Classic True West Action! Jim Davis! John Dehner as HENRY PLUMMER, OUTLAW! Emmy Winning TV Series! скачать в хорошем качестве

Classic True West Action! Jim Davis! John Dehner as HENRY PLUMMER, OUTLAW! Emmy Winning TV Series!

The Emmy winning western STORIES OF THE CENTURIES was an early syndicated series that presented a different legendary outlaw every week. In 1955, it became the first western TV series to win an Emmy as Best Western or Adventure series. Many years later, the series lead, Jim Davis, was Emmy nominated for DALLAS in 1981. In STORIES OF THE CENTURY Jim Davis heads the cast as “Matt Clark, Railroad Detective.” That’s how he was billed at the top of each show. Matt Clark. Jim Davis’ name didn’t even appear until the closing credits. Bad agent! The 6’ 3” actor was terrific and looked cool in his always dusty clothes. Watching these now, it’s interesting to see the small, rolled cuff on his jeans. A very contemporary touch. The James Gang. The Daltons. Billy the Kid. John Wesley Hardin and other big names in the history of the outlaw west were featured each week. These villains were often cast with performers that were to become big names in entertainment. Lee Van Cleef, Fess Parker, Angie Dickinson and Slim Pickens are just a few who had early roles in the series. Sometimes, little known outlaws were given the STORIES OF THE CENTURY treatment. A criminal like “Henry Plummer,” purportedly responsible for over 100 deaths, is one of those outlaws. Actor John Dehner is cast as Plummer. I’ve always thought that Dehner was one of the best, and most underappreciated, actors in Hollywood. He portrays Henry Plummer in this episode, from May 1954. Also in this episode is Mary Castle, Lane Bradford, Kristine Miller and Mike Ragan. Dehner never seemed to stop working because he could believably do both good guys and bad. Lots of villains over the years, but he was Pat Garrett to Paul Newman’s Billy the Kid in THE LEFT-HANDED GUN and was Doris Days’ comic foil on THE DORIS DAY SHOW. Dehner was not only a commanding presence on screen, but he possessed a voice that could be heard as a regular member of GUNSMOKE’S radio’s stock company. And he starred as Paladin in radio’s HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL and as THE FRONTIER GENTLEMAN another radio series. In 1955, John Dehner turned down the role of Matt Dillon when the GUNSMOKE radio series went to television because he didn’t want to get typecast, even though he continued to guest star on most every western series of the fifties, sixties and seventies. Even before becoming an actor, Dehner was in show business. Behind the camera, he was an assistant animator for Disney working on such classics as FANTASIA and BAMBI. Action specialist William Witney directed many of these STORIES OF THE CENTURY episodes. He helmed this “Henry Plummer” episode, teamed again with cinematographer, Bud Thackery. There’s a lot to like in this western series. So, get ready to enjoy an Emmy winning classic and the story of outlaw Henry Plummer.