A couple of weeks ago I purchased the series The Guns of Will Sonnett off Amazon and I got around to watching four episodes tonight.  Decided to take a break from Maverick.  See my previous blog as to why.  Anyway, the series aired from 1967-69 on ABC and was one of the first shows created and produced by the legendary TV producer Aaron Spelling.  It also starred another Hollywood legend, three time Oscar winning character actor Walter Brennan.  Dack Rambo co-starred.  The storyline concerned a grandfather (Brennan) and his grandson (Rambo) embarking upon a journey to find James Sonnett (Jason Evers), a gunfighter who's the son of Brennan and the father of Rambo. 

I watched a couple of episodes of the show about 15 years or so ago when it aired as a rerun on Saturday afternoons on a local television station but it didn't really make an impact on me one way or the other.  Perhaps I should have paid more attention because the episodes that I've watched so far have been taut, suspenseful, and well-acted.  I wasn't really expecting a 30 minute dramatic series to be as good because too often dramatic shows of that length tend to be too short.  In other words, you feel like you got the edited and abridged version of a story that should have run an hour in length.  Classic example of this would be The Rat Patrol but I digress. Not so with Guns of Will Sonnett. In every episode I've watched so far I've gotten my money's worth.

So check this one out if you're looking for a DVD of an older series and you've got a few dollars to spare.  You might be surprised.  Definitely a diamond in the rough.