Paramount struggles to sell nonviolent western series The Silent Gun
Hollywood notes Paramount Television failed to sell The Silent Gun a nonviolent western about a Tombstone sheriff. Writer Bob Kane drafted the pilot while Stefanie Powers was cast for Holly in a Capote based project. networks fear adult content and keep violence checks tight. Paramount hopes for a 1969 70 season turn.
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Television Tonight Highlights of Evening Programs
TV listings show High Chaparral at 7:30 on channels 2 and 5 with Victoria saving a man sworn to kill her husband. Wild Wild West on channels 7 and indicated, chase sequence as agents West and Gordon and a prisoner escape a town full of hunters. Name of the Game at 8:30 on channels 2 and 5 follows Barry uncovering corruption and romance in Rome over a death tied to an international playgirl. Felony Squad at 8:36 on channels 12 and 22 features a detective racing to find a robbery suspect before a warrant. Don Rickles headlines at 9 with Carol Burnett on channels 12 and 22. Guns of Will Sonnett at 9 on channels 12 and 22 has Will facing a straw man, a hangman’s effigy. Judd at 10 on channels 2 and 12 defends two boys after a hoax kidnapping ends in a shooting. Star Trek at 10 on channel 5 has Dr. McCoy facing an incurable disease with a year to live.
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The lineup features The FBI Story with James Stewart at 9 on channel 7 a dramatized bureau history from 1959. At War With the Army stars Dean Martin at 9 on channel 9 a basic training camp comedy from 1950. The Cruel Sea about British escort ship crews airs at 19 on channel 19 with Jack Hawkins from 1953. So Big featuring Jane Wyman airs at 11:30 on channel 7 in 1953. Paths of Glory the World War I court martial with Kirk Douglas at 11:30 on channel 9 from 1957.
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