The Virginian — S01E01 — The Executioners
1962 · 90 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · DIR. David Friedkin
Overview
Ne'er-do-well Tom Newcombe is publicly hanged for murdering a woman because the local school teacher, Celia Ames (Colleen Dewhurst), refuses to alibi him. A mysterious man, Paul Taylor (Hugh O'Brien), comes to town, signs on to work as a Shiloh Ranch hand and begins romancing Celia. However, his odd behaviour begins to raise the suspicions of Judge Garth and the local Sheriff who wonder about the motives of the stranger.
Dialogue Timeline — 969 lines
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00:00:57 **
00:04:28 belongs to himself and any friends he wants close.
00:06:44 Nothin'.
00:09:47 Any man doesn't court you hasn't got good sense.
00:11:41 You know what's happening to us, Virginian,
00:15:59 Your eyes must be burning from so much reading.
00:18:54 and today I'm 15 years old.
00:23:00 Just that Tom Newcome killed a woman, and he hanged for it.
00:27:14 It's the biggest spread I've ever been on.
00:30:29 Whoo!
00:33:11 He can ride and rope fine.
00:37:24 I don't know what you mean by that.
00:41:00 The only other man who knew that, I...loved.
00:44:53 "Get going," you said.
00:47:20 and he wanted to know if I'd like to watch him trick-shoot.
00:49:32 You tell me about Tom Newcome.
00:53:18 Ooh.
00:55:27 **
00:59:06 It's not that wide.
01:01:53 What else?
01:06:02 say it.
01:09:05 I asked you a question.
01:11:03 A dead man because my father's dead.
01:14:06 We were havin' a Saturday night.
Cast & Characters
Doug McClure
Trampas
James Drury
The "Virginian"
Lee J. Cobb
Richter Henry Garth
Gary Clarke
Steve Hill
Colleen Dewhurst
Celia Ames
Richard Bull
Doctor
John Larch
Sheriff Neil Brady
Arnold Lessing
Cowboy Guitarist
Hugh O'Brian
Paul Taylor
Pippa Scott
Molly Wood
Barry Brooks
Gravedigger
Nick Dimitri
Townsman (uncredited)
John Francis
Onlooker (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed969
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:00:57
Final line01:14:06
Production Record
DirectorDavid Friedkin
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
The Virginian, season 1, episode 1: The Executioners.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/10180/season/1/episode/1
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