I en ikke nærmere bestemt fremtid har velhavende mennesker mulighed for at holde ferie i en kolossal forlystelsespark med western-tema. Parken er fyldt med menneskelignende robotter, der er designet til at give gæsterne en eventyrlig oplevelse.
Det er geniet Dr. Robert Ford (spillet med tilpas arrogance af Anthony Hopkins), som har grundlagt parken og udviklet de yderst realistiske robotter. Hans vision er at skabe et sted, hvor mennesker har mulighed for at udleve deres vildeste fantasier og lege cowboyhelt eller -skurk i så lang tid, pengene rækker.
Parken drives af den benhårde Theresa Cullen (Sidse Babett Knudsen), som er skeptisk over for parkens koncept. Hun har en flirt med den brillante programmør Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright), der mistænker robotterne for at være smartere, end man skulle tro.
I en tid, hvor plyndringer og grådighed er stort, tiltrækker det største guldfund i amerikansk historie en skare af rastløse outsidere til en lovløs koloni, hvor alt – og alle – har en pris. Velkommen til Deadwood… et forbandet sted at tjene sin formue. Historien begynder to uger efter general Custers nederlag ved Little Big Horn, og fiktive og autentiske personligheder blandes i en episk fortælling om moralitet. På den indianske afståelse af Black Hills ligger "byen" Deadwood, som en ulovlig koloni. Det er en voldelig og uciviliseret forpost, der tiltrækker en farverig gruppe af karakterer, der er ude på at blive rige – alt fra banditter og iværksættere til tidligere soldater og svindlere, kinesiske arbejdere, prostituerede, byfolk og revolvermænd. Blandt kolonisterne er den tidligere ordenshåndhæver Seth Bullock, den legendariske revolvermand Wild Bill Hickok og den intrigante saloonejer Al Swearengen. Men sin kompromisløse realisme, modne temaer og sindssygt opfindsomme plot brillerer Deadwood som et intenst, karakterdrevet drama, der vender op og ned på traditionelle westernelementer.
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958.
The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel.
Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
Prequel-serien til "Yellowstone" følger familien Dutton, der begiver sig ud på en rejse gennem Great Plains, mens de flygter fra fattigdom for at søge en bedre fremtid i Montana.
Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States.
The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
Den amerikanske borgerkrig er slut. Abraham Lincoln er død. Sydstatssoldaten Cullen Bohannon er ude efter hævn på den North State soldat, der myrdede hans kone. Han søger et job hos Union Pacific Railroad, der er i gang med at lægge skinner til USA's første transkontinentale jernbane. Bohannon ved, at der blandt jernbanens medarbejdere findes mænd med oplysninger om, hvad der skete med hans kone. Disse medarbejdere bestående af gamblere, prostituerede, daglejere, tyve og mordere - har givet den transkontinentale jernbane et øgenavn: Hell on wheels!
Rul lassoen op, tag sporerne af og varm kaffebønnerne! Se Ben, Hoss, Adam og Little Joe Cartwright bekæmpe uretfærdighed i dalen, hvor 1950ernes værdier og moraler møder støvet fra klaprende hestehove på Ponderosa Ranch anno 1860! Historien om brødrene Cartwright er en tidløs, nostalgisk og evig aktuel westernklassiker.
Klassisk serie om familien Ingalls sorger og glæder i den lille by Walnut Grove, der bygger på Laura Ingalls Wilders romaner om sin barndom i nybyggertidens Amerika.
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television.
The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.
The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and the gunfighter Billy the Kid that aired seventy-five episodes on NBC from 1960 to 1962, filmed by Revue Productions.
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.
Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
Law of the Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the NBC television network from October 1, 1959, until May 5, 1960. The character of Native American U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart was introduced in two episodes of the popular ABC Western television series The Rifleman starring Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain.
Law of the Plainsman is distinctive and unique in that it was one of the few television programs that featured a Native American as the lead character, a bold move for U.S.network television at that time. Ansara had earlier appeared in the series Broken Arrow, having portrayed the Apache chief, Cochise. Ansara, however, was not Native American but of Syrian descent.
Ansara played Sam Buckhart, an Apache Indian who saved the life of a U.S. Cavalry officer after an Indian ambush. When the officer died, he left Sam money that was used for an education at private schools and Harvard University. After school, he returned to New Mexico where he became a Deputy Marshal working for Marshal Andy Morrison. He lived in a boarding house run by Martha Commager. The only other continuing character was 8-year old Tess Logan, an orphan who had been rescued by Buckhart. Robert Harland, later of Target: The Corruptors! starred in seven episodes as Deputy Billy Lordan. Wayne Rogers, who went on to star in another Four Star western, Stagecoach West, and later, M*A*S*H, also played deputy Lordan in several episodes.
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.