9 Season
249 Episode
The Virginian - Season 9 Episode 5 The Mysterious Mr. Tate
With every hoofbeat, history is made.
Col. MacKenzie rescues a man, Tate (Lee Majors), from a lynching for a shooting he saw to be self-defense. MacKenzie is traveling on a train with the young daughter of a friend who believes she is in love with Tate who has an outlaw background. This is the first episode to include Roy Tate, although Lee Majors had been shown in the opening credits since the start of the season.
- Year: 1971
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Western, Drama
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: ranch, 19th century
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- Cast: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee Majors, Sara Lane