Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Ryan O'Neal and Charles Bronson. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963.
After NBC cancelled the original series due to low ratings, a later version was made to rename it to Redigo (instead of having a 2nd season), truncated from one-hour episodes to half hour episodes, in black and white instead of color, and again starring Egan as Redigo. That version ran only for a partial season. However, even after NBC cancelled the original series in 1963 due to low ratings, ABC reran the show on Sundays, 7:30-8:30pm, on the partial part of the 1963-64 network television season, on Spring 1964.
In the UK the series was shown in the London ITV area (Associated-Rediffusion) under the title Big G, from Jun 12th 1963 to Jan 16th 1964.
In 1965 Columbia Pictures released the pilot episode as a film called This Rugged Landpp. 230-231 Pitts, Michael R. Charles Bronson: The 95 Films and the 156 Television Appearances McFarland 30 June 2003 outside the US.
Episodes
Cast Main cast Richard Egan as Jim Redigo (both versions 1 and 2) Ryan O'Neal as Tal Gerret (both versions 1 and 2) Terry Moore as Connie Gerret (version 1) Anne Seymour as Lucia Gerret (version 1) Charles Bronson as Moreno (version 2) Warren Vanders as Chuck (version 2)
Guest stars Guest stars who appeared on Empire included:
Inger Stevens Philip Abbott Barry Atwater Barbara Bain Roy Barcroft Joanna Barnes Ed Begley Diane Brewster Joyce Bulifant Walter Burke James T. Callahan Lon Chaney Jr. Pat Conway Ray Danton John Dehner Lawrence Dobkin Keir Dullea Sharon Farrell Joan Freeman Leo Gordon
Frank Gorshin Harold Gould Dabbs Greer Virginia Gregg James Gregory James Griffith Joan Hackett Don C. Harvey Anne Helm Clegg Hoyt Arch Johnson L. Q. Jones Richard Jordan Victor Jory Gail Kobe Harvey Korman Bethel Leslie Joanne Linville Ralph Meeker
Roger Mobley Bill Mumy Dan O'Herlihy Dennis Patrick Ford Rainey Gilman Rankin Chris Robinson Telly Savalas Karen Steele Robert J. Stevenson Harold J. Stone Frank Sutton Ray Teal Russell Thorson Tom Tully John Vivyan Eddy Waller William Windom
Film/TV production crew
Executive producer: William Sackheim (E14) Hal Hudson (E18, E26) Producer: Frank Pierson (E14) Andy White (E18, E26) Assistant to the Producer: Ernest Nims (E14) David Bretherton (E18, E26) Story executive: Anthony Wilson (E14) Sidney Biddell (E18) Tom Crow (E26) Theme music: Johnny Green Created by: Kathleen Hite Director of photography: Charles S. Welborn Art director: Robert Peterson Film editor: Harry Gerstad (also a part of the A.C.E.) (E14, E26) Joseph Silver (E18) David Bretherton (E30) Set decorator: Sidney Clifford (E18, E26) Louis Diage (E30) Make-up supervisor: Ben Lane (also a part of the S.M.A.) Music supervisor: Irving Friedman Music editor: Igo Kantor Sound effects editor: Jack Kirschner Technical advisor: Noel Smith (E30) Production supervisor: Seymour Friedman Post-production supervisor: Lawrence Werner Assistant director: John Bloss
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