John's son, Blue, is vehemently opposed to the strange "mixed marriage", coming so soon after Anna-Lee's death. Montoya's reckless son, Manolito, whose relationship with his father is strained, accompanies his sister to get away from Don Sebastian. Part of the price for the alliance is the sealing of the pact by the marriage of John Cannon to Montoya's beautiful, dark-haired, sophisticated daughter, Victoria, 30 years younger. The Apaches, under the leadership of Cochise, are hostile John's wife Anna-Lee is killed in an early attack, and to survive, the Cannons are compelled to enter into an alliance with a rich and powerful neighboring rancher, Don Sebastian Montoya, who owns a huge estate on the Mexican side of the border adjoining the "High Chaparral". The two-hour opening episode establishes the background to the action, bringing "Big John" Cannon and his family and brother Buck to the frontier high desert scrubland in the southern Arizona Territory near the border with Mexico, where they buy a run-down hacienda and establish a cattle ranch on it. Anthony Caruso, Chief Dan George, Dennis Cross, Jim Davis, John Dehner, Bruce Dern, Charles Durning, Paul Fix, Steve Forrest, Ron Foster, Frank Gorshin, Ron Hagerthy, Ron Hayes, Myron Healey, Barbara Hershey, Don Keefer, Dan Kemp, Robert Loggia, Jack Lord, Tyler McVey, Ricardo Montalbán, Joanna Moore, Robert Pine, Nehemiah Persoff, Denver Pyle, Stuart Randall, Gilbert Roland, Ned Romero, Kurt Russell, Frank Silvera, Barry Sullivan, William Sylvester, William Tannen, Dub Taylor, Paul Winfield, and Morgan Woodward. John's marriage to Victoria also brings her brother Manolito ( Henry Darrow) to live with the American "gringo" family on the extensive ranch.Īmong the many frequent guest stars were Rico Alaniz, Richard Bradford, Scott Brady, Rory Calhoun. In what is initially a marriage of convenience, she soon appreciates his strength and character, falls in love with him and becomes very supportive. John then marries a beautiful Mexican woman named Victoria ( Linda Cristal), 30 years his junior, the daughter of powerful neighboring Mexican rancher Don Sebastián Montoya ( Frank Silvera). Blue Boy's mother, Anna-Lee Cannon ( Joan Caulfield), is killed in the first episode by an attacking Apache Indian arrow. ![]() John runs a ranch, called "The High Chaparral" (named for a local plant/brush), with his brother Buck (Mitchell) and his own son Billy Blue (known as "Blue Boy") ( Mark Slade). ![]() The show is set in the 1870s, and revolves around "Big John" Cannon (Erickson), a rancher living in the dry desert of the southern Arizona Territory, near the Mexican border, in Apache Indian country. The theme song was written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot. The series was made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, and was created by David Dortort, who had previously created Bonanza for the network. It stars Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell. The High Chaparral television series, which was broadcast on NBC from 1967 to 1971, is an American Western action adventure drama set in the 1870s. Leif Erickson and Linda Cristal (John and Victoria Cannon) Guest star Barbara Hershey and Mark Slade (Blue Boy) Xanadu Productions in association with NBC
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