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Leif Erickson as John Cannon |
Cameron Mitchell, as Buck |
Henry Darrow as Manolito Montoya |
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Mark Slade as Billy Blue Cannon |
Linda Cristal as Victoria Montoya, |
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Leif Erickson as John Cannon |
Cameron Mitchell, as Buck |
Henry Darrow as Manolito Montoya |
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Mark Slade as Billy Blue Cannon |
Linda Cristal as Victoria Montoya, |
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High Chaparral
One of the most successful westerns on television was The High Chaparral. It was the name given to the ranch owned and operated by the Cannon family in the Arizona Territory during the 1870's. Stubborn, determined Big John Cannon (Leif Erickson) was the patriarch of the family, and his driving ambition to establish a cattle empire in the rugged, Apache land was the thrust of the entire show. To help him, he had his younger brother Buck (Cameron Mitchell), who could out-drink, outshoot, outfight, and when motivated, outwork any man alive. Big John's son Billy Blue (Mark Slade) was a young man in his early 20's, whose mother was killed in the very first episode. After his first wife's death, John married Victoria Montoya (Linda Cristal), daughter of Don Sebastian Montoya (Frank Silvera), and heiress, along with her brother Manolito (Henry Darrow), to the Don's extensive cattle holdings south of the border. Manolito comes to the Cannon ranch and becomes a permanent part of the household.
From, The High Chaparral
