The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral
TV ShowEnded

The High Chaparral

6.7 / 10
1967
4 seasons
98 episodes
WesternDrama

The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.

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Seasons

  • Destination Tucson (1)

    1.Destination Tucson (1)

    10.0
    10-09-196752m

    This pilot launches the saga of the Cannon family as they fight to establish a ranch in the Arizona territory of the 1870s. Marauding Apaches led by Cochise are on the warpath. The...

  • The Arrangement (2)

    2.The Arrangement (2)

    10-09-196752m

    John Cannon's first wife is killed during an Apache raid. Buck, his brother, can't stop Mexican bandits from rustling cattle. Unable to fight on two fronts -- against Mexican mar...

  • The Ghost of Chaparral

    3.The Ghost of Chaparral

    17-09-196752m

    Victoria's efforts to overcome husband John Cannon's memory of his first wife are thwarted when Apaches lay siege to their ranch, and she is kidnapped. Victoria is exchanged for a...

  • Best Man for the Job

    4.Best Man for the Job

    24-09-196752m

    John Cannon must decide whether to send his son to possible death to save their besieged ranch. Three army deserters, who have murdered Apaches on Cannon land, are taken prisoner...

  • A Quiet Day in Tucson

    5.A Quiet Day in Tucson

    01-10-196752m

    Buck, Manolito and Billy Blue are sent to Tucson for food, supplies and boots, but are sidetracked instead by women and song. While John Cannon awaits his trio's return with the g...

  • Young Blood

    6.Young Blood

    08-10-196752m

    The future of the ranch is jeopardized when bandits steal a prize bull and breeding stock which Billy Blue Cannon and Manolito Montoya have bought in Mexico with the last of the Ca...

  • Shadows on the Land

    7.Shadows on the Land

    15-10-196752m

    John Cannon needs cattle from Mexican ranchers for his Army beef contract, but finds the frightened men are being forced to sell at cheap prices to a ruthless cattle buyer. When J...

  • The Filibusteros

    8.The Filibusteros

    22-10-196752m

    Buck, Victoria and Manolito return to the Montoya Ranch and become prisoners, with Don Sebastian, of a degraded former Civil War friend of Buck. Lanier and his disheveled army ann...

  • The Doctor from Dodge

    9.The Doctor from Dodge

    29-10-196752m

    When Billy Blue Cannon is forced into a showdown with wanted gunfighters, he is saved by a wandering dentist who proves to be fast with a gun. John Cannon returns the favor to Doc...

  • Sudden Country

    10.Sudden Country

    05-11-196752m

    Mistakes of an inexperienced eastern bank clerk who attempts to settle on a ramshackle ranch near the Cannon family threaten to wipe out the cattle industry of the territory. When...

  • A Hanging Offense

    11.A Hanging Offense

    12-11-196752m

    Billy Blue Cannon faces possible hanging when he is court-martialed on the charge of killing an army general's son. Billy Blue saves an Indian girl from advances by a drunken army...

  • The Price of Revenge

    12.The Price of Revenge

    19-11-196752m

    Buck Cannon goes to work as foreman for a lovely neighboring widow, and clashes with his brother John when the job appears permanent. Buck falls in love with the widow, Melanie Ca...

  • The Widow from Red Rock

    13.The Widow from Red Rock

    26-11-196752m

    Billy Blue Cannon faces possible hanging when he is court-martialed on the charge of killing an army general's son. Billy Blue saves an Indian girl from advances by a drunken army...

  • Mark of the Turtle

    14.Mark of the Turtle

    10-12-196752m

    John Cannon risks breaking a mutual defense agreement with Victoria's father and dissolution of his marriage when his ranch hands join a posse searching for marauding bandits in Me...

  • The Terrorist

    15.The Terrorist

    17-12-196752m

    Henry Silva guest-stars as a revolutionary who plans to assassinate Benito Juarez, exiled President of Mexico, on the Cannon Ranch. Manolito frees his old friend Santos from a Mex...

  • The Firing Wall

    16.The Firing Wall

    31-12-196752m

    Fernando Lamas guest-stars as a Mexican bandit turned revolutionary who captures and prepares to execute the Cannon Ranch hands to prove his power. Manolito is jailed by El Caudil...

  • The Assassins

    17.The Assassins

    07-01-196852m

    An Apache renegade and his followers plan to kill Cochise's peace representative in the Cannon ranch house and start a new Indian war. Medicine man Nock-Ay-Del explains that Cochi...

  • Survival

    18.Survival

    14-01-196852m

    John Cannon and Billy Blue are captured by Apaches far from home and made to face death from lack of water. John and Billy force a wounded Indian, Klosen, to lead them toward wate...

  • Gold Is Where You Leave It

    19.Gold Is Where You Leave It

    21-01-196852m

    John Cannon drives gold seekers from an abandoned mine on his land and they retaliate by plotting to kill the Cannons. Lije Driskill, Johnny Faro and Shorty Bleeson fail in an att...

  • The Kinsman

    20.The Kinsman

    28-01-196852m

    The Cannons care for a wounded relative who repays them by stealing the ranch payroll. Uncle Dan Brookes arrives suddenly after a 15-year absence seeking safety in the heavily for...

  • Champion of the Western World

    21.Champion of the Western World

    04-02-196852m

    Billy Blue Cannon plans to earn money for an expensive silver saddle by boxing. Billy Blue learns Killian and his ranch hands have entered every event in the Fourth of July rodeo...

  • Ride the Savage Land

    22.Ride the Savage Land

    11-02-196852m

    Buck and Manolito invade the Apache stronghold to rescuer a captive white girl. Ann, an Apache slave for five years, is rescued by Buck and Manolito as she flees from her captors,...

  • Bad Day for a Thirst

    23.Bad Day for a Thirst

    18-02-196852m

    Buck Cannon jeopardizes his life, when he tries to turn two Apaches into wranglers. Sourdough and Saddleblanket quickly become valuable hands. When an Apache war party kills thre...

  • Tiger by the Tail

    24.Tiger by the Tail

    25-02-196852m

    Ricardo Montalban guest-stars as a wounded bandit leader who is captured by the Cannons and tells them his followers will destroy them unless he is released. When El Tigre's broth...

  • The Peacemaker

    25.The Peacemaker

    03-03-196852m

    Billy Blue Cannon quits the ranch after a quarrel with his father and leads a peace representative of the President to Cochise. On the trail Blue falls in love with Kelly's adopte...

  • The Hair Hunter

    26.The Hair Hunter

    10-03-196852m

    A bounty on Apache scalps disrupts peace between the Cannons and the Indians. When Apache raids close Judah Austin's mine, he offers Stoner a bounty for Indian scalps despite John...

  • A Joyful Noise

    27.A Joyful Noise

    24-03-196852m

    Ramon Novarro, silent film notable is guest star as Padre Guillermo, who flees Mexico to escape the vendetta of a twisted killer. The padre is accompanied by two nuns and Maria....

  • Threshold of Courage

    28.Threshold of Courage

    31-03-196852m

    John Cannon is forced to relive his final days in the Civil War by a man he disfigured in combat. Vengeful Finley Carr and his brother Stacy kidnap Victoria and head for high coun...

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