''Cowboy G-Men'' is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from September 1952 to June 1953, for a total of thirty-nine episodes.

Synopsis

Russell Hayden and

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star as Pat Gallagher and Stoney Crockett, a pair of government agents operating in the

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in the 1870s.Erickson, Hal (1989). ''Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 94. Phil Arnold portrayed Zerbo, a sometimes associate of Gallagher and Crockett. Gallagher typically was undercover as a ranch hand, while Crockett took the role of a wrangler.Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 216. Hand-picked agents Gallagher and Crockett dealt with "counterfeiters, smugglers and robbers and protecting property owners". Other actors who appeared in ''Cowboy G-Men'' included Claudia Barrett and Virginia Herrick. ''Cowboy G-Men'' was based on a story by Henry B. Donovan and featured the writing of such Western

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authors as Todhunter Ballard and

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Episode list

Production

Henry B. Donovan was the producer for Telemount-Mutual Productions, a TV production company he established in the late 1940s under the "Telemount Pictures" branding (it would eventually become "Mutual Television Productions" before finally taking on the Telemount-Mutual name), and the series was distributed by United Artists-TV Distribution. Directors included

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. The series was filmed in color "with black and white dupes for present day TV release". The Jack Ingram Ranch was used for exterior shots, while interior scenes were filmed in California studios. Taystee Bread sponsored the series in 24 cities. Hayden and Coogan did their own stunts on the show. Episodes were filmed in groups of 13, with three episodes typically completed within seven days—four days on location, two in a studio and "one day for the 'chases'". Location shots were filmed in the

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Release

Home media

Timeless Media Group released a 10 episode best-of set on DVD in Region 1 on October 26, 2008. Alpha Home Entertainment has released collections of ''Cowboy G-Men'' episodes on DVD. Each volume contains 4 episodes from the series. Six DVDs have been published from 2006 to 2011.

International

In Japan, ''Cowboy G-Men'' was the first show to be dubbed in Japanese in 1956.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowboy G-Men 1952 American television series debuts 1953 American television series endings Television series set in the 1870s Black-and-white American television shows American English-language television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series by CBS Studios 1950s Western (genre) television series