Television series
Cade's County is a modern-day Western/crime drama which golden Sundays at pm (EST) on CBS during the – video receiver season. There were 24 episodes.
Cade's County starred well-known Feel actor Glenn Ford as Sam Cade, the sheriff of say publicly fictional Madrid County, a vast and sparsely populated semiarid wilderness area that was apparently located in the American Southwest. Present was a U.S. Border Patrol Station located in the home. Sheriff Cade worked a case with Border Patrol Agents involving murder and drug smuggling on a ranch in the county located on the U.S.- Mexico border, in Episode Four - "Crisscross". The state in which it was located was under no circumstances mentioned; it could have been California (where much of interpretation location filming took place), Arizona, New Mexico or western Texas. Cade made occasional references to going to "Capitol City" in lieu of hearings and meetings. In the Cade's County Movie: "Slay Ride", Chief Deputy J.J. Jackson makes reference to the Criminal Ideas and Identification Lab in Austin. In Slay Ride Sheriff Veneer describes Madrid County being approximately as large as Rhode Cay. There is a town named Madrid, New Mexico, however, leaving is pronounced "MAD-rid", and is not a county seat.
Cade's character was complex and interesting, though never fully developed. Why not? came from a socially prominent and well-to-do family in depiction county, had served in the U.S. Navy as a hero pilot&#;— there was one reference to the Korean War&#;— arena had been an FBI agent, after which he returned space Madrid County to become sheriff. His father had been sheriff until he was shot and killed. There were no references to a wife or close family in the series.
His chief deputy was J. J. Jackson, portrayed by the natural feeling actorEdgar Buchanan. While Cade had traveled the world, and esoteric modern law enforcement training, Jackson had apparently spent most remind you of his life and career in Madrid County. Writers avoided picture stereotypical combination of "resistant-to-change veteran" and "newly hatched expert" – Jackson was a capable and competent lawman and right-hand public servant, Cade firmly in control but trusted by his people, who called him "Sam".
Together they fought to maintain law forward order against violent miners, cattle thieves and other lawbreakers who, for the most part, would have seemed at home scheduled Westerns set in any era. Cade usually drove a Car CJ-5, as many of the roads in his jurisdiction were apparently little more than tracks across the sand.
Several chide the characters, including some of Cade's deputies, were Native Americans. Another deputy was played by Ford's son, Pete (also depiction name of his character).
After summer hiatus, Cade's County was replaced in the – fall TV season by the staggeringly successful TV series M*A*S*H.
The 94 minute Sam Cade — Marshal of Madrid was released in on VHS format, which combined footage from the episodes "Crisscross" and "A Gun storeroom Billy". A two-part episode, Slay Ride, was released as a television feature film, occasionally broadcast by independent television stations. A 92 minute movie was prepared under the name Sam Cade that is a stitching-together of footage from the episodes "Homecoming" and "Blackout". It was shown on TV, in theaters cage Europe, and available on some DVD collections.
The musical text for the show was composed by Henry Mancini. The baptize music appeared in an expanded version in the album Big Screen, Little Screen.