26 Men | |
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Genre | Western |
Written by | Dwight V. Babcock Oliver Drake Warren Douglas Tom Hubbard Sloan Nibley Lawrence Resner Samuel Roeca |
Directed by | Franklin Adreon Joseph Kane Reg Browne Oliver Drake |
Starring |
Tristram Coffin Kelo Henderson |
Theme music composer |
Russell Hayden Hal Hopper |
Composer(s) | Al Sack Gordon Zahler |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 78 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Russell Hayden |
Producer(s) | William Dennis Russell Hayden |
Cinematography | Buddy Harris John Mathew Nickolaus, Jr. Kenneth Peach J.D. Weiler |
Editor(s) | Tom Biggart Reg Browne Frank Capacchione Everett Dodd Axel Hubert Sr. Roy V. Livingston |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Syndication |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monoaural |
Original release | November 1, 1957 | – June 30, 1959
26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.
The program stars Tristram Coffin as the real life Captain Thomas H. Rynning and Kelo Henderson, a Golden Boot Award winner, as Ranger Clint Travis. The series was based on true incidents with episodes centered on the Arizona Rangers' attempts to maintain order.
Timeless Media Group released a 3-disc best-of set, featuring 20 episodes from the series on DVD in Region 1 on April 12, 2011.