The High Chaparral
The Stallion
TV Flash files “The Stallion” as a desk essential hour — The High Chaparral (1967–1971) on NBC, season 2, episode 1, aired 1968-09-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 29 of 98 in the The High Chaparral guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1968-09-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Threshold of Courage” (S01E28). Next is “Ten Little Indians” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “The Stallion”. The Stallion opens season two still on Tucson-area ground: family-empire western spending the hour on livestock and lineage.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Stallion sit in the The High Chaparral guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 29 of 98 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The High Chaparral S02E01 air?
The Stallion aired 1968-09-20 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…