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''A Man Called Shenandoah'' is an American western series that aired Monday evenings on ABC-TV from September 13, 1965 to September 5, 1966.〔Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 - Present (Seventh Edition), Ballantine Books, 1999〕 It was produced by MGM Television. Some of the location work for the 34 half-hour black and white episodes was filmed in California's High Sierras and Mojave Desert.〔Summers, Neil and Crowley, Roger M., The Official TV Western Round-Up Book, The Old West Shop Publishing, 2002〕 When reruns aired on Turner Network Television in the 1990s, only 29 of the 34 episodes were rebroadcast. In February 2014, Warner Archive Instant offered all 34 uncut episodes as part of their streaming service, but they still are not available on DVD. The series starred Robert Horton, who had costarred on ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1962. He left that series, vowing to never do another television western, but agreed to star in ''A Man Called Shenandoah'' because he felt the show would be a great opportunity for him as an actor.〔A Man For All Seasons, in the Spring 1994 issue of Trail Dus〕 The series, set in 1870, is about an amnesiac facing hardship and danger while trying to unravel his identity and his past. Similar plots have frequently been used in films and television before and since, most recently in the 2015 NBC drama ''Blindspot''. ==Synopsis== Robert Horton plays a man who was shot and left for dead. Two buffalo hunters find him out on the prairie and, thinking he might be an outlaw, take him to the nearest town, in hopes of receiving reward money.〔Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 - Present (Seventh Edition), Ballantine Books, 1999〕 When he regains consciousness he has no recollection of who he was, or why anyone would want to harm him. The doctor who treated his wounds gives him the name "Shenandoah," stating the word means "land of silence." 〔see Shenandoah Episode Guide in External Links〕 For the remainder of the series Shenandoah roams the West in search of clues to his identity. He learns that he had been a Union officer during the Civil War, and comes to believe he had been married.〔see Shenandoah Episode Guide in External Links〕 The last episode, "Macauley's Cure", ends with Mrs. Macauley telling Shenandoah: "It's not always important who you are; it's always important what you are". These words register with Shenandoah, who is now content, bringing the series to the end. Among the guest stars were Claude Akins, Ed Asner, John Dehner, Bruce Dern, Elinor Donahue, Leif Erickson, Beverly Garland, George Kennedy, Martin Landau, Cloris Leachman, John McIntire, Leonard Nimoy, Jeanette Nolan, Warren Oates, and Michael Witney. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Man Called Shenandoah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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