The High Chaparral
Threshold of Courage
TV Flash files “Threshold of Courage” as the last listed hour of season 1 — The High Chaparral (1967–1971) on NBC, season 1, episode 28, aired 1968-03-31, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E28: listed hour 28 of 98 in the The High Chaparral guide, last listed hour of season 1. It aired 1968-03-31 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Joyful Noise” (S01E27). Next is “The Stallion” (S02E01).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Threshold of Courage sit in the The High Chaparral guide?
S01E28 is listed hour 28 of 98 — last listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 28.
When did The High Chaparral S01E28 air?
Threshold of Courage aired 1968-03-31 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…
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- 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…