The Virginian - Season 4 Episode 2 Day of the Scorpion
An Australian, Adam Tercell (John Anderson), has bought a local ranch and plans to graze sheep on open range, a strategy which would destroy it as grazing land for cattle, so the locals want to negotiate an area set aside for sheep. However, Tercell's bullying son, Abel (Jon Locke), refuses and even stockwhips a local rancher (Edward Faulkner) which brings him into conflict with the Virginian. Abel tries to bullwhip the Virginian and falls and is accidentally killed when he hits his head on a rock. Adam Tercell arrives in Medicine Bow and tries to get the Virginian charged with murder but is unsuccessful and things become complicated when Tercell's daughter Reagen (Maura McGivney) begins to fall in love with the Virginian. Events continue to escalate and eventually lead to a fateful confrontation between Adam Tercell, his estranged daughter, and the local ranchers.
Year: 1971
Country: United States of America
Studio: NBC
Director:
Cast: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee Majors, Sara Lane
Crew: Herbert Hirschman (Producer), Roy Huggins (Producer), Leslie Stevens (Producer), Norman Macdonnell (Producer), Glen A. Larson (Producer)
First Air Date: Sep 19, 1962
Last Air date: Mar 24, 1971
Season: 9 Season
Episode: 249 Episode
Runtime: 90 minutes
IMDb: 6.40/10 by 28.00 users
Popularity: 121.254
Language: English
Keyword : ranch, 19th century
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Day of the Scorpion
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The Claim
The Awakening
Ring of Silence
Jennifer
Nobility of Kings
Show Me a Hero
Beyond the Border
The Dream of Stavros Karas
The Laramie Road
The Horse Fighter
Letter of the Law
Blaze of Glory
Nobody Said Hello
Men with Guns
Long Ride to Wind River
Chaff in the Wind
The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All
Morgan Starr
Harvest of Strangers
Ride a Cock-Horse to Laramie Cross
One Spring Like Long Ago
The Return of Golden Tom
The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind
That Saunders Woman
No Drums, No Trumpets
A Bald-Faced Boy
The Mark of a Man