Four Feather Falls (1960)
Four Feather Falls (1960)
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Cast & Crew.
Kenneth Connor
Dusty the Dog / Rocky the Horse / Bank Manager Marvin Jackson
Nicholas Parsons
Sheriff Tex Tucker / Telegraph Operator Dan Morse / 2nd Indian
Denise Bryer
Martha 'Ma' Jones / Little Jake / Makooya the Little Indian Boy
David Graham
Grandpa Ebenezer Twink / Fernando the Bandit / Big Ben the Bandit
Barry Gray
Creator
Gerry Anderson
Writer
Arthur Provis
Writer
Details.
Release DateFebruary 25, 1960
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes39
Running Time13m
Genres
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Four Feather Falls is a British television programme, the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960.
The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is a sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson. One of the feathers allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog, and the fourth feather could summon Kalamakooya.
Tex's speaking voice was provided by Nicholas Parsons, and his singing voice by Michael Holliday. The series was sporadically repeated on British television until 1968, and was released on DVD in 2005.