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    Paradise/Guns of Paradise

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    1 9 8 8 – 1 9 9 0 (USA)
    56 x 60 minute episodes

    In 1890 in the town of Paradise, professional gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord (Lee Horsley) has to take custody of the four children of his dying sister (Kathryn Leigh Scott).

    He is subsequently forced to make a career change as he adopts the four kids: 13-year-old Claire (Jenny Beck), 11-year-old Joseph (Matthew Newmark), and youngsters Ben (Brian Lando) and George (Michael Patrick Carter).

    He rents a farm from prickly banker Amelia Lawson (Sigrid Thornton) and seeks to hang up his gun belt, but the bad guys have other ideas. He is also often called upon by residents to defend them from lawlessness.

    Guns Of Paradise – called simply Paradise for its first two seasons – was co-created by Dallas and Knots Landing creator David Jacobs and enjoyed critical acclaim and a fiercely loyal audience at a time when primetime Westerns were a rarity.

    The series made headlines with stunt casting of Western legends like Hugh O’Brien and Gene Barry as Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, recreating their 1950s roles.

    Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford also guest-starred, playing father and son again thirty years after The Rifleman.

    Ethan Allen Cord
    Lee Horsley
    Claire Carroll
    Jenny Beck
    Joseph Carroll
    Matthew Newmark
    Ben Carroll
    Brian Lando
    George Carroll
    Michael Patrick Carter
    Amelia Lawson
    Sigrid Thornton
    John Taylor
    Dehl Berti
    Charlie
    James Crittenden
    Scotty McBride
    Mack Dryden
    Tiny
    John Bloom
    Axelrod
    Michael Ensign
    Carl
    Will Hunt
    Dakota
    John Terlesky
    Wade
    Randy Crowder
    Mr Lee
    Benjamin Lum
    Mr Dodd
    F. William Parker

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