Season 1 • Episode 17
LatestThere 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 make Shane jealous and it works like a charm; but will her attempts backfire?
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.
Acting
David Carradine's brooding Shane outshines the film's Alan Ladd.
Writing
Jack Schaefer's source material gives real literary weight to weekly episodes.
Creators
Herschel Daugherty, Gary Nelson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
David Carradine took the role fresh off The Wild Wild West rejection, determined to redefine the western hero as more spiritual than violent.
The 1966 series arrived as westerns were dying on television — its brief run actually predicted the genre's sunset, mirroring Shane's own obsolescence as a gunfighter.
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