Episodes (28)

The Royce Bennett Story
S01E01 · The Royce Bennett Story

Sep 20, 1962

Mitch and Andy are concerned about the erratic behavior of their fellow rodeo rider Royce Bennett. Unbeknownst to them, Royce is harboring a deadly secret, one that gravely affects him, his wife and his little boy.

A Guy for Clementine
S01E02 · A Guy for Clementine

Sep 27, 1962

Clementine, the estranged daughter of broken-down rodeo hand Barney Hamlin, shows up and invites her father to her wedding, which results in a fiery family reunion with ex-wife Sabina. Mitch and Andy aid and abet best they can from the sidelines of the unfolding family drama.

Journey Down a Dusty Road
S01E03 · Journey Down a Dusty Road

Oct 04, 1962

Mitch Guthrie learns a hard lesson in loyalty and sacrifice when he hitches a ride in a broken-down old pickup truck with a three-generation family of migrant farm workers.

Who Killed Edde Gannon?
S01E04 · Who Killed Edde Gannon?

Oct 11, 1962

Mitch Guthrie's Korean War unit reunites for the dedication of a monument to their fallen comrade Eddie Gannon. The reunion quickly devolves into a series of painful recollections of the night Eddie died. A compelling character study.

What Are Friends For?
S01E05 · What Are Friends For?

Oct 18, 1962

Mitch agrees to testify in a hearing as a favor to ex-rodeo hand Barney, who is now a small town sheriff. But the town's power brokers have bigger plans, plotting to use Mitch as a pawn and a patsy in their political campaign.

Straitjacket for an Indian
S01E06 · Straitjacket for an Indian

Oct 25, 1962

The best laid plans of Mitch Guthrie go awry when he asks his Indian friend Bullriver to drive twenty wild broncs from the Indian reservation to the rodeo arena two states away.

Our Ernie Kills People
S01E07 · Our Ernie Kills People

Nov 01, 1962

Andy is savagely beaten with a lug wrench by Ernie Stannard, the sixteen-year-old son of wealthy, doting parents. Is the boy a pathological criminal or a victim of society? Will justice or his parents' pull in the community prevail?

A Devil in the Chute
S01E08 · A Devil in the Chute

Nov 08, 1962

En route to a rodeo, Mitch and Andy pick up an ex-con with a chip on his shoulder and a longstanding score to settle.

The Girl in the Sunshine Smile
S01E09 · The Girl in the Sunshine Smile

Nov 15, 1962

Andy falls hard for a carnival dancer, much to Mitch's displeasure. This leads to friction between the brothers, and causes Andy to feel the need to prove his independence by signing up to ride a bull in the rodeo.

Tears on a Painted Face
S01E10 · Tears on a Painted Face

Nov 29, 1962

A veteran rodeo clown is noticeably slowing down due to arthritis, leading to an injury when a bull knocks him over. Everyone is encouraging him to retire, but he refuses because he wants to continue to make money to support his spendthrift son.

The Bravest Man in the World
S01E11 · The Bravest Man in the World

Dec 06, 1962

Andy is impressed by the stories Warren Price tells him about all of his exploits, which have even been put into a book. But Mitch is highly skeptical of Price's claims and suspects that they are all made up.

Good Old Uncle Walt
S01E12 · Good Old Uncle Walt

Dec 13, 1962

Mitch and Andy cross paths with their Uncle Walt, a curmudgeonly old con man running rigged shell games and selling shares in a phony uranium mine. Can a kindly widow's back rubs and oatmeal rehabilitate the reprobate grifter?

My Candle Burns at Both Ends
S01E13 · My Candle Burns at Both Ends

Dec 20, 1962

Both Mitch and Andy fall for the same young woman, but she falls more for Mitch, to Andy's disappointment. What neither brother knows is that her zest for life and adventure masks the fact that she is dying of leukemia.

Memory of a Filly
S01E14 · Memory of a Filly

Jan 03, 1963

Mitch and Andy escort their friend Slim's kid sister to her far backwoods home town. Not so easy, as the girl has a mind of her own and is the one who really turns out to be in control of the trip.

Step Over the Sky
S01E15 · Step Over the Sky

Jan 10, 1963

Mitch's old mentor and idol Johnny Prewitt is now aged, crippled, and embittered. His one goal in life is to capture and break the wild stallion that crippled him. Mitch tries to help him do so, even though finding the horse puts him in conflict with the man who now owns Johnny's old ranch.

A Cry from the Mountain
S01E16 · A Cry from the Mountain

Jan 17, 1963

After their plane crashes in a remote area, Andy must travel down a mountain to get help for a seriously injured Mitch.

Don't Cry for Johnny Devlin
S01E17 · Don't Cry for Johnny Devlin

Jan 24, 1963

Mitch is distraught with guilt after his bet with Johnny Devlin, a young rodeo rider from his home town, keeps escalating to higher stakes rides, eventually resulting in Johnny's death.

Speckle Bird
S01E18 · Speckle Bird

Jan 31, 1963

Wealthy rancher and one-time rodeo rider Lynn Horn has no sympathy or understanding of his sensitive son Gabriel's interest in drawing, and pushes him into doing something more manly. When Gabriel thus tries to ride a dangerous horse and is crippled in the attempt, Lynn blames the horse and plans to kill it.

The Man Who Ran Away
S01E19 · The Man Who Ran Away

Feb 07, 1963

Andy is accused of hit-and-run after a little girl identifies him in a lineup as the one who hit her, but he insists that he is innocent, and Mitch tries to prove it.

Whose Hand at My Throat?
S01E20 · Whose Hand at My Throat?

Feb 14, 1963

A brilliant surgeon who fled Hungary for America finds it too difficult and time-consuming to obtain a license to practice here, so he has been working as a veterinarian instead. But he can't resist giving his medical opinion to people, which causes friction with the local doctor.

The Judas Goat
S01E21 · The Judas Goat

Feb 21, 1963

A friend of Mitch, a popular country singer, is suggested by his wife as the ideal gubernatorial candidate whom a newspaper editor is looking for to defeat the crooked incumbent. But after he gets into the race and ahead in the polls, the honest candidate finds himself having to deal with the less than scrupulous methods of those on his own side.

To Cindy, with Love
S01E22 · To Cindy, with Love

Feb 28, 1963

When young Cindy Hopkins' beloved horse breaks her leg, the vet tells her that she must be put down, but Cindy refuses to accept it. Another vet, an old friend of Mitch and Andy, thinks the horse can be saved, but is too unsure of himself to attempt it. Cindy is thus driven to desperate measures.

The Quest for Jacob Blaufus
S01E23 · The Quest for Jacob Blaufus

Mar 07, 1963

Mitch and Andy become involved in the dispute between an Amish farmer and his son. The son wants to read books on many subjects, such as dinosaurs and rockets, but his father strongly disapproves, believing it will lead his son away from their simple way of life.

Farewell to Margarita
S01E24 · Farewell to Margarita

Mar 21, 1963

Delirious after being hit by a car, Mitch rides a bus deep into Mexico, where he is taken in by a beautiful young Mexican woman. She tells him she works as a secretary, but he learns soon that this is for her elderly grandfather's benefit; she actually is a cabaret dancer who's boss is not about to let her go.

The Girl from Nob Hill
S01E25 · The Girl from Nob Hill

Mar 28, 1963

Mitch develops an attraction for a socialite who he first met when she picked him out on her scavenger hunt when she was looking for a cowboy, though Andy tries to warn him not to get involved with her.

Yanqui, Go Home!
S01E26 · Yanqui, Go Home!

Apr 04, 1963

Mitch and Andy pick up Carlos Rodriguez and his girlfriend and take them back to their hometown, where a charity rodeo is planned in which the young man hopes to earn some money so he can marry the girl. But Communists there are stirring up discontent with the Americans, and plan to use Carlos to bring it to a head and make Mitch into the town's symbolic pariah.

The Lucky Punch
S01E27 · The Lucky Punch

Apr 18, 1963

Mitch knocks out a man with a lucky punch in a barroom brawl, only to then learn that the man in Tom Kidwell, a contender for world heavyweight champion. The good-hearted Tom is totally forgiving about the incident, but his manager tells him that the upcoming match and his career are both finished unless he fights Mitch and wins---and only by a knockout.

The Care and Handling of Tigers
S01E28 · The Care and Handling of Tigers

Apr 25, 1963

While driving through a town Mitch and Andy almost hit a boy who is running away from his classmates. Soon they learn why: the boy is the son of the manager of the mill which the town depends on for its income. The manager is too risk-averse to reopen the mill after a shutdown of several weeks, and the anger of the townfolk has reached boiling point.

About

Wide Country Season 1 (1962) is released on Sep 20, 1962. Watch Wide Country online - the English Drama TV series from United States. Wide Country is directed by John Peyser,Don Weis,John Brahm,John Florea and created by Franklin Adreon with Earl Holliman and Andrew Prine.

As know as:

The Rope Riders, Wide Country, La route des rodéos, ロデオ(Japanese), Бескрайняя страна

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Bar-Bar-A Productions, Ralph Edwards Productions

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