Shane
Shane
TV ShowEnded

Shane

6.0 / 10
1966
1 season
17 episodes
Western

Shane works for the Starett family, a young widow, her son, and her aging father-in-law, protecting them against the anti-sodbuster rancher Ryker and other perils plaguing the Old West.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Distant Bell

    10-09-196660m

    When Amy Sloate shows up to start a school, Rufe Ryker gives orders to burn down the barn that would house the school. Miss. Sloate doesn't like the raw wilderness and violence she...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Haunt

    17-09-196660m

    An old man shows up and watches Shane from a distance. When Shane confronts the man, he discovers he shot and killed the old man's son four years before. The fact that he couldn't...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Wild Geese

    24-09-196660m

    What starts out as a day filled with the hope of borrowing the needed money for buying pigs the Staretts will need to get through the winter turns out to be a day of truths. After...

  • Ep 4

    4.An Echo of Anger

    01-10-196660m

    When four members of the Spicer family ride into town, Kemp immediately announces they are there to kill Shane. Shane soon discovers they plan on killing him to avenge him for anot...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Bitter, The Lonely

    08-10-196660m

    A stranger, not happy with the changing times and unwilling to accept the fact that "sod busters" are moving into the land, resorts to taking a job with the Starrett's when things...

  • Ep 6

    6.Killer in the Valley

    15-10-196660m

    While out riding one day, Shane and Marian come upon a sick couple. It's not long before they realize that the couple have contracted a deadly disease. When Marian comes down with...

  • Ep 7

    7.Day of the Hawk

    22-10-196660m

    Two of Rykers' drunken cowhands cause a fire, accidentally killing a young woman. Her husband shoots one of the cowhands, who eventually dies. Ryker announces he's going after the...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Other Image

    29-10-196660m

    Shane feels he's lost the battle for Marian's heart when she receives a letter from back East from an old boyfriend, Warren Eliot. Then when Warren pops the question, Marian finds...

  • Ep 9

    9.Poor Tom's A-Cold

    05-11-196660m

    Tom Gary has a wife and two kids; and when his animals die from drinking poison water, he believes Ryker is behind it. Before long, Tom allows his anger and frustration to drive hi...

  • Ep 10

    10.High Road in Viator

    12-11-196660m

    Shane does everything he can to make sure Marion gets to a special dance. Nothing short of death will keep him from his duty. Using a deck of cards, he convinces Ryker to leave the...

  • Ep 11

    11.The Day the Wolf Laughed

    19-11-196660m

    A gang of outlaws ride into town and cause so much ruckus that Grafton sends for Ryker, but that's before Shane begs him to let the men have their fun for two days, pay for the dam...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Silent Gift

    26-11-196660m

    Shane agrees to work for Ryker for a month so he can buy a pony for Joey. However, things don't go as planned. The foreman isn't too fond of the new hired hand and makes life at Ry...

  • Ep 13

    13.A Long Night of Mourning

    03-12-196660m

    A woman arrives in town and announces to Joey that she is an old acquaintance of Tom's. Tom soon has to reveal a deep dark secret from his past and the reason he left the bench. Bu...

  • Ep 14

    14.The Big Fifty

    10-12-196660m

    After one of Ryker's hands is shot, Shane is blamed. They find him guilty in a mock jury trial where Ryker's the judge and his men are the jury. Ben sneaks away to warn Tom and Mar...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Great Invasion (1)

    17-12-196660m

    An invasion is happening, and it's happening by Major Hackett and his hired guns to any rancher or homesteader who is not a member of the Cattleman's Beleavent. An article in the p...

  • Ep 16

    16.The Great Invasion (2)

    24-12-196660m

    Frustrated by his inability to convince the homesteaders and Ryker of the need to fight the crazed, megalomaniac Major Hackett and his army, Shane decides to accept Hackett's offer...

  • Ep 17

    17.A Man'd Be Proud

    31-12-196660m

    There is a man interested in courting Marian and it's not Shane. Actually, the person doing the courting is quite shocking to everyone. Marian sees this new interest as a way to ma...

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