S2.E6

Denver McKee

Name: Denver McKee
Genre: Western
Released: 1960-10-15
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts

Episode aired Oct 15, 1960
TV-GTV-G
1h

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

154

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Western

Ranchers are being killed, cattle stolen, and even after former U.S. Deputy Marshal Denver McKee sends posses after the suspects, they are never found. Meanwhile, McKee suspiciously has plen... Read allRanchers are being killed, cattle stolen, and even after former U.S. Deputy Marshal Denver McKee sends posses after the suspects, they are never found. Meanwhile, McKee suspiciously has plenty of money to take care of his daughter and her schooling back East.Ranchers are being killed, cattle stolen, and even after former U.S. Deputy Marshal Denver McKee sends posses after the suspects, they are never found. Meanwhile, McKee suspiciously has plenty of money to take care of his daughter and her schooling back East.

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

154

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jacques Tourneur
Writers
- Fred Freiberger
- Steve McNeil
- David Dortort(uncredited)
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Lorne Greene and Ken Mayer in Bonanza (1959)

Bob Barker, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts, and Natalie Trundy in Bonanza (1959)

Michael Landon and Natalie Trundy in Bonanza (1959)

Michael Landon, Franchot Tone, and Natalie Trundy in Bonanza (1959)

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Trivia
Copyright has expired and is now in the public domain.

Quotes
Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright: You know what I think?
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: Couldn't be much - it takes brains to think.

Connections
Featured in A Celebration of Bob Barker's 50 Years in Television (2007)

Soundtracks
Bonanza
(Theme Song)
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

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Featured review

8/10

The Bitterness of Old Age

Like so many stars from the Thirties when work on the big screen dried up for them, Franchot Tone turned to the stage and the small screen. He was still a big enough name to command guest star billing. In the Bonanza episode Denver McKee he plays a retired sheriff who finds that he can't live on what he's saved and on plaques and compliments. He recruits a gang that starts preying on the good citizens in and around Virginia City.

Which brings the Cartwrights into the act. One of them, Michael Landon, has an additional interest, Tone's pretty daughter Natalie Trundy who's returned from the east from a finishing school paid for by the outlaw's stolen loot.

Tone's gives a fine performance of a bitter old man who thinks life has passed him by. A bit of a harbinger for what Randolph Scott did in Ride The High Country although Tone gets no chance at redemption.

One of Bonanza's best from the early years.

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