The Virginian
The Mountain of the Sun
TV Flash files “The Mountain of the Sun” as hour 28 of 249 in the TV Flash guide — The Virginian (1962–1971) on NBC, season 1, episode 28, aired 1963-04-17, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E28: listed hour 28 of 249 in the The Virginian guide, hour 28 of 30 in season 1. It aired 1963-04-17 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Strangers at Sundown” (S01E27). Next is “Run Away Home” (S01E29).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Virginian encounters three women who are determined to carry on the missionary work of their husbands, killed by Indians a year before.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Mountain of the Sun sit in the The Virginian guide?
S01E28 is listed hour 28 of 249 — hour 28 of 30 in season 1, season 1 episode 28.
When did The Virginian S01E28 air?
The Mountain of the Sun aired 1963-04-17 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Where should I start?
A 90-minute Shiloh Ranch hour with Drury and McClure plus a meaty guest plot shows why the length exists. This is not a half-hour oat-opera you graze in minutes.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Virginian ran 90 minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour, and that extra room is the point. James Drury's nameless foreman and Doug McClure's Trampas hold Shiloh Ranch while guest stars cycle through adult plots. Come for early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes — slower, sturdier, and more novelistic than the gunfight-of-the-week pack.
The extra half-hour is the argument. *The Virginian* ran 90 minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour, and that extra room is the point. James Drury's nameless foreman and Doug McClure's Trampas hold Shiloh Ranch on NBC (1962–1971) while guest stars cycle through adult plots. Lee J. Cobb's Judge Garth was among the rotating ranch-owner centers. A laconic loyalty-and-gun-smoke moral test, widescreen in spirit. Frank Price and Charles Marquis Warren were among the architects of one of the first successful…
Filed against
- James Drury as The Virginian
James Drury’s nameless foreman held Shiloh Ranch for ninety minutes when most westerns stopped at an hour — The Virginian as early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes, Doug McClure’s Trampas beside him, guest stars cycling through…
- Doug McClure as Trampas
Doug McClure held Shiloh Ranch as Trampas on The Virginian — 90-minute western room, guest-star traffic, and cowboy clothes on adult plots most hour shows would not attempt. James Drury's nameless foreman had the myth; McClure had the…
- Lee J. Cobb as Judge Henry Garth
Lee J. Cobb's Judge Henry Garth gave The Virginian ranch-table steel — 90-minute western when most stopped at an hour, James Drury's nameless foreman, guest stars cycling through adult plots. Early prestige-length drama in cowboy clothes.…