The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (series)
- User score: 5.3
- Production country: US
- Genre: Western
- Release date: 9/29/1963
- Release date of last episode: 3/15/1964
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 26
- Run time: 42, 60, 48 min.
Series description
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.