The High Chaparral
Destination Tucson (1)
TV Flash files “Destination Tucson (1)” as a desk essential hour — The High Chaparral (1967–1971) on NBC, season 1, episode 1, aired 1967-09-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 98 in the The High Chaparral guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1967-09-10 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “The Arrangement (2)” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Destination Tucson (1)”. Destination Tucson (1) is the 1967 ranch door: Leif Erickson's Big John Cannon, bilingual household, border tensions the genre usually flattened.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Destination Tucson (1) sit in the The High Chaparral guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 98 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did The High Chaparral S01E01 air?
Destination Tucson (1) aired 1967-09-10 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
The Cannon-Montoya ranch household — Erickson, Cristal, Darrow, Mitchell — is the alliance contract. Adult western, so give the hour room; this is not a half-hour oat gag.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The High Chaparral is late-western family empire in Arizona Territory: Leif Erickson's Big John Cannon, a bilingual ranch household, and border tensions the genre usually flattened. Tucson-area shooting gave Mexican-American characters more room than most horse operas. Adult western TV after the boom crested — marriage alliances, ranch politics, landscape that is not a backlot.
So about the late western: the boom had crested and the ranch still wanted adult scale. The High Chaparral is family empire in Arizona Territory — Leif Erickson's Big John Cannon, a bilingual ranch household, and border tensions the genre usually flattened. David Dortort's NBC series (1967–1971; four seasons, 98 episodes) — Bonanza's creator going dustier — shot with Tucson-area grit. Cameron Mitchell's Buck, Henry Darrow's Manolito Montoya, and Linda Cristal's Victoria Cannon give Mexican-American characters…
Filed against
- Leif Erickson as John Cannon
Leif Erickson's John Cannon held The High Chaparral as late-western family empire in Arizona Territory — a bilingual ranch household, border tensions the genre usually flattened, Tucson-area shooting that gave Mexican-American characters…
- Cameron Mitchell as Buck Cannon
Cameron Mitchell played Buck Cannon on The High Chaparral — late-western family empire in Arizona Territory, Leif Erickson's Big John, a bilingual ranch household, border tensions the genre usually flattened. Tucson-area shooting gave…
- Henry Darrow as Manolito Montoya
Henry Darrow's Manolito Montoya gave The High Chaparral a bilingual pulse — late-western family empire in Arizona Territory, Leif Erickson's Big John Cannon, border tensions the genre usually flattened, Tucson-area shooting. Adult horse…
- Linda Cristal as Victoria Cannon
Linda Cristal held the ranch house as Victoria Cannon on The High Chaparral — bilingual household power in Arizona Territory, a late-western family empire the genre usually flattened at the border. Tucson-area dust, adult stakes. TV Flash…