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The Texan
One of the most entertaining westerns to explode into the small screen.
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The "TEXAN" dvd set I purchased plays superbly for such a old series from the 1950's. I believe there were 6 episodes missing from the entire series run. Rory Calhoun was the star playing Bill Longley, the real Bill Longley from history was not as nice or as smooth as Rory portrays here. The series was one of my favorites, too bad it did't last longer. If you like the series this dvd set is excellent, and the picture and sound is an 9 out of 10.
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Very good product. This is one of the better tv westerns of the 50's. The dvds themselves are of very good quality. One of the discs. skipped a bit but was not that bad. Considering how old this show is the overall quality is good. Don't expect any bonus features, which I would have liked. If you are a fan of this show, I would recommend this box set.
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I've watched / collected / still watching as they're being released all the old TV westerns and I would rate the Texan up there with the quality of Gunsmoke, Wanted Dead or Alive, Rawhide and Have Gun Will Travel as it's a tough adult western ( not one of those singing musical crappy ones of old ) He's a tough guy you wouldn't want to mess with at the same time has a brain and uses it cleverly, to add to the tough image the closing credits music is also heavy or could I use the word tough again?
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Finally finished viewing the entire 70 episode collection. Calhoun gives a good performance as the lead character throughout, and Timeless Media did an adequate job in assembling the collection. Wonderful theme music and atmospheric settings.
However, I was astonished at how badly the series deteriorated during the second season, and I cannot explain what the cause of the problem was. Somebody either gave up on maintaining the quality of the series and lost interest or the money supply dried up. This is hard to understand, as Desilu helped to co-produce the series, and usually put out a quality product.
First off the second season was marred by by two endless storylines. The first involved a cattle drive, probably inspired by the popularity of Rawhide. Way too many fakey scenes filmed indoors on phony horses, instead of realisitic on location shooting.
The second boring storyline took place at a railroad spur construction site. This seemed to go on for 5 or 6 episodes, and was a chore to sit through.
What really annoyed me about the second season was that many of the episodes are stuffed with stock footage from the first season. The last episode on the collection is virtually an entire reprint of an earlier episode with a few new scenes thrown in for good measure. Some of this nonsense is hilarious. In one of the episodes Longley in appointed deputy marshall and given a badge. As he races through the canyons tracking down some gunman, scenes from the first season are spliced into the episode. So in one scene Longley has a badge on his vest, in the next the badge vanishes, only to reappear in the next scene.
It is sad that the program disintegrated as badly as it did for the second season.
Give the first season an A, the second season a D.
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