Cade's County 

The adventures of Sam Cade, sheriff of rural Madrid County.

Creators:

Rick Husky, Anthony Wilson

Stars:

Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Taylor Lacher

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Glenn Ford	...	Sam Cade 24 episodes, 1971-1972
Edgar Buchanan	...	J.J. Jackson / ... 24 episodes, 1971-1972
Taylor Lacher	...	Arlo Pritchard 24 episodes, 1971-1972
Victor Campos	...	Rudy Davillo 22 episodes, 1971-1972
Peter Ford	...	Pete / ... 19 episodes, 1971-1972
Betty Ann Carr	...	Betty Ann Sundown / ... 15 episodes, 1971-1972

Storyline

Sam Cade is the tough but sensitive sheriff of sprawling Madrid County located somewhere in the American Southwest. Between chases and shootouts, episodes deal with a number of relevant '70s issues such as the plight of the American Indian.

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Plot Keywords:

sheriff | punctuation in title | apostrophe in title | police | small town | 

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Taglines:

Glenn Ford as Sam Cade, A Sheriff in the New West. With Edgar Buchanan as His Deputy.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Did You Know?

Alternate Versions

Two episodes released to television as film entitled "Marshal From Madrid."

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Connections

Referenced in This Is Your Life: Glenn Ford (1973)

User Reviews

It Should Have Been Given A Better Chance

Cade's County was one of two television series that Glenn Ford tried after his time as a big movie name was up and he knew it. The man was smart and transitioned gracefully into middle age. Westerns are a great medium for older stars to transition in. And Ford had appeared in some of the best westerns ever made.

The show was set in fictional Madrid County in Arizona. If Sam Cade and his deputies seem to cover a large bit of territory, take a good look at a map of Arizona with the county lines printed. There are about a dozen counties and some of them are larger than many of our New England states. The show had no big metropolitan areas like Phoenix, Tucson, or Yuma in it, it was strictly a rural affair.

The show lasted only one season despite good critical reception, not great and decent ratings. CBS pulled the plug on it because right at that time it was going on an anti-violence kick along with the other two networks.

I think one of the things that could have saved it was if they had developed more of the personal lives of the sheriff's office of Madrid County. The show had the potential to be like In The Heat Of The Night set in the Southwest. Ford and his deputies which included, Victor Mohica, Taylor Lacher, Edgar Buchanan, and his son Peter Ford were never really seen too much as three dimensional characters. We knew Ford's father had also served as Madrid County Sheriff and was killed in the line of duty and Edgar Buchanan had served with him. That's all I can remember.

Ford and Edgar Buchanan had a long standing friendship from their first film together, Texas back in 1941. It was only fitting that Ford find a place for Buchanan who had recently left the canceled Petticoat Junction when CBS went on an anti-rural kick. Ford and Buchanan were in about a dozen films together.

Cade's County should have been given a much better chance to succeed from CBS.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 1971 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cade's County

Filming Locations:

Wildwood Regional Park, Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, David Gerber Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (24 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1