About
Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Charles Bronson, and Ryan O'Neal. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963. In the second abbreviated season, from September 24 to December 31, 1963, it was renamed Redigo after Egan's title character, Jim Redigo, the general manager of the fictitious Garrett ranch in Empire, and reduced to a half-hour. (Unaired Pilot: This Rugged Land)
Cast
Richard Egan
as Jim Redigo
Ryan O'Neal
as Tal Garrett
Anne Seymour
as Lucia Garrett
Terry Moore
as Connie Garrett
Charles Bronson
as Paul Moreno
Episodes
Season 1
The Day the Empire Stood Still
Ballard Number One
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
A Place to Put a Life
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
Ride to a Fall
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
Long Past, Long Remembered
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
Walk Like a King
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
The Fire Dancer
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
The Tall Shadow
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