The Virginian
The Price of the Hanging
TV Flash files “The Price of the Hanging” as hour 234 of 249 in the TV Flash guide — The Virginian (1962–1971) on NBC, season 9, episode 9, aired 1970-11-11, 90 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E09: listed hour 234 of 249 in the The Virginian guide, hour 9 of 24 in season 9. It aired 1970-11-11 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Lady at the Bar” (S09E08). Next is “Experiment at New Life” (S09E10).
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MacKenzie is injured saving Tate on a cattle drive. Tate takes him to Concho for help only to find the doctor there is in jail and to hang the next day. Tate is able to secure his release but finds that it comes with some high costs.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Price of the Hanging sit in the The Virginian guide?
S09E09 is listed hour 234 of 249 — hour 9 of 24 in season 9, season 9 episode 9.
When did The Virginian S09E09 air?
The Price of the Hanging aired 1970-11-11 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.…