Jim Byrnes (Writing)
Little is known about Jim Byrnes, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
A Gunfighter's Pledge
After killing former sheriff Matt Austin's wife and son for revenge, a quest begins. An escaped prisoner shows that he remembers who sent him to do time in jail so long ago. In a small town saloon Austin's mission to locate his family's murderer comes to an end. The pursuit was long and difficult. Upon discovering the killer a gunfight ensues, unfortunately in the crossfire an innocent bystander is shot and injured. Once again the murderer made a quick getaway.
Release Date:2008-09-20
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:8
Bloodhounds II
An author is on the trail of a vigilante.
Release Date:1996-01-26
Lightning
Against the backdrop of California’s 19th century Gold Rush, Brian Keith plays a lucky digger in a story of greed and equine smarts.
Release Date:1995-10-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Picture Windows
A series of dramas inspired by famous paintings.
Release Date:1995-10-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Gambler V: Playing for Keeps
Brady Hawkes has to run to his son's rescue once again in this continuation of the Gambler stories. Jeremiah is now a young man who has become involved with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Brady pursues the gang in order to get Jeremiah out of the gang before he gets in too much trouble with the law.
Release Date:1994-10-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
Dead Man's Revenge
Bitter and vengeful fugitive Luck Hatcher, dignified former slave turned bounty hunter Jessup Bush, and wily deputy U.S. Marshal Bodine all converge in a small town so they can hatch an intricate con in order to bring greedy and ruthless railroad speculator Payton McCay to justice.
Release Date:1994-04-15
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:5
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
Retired marshal Matt Dillon tracks Arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s Pleasant Valley War.
Release Date:1992-01-10
Department:Production
Job:Supervising Producer
Vote Count:4
Miracle in the Wilderness
While being pursued by the U.S. Cavalry, Indians and the white family they have kidnapped learn about each other.
Release Date:1991-12-09
Department:Writing
Job:Teleplay
Vote Count:6
The Last Hour
A former cop's ex-wife marries a stockbroker, who it turns out has cheated the Mafia out of a large sum of money. They kidnap the wife to force the husband to pay the money back. The ex-cop has to rescue her.
Release Date:1991-10-03
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins," is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there some 12 years ago -- Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell.
Release Date:1987-09-27
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:17
The Gunfighters
In this pilot Western produced for Canadian television, two brothers and their cousin become bandits to rescue their ranch from a greedy land developer.
Release Date:1987-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:3
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue him and form a small gang of their own along the way.
Release Date:1983-11-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:8
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue him and form a small gang of their own along the way.
Release Date:1983-11-28
Department:Writing
Job:Teleplay
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:1
The Shadow Riders
After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on opposite sides. They go home only to find their family in dire need and their sisters and brother kidnapped by ruthless raiders. They set out to rescue their family.
Release Date:1982-09-28
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:47
Knight Rider
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.
Release Date:1982-09-26
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1290
Incident at Crestridge
A woman campaigns for and wins election as sheriff in a crusade against the ineptitude and outright corruption of the local law enforcement in a small town in the West.
Release Date:1981-12-29
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
Coward of the County
A lifelong yellow-belly who made a deathbed promise to his father to be a pacifist seeks bloody revenge on the men who gang-raped his wife.
Release Date:1981-10-07
Department:Writing
Job:Teleplay
Vote Count:10
The Gambler
This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an arrogant railroad owner and a gang of villains.
Release Date:1980-04-08
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:20
The Solitary Man
A family man must make an adjustment after his wife of fifteen years one day blurts out that she wants a divorce and leaves him to construct a new life.
Release Date:1979-10-09
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
The Sacketts
A traditional sagebrush saga based on two novels ("Sackett" and "The Daybreakers") by Louis L'Amour. It focuses on the three Sackett brothers in New Mexico after the Civil War, seeking their fortunes, avenging a family killing, driving cattle, and fighting for law and order.
Release Date:1979-05-15
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:12
Nowhere to Run
Harry's married to Marian and things are not going all that well, so he wants out but somehow feels that a divorce is not the answer. After developing a winning blackjack system, he hatches a plan that takes years of preparation: to fake his death, assume a new identity and win $500,000 at blackjack.
Release Date:1978-01-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:3
Ransom for Alice!
In 1890s Seattle, a deputy marshal and his female partner set out to bust up a ring that kidnaps teenage girls and sells them into prostitution.
Release Date:1977-06-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Royce
Release Date:1976-05-21
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
The Macahans
Zeb Macahan, a pioneering westerner, helps move his brother's family to the wild west. They run into several obstacles including the breakout of the Civil War. This sends the father back to fight in the war and leaves the family to move on ahead.
Release Date:1976-01-19
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:6
The Last Day
The Dalton gang is riding again, forcing a retired gunman to use his weapons once more.
Release Date:1975-02-15
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:5
Kodiak
Kodiak is a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m Eastern time on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season. The show revolved around the main character of Cal "Kodiak" McKay, an Alaska State Trooper. Kodiak, always accompanied by his Eskimo sidekick Abraham Lincoln Imhook, used his four-wheel drive truck to track down desperate killers through 50,000 miles of Alaska backcountry. The show was broadcast against NBC's mega-hit Sanford and Son. Kodiak couldn't lure viewers in to watch and was cancelled after the first episode, although a total of four episodes were aired. The show was filmed in Bend, Oregon Using the Old Skyliners Ski Lodge as the primary Meeting Place.
Release Date:1974-09-13
Department:Writing
Job:Teleplay
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
The Bounty Man
Kinkaid is a rugged, hard-driving bounty hunter, determined to find outlaw Billy Riddle. He tracks Billy, takes him captive, and starts the long trek to justice. However, this journey may lead him to dire consequences... a gang of cut-throats headed by Angus Keough is pursuing them, after the bounty for themselves.
Release Date:1972-10-31
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
Bearcats!
Bearcats! is an American television series broadcast on the CBS television network during the Fall 1971 television season. It starred Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole as troubleshooters in the period before America entered World War I. Bearcats! was produced by Filmways Inc.. It was co-produced by Rodlor, Rod Taylor's production firm.
Release Date:1971-09-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:4
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
Release Date:1955-09-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:101