The Virginian
Show Me a Hero
TV Flash files “Show Me a Hero” as hour 99 of 249 in the TV Flash guide — The Virginian (1962–1971) on NBC, season 4, episode 9, aired 1965-11-17, 90 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E09: listed hour 99 of 249 in the The Virginian guide, hour 9 of 30 in season 4. It aired 1965-11-17 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Nobility of Kings” (S04E08). Next is “Beyond the Border” (S04E10).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Trampas injures his horse saving a man with a runaway team. He is forced to stay a few days in a small town with that man as an old friend arrives to force the town to sign over its gambling rights to him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Show Me a Hero sit in the The Virginian guide?
S04E09 is listed hour 99 of 249 — hour 9 of 30 in season 4, season 4 episode 9.
When did The Virginian S04E09 air?
Show Me a Hero aired 1965-11-17 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.…