"The Big Valley" The Young Marauders (1965)

Director:

Paul Wendkos

Writers:

A.I. Bezzerides (creator)
Louis F. Edelman (creator)
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TV Series:

"The Big Valley" (1965)

Original Air Date:

6 October 1965 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Audra is attracted to a handsome stranger who saves her life during a horse stampede. His appearance in the Valley coincides with the emergence of a pillaging "protection" ring that has begun to terrorize the area. |

Plot Keywords:

California | Ranch | Social Justice | Sibling Relationship | San Joaquin Valley

Cast

Richard Long	...	Jarrod Barkley
Peter Breck	...	Nick Barkley
Lee Majors	...	Heath Barkley
Linda Evans	...	Audra Barkley
Barbara Stanwyck	...	Victoria Barkley (as Miss Barbara Stanwyck)
Sean Garrison	...	Lloyd Garner
James Patterson	...	Jamie Drumm
Buck Taylor	...	Turk
Kevin Hagen	...	Harry Coleman
Julie Payne	...	Francie
Ken Lynch	...	Jacobsen
Mort Mills	...	Sheriff Fred Madden
Napoleon Whiting	...	Silas
Virginia Christine	...	Margaret Coleman
James Gavin	...	Graff
Robert Porter	...	Tobe
J.P. Burns	...	Minister
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Herman Hack	...	Man with Shovel (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Wendkos

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
A.I. Bezzerides		creator
Louis F. Edelman		creator
Peter Packer		written by

Produced by
Arthur Gardner	....	producer
Arnold Laven	....	producer
Jules V. Levy	....	producer
Lou Morheim	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Herschel Burke Gilbert

Cinematography by
Wilfred M. Cline

Film Editing by
Tom Rolf		(as Ernst R. Rolf)

Casting by
Robert Walker

Art Direction by
Jack De Shields		(as Jack DeShields)
Bill Ross		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Pierre Ludlum

Makeup Department
Sidney Perell	....	makeup artist
Scotty Rackin	....	hair stylist
Bertha French	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Norman S. Powell	....	production supervisor
Don Torpin	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marty Moss	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Milton C. Burrow	....	sound effects
Don Rush	....	sound

Stunts
Jeannie Epper	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Lloyd Ahern II	....	assistant camera
Earl C. Williman	....	lamp operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert B. Harris	....	wardrobe
Jack Muhs	....	costumes: Barbara Stanwyck

Editorial Department
Bernard W. Burton	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
George Duning	....	composer: theme music
Harry King	....	music editor
Alfred Perry	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Marian Carpenter	....	assistant to producer
Marilyn Fiebelkorn	....	assistant to producer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
A.I. Bezzerides		creator
Louis F. Edelman		creator

Production Companies

• Four Star Productions
• Margate

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1965) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

60 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Company:

Four Star Productions

Audra falls for a young cowboy that has other intentions

The episode begins when Audra is watching some cowboys round up some wild horses. When the horses stampede toward Audra, a man named Lloyd Gardner saves her life. Audra is smitten with the young Lloyd and the viewer can tell that Lloyd returns the look.

But there is something sinister going on around Stockton. Farmers are being harassed for protection money from bandits. The farmers have to pay protection money or face their farms burning to the ground. And it just happens that the arrival of the bandits happened just about the same time as Lloyd made an appearance on the scene.

It will not be long before the Barkley boys suspect the worse. But Audra will be harder to convince when she goes out to see Lloyd to make sure about all the talk. The ride Audra makes may be her last ride of the show.

Linda Evans is a looker in this episode with her flawless features and beautiful looks. However even with the good eye-candy plus the fine acting from the guest cast- this show was slow in developing. The plot was known real early in the show and the rest of the time was getting us viewers to the final scenes. But with that said it still was a good watch for viewers.

PS- One nice thing is to see Buck Taylor before he joined the cast of 'Gunsmoke' as Newly.