With all the hoopla over forensic shows on TV today (CSI, CSI Miami, Crossing Jordan, etc;), not many people remember this pioneer show dealing with modern day forensics. I remember Hec Ramsey as part of a rotation of Sunday Night Mystery Movies with McMillan and Wife, The Name of The Game, etc.

Hec was an aging turn of the century lawman who used modern day forensics to solve crimes. He used methods that were "way ahead of its time" for the supposed era, circa 1901 Oklahoma. More credit should be given to this show, yet, not many of today's "Generation X" would know of it (nor were some of them even born yet). . . mostly the "baby boomers" if they watched the show. Hec's techniques at solving crimes were always a great watch if you were into a good Sunday night mystery show. I wish they would show reruns of this classic TV episode, starring Richard Boone, or, I'd love to see them bring this character back in a new TV series. It would be a hit especially since Hollywood now is into the "forensic" show craze. The "Return of Hec Ramsey" or the "New Hec Ramsey" would be a major hit on TV today, especially with TV's improved multimedia technology. Maybe, someone in Hollywood will get a vision for this.

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I remember that the Hec Ramsey movies (along with Columbo, McMillan and Wife and I think one or two others) were rotated and shown on a weekly basis, either on Friday or Saturday night. I was young, being born in 1960, but I was a huge western fan and remember that Hec was not the typical sherriff. He used fingerprints, powder burns and other forensic evidence to solve crimes. These techniques were totally unknown in the western genre of the time and even though I was young, and cannot recap an entire episode, I remember that I enjoyed the film.

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