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The Bad Boy Behind the Mystery Man

by | Jul 17, 2010 | Western Movies

An interview with TV’s The Virginian: James Drury.
He did not wear a mask or carry silver bullets. The Virginian was designed to be the first Mystery man of Old West fiction. He did not wear a mask or carry silver bullets, but he has managed to survive for more than a century without ever once revealing his real name. We know more about the Lone Ranger’s backstory than we do the hero of Owen Wister’s best-se


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