TV review - "The Men from Shiloh" (1970) **

Watched a video with two episodes of The Men from Shiloh. This was a show which lasted a year and was a sequel/continuation/formerly-known-as The Virginian, a show which apparently revolved around ranch hands James Dury and Doug McClure, both whom are in this show - but there was a new boss, played by Stewart Granger. And another reason for the different title was the show was apparently a bit different - each episode concentrated solely on one character - so you wouldn't have them interacting.

 The first ep has McClure help a little girl find her mother (she's a con artist); the second one involves Granger and his 17 year old niece (played by a young Annette O'Toole, very pretty) save a man from hanging (Lee Majors who became a series regular).

 Granger was white haired and distinguished at this stage of his career; he's OK but its not much of a role. The opening credit sequence, with Ennio Morricone's booming score and whizzing around old style pictures is entertaining, but the show itself is tired, with that crappy Universal television washed over look, too contemporary clothes and feel.
 

Script wise there are too many repetitive scenes eg in the first one too many between McClure and the girl, in the second too many with O'Toole and Majors making goo-goo eyes at one other.