Tombstone Territory

Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The first season was sponsored by Bristol-Myers (consumer products) and the second season by Lipton (tea/soup) and Philip Morris (Marlboro cigarettes). The third and final season aired in syndication from 1959 until 1960. The program was produced by Ziv Television.

Tombstone Territory
Pat Conway as Clay Hollister, 1958.
Genre	Western
Starring	Pat Conway Richard Eastham
Narrated by	Richard Eastham
Theme music composer	William M. Backer
Opening theme	"Whistle Me Up a Memory" performed by Jimmy Blaine
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	91
Production
Executive producer(s)	Frederick W. Ziv
Producer(s)	Frank Pittman Andy White
Cinematography	Monroe P. Askins Curt Fetters Robert Hoffman
Editor(s)	W. Duncan Mansfield Joseph Silver
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Ziv Television Programs
Distributor	MGM Television Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	ABC (1957-1959) Syndication (1959-1960)
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 16, 1957 (1957-10-16) – July 8, 1960 (1960-07-08)

Series background

This program took place in the boom town of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, one of the Old West's most notorious towns and the site of the shootout known as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Located south of Tucson, Tombstone was then known by the sobriquet "the town too tough to die." The program's theme song, "Whistle Me Up a Memory," was written by William M. Backer and performed by Jimmy Blaine.[1]

The series did not deal with real characters in the history of Tombstone in the 1880s, such as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, or the Clanton Gang. It was about fictional characters in the American Southwest. The first episode opens, according to the Narrator, on August 4, 1881. Conway played Sheriff Clay Hollister. Eastham, the only other actor besides Conway to appear in all the episodes, played Harris Claibourne, editor of The Tombstone Epitaph (an actual newspaper that still exists in limited form). Eastham, originally a singer in opera and on Broadway, also narrated the series in a deep baritone voice,[2] describing each episode as an actual report from the newspaper's archives.

The Ziv TV series aired on Wednesdays on ABC in the 1957-1958 season opposite Robert Young's sitcom Father Knows Best, then broadcast on NBC. It was returned to the ABC schedule for 12 new episodes on March 13, 1959, followed by summer rebroadcasts. It replaced the first season of Charles Bronson's Man with a Camera on Friday evenings at the 9:00 Eastern time slot, preceding the popular detective series 77 Sunset Strip. After the network run, Tombstone Territory was placed in syndication and ran mostly outside prime time in selected markets until it ceased production. Conway and Eastham appeared in all 91 episodes.[2]

The ending credits indicate that "This series is produced with the full cooperation of Clayton A. Smith, Editor of the The Tombstone Epitaph and D'Estell Iszard, Historian".[3]

Cast

• Pat Conway as Sheriff Clay Hollister
• Richard Eastham as Harris Clayton Claibourne, editor

Recurring

• Robert Foulk appeared in 1957 and 1958 as Curly Bill Brocius in three episodes, "Gunslinger from Galeville", "Ride Out at Noon", and "Skeleton Canyon Massacre".[4]
• Quintin Sondergaard was cast as Quint in 11 episodes of the two later seasons.
• Gilman Rankin starred as Deputy Charlie Riggs in seven episodes.
• Dennis Moore appeared as "Deputy" in five segments.
• Robert J. Wilke, John Doucette, and Warren Oates all appeared three times, as Burt Foster, Apache Chief Geronimo, and Bob Pickett, respectively, as well as occasional other roles.

Guest stars

John Anderson James Best Peter Breck Diane Brewster Harry Carey Jr. John Carradine Anthony Caruso Lon Chaney Jr. James Coburn Russ Conway Elisha Cook Jr. Don Devlin Angie Dickinson Andrew Duggan Jack Elam Margaret Field Constance Ford Bruce Gordon Leo Gordon Dabbs Greer Virginia Gregg Ron Hagerthy Alan Hale Jr. Ron Hayes Myron Healey Douglas Kennedy Brett King Wright King

Michael Landon Keith Larsen Patrick McVey Tyler McVey Joyce Meadows Gerald Mohr Ed Nelson Leonard Nimoy Kathleen Nolan Larry Pennell Mala Powers Andrew Prine Denver Pyle - appeared in “Crime Epidemic” as Will Gunther Mike Ragan Rhodes Reason Paul Richards Pernell Roberts Bing Russell Fay Spain Guy Stockwell Liam Sullivan Ralph Taeger Kent Taylor Regis Toomey Lee Van Cleef John Vivyan Tony Young

Episode list

Season 1 (1957–58)

Nº	Ep	Title	Director	Writer	Air date
1	1	"Gunslinger from Galeyville"	Eddie Davis	Teleplay by: Andy White Story by: Frank Pittman and Andy White	October 16, 1957 (1957-10-16)
2	2	"Reward for a Gunslinger"	Leon Benson	Stuart Jerome	October 23, 1957 (1957-10-23)
3	3	"Ride Out at Noon"	Leon Benson	Clark E. Reynolds and Martin Berkeley	October 30, 1957 (1957-10-30)
4	4	"Revenge Town"	Eddie Davis	Steve Fisher	November 6, 1957 (1957-11-06)
5	5	"A Bullet for an Editor"	Walter Doniger	Leo Gordon	November 13, 1957 (1957-11-13)
6	6	"Killer Without a Conscience"	Walter Doniger	William Tunberg	November 20, 1957 (1957-11-20)
7	7	"Guns of Silver"	Eddie Davis	Fred Freiberger	November 27, 1957 (1957-11-27)
8	8	"Desert Survival"	Eddie Davis	Gene Levitt	December 4, 1957 (1957-12-04)
9	9	"Apache Vendetta"	Walter Doniger	Andy White	December 11, 1957 (1957-12-11)
10	10	"Ambush at Gila Gulch"	Leon Benson	William Tunberg	December 18, 1957 (1957-12-18)
11	11	"Sermons and Six Guns"	Walter Doniger	Laurence Heath	December 25, 1957 (1957-12-25)
12	12	"The Youngest Gun"	Leon Benson	Harold Shumate	January 1, 1958 (1958-01-01)
13	13	"Shoot Out at Dark"	Eddie Davis	Martin Berkeley and Clark E. Reynolds	January 8, 1958 (1958-01-08)
14	14	"The Rebels' Last Charge"	Eddie Davis	Steve Fisher	January 15, 1958 (1958-01-15)
15	15	"Gun Fever"	Eddie Davis	Barney Slater	January 22, 1958 (1958-01-22)
16	16	"Mexican Bandito"	Ted Post	Paul Savage	January 29, 1958 (1958-01-29)
17	17	"Tong War"	Eddie Davis	Leo Gordon	February 5, 1958 (1958-02-05)
18	18	"Postmarked for Death"	Ted Post	Martin Berkeley and Clark E. Reynolds	February 12, 1958 (1958-02-12)
19	19	"Johnny Ringo's Last Ride"	Ted Post	Teleplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: Andy White	February 19, 1958 (1958-02-19)
20	20	"Outlaw's Bugle"	Walter Doniger	Laurence Heath	February 26, 1958 (1958-02-26)
21	21	"Geronimo"	Harold D. Schuster	Teleplay by: Leo Gordon Story by: Andy White	March 5, 1958 (1958-03-05)
22	22	"The Return of the Outlaw"	Walter Doniger	Barney Slater	March 12, 1958 (1958-03-12)
23	23	"Guilt of a Town"	Norman Foster	Teleplay by: Andy White Story by: Frank Pittman and Andy White	March 19, 1958 (1958-03-19)
24	24	"Cave-In"	Walter Doniger	Teleplay by: Gene Levitt Story by: Andy White	March 26, 1958 (1958-03-26)
25	25	"Skeleton Canyon Massacre"	Christian Nyby	Robert C. Bennett	April 2, 1958 (1958-04-02)
26	26	"Strange Vengeance"	Christian Nyby	Don Brinkley	April 9, 1958 (1958-04-09)
27	27	"The Tin Gunman"	Walter Doniger	Warren Douglas	April 16, 1958 (1958-04-16)
28	28	"The Outcasts"	Tom Gries	Tom Gries	April 23, 1958 (1958-04-23)
29	29	"Doc Holliday in Durango"	Richard L. Bare	Gene Levitt, Frank Pittman, and Andy White	April 30, 1958 (1958-04-30)
30	30	"Triangle of Death"	Henry S. Kesler	Paul Savage	May 7, 1958 (1958-05-07)
31	31	"Pick up the Gun"	Walter Doniger	Maurice Tombragel	May 14, 1958 (1958-05-14)
32	32	"The Assassin"	Tom Gries	Fred Friedberger	May 21, 1958 (1958-05-21)
33	33	"The Lady Gambler"	Walter Doniger	William Driskill	May 28, 1958 (1958-05-28)
34	34	"Fight for a Fugitive"	Paul Guilfoyle	Barney Slater	June 4, 1958 (1958-06-04)
35	35	"Legacy of Death"	Tom Gries	Milton S. Gelman	June 11, 1958 (1958-06-11)
36	36	"The Gatling Gun"	Richard L. Bare	David Lang	August 27, 1958 (1958-08-27)
37	37	"The Black Marshal from Deadwood"	Christian Nyby	James Edmiston	September 3, 1958 (1958-09-03)
38	38	"Thicker Than Water"	Walter Doniger	Leo Gordon	September 10, 1958 (1958-09-10)
39	39	"Rose of the Rio Bravo"	Walter Doniger	Andy White	September 17, 1958 (1958-09-17)

Season 2 (1959)

Nº	Ep	Title	Director	Writer	Air date
40	1	"Whipsaw"	Richard L. Bare	Bret Hill	March 13, 1959 (1959-03-13)
41	2	"Marked for Murder"	William Conrad	Barney Slater	March 20, 1959 (1959-03-20)
42	3	"Payroll to Tombstone"	Richard L. Bare	D.D. Beauchamp	March 27, 1959 (1959-03-27)
43	4	"Day of the Amnesty"	Richard L. Bare	Don Ingalls	April 3, 1959 (1959-04-03)
44	5	"Trail's End"	Otto Lang	Martin Berkeley and Clarke Reynolds	April 10, 1959 (1959-04-10)
45	6	"The Black Diamond"	William Conrad	Melvin Levy	April 17, 1959 (1959-04-17)
46	7	"The Man from Brewster"	Richard L. Bare	Guy de Vry	April 24, 1959 (1959-04-24)
47	8	"Gun Hostage"	Eddie Davis	Jim Carling and Martin Mooney	May 1, 1959 (1959-05-01)
48	9	"Warrant for Death"	Richard L. Bare	Turnley Walker	May 8, 1959 (1959-05-08)
49	10	"Surrender at Sunglow"	Richard L. Bare	Harold Shumate	May 15, 1959 (1959-05-15)
50	11	"Grave Near Tombstone"	Lew Landers	John Elliotte	May 22, 1959 (1959-05-22)
51	12	"Death Is to Write About"	Otto Lang	Leo Gordon	May 29, 1959 (1959-05-29)

Season 3 (1959–60)

Nº	Ep	Title	Director	Writer	Air date
52	1	"Red Terror of Tombstone"	Eddie Davis	Andy White	October 9, 1959 (1959-10-09)
53	2	"The Gunfighter"	Eddie Davis	Guy de Vry	October 16, 1959 (1959-10-16)
54	3	"Stolen Loot"	Franklin Adreon	Stephen Kandel	October 23, 1959 (1959-10-23)
55	4	"The Writer"	Alan Crosland Jr.	John W. Krafft	October 30, 1959 (1959-10-30)
56	5	"Payroll Robbery"	Eddie Davis	William Tunberg	November 6, 1959 (1959-11-06)
57	6	"The Horse Thief"	Eddie Davis	Virginia M. Cooke	November 13, 1959 (1959-11-13)
58	7	"The Legend"	Otto Lang	Wells Root and Ron Bishop	November 20, 1959 (1959-11-20)
59	8	"Premature Obituary"	Eddie Davis	Paul Franklin	November 27, 1959 (1959-11-27)
60	9	"Dangerous Romance"	Otto Lang	Barney Slater	December 4, 1959 (1959-12-04)
61	10	"Self-Defense"	Franklin Adreon	Stuart Jerome	December 11, 1959 (1959-12-11)
62	11	"The Marked Horseshoe"	Herman Hoffman	Jim Carling and Martin Mooney	December 18, 1959 (1959-12-18)
63	12	"The Noose That Broke"	Alan Crosland Jr.	Stuart Jerome	December 25, 1959 (1959-12-25)
64	13	"Mine Disasters"	Franklin Adreon	S.H. Barnett and Fran van Hartesveldt	January 1, 1960 (1960-01-01)
65	14	"Eyewitness"	Franklin Adreon	Leo Gordon	January 8, 1960 (1960-01-08)
66	15	"The Capture"	Eddie Davis	Barney Slater	January 15, 1960 (1960-01-15)
67	16	"State's Witness"	Lew Landers	Teddi Sherman	January 22, 1960 (1960-01-22)
68	17	"The Target"	James Goldstone	Dave Clay	January 29, 1960 (1960-01-29)
69	18	"The Bride"	Otto Lang	Robert Turner	February 5, 1960 (1960-02-05)
70	19	"Female Killer"	James Goldstone	Leo Gordon	February 12, 1960 (1960-02-12)
71	20	"The Lady Lawyer"	Jack Herzberg	Teddi Sherman	February 19, 1960 (1960-02-19)
72	21	"Silver Killers"	William Conrad	Joe Richardson	February 26, 1960 (1960-02-26)
73	22	"Holcomb Brothers"	Otto Lang	Paul Franklin	March 4, 1960 (1960-03-04)
74	23	"Young Killer"	James Goldstone	S.H. Barnett and Fran van Hartesveldt	March 11, 1960 (1960-03-11)
75	24	"Coded Newspaper"	James Goldstone	S.H. Barnett, Marion Parsonnet, and Fran van Hartesveldt	March 18, 1960 (1960-03-18)
76	25	"Memory"	William Conrad	Robert Turner	March 25, 1960 (1960-03-25)
77	26	"Revenge"	Eddie Davis	Stuart Jerome	April 1, 1960 (1960-04-01)
78	27	"The Hostage"	Franklin Adreon	Vernon E. Clark	April 8, 1960 (1960-04-08)
79	28	"The Governor"	William Conrad	Ron Bishop and Wells Root	April 16, 1960 (1960-04-16)
80	29	"The Kidnapping"	Eddie Davis	Stuart Jerome	April 22, 1960 (1960-04-22)
81	30	"Girl from Philadelphia"	Herman Hoffman	Ron Bishop and Wells Root	April 29, 1960 (1960-04-29)
82	31	"The Fortune"	James Goldstone	Guy de Vry	May 6, 1960 (1960-05-06)
83	32	"The Innocent Man"	Alan Crosland Jr.	Guy de Vry	May 13, 1960 (1960-05-13)
84	33	"The Siesta Killer"	David Friedkin	Lee Berg	May 20, 1960 (1960-05-20)
85	34	"The Return of Kansas Joe"	Franklin Adreon	William Tunberg	May 27, 1960 (1960-05-27)
86	35	"Betrayal"	William Conrad	Guy de Vry	June 3, 1960 (1960-06-03)
87	36	"The Treaty"	Eddie Davis	Guy de Vry	June 10, 1960 (1960-06-10)
88	37	"The Outlaw"	James Goldstone	Mikhail Rykoff	June 17, 1960 (1960-06-17)
89	38	"The Injury"	Eddie Davis	Don Brinkley	June 24, 1960 (1960-06-24)
90	39	"Crime Epidemic"	Herman Hoffman	Melvin Levy	July 1, 1960 (1960-07-01)
91	40	"Juan Diega"	Franklin Adreon	Leo Gordon	July 8, 1960 (1960-07-08)

DVD release

On April 2, 2013, Timeless Media Group released season 1 on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[5]

As of late 2014,The complete series of all 91 episodes has been released on DVD.[6]

In 2016, reruns of the show are aired daily on GETTV as a part of its daytime schedule.

Merchandising

The TV show was also adapted into a comic book by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Dell Comics.[7]

References

1. "TV Westerns: Tombstone Territory". fiftiesweb.com. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
2. Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 849, ISBN 0-14-024916-8
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvTT22yyI7o&feature=youtube.com&t=1540
4. "Robert Foulk". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
5. "DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic". www.metacritic.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013.
6. https://www.amazon.com/Tombstone-Territory-Complete-Episodes-Seasons/dp/B00HX8CJ5Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1416151681&sr=1-1&keywords=tombstone+territory&pebp=1416151691225
7. "Dan Spiegle". lambiek.net.

External links

• Tombstone Territory on IMDb
• Tombstone Territory at TV.com