Black Saddle

Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on ABC from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. The half-hour program was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television, and the original pilot was an episode of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, with Chris Alcaide portraying the principal character, Clay Culhane. For syndicated reruns, Black Saddle was combined with three other Western series from the same company, Law of the Plainsman starring Michael Ansara, Johnny Ringo starring Don Durant and Mark Goddard, and the critically acclaimed creation of Sam Peckinpah, The Westerner with Brian Keith, under the umbrella title, The Westerners, with new hosting sequences by Keenan Wynn.

Black Saddle
Black SaddleSeries

Details

First aired
10 Jan 1959
Seasons
2
Episodes
44
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Last aired
4 May 1960
Genres
  • Western
  • Drama
Status
Ended
Network
ABC
Episode runtime
30 min
Countries
  • US
Original language
en
Original title
Black Saddle
Writers
John McGreeveyAntony EllisFrederick Louis FoxPaul KingJoseph StoneRobert LibottJohn Tucker BattleGeorge FassWilliam LinkRod PetersonJack JacobsDonn MullallyGertrude FassFred FreibergerRichard FielderKen KolbStuart JeromeJohn FalvoRichard Levinson

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