Product Details

• Actors: Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale, Jr., James Coburn, Denver Pyle
• Directors: n, a
• Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 10
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Timeless Media Group
• DVD Release Date: November 18, 2008
• Run Time: 1790 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001FRNB62
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,299 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Texan" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 18-NOV-2008
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSTANDING & ALMOST COMPLETE COMPILATION!, November 20, 2008

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Anthony Caton (Arkansas. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Texan (DVD)

I cannot tell you how thrilled I am with this outstanding set from Timeless Media Group. Seventy of the 78 episodes of the classic (1958-60) CBS television western "The Texan," starring rugged Rory Calhoun as "Bill Longley," are found in this compilation. The video quality is a surprising "9;" the audio quality of this set is equally good. Each episode runs roughly 26 minutes and contains the original open and close -- which includes the wonderful rumbling/muscular Desilu theme music soundtrack. Outstanding guest stars accompany Calhoun in his trek through the southwest, including Jack Elam, Morgan Woodward, James Coburn, Bethel Leslie, Richard Devon, Bob Steele, Anthony Caruso, Alan Hale Jr., Denver Pyle, Neville Brand, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Jaeckel, Cesar Romero, Karen Sharpe, R.G. Armstrong, Strother Martin, James Best, Shirley Knight, Brian Donlevy, Robert Wilke, Michael Landon, John Dehner, Paul Fix, and Mike Connors. This set is a MUST HAVE for any collector of classic TV westerns. Thank you for taking the time to read my review.

Disc One:

Law of the Gun -- Neville Brand
Man With the Solid Gold Star -- Bruce Bennett
Troubled Town -- Harry Dean Stanton
First Notch -- J. Carroll Naish
Edge of Cliff -- Mike Connors
Jail for Innocents -- Vaughn Taylor
Tree for Planting -- James Westerfield, Paul Fix

Disc Two:

Hemp Tree -- Michael Landon
Widow of Paradise -- Alan Hale Jr.
No Tears for Dead -- Michael Pate, Beverly Washburn
Easterner -- Jack Elam
Time of the Year -- George Macready
Lord Will Provide -- Murvyn Vye, Ellen Corby
Duchess of Denver -- Alan Dinehart

Disc Three:

Quart of Law -- Robert Lowery, Holly Bane
Outpost -- Christopher Dark
Peddler -- Lou Jacobi
Return to Friendly -- John Harmon
Man Behind the Star -- Richard Jaeckel, Brian Donlevy
Ringer -- Grant Withers, Paul Brinegar, Ron Hayes
Marshal of Yellow Jacket -- Robert Wilke, Read Morgan

Disc Four:

No Love Wasted -- Lon Chaney Jr.
Race for Life -- Kelly Thordsen
Letter of the Law -- R.G. Armstrong, Trevor Bardette
Private Account -- Karen Sharpe, Jesse White
Caballero -- Cesar Romero
Blood Money -- Dorothy Provine
No Place to Stop -- Strother Martin, Denver Pyle

Disc Five:

Reunion -- Bethel Leslie, Robert F. Simon
Badlands -- Ralph Moody
South of Border -- Jack Elam, John Doucette
Smiling Loser -- Harry Lauter, Red Morgan
Sheriff of Boot Hill -- Denver Pyle
Gunfighter -- John Pickard
Man Hater -- Henry Brandon, Henry Kulky

Disc Six:

No Way Out -- James Griffith, Lucien Littlefield
Image of Gulit -- Don Haggerty
Dishonest Posse -- Jack Lambert, Bing Russell
Blue Northern -- Harry Dean Stanton
Traildust -- Brian Donlevy
Telegraph Story -- Denver Pyle
Stampede -- Shirley Knight

Disc Seven:

Showdown at Abilene -- Barbara Luna
Trouble on Trail -- Michael Dante
Cowards Don't Die -- Sherwood Price
Border Incident -- Alan Hale Jr.
Dangerous Ground -- Alan Hale Jr.
End of Track -- Alan Hale Jr.
Friend of the Family -- John Dehner, James Coburn

Disc Eight:

Terrified Town -- Bob Steele, Richard Devon
Sixgun Street -- Richard Devon, Alan Dinehart
Taming of Rio Nada -- Richard Devon, Alan Dinehart
Thirty Hours to Kill -- Malcolm Atterbury
Quarantine -- Alan Hale Jr.
Buried Treasure -- Duncan Lamont
Captive Crew -- Alan Hale Jr.

Disc Nine:

Showdown -- Anthony Caruso, Alan Hale Jr., Ron Hayes
Governor's Lady -- Myron Healey
Town Divided -- Morgan Woodward
Guilty & Innocent -- Denver Pyle
Presentation Gun -- Harry Harvey
Nomad -- Wm. Fawcett
Killer's Road -- James Best, Lane Bradford

Disc Ten:

Lady Tenderfoot -- Jack Elam, Claire Kelly
Invivible Noose -- Bill Erwin
Johnny Tuvo -- Frank Wilcox, Myron Healey
Accuser -- Don Haggerty
Mission to Monterey -- Lane Bradford
Badman -- Anthony Warde
Twenty-four Hours to Live -- Paul Birch

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb picture quality, Baby!, December 17, 2008

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R. G. Bright - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Texan (DVD)

Coming from the same company that edited TV episodes on previous DVD releases and offered grainy 16mm transfers, I hesitated buying this set. Glad I gave them a chance 'cause this is superb!

Every episode is uncut and unedited and the best superior picture quality from the original 35mm nitrate negatives. In other words, you will not find better anywhere else.

The guests include Neville Brand, a young Michael Landon, Andy Clyde, James Drury and many others. If you hesitate because people often are too critical (champagne taste and a beer budget wallet) take my word for it as a guy who is picky about his DVDs. Buy this today!

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Even Some Texan Is Better Than None, September 21, 2008

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Terence Allen (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Texan (DVD)

"The Texan- The Best Of" is a release by Timeless Media Group of 70 of the 78 episodes of this Western television series starring popular Western movie actor Rory Calhoun. In "The Texan," Calhoun played Bill Longley, a ex-Confederate soldier who came home after the Civil War to find his plantation burned down and his wife dead. He then began to roam the West, using his considerable gunfighter skills to help old friends or new friends in trouble.

It is a shame that eight of the episodes of this series were not found or were incomplete so that the complete series could not be released. This was a very entertaining TV series. Calhoun's charm, plus his many years of experience appearing in Western films, made "The Texan" interesting and engaging. Like the best Western heroes, Calhoun could play serious and comic scenes with equal aplomb, and made Longley a believable and enjoyable hero.

One can only hope that the other eight episodes of the series will be found and be usable in a future release.