1 Episode 1967. The Virginian - Full Cast & Crew. The Fortress takes The Virginian off the ranch and sends him to Montana, where he's to exchange a herd of cattle for $100,000 with a wealthy Canadian land owner by the name of Winthrop (Leslie Nielsen). CSS Virginia was the first ironclad warship constructed by the Confederate States Navy during Civil War (1861-1865). Director 52 Credits. If you are unsure how best to edit this programme please take a moment to read it. Starring: Charles Bickford (John Grainger) (credit only), Doug McClure (credit only), Clu Gulager (Deputy Sheriff Emmett Ryker), Don Quine (Stacey Grainger) (credit only), Sara Lane (Elizabeth Grainger) The Virginian was renamed The Men from Shiloh for its final season. Winthrop: Leslie Nielsen. It aired on NBC in color and starred James Drury and Doug McClure. The Virginian, which was renamed The Men from Shiloh in its final year on network TV, is an American Western television series starring James Drury in the title role, along with Doug McClure, Lee J. Cobb, and others.It originally aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971, for a total of 249 episodes. Built as a casemate ironclad from the remains of the former steam frigate USS Merrimack, CSS Virginia was completed in March 1862. The Virginian (otherwise titled The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains) is a 1902 novel by the American author Owen Wister (1860-1938), set in Wyoming Territory during the 1880s. Winthrop writes him a check, which The Virginian … Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys Women's History Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events The Virginian is an American Western television series which ran from September 19, 1962 until March 24, 1971, with a total of 249 episodes across nine seasons. Conlan: Peter Brown. Ted Post. 1962-1970; 8 seasons NBC TVPG Watchlist. "The Virginian" is the third longest running western series in the history of television. Virginian: James Drury. The television series was adapted from the 1902 Owen Wister western novel, "The Virginian, A Horseman of the Plains". Lacking the numerical resources to take on the US Navy directly, the Confederate Navy commenced experimenting with ironclads in 1861. Synopsis. Season 6, Episode 15 The Fortress. 2 Episodes 1967. The Virginian matches wits with a thief who stole $100,000 of Shiloh money. The Virginian: The Fortress. The Virginian helps settle a score with a rancher and his men, who started a gun battle that left a child critically wounded. David Freidkin. The Fortress. Wed, Dec 27, 1967 90 mins. Where to Watch. BBC One London, 26 February 1971 18.45. It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch and is considered the first true fictional western ever written, aside from short stories and pulp dime novels, though modern scholars debate this. The Fortress is the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of The Virginian, and the one hundred sixty-fourth episode overall. 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