Michael Ansara, Full Episode, The Rawhides, Law of the Plainsman, 1960

▶ Storyline: "Law of the Plainsman, 1960"
Season 01: Episode 18 "The Rawhiders": People in the area dislike a gypsy who is accused of killing a rancher. Sam thinks the man is innocent and tries to prove it by finding the real perpetrator.

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Michael Ansara starred in the Western TV show Law of the Plainsman, which ran on NBC from October 1, 1959, to September 22, 1960.

The iconic ABC Western TV show The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors, featured the character of Native American Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in two episodes: "The Indian" and "The Raid." Four Star Productions and Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions worked together to make this show, just like they did with The Rifleman.

Law of the Plainsman is unique because it was one of the few TV shows at the time that had a Native American as the main character. This was a big move for American network television at the time. Ansara has previously acted in the show Broken Arrow, when he played the Apache chief Cochise. But Ansara was not Native American; he was of Syrian heritage.

▶ Genre: Western television series

Director Paul Landres
Writer Jay Simms
Starring Michael Jacques Aubuchon, Robert Harland
Release date: January 28, 1960, USA
1 Season, 30 Episodes.

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