo doesn't know---making him the perfect pawn for a con game.
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Episode 7 - Man in a Blackout
Release Date: 1963-11-05Knocked unconscious by a passing truck, Redigo wakes up an amnesia victim---in a rough town.
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Episode 8 - Papa San
Release Date: 1963-11-12A beautiful war orphan is at the ranch---insisting on seeing a G.I. whose character is now unsavory.
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Episode 9 - Horns of Hate
Release Date: 1963-11-19Fearing for his own cattle, an unneighborly rancher dumps a diseased carcass onto Redigo's land.
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Episode 10 - Shadow of the Cougar
Release Date: 1963-11-26There's a big cougar prowling the foothills and Redigo's house guest wants to make the kill.
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Episode 11 - The Thin Line
Release Date: 1963-12-03Romantic sparks fly when Redigo learns the man he just hired is Gerry's ex-beau.
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Episode 12 - Hostage Hero Hiding
Release Date: 1963-12-10Taking big chances made Danny Kilpatrick a war hero. Now mental problems call for bravery---not bravado.
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Episode 13 - Privilege of a Man
Release Date: 1963-12-17Novelist and outdoorsman Stuart Graham plans an active stay at the ranch---disregarding his rapidly failing health.
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Episode 14 - The Black Rainbow
Release Date: 1963-12-24In Bonnie-and-Clyde style, two gunmen invade the Redigo spread and take Jim hostage.
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Episode 15 - The Hunters
Release Date: 1963-12-31