# Empire (1962 TV series)

Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre (2,000 km$^2$) ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Ryan O'Neal and Charles Bronson. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963.
After NBC cancelled the original series due to low ratings, a later version was made to rename it to Redigo (instead of having a 2nd season), truncated from one-hour episodes to half hour episodes, in black and white instead of color, and again starring Egan as Redigo. That version only ran for a partial season. However, even after NBC cancelled the original series in 1963 due to low ratings, ABC reran the show on Sundays, 7:30-8:30pm, on the partial part of the 1963-64 network television season, on Spring 1964.
In the UK the series was shown in the London ITV area (Associated-Rediffusion) under the title Big G, from Jun 12th 1963 to Jan 16th 1964.
In 1965 Columbia Pictures released the pilot episode as a film called This Rugged Land outside the US.

## Episodes

| No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 0 | "This Rugged Land" | Arthur Hiller | Frank S. Nugent | N/A |
| Unaired pilot. |||||
| 1 | "The Day the Empire Stood Still" | Arthur Hiller | Frank S. Nugent | September 25, 1962 (1962-09-25) |
| 2 | "Ballard Number One" | Walter Grauman | Gilbert Ralston | October 2, 1962 (1962-10-02) |
| 3 | "A Place to Put a Life" | Fred Jackman Jr. | Unknown | October 9, 1962 (1962-10-09) |
| 4 | "Ride to a Fall" | Abner Biberman | Ken Trevey | October 16, 1962 (1962-10-16) |
| 5 | "Long Past, Long Remembered" | Ted Post | Unknown | October 23, 1962 (1962-10-23) |
| 6 | "Walk Like a King" | Alex March | Alvin Sargent | October 30, 1962 (1962-10-30) |
| 7 | "The Fire Dancer" | Fred Jackman Jr. | Stephen Kandel and Alvin Sargent | November 13, 1962 (1962-11-13) |
| 8 | "The Tall Shadow" | John Farrow | Andy White | November 20, 1962 (1962-11-20) |
| 9 | "The Earth Mover" | Harry Keller | Story by : Anthony Wilson Teleplay by : Ken Trevey | November 27, 1962 (1962-11-27) |
| 10 | "Pressure Lock" "Deadline" | Abner Biberman | Unknown | December 4, 1962 (1962-12-04) |
| 11 | "Echo of a Man" | John Farrow | Antony Ellis | December 12, 1962 (1962-12-12) |
| 12 | "When the Gods Laugh" | Robert Gist | Unknown | December 18, 1962 (1962-12-18) |
| 13 | "Green, Green Hills" | Unknown | Unknown | December 25, 1962 (1962-12-25) |
| 14 | "Stopover on the Way to the Moon" | William D. Russell | Robert E. Thompson | January 1, 1963 (1963-01-01) |
| 15 | "The Four Thumbs Story" | Frank Pierson | Frank Pierson | January 8, 1963 (1963-01-08) |
| 16 | "End of an Image" | Unknown | Unknown | January 15, 1963 (1963-01-15) |
| 17 | "The Loner" | Unknown | Unknown | January 22, 1963 (1963-01-22) |
| 18 | "Where the Hawk Is Wheeling" | John Farrow | Donald S. Sanford | January 29, 1963 (1963-01-29) |
| 19 | "No Small Wars" | Unknown | Unknown | February 5, 1963 (1963-02-05) |
| 20 | "The Tiger Inside" "The Hunted" | Bernard McEveety | Unknown | February 12, 1963 (1963-02-12) |
| 21 | "Season of Growth" | Bernard McEveety | Unknown | February 19, 1963 (1963-02-19) |
| 22 | "Seven Days on Rough Street" | Bernard McEveety | Stephen Kandel | February 26, 1963 (1963-02-26) |
| 23 | "A House in Order" "Farewell" | Byron Paul | Story by : Cyril Hume and Preston Wood Teleplay by : Cyril Hume | March 5, 1963 (1963-03-05) |
| 24 | "Down There, the World" | Leon Benson | Story by : John Falvo and Peter Mamakos Teleplay by : John Falvo | March 12, 1963 (1963-03-12) |
| 25 | "Burnout" | Bernard McEveety | Ken Kolb | March 19, 1963 (1963-03-19) |
| 26 | "Hidden Asset" | Leonard J. Horn | Unknown | March 26, 1963 (1963-03-26) |
| 27 | "Arrow in the Sky" | Frank Pierson | Unknown | April 9, 1963 (1963-04-09) |
| 28 | "Nobody Dies on Saturday" "Breakout" | Hal Hudson | Unknown | April 16, 1963 (1963-04-16) |
| 29 | "65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way" | Allen Reisner | Unknown | April 23, 1963 (1963-04-23) |
| 30 | "Duet for Eight Wheels" "Ordeal" | Leon Benson | Ron Bishop | April 30, 1963 (1963-04-30) |
| 31 | "Between Friday and Monday" | Unknown | Ken Trevey | May 7, 1963 (1963-05-07) |
| 32 | "The Convention" | Abner Biberman | Unknown | May 14, 1963 (1963-05-14) |

## Cast
### Main cast

* Richard Egan as Jim Redigo (both versions 1 and 2)
* Ryan O'Neal as Tal Gerret (both versions 1 and 2)
* Terry Moore as Connie Gerret (version 1)
* Anne Seymour as Lucia Gerret (version 1)
* Charles Bronson as Moreno (version 2)
* Warren Vanders as Chuck (version 2)

### Guest stars

Guest stars who appeared on Empire included:

## Film/TV production crew

* Executive producer:
** William Sackheim (E14)
** Hal Hudson (E18, E26)
* Producer:
** Frank Pierson (E14)
** Andy White (E18, E26)
* Assistant to the Producer:
** Ernest Nims (E14)
** David Bretherton (E18, E26)
* Story executive:
** Anthony Wilson (E14)
** Sidney Biddell (E18)
** Tom Crow (E26)
* Theme music: Johnny Green
* Created by: Kathleen Hite
* Director of photography: Charles S. Welborn
* Art director: Robert Peterson
* Film editor:
** Harry Gerstad (also a part of the A.C.E.) (E14, E26)
** Joseph Silver (E18)
** David Bretherton (E30)
* Set decorator:
** Sidney Clifford (E18, E26)
** Louis Diage (E30)
* Make-up supervisor: Ben Lane (also a part of the S.M.A.)
* Music supervisor: Irving Friedman
* Music editor: Igo Kantor
* Sound effects editor: Jack Kirschner
* Technical advisor: Noel Smith (E30)
* Production supervisor: Seymour Friedman
* Post-production supervisor: Lawrence Werner
* Assistant director: John Bloss