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Johnny Ringo
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Johnny Ringo

1959
Johnny Ringo
Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo

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Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklin Leslie.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP38  Cave-In (Last Broadcast episode)
Jun. 30,1960
Cave-In (Last Broadcast episode)

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EP37  Lobo Lawman (Last filmed episode)
Jun. 23,1960
Lobo Lawman (Last filmed episode)

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EP36  Reputation For Murder
Jun. 16,1960
Reputation For Murder

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EP35  Killer, Choose A Card
Jun. 09,1960
Killer, Choose A Card

Mamie Murphy, Broken Wagon's hard-bitten saloon-keeper, is accused of murder. She telegraphs Johnny Ringo to save her.

EP34  Shoot The Moon
Jun. 02,1960
Shoot The Moon

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EP33  The Derelict
May. 26,1960
The Derelict

The town bank refuses to lend Wes Tymon money to provide medical attention for his wife. When Mrs. Tymon dies, Wes goes gunning for the town banker.

EP32  The Stranger
May. 19,1960
The Stranger

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EP31  Single Debt
May. 12,1960
Single Debt

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EP30  Soft Cargo
May. 05,1960
Soft Cargo

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EP29  The Killing Bug
Apr. 28,1960
The Killing Bug

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EP28  Judgement Day
Apr. 14,1960
Judgement Day

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EP27  Black Harvest
Apr. 07,1960
Black Harvest

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EP26  The Vindicator
Mar. 31,1960
The Vindicator

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EP25  The Gunslinger
Mar. 24,1960
The Gunslinger

Two brothers are out to kill Ringo and avenge a third brother who was killed by Johnny in a gunfight.

EP24  Border Town
Mar. 17,1960
Border Town

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EP23  Uncertain Vengeance
Mar. 10,1960
Uncertain Vengeance

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EP22  The Raffertys
Mar. 03,1960
The Raffertys

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EP21  The Reno Brothers
Feb. 25,1960
The Reno Brothers

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EP20  The Assassins
Feb. 18,1960
The Assassins

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EP19  Mrs. Ringo
Feb. 11,1960
Mrs. Ringo

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EP18  The Liars
Feb. 04,1960
The Liars

Posing as a condemned killer, Johnny Ringo is locked up with four other men in death row. Ringo's job is to determine which of the four is innocent.

EP17  Four Came Quietly
Jan. 28,1960
Four Came Quietly

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EP16  Die Twice
Jan. 20,1960
Die Twice

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EP15  Poster Incident
Jan. 14,1960
Poster Incident

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EP14  East Is East
Jan. 07,1960
East Is East

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EP13  Bound Boy
Dec. 31,1959
Bound Boy

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EP12  Kid With A Gun
Dec. 24,1959
Kid With A Gun

A little girl comes into Cason's general store to buy a gun. The child says her father has been murdered and she's going to find his killer.

EP11  Love Affair
Dec. 17,1959
Love Affair

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EP10  The Cat
Dec. 03,1959
The Cat

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EP9  The Rain Man
Nov. 26,1959
The Rain Man

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EP8  Dead Wait
Nov. 19,1959
Dead Wait

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EP7  Ghost Coach
Nov. 12,1959
Ghost Coach

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EP6  The Posse
Nov. 05,1959
The Posse

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EP5  The Hunters
Oct. 29,1959
The Hunters

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EP4  A Killing For Cully
Oct. 22,1959
A Killing For Cully

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EP3  The Accused
Oct. 15,1959
The Accused

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EP2  Cully
Oct. 08,1959
Cully

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EP1  The Arrival
Oct. 01,1959
The Arrival

Ringo tires of his life as a gunfighter and becomes Sheriff of a lawless Arizona town known as Velardi. He hires the town drunk as deputy, who repays Ringo's faith in him when the chips are down.

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Released: 1959-10-02 | Released Producted By: Four Stars Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklin Leslie.

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Reviews

Denny Dederick WARNING:Big Spoilers! When I began watching the first episode of Johnny Ringo I expected very little in the way of it being anything noteworthy among the dozens of then current TV westerns. And it did start off pretty ho hum, but I was surprised to find myself really liking the characters of the show, and looking forward to the following episode. Don Durant who stars as Johnny Ringo definitely has a strong and likable presence, and commands respect when the story calls for it. He doesn't underplay and he's not over the top like some western actors can be. The second episode was much better and really drew me into the show as a young Mark Goddard, of Lost in Space fame 6 years later, was introduced as Johnny's new deputy for the remainder of the show. He first clashes with Johnny when a shady manager promotes him as "The World's Fastest Gunfighter" in a stage show. Goddard adds his personal flare to the show and now & then exhibits some very trick gun play. I wondered if the show would maintain it's strong depth to the stories and excellent character portrayals, and after watching a dozen episodes I wasn't disappointed. Like some other shows at that time Ringo took advantage of the many soon to be well known actors and actresses available then. You'll see a familiar face in just about every episode. I just saw an episode titled Uncertain Vengeance with a very young Stella Stevens looking extremely beautiful. One thing that shocked and baffled me was the sudden murder of "Case Thomas" played by Terence DE Marney, Johnny's best friend in town beside his deputy Cully. Johnny helped reform him from the town drunk to his temporary deputy in the first episode. After Goddard/Cully takes the deputy job Case becomes owner of the general store with his lovely daughter Laura played by Karen Sharpe, who is also Johnny's girlfriend. That adds the romance factor to the show, and of course when someone in the show is exceptionally concerned about Johnny's welfare you tend to feel more that way yourself than you would have otherwise. It also made for some interesting episodes like when Johnny's "wife" suddenly appears. With Johnny and his deputy Cully, Case Thomas and Laura Thomas, all together in every episode it gave a really nice cast to become familiar with and enjoy every week. But then very abruptly two thirds into the season Case is shot and killed by a young man robbing his store and in the end Johnny finds a note from Laura saying she's left town and doesn't know when she'll be back. And she never does come back. So in that one episode we lose half of the show's beloved characters. A huge mistake on the producers end. It's no wonder ratings quickly fell and it was replaced the next season. One of the biggest blunders I've ever seen in scripting a show.
A_Different_Drummer Lets be upfront, rated 5 out of 10 because in an age when westerns were a dime a dozen, and you are competing for eyeballs with the likes of Steven McQueen and Richard Boone, this product was nothing more and nothing less than average. In those days (boy do I sound old) every western had a gimmick (except perhaps Gunsmoke, where the gimmick was that there was no gimmick, just tedious dialog.) Boone had his hidden derringer, McQueen had his saw-off with trick holster, Hugh Obrien had his Buntline, etc) here the character had really odd pistol which carried an extra shell. (Trivia note -- the writers based this on a real gun designed in France. Where else?) Invariably, just as Wyatt Earp would end up in a gunfight where the bad guy was too far away to fire back, and Palladin would end up fining his derringer when the bad guy looked the other way, Ringo would face an enemy who believed he was out of ammo (counting shots in a 50s western? wow) and surprise the rogue. The real story however is that this series was part of a "package" that a young producer named Aaron Spelling sold to TV, part of a set of three as I recall. He made them on the cheap (the star of Ringo had to sing his own theme song) and he essentially started a dynasty. So if you are in Business School, the rating is a 10.
classicsoncall 'Johnny Ringo' premiered on the CBS television network on October 1st, 1959, and interestingly, it's star Don Durant appeared a week earlier in the final episode of 'Trackdown', in which he and DeForest Kelley portrayed a pair of brothers who's mother was going senile. Both of these shows, 'Trackdown' and 'Johnny Ringo', I used to watch regularly as a kid and it's been a treat to watch the entire Ringo series again over the past few weeks.The origin show of the series introduced Johnny Ringo, a noted gunslinger who arrived in Velardi, Arizona attempting to live down his past. After accepting the town's offer to become sheriff at two hundred dollars per month, French gunsmith LeMat fashioned a newly designed handgun for Johnny consisting of a standard six round .45 caliber cartridge with a separate barrel for a .410 shotgun shell. Having fired a .410 I can say that it doesn't have the kind of firepower Ringo's gun seemed to have, which sounded like a cannon when it went off. My recollection of the show from it's single season on air was that there were quite a few stories where Johnny's seventh shot came into play, but that wasn't really the case as I completed the series today, maybe a half dozen all told.The show had a number of regulars, including Terence de Marney as Case Thomas, an alcoholic Johnny befriended in the first episode who turned into a respectable citizen and general merchandise shop owner afterwards. Case had a daughter Laura portrayed by Karen Sharpe who became Johnny's romantic interest for the first two thirds of the series. Miss Thomas seemed to be more interested in Johnny than vice versa, and I don't recall now if they ever even shared an on screen kiss. Both characters were written out of the show with Episode #24 'Border Town' when Case was killed by a gunman robbing his store and Laura left town because of his murder. Apparently, Ms. Sharpe and series creator Aaron Spelling had a difference of opinion on how her character was to be portrayed. No mention of the Thomases was made for the rest of the series run.Johnny had a deputy named Cully, introduced in the second episode as Kid Adonis, a carnival trick shot artist and son of a man Johnny killed years earlier. His real name was William Charles Jr., and after working out their issues over the senior Charles death, Cully became a loyal deputy. He was portrayed by Mark Hammond, who's looks remind me a lot of Michael Landon and another TV show deputy, Peter Brown of 'Lawman'. Hammond almost always wore a black shirt and didn't figure very prominently in any of the stories considering how he might have been a significant threat to Johnny starting out.As with all TV Westerns, a recognizable list of character actors used to show up as guest stars, including Richard Devon, Elisha Cook Jr., Dean Stanton, Royal Dano, John Carradine, Alan Hale and Warren Oates. Occasionally some bigger names appeared like James Coburn in the first episode, Lon Chaney, Burt Reynolds, and Martin Landau. Buddy Ebsen and Wayne Rogers both appeared in Episode #29 'The Killing Bug', and I was surprised to see Diane Cannon in the following week's show, 'Soft Cargo'.If I had to pick a favorite story, it would probably be 'Killer, Choose a Card', in which Lurene Tuttle plays a raucous saloon owner from Broken Wagon who's been arrested for murder and calls for old friend Johnny to save her from being hanged. The story goes way over the top in sheer audacity when Mamie Murphy (Tuttle) fakes a suicide, and returns as a ghost to trap the real killer. I'm thinking maybe this is a strategy O.J. Simpson could try.'Johnny Ringo' lasted only one season on CBS, but it lives on in my memory as one of my favorites. On top of that, a highlight for me back in 1960 (I would have been nine years old) was when my Mom and Dad took me to a local movie theater where Don Durant appeared in person. Up till then, that was probably the high spot of my young life. I only recall seeing him on stage from a distance but that was good enough for me. Having just completed watching the entire series in order, that Johnny Ringo tune now keeps running through my head, compliments of Don Durant, the only TV Western cowboy to write the words and music to his own theme song.One final trivia note: Just as Don Durant appeared in the final episode of 'Trackdown' starring Robert Culp as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman, Culp returned the favor by appearing in the finale of 'Johnny Ringo' in a show titled 'Cave-In'.
revdrcac This western series was short-lived ,but was well-produced by the great Aaron Spelling. Don Diamond was well cast and brought a commanding presence to the role of the reformed shootist.The episodes I have seen were fast-paced and fairly realistic when compared to other shows of the era. Unfortunately, the airwaves were filled with cowpoke drama at the time and this interesting show quickly rode off into the sunset.In many ways, this show compares favorably with Wanted:Dead or Alive , which made a star of Steve McQueen. Don Diamond was not so fortunate.Some episodes are available on DVD, check them out.... Not half bad !

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