Leary Norman Leavitt Dayton Lummis Strother Martin Ken Mayer Mercedes McCambridge Roger Mobley Joanna Moore Ed Nelson Dennis Patrick Sue Randall Joseph Ruskin Telly Savalas Alex Sharp Robert F. Simon Everett Sloane Karl Swenson Harry Townes Lee Van Cleef James Westerfield Gregory Walcott Cancellation When viewers saw the program's eighteenth episode, "Sanctuary at Crystal Springs", they were shocked by a scene that depicted the lawmen killing two outlaws in a church, one of whom had caused injury to a pastor, played by Charles Irving, before dying. Calls for The Dakotas to end its run were answered virtually overnight. After just one more episode, the show was pulled. A twentieth episode, entitled "Black Gold", was completed, but was never shown. Episodes Several episode titles refer to geographic place names in the Dakotas. Home media On March 24, 2015, Warner Bros. released The Dakotas- The Complete Series on DVD via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. References The Boys Western Television and Film Annual (Purnell & Sons Ltd 1963) Footnotes External links Show information at Women Writers Block The Dakotas show intro: YouTube video Cast photo of The Dakotas series stars Michael Greene,Jack Elam,Larry Ward, and Chad Everett 1963 American television series debuts 1963 American television series endings Black-and-white American television shows English-language television shows Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios American television spin-offs 1960s Western (genre) television series United States Marshals Service in fiction Dakota Territory