Mackenzie's Raiders
| Mackenzie's Raiders | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | Stephen Alexander Robert Leslie Bellem Richard Carlson William Driskill Milton S. Gelman Paul Savage Barney Slater Charles B. Smith Irwin Winehouse A. Sanford Wolfe Jim Thompson (writer) |
| Directed by | Derwin Abrahams Franklin Adreon Abner Biberman Richard Carlson Eddie Davis Herman Hoffman Lew Landers |
| Starring | Richard Carlson |
| Narrated by | Art Gilmore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Lou Breslow Elliott Lewis |
| Cinematography | Robert Hoffman Charles Van Enger |
| Editor(s) |
Charles L. Freeman Stanford Tischler |
| Running time | 30 mins. (approx) |
| Production company(s) | Ziv Television Programs |
| Distributor |
MGM Television Peter Rodgers Organization |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 1, 1958 – 1959 |
Mackenzie's Raiders is an American Western television series starring Richard Carlson that aired thirty-nine episodes in syndication between 1958 and 1959. The series is narrated by Art Gilmore, and was produced by Ziv Television Programs.Carlson had previously starred in another series for Ziv, the successful I Led Three Lives, a few years before .
Carlson played Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie, commander of the U.S. 4th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Clark near Brackettville in Kinney County in southwest Texas, during the 1870s. The real Mackenzie was a nephew of Confederate States of America diplomat John Slidell and the brother of Union Navy Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie.
In the series story line, Colonel Mackenzie receives secret orders from U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of War William W. Belknap to stop bandits from crossing the Rio Grande into the United States or from returning to Mexico.
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