Guestward Ho! The Hootens Buy a Ranch (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Western

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Guestward Ho!

The Hootens Buy a Ranch (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Western

The Hootons, a New York City family, impulsively move to New Mexico to run a guest ranch. In this first episode Bill Hooton arrives to find guests leaving in fear of a mountain lion and he can not afford to pay the staff.

Director

Jerry Thorpe

Writers

Roland Alexander (teleplay) | Cy Howard (creator)

Producer

Jerry Thorpe

Cinematographer

Nicholas Musuraca

Editor

Bill Murphy

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 29, 1960

Release date

Sep 29, 1960 (United States)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Joanne Dru Babs Hooten Babs Hooten See fewer	Red River (1948)
Bella Bruck Rita Rita See fewer	Alligator (1980)
Janice Carroll Actress Actress See fewer	Shane (1953)
Ray Hemphill Don 'Snag' Anderson Don 'Snag' Anderson See fewer	This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Earle Hodgins Lonesome Lonesome See fewer	Oregon Trail (1945)
Leonid Kinskey Nikita Kornoloff Nikita Kornoloff See fewer	Casablanca (1942)
Flip Mark Brook Hooten Brook Hooten See fewer	Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Mark Miller Bill Hooten Bill Hooten See fewer	A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Anthony C. Montenaro Rocky (as Tony Montenaro Jr.) Rocky (as Tony Montenaro Jr.) See fewer	Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
J. Carrol Naish Hawkeye Hawkeye See fewer	Sahara (I) (1943)
Vivian Vance Babs Babs See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)