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Empire
Male cast members clockwise from back: Warren Vanders, Ryan O'Neal, Charles Bronson and Richard Egan, 1963
Starring	Richard Egan Ryan O'Neal Terry Moore Anne Seymour Charles Bronson Warren Vanders
Composers	Johnny Green (pilot episode and two more episodes, plus series theme) Leith Stevens (two episodes) Hugo Friedhofer Van Alexander Richard Markowitz William Loose
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	32
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Eaves Movie Ranch Wilrich Productions Screen Gems
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 25, 1962 (1962-09-25) – May 14, 1963 (1963-05-14)
Related
Redigo

Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre (2,000 km) ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Ryan O'Neal and Charles Bronson. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963.

After NBC cancelled the original series due to low ratings, a later version was made to rename it to Redigo (instead of having a 2nd season), truncated from one-hour episodes to half hour episodes, in black and white instead of color, and again starring Egan as Redigo. That version only ran for a partial season. However, even after NBC cancelled the original series in 1963 due to low ratings, ABC reran the show on Sundays, 7:30-8:30pm, on the partial part of the 1963-64 network television season, on Spring 1964.

In the UK the series was shown in the London ITV area (Associated-Rediffusion) under the title Big G, from Jun 12th 1963 to Jan 16th 1964.

In 1965 Columbia Pictures released the pilot episode as a film called This Rugged Land outside the US.

Episodes

Cast

Main cast

• Richard Egan as Jim Redigo (both versions 1 and 2)
• Ryan O'Neal as Tal Gerret (both versions 1 and 2)
• Terry Moore as Connie Gerret (version 1)
• Anne Seymour as Lucia Gerret (version 1)
• Charles Bronson as Moreno (version 2)
• Warren Vanders as Chuck (version 2)

Guest stars

Guest stars who appeared on Empire included:

Film/TV production crew

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• Executive producer:
  • William Sackheim (E14)
  • Hal Hudson (E18, E26)
• Producer:
  • Frank Pierson (E14)
  • Andy White (E18, E26)
• Assistant to the Producer:
  • Ernest Nims (E14)
  • David Bretherton (E18, E26)
• Story executive:
  • Anthony Wilson (E14)
  • Sidney Biddell (E18)
  • Tom Crow (E26)
• Theme music: Johnny Green
• Created by: Kathleen Hite
• Director of photography: Charles S. Welborn
• Art director: Robert Peterson
• Film editor:
  • Harry Gerstad (also a part of the A.C.E.) (E14, E26)
  • Joseph Silver (E18)
  • David Bretherton (E30)
• Set decorator:
  • Sidney Clifford (E18, E26)
  • Louis Diage (E30)
• Make-up supervisor: Ben Lane (also a part of the S.M.A.)
• Music supervisor: Irving Friedman
• Music editor: Igo Kantor
• Sound effects editor: Jack Kirschner
• Technical advisor: Noel Smith (E30)
• Production supervisor: Seymour Friedman
• Post-production supervisor: Lawrence Werner
• Assistant director: John Bloss

References

1. ^ Terrance, Vincent (1979). Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947–1979). Vol. 1. Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. pp. 138. ISBN 0-498-02488-1.
2. pp. 230-231 Pitts, Michael R. Charles Bronson: The 95 Films and the 156 Television Appearances McFarland 30 June 2003

External links

• Empire at IMDb
• Empire at epguides.com

• 1962 American television series debuts
• 1964 American television series endings
• NBC television dramas
• 1960s Western (genre) television series
• Television shows set in New Mexico
• Television series by Screen Gems
• Television series set in the 1960s