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Western

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

1963-1964 1 season 26 episodes
62 Pulse
7.5 IMDb
One season 22 hours
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Plot

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.

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Credits

Directed by: Boris Sagal, Walter Doniger, Richard Donner

Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Kurt Russell, Charles Bronson, Meg Wyllie, Michael Witney, Mark Allen

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