Daniel is told he must sign away his Boonesborough property to free his family and others held hostage on Chickasaw lands by British forces.Daniel is told he must sign away his Boonesborough property to free his family and others held hostage on Chickasaw lands by British forces.Daniel is told he must sign away his Boonesborough property to free his family and others held hostage on Chickasaw lands by British forces.
Dal McKennon
- Cincinnatus
- (as Dalllas McKennon)
Thomas Browne Henry
- Antawah
- (as Tom Browne Henry)
Stonewall Jackson
- Settler
- (uncredited)
Richard Lapp
- Sentry
- (uncredited)
Neil Summers
- Settler
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis is the first episode of the series in color.
- GoofsDaniel Boone and White Feather are fighting in a creek, while locked in an embrace. Between shots, the knife in White Feather's left hand switches to his right hand and then back to his left hand.
- SoundtracksDaniel Boone
by Lionel Newman and Vera Matson
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Returning to Boonesborough after a long hunt, Daniel finds his cabin and the fort completely abandoned before he is captured by Redcoats under the command of Colonel Worthing (Edward Mulhare). Worthing demands Boone sign over title of Boonesborough to both enhance the Crown's position as the Revolution approaches and to benefit his land acquisition aspirations.
Season 2 of DB starts out turbocharged with color filming, high production values, and jazzier theme song (though a family-friendly push by NBC apparently discarded the scenes of Dan shooting a bear and attacking tribesman in favor of more innocuous outdoor scenes). Fess Parker sports more elaborate color-friendly costuming as well.
The hour makes effective use of Hollywood British expatriates by casting them as the Redcoats. In the second of his three DB guest shots, Mulhare is again a devious if not sinister enough commanding officer, and George Backman is his morally conflicted subaltern. Abel Fernandez of "The Untouchables" returns for another of his periodic series appearances as a tribal leader.
The story's setting is grander than usual for DB; the interior Boonesborough set is traded for two location stockades that seem to have been assembled in Southern California or Utah. Action is a bit sparing, as much of the hour centers on Dan escaping or matching wits with Mulhare. The Redcoats seem a bit immaculate for frontier service, but se la guerre for 1960's prime time.
As always in a DB historical episode, we deal with stockade chutes and ladders:
* The status of the Revolution is again kept vague - no reference to open fighting.
* To repeat, Boonesborough went up at the war's commencement in April 1775 - no run-up events prior to the Lexington skirmish in Kentucky.
* Mulhare states that the colonies will be controlled by the Crown holding Boonesborough and a Royal Navy blockade of the coast - a rather fanciful notion, Boonesborough really was too busy guarding itself to defend or threaten much else. Worthing's land-grab plan also has no real historical parallel.
* The action is taking place in Chickasaw country, which would be central Tennessee - an area of marginal interest to both sides during the Revolutionary War. It is accurate to eventually portray the Chickasaw as nominally friendly to American interests, however.
Redcoat report - about 10-12, a pretty large deployment for DB. And an unexpected bonus - the new color format shows they are uniformed with accurate white on red facings and labeled mitre caps as the British 40th Regiment of Foot. In Boston with General Gage's occupying army during 1775, but still, close enough for network shooting. We see some artillery and a representation of gun-spiking, but they appear on closer look to be hasty wooden props - the wheels are solid wood with molded spokes attached.
But overall, a pretty rousing kickoff to Season 2. Though its unfortunate to lose the rustic effect of black and white filming behind, we will now get to see at least some of the Revolution televised (in living color!).
Season 2 of DB starts out turbocharged with color filming, high production values, and jazzier theme song (though a family-friendly push by NBC apparently discarded the scenes of Dan shooting a bear and attacking tribesman in favor of more innocuous outdoor scenes). Fess Parker sports more elaborate color-friendly costuming as well.
The hour makes effective use of Hollywood British expatriates by casting them as the Redcoats. In the second of his three DB guest shots, Mulhare is again a devious if not sinister enough commanding officer, and George Backman is his morally conflicted subaltern. Abel Fernandez of "The Untouchables" returns for another of his periodic series appearances as a tribal leader.
The story's setting is grander than usual for DB; the interior Boonesborough set is traded for two location stockades that seem to have been assembled in Southern California or Utah. Action is a bit sparing, as much of the hour centers on Dan escaping or matching wits with Mulhare. The Redcoats seem a bit immaculate for frontier service, but se la guerre for 1960's prime time.
As always in a DB historical episode, we deal with stockade chutes and ladders:
* The status of the Revolution is again kept vague - no reference to open fighting.
* To repeat, Boonesborough went up at the war's commencement in April 1775 - no run-up events prior to the Lexington skirmish in Kentucky.
* Mulhare states that the colonies will be controlled by the Crown holding Boonesborough and a Royal Navy blockade of the coast - a rather fanciful notion, Boonesborough really was too busy guarding itself to defend or threaten much else. Worthing's land-grab plan also has no real historical parallel.
* The action is taking place in Chickasaw country, which would be central Tennessee - an area of marginal interest to both sides during the Revolutionary War. It is accurate to eventually portray the Chickasaw as nominally friendly to American interests, however.
Redcoat report - about 10-12, a pretty large deployment for DB. And an unexpected bonus - the new color format shows they are uniformed with accurate white on red facings and labeled mitre caps as the British 40th Regiment of Foot. In Boston with General Gage's occupying army during 1775, but still, close enough for network shooting. We see some artillery and a representation of gun-spiking, but they appear on closer look to be hasty wooden props - the wheels are solid wood with molded spokes attached.
But overall, a pretty rousing kickoff to Season 2. Though its unfortunate to lose the rustic effect of black and white filming behind, we will now get to see at least some of the Revolution televised (in living color!).
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- Color
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