My Son, My Son is the eighth episode of the first season of The Big Valley. It first aired on November 3, 1965.
Plot[]
A neighboring rancher's teenage son returns to Stockton after being away many years and is immediately obsessed with Audra. He tangles with Audra's defender, Heath, which leads to a feud between the families. The dispute further escalates with a shooting, and then the boy's background is divulged. - Source: IMDb.com
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Richard Long as Jarrod Barkley
- Peter Breck as Nick Barkley
- Lee Majors as Heath
- Linda Evans as Audra Barkley
- Miss Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley
Guest Star[]
- Robert Walker as Evan
Co-Starring[]
- Katharine Bard as Jenny Miles
- R. G. Armstrong as Wallace Miles
Supporting cast[]
- Charles Briles as Eugene Barkley
- Mort Mills as Sheriff
- Napoleon Whiting as Silas
- Ron Nicholas as Young Man
- Gene Pinkerton as Ranch Hand
Crew (and other credits)[]
Opening credits[]
- Produced by: Jules Levy, Arthur Gardner & Arnold Laven
- Written by: Paul Schneider
- Directed by: Paul Henreid
Closing credits[]
- "A Four Star Levy-Gardner-Laven Production"
- Associate Producer: Lou Morheim
- Production Supervisor: Norman S. Powell
- Editorial Supervisor: Bernard Burton
- Supervising Art Director: Bill Ross
- Music by: George Duning
- Music Supervision by: Alfred Perry
- Director of Photography: Wilfrid M. Cline, A.S.C.
- Art Director: Jack DeShields
- Production Manager: Don Torpin
- Assistant Director: Mike Moder
- Set Decorator: Pierre Ludlam
- Wardrobe: Robert B. Harris
- Miss Stanwyck's costumes: Jack Muhs
- Edited by: Anthony Wollner, A.C.E.
- Sound: Don Rush
- Music Editor: Harry King
- Script Supervisor: Joseph Mazzuca
- Sound Effects: Mandine Rogne
- Hairstylist: Scotty Rackin
- Makeup: Sidney Perell
- Casting: Robert Walker
- Producers' Assistants: Marian Carpenter & Marilyn Fiebelkorn
- Created by: A. I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman
Trivia[]
- The waltz being played in the pre-credits sequence at Audra's birthday party is a variation of the show's theme music.
- In this episode it's learned that Nick is older than Heath, and the first time Heath called him "Big brother".
- The Miles Ranch is the same set used for the movie Shenandoah.
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