Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Pistols 'n' Petticoats
The town drunk raises a stir with the Hanks family.
Genre	Sitcom Western
Created by	George Tibbles
Written by	Del Moore George Tibbles Paul West
Directed by	David Alexander Joe Connelly Lawrence Dobkin Leslie Goodwins Harry Harris Sidney Lanfield Joseph Pevney Alan Rafkin
Starring	Ann Sheridan Ruth McDevitt Carole Wells Douglas Fowley Gary Vinson
Theme music composer	Jack Elliott George Tibbles
Opening theme	"Pistols 'n' Petticoats"
Composer(s)	Jack Elliott Stanley Wilson
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer(s)	Joe Connelly
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Kayro-UTV Productions Universal Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 17, 1966 – March 11, 1967

Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom that ran on CBS during the 1966-1967 television season. It was produced by Kayro/Universal Television for CBS Productions and ran from September 17, 1966 to March 11, 1967. The series was created by George Tibbles, who wrote the show's theme song. This was one of two sitcoms that ran on CBS with the "Petticoat" name in its title at the time, the other being Petticoat Junction, which was produced by Filmways and has no connection to this program.

Pistols 'n' Petticoats chronicled the lives of the gun-slinging Hanks family, which consisted of Grandpa (Andrew), his wife Grandma (Effie), widowed daughter Henrietta, granddaughter (and Henrietta's daughter) Lucy, and their pet wolf Bowser. The "Petticoats" referred to the Hanks ladies, even though Lucy (who was raised in the city) would spend more time being at odds with the rest of the clan rather than helping protect their land.

The Hanks lived in the town of Wretched, Colorado, in the year 1870, where at that time, the sprawling Old West was being occupied by outlaws. It was up to the Hanks to clean up the town, which made them more popular with the citizens than with the town sheriff, Harold Sikes, who did not like having the spotlight shine on the Hanks. The Hanks also had adversaries with rival Buss Courtney and members of a nearby Indian tribe, led by Chief Eagle Shadow, and his assistants, Grey Hawk and Little Bear.

The series would be Ann Sheridan's last role, for she would succumb to cancer on January 21, 1967, nearly two months before CBS cancelled the popular series. Of the 26 shows that were produced, Sheridan only appeared in 21 episodes. After its cancellation, Universal Pictures used several of the episodes as "archive footage" for the 1967 feature film The Far Out West.

In the pilot episode Chris Noel was cast as Sheridan's daughter, but test audiences found her portrayal unsympathetic; she was replaced by Carole Wells.