The High Chaparral Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The High Chaparral: Season 4 (1970 - 1971)

• Season 4 Episode 18: A Man to Match the Land

  A survivor of an Indian attack insists on accompanying John on a wild horse roundup on Indian lands.

• Season 4 Episode 17: The Hostage

  Victoria and Wind are among the hostages of an outlaw (Edmond O'Brien) whose bank-robbery plans go awry.

• Season 4 Episode 16: Sangre

  A war engulfs the Cannons when they help a wounded Apache leader wanted for murder.

• Season 4 Episode 15: The New Lion of Sonora

  Attacks plague the Montoya property after Don Domingo (Gilbert Roland) announces plans to sell.

• Season 4 Episode 14: The New Lion of Sonora

  Don Sebastian's will bequeaths all to his ne'er-do-well brother (Gilbert Roland).

• Season 4 Episode 13: The Badge

  The Cannons recall when lawman John had to arrest Buck for bank robbery and murder; guest Gary Busey.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Pale Warrior

  The Cannons befriend a man who claims to have been held prisoner by Apaches for 15 years : but they soon regret their generosity

• Season 4 Episode 11: A Matter of Vengeance

  Casement seeks revenge on the men responsible for the fire which destroyed his home and killed his grandson

• Season 4 Episode 10: Fiesta

  A traveling fight promoter (Nehemiah Persoff) fumes when Buck takes away his 11-year-old Mexican charge.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Forge of Hate

  A rebellious chief (Robert Loggia) threatens an Apache's efforts to make peace with the Cannons.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Too Late the Epitaph

  Manolito is saved by an old buddy (Monte Markham) from gold-theft charges, but is later framed for murder.

• Season 4 Episode 7: Good Sound Profit

  Over Victoria and Manolito's objections, John supplies guns, ammunition and horses to Mexican revolutionaries.

• Season 4 Episode 6: It Takes a Smart Man

  John must give in to the demands of a blackmailer to prevent him from goading Buck into a no-win gun battle.

• Season 4 Episode 5: A Matter of Survival

  Indians stalk Victoria and her escorts as they bring the infant survivor of a raid, and his grandfather, back to the ranch.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Wind

  Wind, a half-Indian boy, tries to repay the Cannons after they save him from a being lynched as a rustler.

• Season 4 Episode 3: Only the Bad Come to Sonora

  Manolito poses as a drifter to capture three highwaymen who stole his money and horse.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Spokes

  Buck escapes from ranch life by spending the Fourth of July in the roughest town in the territory.

• Season 4 Episode 1: An Anger Greater Than Mine

  John and Don Sebastian unite against a revolutionary (Alejandro Rey) raiding both their properties.

The High Chaparral: Season 3 (1969 - 1970)

• Season 3 Episode 26: No Trouble at All

  Victoria finds herself in danger when she travels across Indian territory to help an ailing friend

• Season 3 Episode 25: Generation

  A newspaper editor admires Billy Blue's drawings and offers him a high-paying job in the city.

• Season 3 Episode 24: Auld Lang Syne

  While helping out an old army buddy, Buck inadvertently becomes involved in a robbery. Western adventure, starring Leif Erickson

• Season 3 Episode 23: Too Many Chiefs

  John leaves Buck, Blue and Manolito in charge of the ranch, but returns from vacation to find an Indian uprising in full swing

• Season 3 Episode 22: New Hostess in Town

  Attacking bandits strand Buck in the desert and force kidnapped Victoria to work as a cantina hostess in an outlaw town.

• Season 3 Episode 21: The Reluctant Deputy

  Manolito and Buck's practical joke -- having Billy Blue sworn in as a deputy -- backfires when the real sheriff must leave.

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Lieutenant

  The men of the Cannon ranch are caught in the middle of a confrontation between a neighbouring rancher and a cavalry officer

• Season 3 Episode 19: Mi Casa, Su Casa

  Manolito's father causes problems at the Cannon ranch when he provokes an Indian attack. Classic Western adventure with Leif Erickson

• Season 3 Episode 18: The Guns of Johnny Rondo

  An ex-gunfighter joins the ranch, but his past puts his life in danger. Starring Leif Erickson and Linda Crystal

• Season 3 Episode 17: Jelks

  The foreman threatens to quit when he and John disagree over a drifter John hired for a cattle drive.

• Season 3 Episode 16: Friends and Partners

  Manolito and Buck tire of their duties as cowhands and start up their own spread : but will the grass be greener on the other side?

• Season 3 Episode 15: The Journal of Death

  A prison doctor (John Colicos) accused of killing his patients is the only one who can save ailing Victoria.

• Season 3 Episode 14: The Long Shadow

  Ranch hands and cattle suffer a series of attacks by an unknown assailant, putting the Cannons' livelihood in jeopardy

• Season 3 Episode 13: The Little Thieves

  Buck and Manolito try to reform two teens (Jo Ann Harris, Heather Menzies) caught rustling cattle.

• Season 3 Episode 12: Alliance

  An Apache brave is accused of murder and the Cannon family are caught in the middle when the military send a bounty hunter to capture the renegade

• Season 3 Episode 11: The Legacy

  Blue falls in love with a houseguest, but his dreams of romance are marred when she reveals the real reason for her visit

• Season 3 Episode 10: The Lost Ones

  An Apache once saved by Victoria drags her to his camp and orders her to cure his chief's injured son.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Lady Fair

  Buck offers his help and a proposal of marriage when he falls for the head (Joanna Moore) of a troubled freight company.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Apache Trust

  An Apache chief (Chief Dan George) grabs Billy Blue and threatens him with death if the Army makes a planned attack.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Trail to Nevermore

  John, Victoria and Manolito are stranded in the desert following an attack by bandits, but only add to their troubles by seeking shelter in an abandoned town

• Season 3 Episode 6: To Stand for Something More

  Billy Blue, left in charge, faces humiliation when bandits steal his father's prize stallion.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Bad Day for a Bad Man

  Bandits kidnap one of Manolito's girlfriends and steal some cattle money, threatening the existence of the Cannon ranch

• Season 3 Episode 4: A Piece of Land

  Victoria offers jewelry as collateral so Manolito can invest with Buck in a silver mine, which turns out worthless.

• Season 3 Episode 3: The Brothers Cannon

  When John ignores complaints about work assignments, angry Buck leaves the Cannon ranch for good; guest Lou Frizzell.

• Season 3 Episode 2: A Time to Laugh, a Time to Cry

  Manolito's affections for his childhood sweetheart blossom into love, but unfortunately she is kidnapped by Comancheros

• Season 3 Episode 1: Time of Your Life

  The men visit the pub for a celebratory drink, but when a barroom brawl erupts, Blue is left facing the toughest decision of his life

The High Chaparral: Season 2 (1968 - 1969)

• Season 2 Episode 26: For the Love of Carlos

  Victoria befriends the son of an accused murderer, but the boy flees classmates' taunts to rejoin his fugitive father.

• Season 2 Episode 25: The Lion Sleeps

  Don Sebastian, wounded by an assassin, pretends to be dying to force Manolito to marry and take over the Cannon ranch.

• Season 2 Episode 24: No Bugles, No Drums

  Buck is in danger when he tries to find an old girlfriend's (Bethel Leslie) missing spouse; guest Pamelyn Ferdin.

• Season 2 Episode 23: A Fella Named Kilroy

  Buck is faced with a dilemma when a new hand he hired, who is Billy Blue's idol, is nothing but a thief.

• Season 2 Episode 22: Surtee

  John and Billy Blue set themselves up for attack to prove an Indian agent has hired a renegade chief to steal government cattle.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Stinky Flanagan

  A cavalry deserter (Frank Gorshin) convinces Buck to buy his camel, promising the animal will revolutionize cattle herding.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Once on a Day in Spring

  Neglected Victoria leaves the Cannon ranch with Manolito to find peace with her father; guest Kathleen Crowley.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Feathers of an Eagle

  Billy Blue endangers the Cannon peace treaty and becomes an Apache prisoner after freeing a white girl.

• Season 2 Episode 18: The Glory Soldiers

  Manolito's hunt for excitement leads him to rob a bandit friend to help a woman (Elizabeth Allen) and her followers.

• Season 2 Episode 17: The Last Hundred Miles

  John backs a competitor to an established freight hauler (Robert Clary) faking Indian attacks to raise prices.

• Season 2 Episode 16: No Irish Need Apply

  Manolito disregards John's advice and decides to help his Irish miner friend strike to protest working conditions.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Shadow of the Wind

  An old friend of Victoria and Manolito's admits he is the leader of a Mexican gang seeking Indian scalps for profit.

• Season 2 Episode 14: A Sea of Enemies

  A black Army deserter (Paul Winfield) accused of murder takes Billy Blue hostage and forces him to help in an escape plan.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Our Lady of Guadalupe

  A priest (Ricardo Montalban) asks the Cannons for financial help to find a religious statue, then gives the money to the poor.

• Season 2 Episode 12: A Way of Justice

  Three convicts frame John for the murder of a Mexican shepherd's daughter and will kill him unless a ransom is paid.

• Season 2 Episode 11: For What We Are About to Receive

  Victoria's idea that John buy a squatter's last turkey leads to complications involving a local Indian chief.

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Buffalo Soldiers

  An all-black cavalry troop answers Tucson's request for troops to oppose a powerful town boss; guest Yaphet Kotto.

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Deceivers

  The daughter (Bonnie Bedelia) of a half-Apache man (Robert Loggia) helps him escape after he is nabbed for raiding the ranch.

• Season 2 Episode 8: North to Tucson

  Victoria rescues an injured man (Kevin McCarthy) after his stagecoach is attacked, then learns he has sworn to kill John.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Ebenezer

  John convinces an editor to open Tucson's first newspaper, but exposing local corruption puts the man in danger.

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Promised Land

  Don Sebastian fails to honor a promise to sell a hamlet to its inhabitants after Vaquero inherits the purchase price.

• Season 2 Episode 5: The Covey

  An escaped Mexican bandit (Anthony Caruso) returns to destroy the Cannon ranch and avenge his imprisonment.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Tornado Frances

  Buck's illusions about saloon ownership are shattered when a temperance group targets his new establishment.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Follow Your Heart

  The Cannon ranch foreman vows revenge when he learns his daughter has been killed by his adopted brother.

• Season 2 Episode 2: Ten Little Indians

  John is caught between warring tribes when he feeds Apache children, including Geronimo's grandson, orphaned by Pimas.

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Stallion

  The son of an Apache chief fumes when a wild stallion he tries to capture is finally taken by Billy Blue.

The High Chaparral: Season 1 (1967 - 1968)

• Season 1 Episode 28: Threshold of Courage

  A man, disfigured by John during the Civil War, kidnaps Victoria to force a showdown in the high country.

• Season 1 Episode 27: A Joyful Noise

  John protects a priest (Ramon Novarro) traveling with two nuns and a girl whose demented fiance wants her back.

• Season 1 Episode 26: The Hair Hunter

  A miner closed down by Apache raids ignores John's objections and hires a bounty hunter.

• Season 1 Episode 25: The Peacemaker

  Billy Blue falls for the adopted Apache daughter (Barbara Hershey) of a peace envoy he is guiding to Cochise.

• Season 1 Episode 24: Tiger by the Tail

  The Cannons capture a wounded bandit leader (Ricardo Montalban) who threatens to destroy the ranch unless he is freed.

• Season 1 Episode 23: Bad Day for a Thirst

  Injured, dehydrated Buck must rely on two Apaches he trained as ranch hands when an Apache war party captures the trio.

• Season 1 Episode 22: Ride the Savage Land

  Manolito endures a test of courage to free a white woman (Claire Wilcox) held captive by Apaches for five years.

• Season 1 Episode 21: The Champion of the Western World

  Buck encourages Billy Blue to fight a boxing champion (Charles Aidman) to win money for a silver saddle.

• Season 1 Episode 20: The Kinsman

  After 15 years, the Cannons' uncle (Jack Lord) arrives, wounded, and fails to reveal he is chased by bounty hunters.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Gold Is Where You Leave It

  Gold seekers driven from an abandoned mine on the Cannon ranch return to take revenge; guest Leo Gordon.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Survival

  John and Billy Blue force a wounded Apache to lead them to water, but an Indian chief captures them along the way.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Assassins

  A renegade chief stalks an Apache peace representative (X Brands) negotiating for Cochise at the Cannon ranch.

• Season 1 Episode 16: The Firing Wall

  A Mexican bandit turned revolutionary (Fernando Lamas) plans to publicly execute Cannon ranch hands as a show of power.

• Season 1 Episode 15: The Terrorist

  Manolito frees from jail an old friend (Henry Silva), a revolutionary, unaware he plans to kill Mexico's exiled president.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Mark of the Turtle

  John's cowhands join a posse that invades Montoya land while searching for bandits; guest Robert Lansing.

• Season 1 Episode 13: The Widow From Red Rock

  Buck alienates John by working for a lovely widow (Patricia Barry) conducting illegal deals.

• Season 1 Episode 12: The Price of Revenge

  A widow (Geraldine Brooks) whose husband once owned the High Chaparral hires a gunfighter to drive off the Cannons.

• Season 1 Episode 11: A Hanging Offense

  Billy Blue defends an Apache woman from an Army lieutenant, then faces murder charges after the man dies.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Sudden Country

  A bank clerk from the East tries to start a cattle ranch, but unwittingly buys diseased animals.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Doctor From Dodge

  A dentist who saved Billy Blue from a showdown proves to be an untrue friend when Billy is kidnapped.

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Filibusteros

  A disturbed Civil War veteran, a former friend of Buck's, takes Buck, Victoria, Manolito and Don Sebastian prisoner at the ranch.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Shadows on the Land

  John is unable to buy Mexican beef to fulfill a contract because ranchers are forced to sell to a ruthless buyer.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Young Blood

  Don Sebastian suspects a prank when Manolito and Billy Blue arrive to buy his second-best bull, so he has the animal stolen.

• Season 1 Episode 5: A Quiet Day in Tucson

  Temptation sidetracks Buck, Manolito and Billy Blue when they head for Tucson to buy supplies.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Best Man for the Job

  Cochise threatens to kill three deserters who murdered Indians unless an Army captain (Warren Stevens) returns Apache hostages.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Ghost of Chaparral

  Victoria, returned after being kidnapped by Apaches, receives two offers to leave her loveless marriage.

• Season 1 Episode 2: The Arrangement

  Don Sebastian wants to seal the alliance by marrying his daughter, Victoria, to John and sending his son with her.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Destination Tucson

  John Cannon, having lost his wife to attacking Apaches, negotiates a defense agreement with his Mexican neighbor.