Man Without a Gun
Man Without a Gun is an American Western television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television and presented on the NTA Film Network and in first-run syndication in the United States from 1957 to 1959. Set in the town of Yellowstone near Yellowstone National Park in the then Dakota Territory during the 1870s, the program starred Rex Reason as newspaper editor Adam MacLean, who brought miscreants to justice without the use of violence or gunplay but through his Yellowstone Sentinel. Mort Mills co-starred as Marshal Frank Tallman, who intervened when the "pen" proved not to be "mightier than the sword". Harry Harvey Sr., was cast in twenty-one episodes as Yellowstone Mayor George Dixon.
The program is considered to have been unique because it showcased MacLean's moral ethics and common sense to bring outlaws to justice. The show was also used as a schoolroom to teach the youngsters of the 1950s about decency and the difference between right and wrong.
Background
The 20th Century Fox Hour broadcast "Man of the Law", a pilot of Man Without a Gun.Guest stars
- Chris Alcaide – as Johnny Kansas in two episodes
- John Anderson
- Whit Bissell – as Mark Ryan in the "Aftermath" episode
- Lloyd Corrigan
- Dennis Cross – as Cheotah in the "Indian Fury" episode
- John Doucette – as Dan Kester in "The Fugitive" episode
- James Drury – as Cort Hamish in the "Aftermath" episode
- Stanley Fafara – as Boy in the "Eye Witness" episode
- Stanley Farrar – as Auges in two episodes
- Bruce Gordon – as Wolf Manson in the "Headline" episode
- Don Gordon
- Dabbs Greer – as Ben McLaren in the "Hangtree Inn" episode
- Ron Hagerthy – as Tod Wilburn in the "Witness to Terror" episode
- Myron Healey – as Yank Sullivan in the "Decoy" episode
- Richard Jaeckel – as Rogers in "The Seven Killers" episode
- Diane Jergens – as Ellen in the "Night of Violence" episode
- Robert Karnes – as Jonas in the "Invisible Enemy" episode
- Dayton Lummis – as Fred Hawkins in "The Fugitive" episode
- Carole Mathews – as Rose in the "Lady from Laramie" episode
- Doug McClure – as Albert Ketchum in "The Kidder" episode
- Patrick McVey – as Forester in the "Special Edition" episode
- James Philbrook – as Troy in the "Decoy" episode
- Dorothy Provine – as Lucy in the "Man Missing" episode
- Denver Pyle
- Victor Rodman
- Robert F. Simon – as Hamish Sr. in the "Aftermath" episode
- Olan Soule – as Henry Holbrook in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode
- Ray Teal
- Robert Tetrick
- Marie Tsien – as Chi Ying in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode
- Robert J. Wilke – as Hackett in the "Buried Treasure" episode
- Victor Sen Yung – as Ho Wang in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode
Episodes