The Loner [SEP] original network
The Loner
The Loner is an American western series that ran for one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble. The series was created by Rod Serling a year after the cancellation of "The Twilight Zone". It was one of the last TV series on CBS to air in black-and-white.
Synopsis.
The series was set in the years immediately following the American Civil War. Lloyd Bridges played the title character, William Colton,
dedicated to uncovering the truth behind Raoul Wallenberg's arrest by Soviet authorities and his fate as a prisoner in the Soviet Union and Russia.
External links.
- University of Chicago profile
- John Vinocur, "Swedish Hero is in Soviet, Panel Says", New York Times, Jan. 16, 1981 (subscription required)
- "World: The Loner", TIME Magazine, Sep. 15, 1961
- Life's Journey Times Three - What Happened to Wallenberg?