Empire (1962)

Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.

Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.

Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.

Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.

Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.

Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.

Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.

In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.

Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.

A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.

After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.

A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.

Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.

Mike Novak wants to work on the Garret spread until he's paid for a mare of his choice, but his choice is Tal's favorite.

Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.

Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.

Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.

After claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.

News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.

The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.

Forest Ranger Tom Barton has problems: the Garret logging operation is violating the timber contract with the Forest Service--and logging foreman Chris Norden is a tough guy to deal with.

Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.

A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.

Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.

Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.