The Forsaken Westerns - Western Union - tv shows full episodes

Western Union western TV series episode pilot starring Richard Anderson this is the pilot episode of a suggested TV series titled Western Union from about 1958. This is episode 14 of The Forsaken Westerns, an original TV series produced by Westerns On The Web Productions. In this episode Richard Anderson stars as Steve Gibson, a western union man whose job it is to set posts and string the wire for the telegraph. He has to overcome many obstacles to accomplish his job. This is the only known existing episode of this show. It is a shame because it looks like this could have been a very good series. This is a rough copy a bit blurry but still watchable. It is a miracle that there is any copy of this film at all. Also in this episode are Don Haggerty, Peter Breck, Phyllis Coates and Raymond Hatton. The film editor is Irving Berlin. The Forsaken Westerns series contains episodes of TV shows that were never broadcast or have not been broadcast in as many as 65 years. Almost lost forever, these rare television film treasures are now being released and uploaded for free viewing from the www.westernsontheweb.com archive collection. Watch full length western movies and TV shows full episodes on the Westerns On The Web channel and make sure to subscribe. The Forsaken Westerns is hosted by Bob Terry.

[@h0gwartz]

excellent show, thank you

[@vansongs]

Enjoyed this. Both my Uncles started out delivering telegraphs. then became telegraphists, and rose through the CN/CP Telecommunications ranks. In middle of nowhere to boot.

[@roybodden9243]

Thanks for airing. I enjoyed it very much. Too bad it didn't continue as a series. So many good showed have fallen on the way side.

[@davidscott6787]

Thanks so much for these old westerns. As a note of trivia the town in this episode was at the gone but not forgotten Corriganville movie ranch. This is the same street Nick Adams walked down in the pilot episode of The Rebel and where the Texas Rangers walked up then down as the opening and closing for The Tales Of The Texas Rangers. Also the Forsaken Westerns episode Buckskin Rangers was filmed at Corriganville along with Ray Crash Corrigan owner of the movie ranch. Keep 'em coming.

[@Brucev7]

Trivia-It was destroyed by wildfires in 1976 and 1979. In 1937, Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, Real name: Raymond Benitz 1902 - 1976, one of the stars of Republic Pictures' The Three Mesquiteers Western series, purchased a 1500 acre ranch in Simi Valley, Ventura County, California, for $11,354. Corriganville was built by movie and TV actor Ray Bernard, but better known as Crash Corrigan. After going on a hunting trip in Simi Valley with fellow actor, Clark Gable, in 1935, Corrigan fell in love with the area. In 1937, Corrigan purchased the land, and built his home there. He eventually went on to build an entire western backlot, dubbed Silvertown, served as the background scenery for movies and television programs such as Fort Apache, Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory, The Robe, Lassie, The Lone Ranger, The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, How the West was Won, Gunsmoke,The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Sky King, Circus Boy, and Star Trek, and more. One of the last movies filmed there was Vigilante Force (1976). Wikipedia atomicredhead.com obscurehollywood.net/corriganville.html

[@davidfisk9868]

great would be lost forever except for good people that do this

[@normanleach9587]

The soundtrack and background information of this genre is also interesting. There's gold in them there hills!

[@mickey1849]

What a pleasure to see Peter Breck in one of his first tv appearances! He will always be remembered as the jowly and irascible Nick Barkley. Richard Anderson went on to immortality as "Oscar," on the "Six Million Dollar Man" in the early 1970s.

[@joselopezmoya9786]

WESTERN SERIES AND MOVIES FROM THE 40'S TO THE MID 70'S WERE JUST GREAT.

[@KNT.63]

Talk about inspiration and integrity that's more contagious than covid.

[@dennisfischer8765]

Gotta love it..THANK you

[@mycastle8498]

I think some of these Westerns were aired before our family had a TV !

[@theashpilez]

And later he created the 6 million dollar man. .. gee how times of changed.

[@bessiesmith7211]

Oh wow this is good!!!!!!

[@sharonjohnson1702]

He gave Junior a old school Ass whipping

[@Truth379]

Thank you for the Great Old Classics :))

[@raysmusic49]

Never saw any of these...didn’t have a tv til 1961

[@amundsenAmundsen]

Great Thanks Bob

[@KNT.63]

Definitely Classics Bob' amazing, you must have good connections, following alot of your shows& movies I can see why🤠 looks like you are the real deal as far as anything out west thanks for sharing with you have came across,

[@danahenry7430]

I remember watching this as a kid. The intro is hard to forget. Thanks for posting.

[@paulkatz258]

Thanks for uploading this episode

[@OdeeOz]

I remember this airing in 1959, when we got back to the States from Germany. Or at least one very remarkably similar.

[@roycobleigh7016]

Great show first time seeing it .

[@fuzzyburnette7161]

The great Raymond Hatton in one of his later performances.

[@johnknight5229]

B. Thanks again ps.injoy my pony amd. Me by the Terry family !

[@Brucev7]

Good Show

[@KNT.63]

THANKS again Bob T. I've seen this one already, very good episode. beginning reminds me of Tate & maybe a little bit of wagon train? the tune anyway

[@prycerobertson4695]

Tate. This used stock music from Capitol's Hi-Q Library.

[@RealLifeWorthLiving]

I remember the show. I was pretty young and I don't remember the years it was on. The name of the show was WESTERN UNION.

[@jmcguire3073]

Can't believe the good fortune of finding these_ jackpot!

[@venetiaanortrup8514]

Check out old time radio shows. Have gun will travel, hoping along cassidy Lots

[@arman2774]

@@venetiaanortrup8514 isn’t have gun will travel a tv show aswell?

[@weedme6919]

0:57ish... STILL DOING THAT TILL THIS VERY DAY... BUT NOW WE'RE USING LIGHT BEAMS FOR IT PRETTY COOL HUH!?!!? Weed Me

[@robertwalker2290]

pretty good show. To bad it didn't make it.

[@Boogaboioringale]

I’m thinking the widowed mother is Phyllis Coates who was the first Lois Lane in The Adventures of Superman tv series.

[@actionsub]

The theme song ended up being used for the short-lived "Tate".

[@prycerobertson4695]

By the great William Loose himself!

[@freddrog4689]

3:34 "La Gay Saloon" lol

[@WOLFROY47]

cattle baron verse western union no contest western union can call on the army and as many hired guns as it takes to get the job done, and that's without using the lawyers and senators

[@sharonjohnson1702]

i 💘 love Nick Barkley

[@mickey1849]

@@sharonjohnson1702Nick will not be stopped!

[@AH-yu2pi]

🤠👍🏿

[@prycerobertson4695]

Irving Berlin, who edited this pilot, is not the songwriter of the same name.

[@venetiaanortrup8514]

Check out the movie Western union 1941

[@trampcaldwell4889]

judo, no kungfu.

[@tunisiaharvey8503]

Good movie shame the picture wasn’t very clear.