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With every hoofbeat, history is made.
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
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The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
Cast, crew and production details
Doug McClureTrampas
James DruryThe "Virginian"
Lee J. CobbRichter Henry Garth
Lee MajorsRoy Tate
Roberta ShoreBetsy Garth
Sara LaneElizabeth Grainger
Randy BooneRandy Benton
Diane RoterJennifer Sommers
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Episode 1
Holly finds two cowboys who are looking for work. The younger hand Jim looks up to Ben as the only father he has ever known as the two roam around looking for a place to settle. Ben isn't ready to settle down but Jim may have found a home.
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 2
During a cattle drive, a rattler startles the Virginian's horse while he is chasing a stray, and he is thrown and hits his head on a rock causing temperary blindness. As he wanders in the darkness, he stumbles upon a young lady who lives with her father (James Whitmore)and brother, whom the Virginian had just fired. The daughter wants to help the Virginian though the men protest. The two men tell her that they are returning the blind man to his friends but actually plan to kill him. After leaving the house, the Virginian somehow manages to escape and makes it back to the house where he wanders into the corral and is nearly trampled by the horses until Trampas and Jim Horn rescues him from the corral and the two men.
Guest stars James Whitmore, Berkeley Harris
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 3
In Arizona Trampas is forced to work as foreman on a ranch staffed by men on probation from prison. The locals want them removed and the US Marshal in charge of the area is less than enthusiastic about them being there as well.
Guest stars William Windom, John Dehner, Susan Howard, Del Monroe, Len Wayland, Larry J. Blake, Chuck Courtney
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 4
After the territorial representative resigns, Clay is drafted to run against a local man. Clay soon learns the dirty side of politics, including being lied to about who drafted him. He runs an honest contest, but will the other side?
Guest stars Jeanette Nolan, Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine, Dana Elcar, Jonathan Goldsmith, John McLiam, Dick Cherney
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 5
Jim becomes farmhand, midwife and friend to a pregnant teenager whose husband is on the lam from the law. Anna: Darlene Carr. Obie: Frank Webb. Jim: Tim Matheson. Rigby: John Pickard. Trampas: Doug McClure. Sheriff: Ross Elliott. Virginian: James Drury.
Directed by Joseph PevneyGuest stars Darleen Carr, John Pickard, Quinn K. Redeker
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 6
A runaway boy is found on Shiloh who won't talk. They wonder about his parents becoming gravely concerned when they discover he has been severely beaten. No one realizes how close his dad is as the orphanage manager wants him back.
Directed by Anton LeaderGuest stars Jeanette Nolan, Jan Shepard, Kay E. Kuter, John Harmon, Dee Carroll
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 7
The Virginian is attracted to Julie Oakes, an Eastern reporter whose mysteriously tragic past may doom their relationship. Glover: Fred Beir. Virginian: James Drury. Barton: George Murdock. Holly: Jeanette Nolan. Grainger: John McIntire.
Guest stars Jeanette Nolan, Diane Baker, George Murdock
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 8
Trampas leaves on vacation but his plans go astray when he is picked up by a bounty hunter for murdering a popular doctor. He has to contend with a hostile town, planted evidence, and a saloon girl who swears she saw him commit the murder.
Directed by Anton LeaderGuest stars Beverlee McKinsey, Don 'Red' Barry, Pat Priest
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 9
A story of alienation between a veteran Army officer and his son, a deserter. Toby: Michael Burns. Hamilton: Morgan Woodward. O'Rourke: Alan Hale. Grainger: John McIntire. Virginian: James Drury. Holly: Jeanette Nolan. Elizabeth: Sara Lane.
Directed by Anton Leader
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 10
An old lawman friend of The Virginian comes to Shiloh to see him and ask him to go on a hunting trip. However, he doesn't say the prey is two outlaws. Once The Virginian learns the truth, he decides to help but is surprised by the target.
Directed by Abner BibermanGuest stars John Anderson, Len Wayland
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 11
A pig tailed brat returns home from finishing school for a two week vacation as a beautiful woman catching Trampas' eyes again. They fall in love as she remembers the good times but her father wants her to return to school in the east.
Directed by Anton LeaderWritten by John DunkelGuest stars Jeanette Nolan, Michael Constantine, Belinda Montgomery, Charles Seel, Harry Swoger, Ann Morrison, Hank Worden
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 12
An emergency recalls The Virginian so he allows Jim Horn to go alone with $4000 to complete a purchase of horses. Everyone takes Jim for a wet behind the ears youngster including the woman and her partner who steal the money he carries.
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 13
A white woman and her son are forced to leave the Shoshone reservation when her Shoshone husband dies. She is found sick on Shiloh. Unknown to everyone her white husband and now engaged daughter live in Medicine Bow thinking she is dead.
Directed by Abner BibermanGuest stars Charles Brewer
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 14
Trampas decides to track down where Cobey Jade obtained a silver watch that belonged to a friend. While with Jade who lives in an abandoned mining town, they are taken captive by a band of roving outlaws who believes Jade found gold there.
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 15
The accent is on comedy as a proper Southern woman, aided by Trampas and old Luther, goes after robbers who took her dowry. Luther: Strother Martin. Trampas: Doug McClure. Baxter: Noah Beery. Kendrick: Anthony Eisley.
Directed by Joseph PevneyGuest stars Strother Martin, Elizabeth Hubbard, Noah Beery Jr., Anthony Eisley, John Daheim, Richard Devon, Robert Foulk
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 16
The Virginian helps the widow of a local businessman prove her innocence when first her husband is killed in a fire followed by his right hand man who names her as he dies. She has a history of mental illness after her first husband died.
Written by Bethel LeslieGuest stars Michael Conrad, Hal Taggart, Joan Crawford, Warren J. Kemmerling
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 17
An eastern combine wants to take over the Wyoming cattle market with Shiloh in the middle of their sights. A burned Shiloh and delayed cattle drive leads to a loss on the sale of cattle resulting in all the Shiloh hands being laid off.
Directed by Jeannot SzwarcGuest stars Anthony Franciosa, Jeanette Nolan, Harold J. Stone, Ron Nyman
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 18
On a train to Cheyenne, Grainger, Elizabeth and Jim become involved in a fellow traveler's efforts to escape a vengeful family. Jed: Dennis Weaver. Lotte: Charlotte Stewart. Neeley: John Larch. Grainger: John McIntire. Elizabeth: Sara Lane. Jim: Tim Matheson. Evangeline: Barbara Werle.
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 19
The Graingers are taken hostage by two brothers and their sister to get access to a friend of Clay who is a Judge running for the legislature. They blame him for killing their father and stealing their family farm for a railroad.
Guest stars Ross Elliott, Jeanette Nolan, Virginia Gregg, Joseph Cotten, Shelly Novack
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 20
The drama of a fugitive caught between his Kiowa heritage and the demands of the white world. John: Charles Robinson. Virginian: James Drury. Jim: Tim Matheson. Trampas: Doug McClure. William T. Webb: Charles Aidman. Ned Cochran: Henry Jones. Cully: David Sheiner.
Guest stars Henry Jones, Charles Aidman, Charles Robinson, David Sheiner, Barney Phillips
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 21
Clay Grainger is kidnapped and held for ransom by a gang hired by an Englishman (Patrick Macnee)who has posed as a friend of the Graingers. However, his true intentions are later revealed by his wife (Jackie DeShannon) but not before the Virginian follows the kidnappers - after the ransom drop-off - captures them, and convinces them to tell him where Grainger is stashed.
Guest stars Patrick Macnee, Jeanette Nolan, Don Knight, Ann Doran
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 22
The Virginian and Shiloh money are rescued by a lone man who he rewards with a job at Shiloh. He rubs the other men the wrong way, works hard, but is obviously a gunman. Clay Grainger soon realizes who he is but won't let him be fired.
Directed by Walter Doniger
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode 23
Poor Harve Yost turns into rich Harve when he finds a dying man with a saddle bag full of money and gets a $10000 reward. Never a man to manage money or time The Virginian advises him to buy a ranch but Harve tries to rival Shiloh
Directed by Anton LeaderGuest stars Jack Elam, Kenneth Tobey, Russell Thorson
Where to watch The VirginianEpisode information updated Jul 22, 2026
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