Black Saddle

*Black Saddle*
Black Saddle
	Peter Breck as Clay Culhane and Anna-Lisa as Nora Travers (1959)
Genre	Western
Created by	Hal Hudson; John McGreevey;
Starring	Peter Breck; Russell Johnson; Anna-Lisa; J. Pat O'Malley; Walter Burke;
Theme music composer	Jerry Goldsmith; Arthur Morton;
Composers	Michael Hennagin; Arthur Morton;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44
Production
Executive producer	Hal Hudson
Producers	Antony Ellis; Hal Hudson;
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	24 mins.
Original release
Network	NBC (1959); ABC (1959-1960);
Release	January 10, 1959 –; May 6, 1960
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Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes from January 10, 1959, to May 6, 1960. The first season of 20 episodes aired on NBC from January 1959-September 1959. ABC picked up the second season in the 1959-1960 season with 24 new episodes produced. The half-hour program was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television, and the original backdoor pilot was an episode of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, with Chris Alcaide originally portraying the principal character, Clay Culhane, in an episode entitled "A Threat of Violence." ^[1]

^ Aaker, Everett (2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 54. ISBN 9781476662503. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

[twp-1] Aaker, Everett (2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 54. ISBN 9781476662503. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

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