Barbary Red

Episode aired Feb 16, 1966
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

153

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Jill St. John and Richard Long in The Big Valley (1965)

Drama Western

Nick celebrates his birthday at a waterfront saloon where he is drugged and shanghaied for sea duty. Jarrod suspects an old client of his, Barbary Red, is behind Nick's disappearance- Eugene... Read allNick celebrates his birthday at a waterfront saloon where he is drugged and shanghaied for sea duty. Jarrod suspects an old client of his, Barbary Red, is behind Nick's disappearance- Eugene and Heath help him investigate his hunch.Nick celebrates his birthday at a waterfront saloon where he is drugged and shanghaied for sea duty. Jarrod suspects an old client of his, Barbary Red, is behind Nick's disappearance- Eugene and Heath help him investigate his hunch.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

153

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Trivia
This is the last time Charles Briles appears as Eugene Barkley. The actor was drafted into the U.S. Army in June of 1965 and the series never explained nor commented on Eugene after this.

Goofs
After Nick is forced to sign his name, the next scene is Jarrod entering Barbara's room. As Jarrod is closing the door the shadow of the boom mic can be seen on the right upper wall.

Crazy credits
For some reason, in this TV movie shown on U.K. tv, the 'Director', the 'Writer' and the 'Producers' are omitted from the usual opening credits and the title 'Barbary Red' and 'Copyright' are in a different format to those normally printed for all other episodes.

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7/10

"Barbary Red" was my introduction to the series known as "The Big Valley"

To celebrate his birthday, Nick Barkley (Peter Breck) is out on the town with a couple of pals at the Barbary Saloon. There he meets the beautiful owner, Barbary Red (Jill St. John), who serves the drinks...next thing they know, they're in a holding cell awaiting a ship for forced work where the man in charge of their kidnapping, Jack Thatcher (George Kennedy), brutalizes them. When lawyer brother Jerrold Barkley (Richard Long) gets wind of this, he sweet-talks former client Barbary Red, or Barbara, to have dinner with him. Other brother Heath (Lee Majors) also tries to help by pretending to be drunk in order to rescue Nick. I'll stop there and just say that I thought this was a pretty good ep of this western series which I had previously seen the opening credits of before but never a whole ep until now. Oh, and seeing movie star Barbara Stanwyck as the matriarch was also a treat though she didn't do much except worry about one of her sons here. And a pre-"Dynasty" Linda Evans sure looked cute here as well. As for the guest stars, Ms. St. John was also a looker and wasn't too bad in her role but Kennedy really was effective in his villainous role without chewing the scenery too much. So on that note, "Barbary Red" was a pretty good ep of "The Big Valley".