The High Chaparral
The Lion Sleeps
TV Flash files “The Lion Sleeps” as hour 53 of 98 in the TV Flash guide — The High Chaparral (1967–1971) on NBC, season 2, episode 25, aired 1969-03-28, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E25: listed hour 53 of 98 in the The High Chaparral guide, hour 25 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1969-03-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “No Bugles, No Drums” (S02E24). Next is “For the Love of Carlos” (S02E26).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Lion Sleeps sit in the The High Chaparral guide?
S02E25 is listed hour 53 of 98 — hour 25 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 25.
When did The High Chaparral S02E25 air?
The Lion Sleeps aired 1969-03-28 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.
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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…