Dale Robertson in 1959
Tales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series starring Dale Robertson that ran from 1957 to 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season, when it expanded to an hour and switched from black-and-white to color. [1] [2]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) | Run Time | Color | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||||
| 1 | 14 | March 18, 1957 | July 8, 1957 | 3 | 14.8 [3] | 30 min | black & white | |
| 2 | 38 | September 9, 1957 | May 26, 1958 | 7 | 13.3 [4] | 30 min | black & white | |
| 3 | 39 | September 8, 1958 | June 15, 1959 | Not in top 30 | N/A | 30 min | black & white | |
| 4 | 37 | September 7, 1959 | May 30, 1960 | Not in top 30 | N/A | 30 min | black & white | |
| 5 | 39 | September 5, 1960 | July 10, 1961 | Not in top 30 | N/A | 30 min | black & white | |
| 6 | 34 | September 30, 1961 | June 2, 1962 | Not in top 30 | N/A | 60 min | color | |
Episodes
Season 1 (1957)
Season 1 consisted of 30-minute episodes in black-and-white airing 8:30–9 p.m. on Monday nights. [1]
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Thin Rope" | Leslie H. Martinson | N. B. Stone Jr. | March 18, 1957 | |
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Featuring
Chuck Connors. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Hasty Gun" | Leslie H. Martinson | Dwight Newton | March 25, 1957 | |
|
Featuring Rusty Lane. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Alder Gulch" | Allen H. Miner | Frank Gruber | April 8, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Lee Van Cleef. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Bounty" | George Waggner | George Slavin | April 15, 1957 | |
| 5 | 5 | "A Time to Kill" | Jerry Hopper | William Leicester | April 22, 1957 | |
| 6 | 6 | "Shotgun Messenger" | Lewis R. Foster | Sloan Nibley | May 7, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Michael Landon and
Walter Sande. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Lynching" | Allen H. Miner | Story by : William Heuman Teleplay by : William F. Leicester | May 13, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Renegade Raiders" | George Waggner | William F. Leicester | May 20, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Denver Pyle. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Rio Grande" | Sidney Salkow | John K. Butler | June 3, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Russell Johnson. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Sam Bass" | Lewis R. Foster | Story by :
Frank Gruber Teleplay by : Steve Fisher | June 10, 1957 | |
| 11 | 11 | "The Hijackers" | John English | N. B. Stone Jr. | June 17, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Jack Elam. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Stage to Nowhere" | Sidney Salkow | Steve Fisher | June 24, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Walter Coy. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Jesse James" | George Waggner | Dwight Newton | July 1, 1957 | |
| 14 | 14 | "The Silver Bullets" | Sidney Salkow | William F. Leicester & Frederic Lewis Fox | July 8, 1957 | |
Season 2 (1957–58)
Season 2 consisted of 30-minute episodes in black-and-white airing 8:30–9 p.m. on Monday nights. [1]
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | "Belle Starr" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | September 9, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Jeanne Cooper as outlaw
Belle Starr. | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | "Two Cartridges" | James Neilson | Story by : Stewart Edward White Teleplay by: William F. Leicester | September 16, 1957 | |
| 17 | 3 | "Apache Gold" | Earl Bellamy | Sam Peckinpah | September 23, 1957 | |
| 18 | 4 | "John Wesley Hardin" | Lewis R. Foster | Steve Fisher | September 30, 1957 | |
| 19 | 5 | "The Target" | Franklin Adreon | William F. Leicester | October 7, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Paul Henderson as
Ike Clanton. | ||||||
| 20 | 6 | "The Feud" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | October 14, 1957 | |
| 21 | 7 | "Billy the Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | October 21, 1957 | |
| 22 | 8 | "The Auction" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | October 28, 1957 | |
|
Featuring the first appearance of
Edgar Buchanan as Bob Dawson. | ||||||
| 23 | 9 | "Hank (Chips)" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | November 4, 1957 | |
| 24 | 10 | "Man in the Box" | Earl Bellamy | Lewis R. Foster | November 11, 1957 | |
| 25 | 11 | "The Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Story by :
Dwight Newton Teleplay by : Steve Fisher | November 18, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Michael Landon. | ||||||
| 26 | 12 | "The Barbary Coast" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | November 25, 1957 | |
| 27 | 13 | "Ride with the Killer" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | December 2, 1957 | |
| 28 | 14 | "The Inscrutable Man" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | December 9, 1957 | |
| 29 | 15 | "The General" | Earl Bellamy | Lee Loeb | December 16, 1957 | |
| 30 | 16 | "Laredo" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | December 23, 1957 | |
| 31 | 17 | "The Witness" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Joel Murcott Teleplay by : William F. Leicester | December 30, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Will Wright. | ||||||
| 32 | 18 | "Doc Bell" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | January 7, 1958 | |
|
Featuring the first appearance of
Edward Platt as
Doc Bell. | ||||||
| 33 | 19 | "Stage West" | Earl Bellamy | Buckley Angell | January 13, 1958 | |
|
Featuring Darlene Fields and
Stafford Repp. | ||||||
| 34 | 20 | "Hoss Tamer" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber and L. Ron Hubbard | January 20, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Walter Coy. | ||||||
| 35 | 21 | "Hide Jumpers" | Earl Bellamy | Unknown | January 27, 1958 | |
| 36 | 22 | "The Walking Mountain" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : John Solon Teleplay by : N.B. Stone Jr. | February 3, 1958 | |
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Featuring
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 37 | 23 | "Bill Longley" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | February 10, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Steve McQueen as gunfighter
Bill Longley. | ||||||
| 38 | 24 | "The Prisoner" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | February 17, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 39 | 25 | "Dr. Alice" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | February 23, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Diane Brewster. | ||||||
| 40 | 26 | "The Sooners" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | March 3, 1958 | |
| 41 | 27 | "Alias Jim Hardie" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | March 10, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Phyllis Coates. | ||||||
| 42 | 28 | "The Johnny Ringo Story" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | March 17, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Paul Richards as outlaw
Johnny Ringo. | ||||||
| 43 | 29 | "The Newspaper" | Earl Bellamy | Unknown | March 24, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Claire Du Brey. | ||||||
| 44 | 30 | "Special Delivery" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | March 31, 1958 | |
| 45 | 31 | "Deadwood" | Boris Sagal | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | April 7, 1958 | |
| 46 | 32 | "The Gun" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | April 14, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Jeanette Nolan. | ||||||
| 47 | 33 | "The Reward" | Earl Bellamy | Unknown | April 21, 1958 | |
| 48 | 34 | "The Pickpocket" | Earl Bellamy | D.D. Beauchamp | April 28, 1958 | |
| 49 | 35 | "Scapegoat" | Earl Bellamy | Unknown | May 5, 1958 | |
| 50 | 36 | "The Renegade" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | May 12, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
John Anderson. | ||||||
| 51 | 37 | "The Break" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | May 19, 1958 | |
| 52 | 38 | "The Sniper" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | May 26, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Harold J. Stone and
Olan Soule. | ||||||
Season 3 (1958–59)
Season 3 consisted of 30-minute episodes in black-and-white airing 8:30–9 p.m. on Monday nights. [1]
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "The Gambler" | Earl Bellamy | Gene Reynolds & Dwight Newton | September 8, 1958 | |
| 54 | 2 | "The Manuscript" | Unknown | Unknown | September 15, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 55 | 3 | "White Indian" | Earl Bellamy | Sid Harris & Betty Hopkins | September 22, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Neil Hamilton. | ||||||
| 56 | 4 | "The Golden Owl" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clarke E. Reynolds | September 29, 1958 | |
| 57 | 5 | "The Faster Gun" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | October 6, 1958 | |
|
Jim Hardie is shot on duty by outlaw Johnny Reno (
Tom Neal) and recovers, hoping to ignore his promotion and get back to stopping Reno's crime spree. | ||||||
| 58 | 6 | "Butch Cassidy" | Earl Bellamy | D.D. Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp | October 13, 1958 | |
| 59 | 7 | "End of the Trail" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | October 20, 1958 | |
| 60 | 8 | "A Matter of Honor" | Earl Bellamy | Paul Savage | November 3, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
King Calder. | ||||||
| 61 | 9 | "The Most Dangerous Man" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | November 10, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 62 | 10 | "The Gunfighter" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | November 17, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Lyle Bettger as
John Wesley Hardin. | ||||||
| 63 | 11 | "The Deserter" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | November 24, 1958 | |
| 64 | 12 | "The Killer" | Earl Bellamy | Barney Slater | December 1, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Paul Fix and
Paul Burke. | ||||||
| 65 | 13 | "The Counterfeiters" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | December 8, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Milton Frome. | ||||||
| 66 | 14 | "Cow Town" | Earl Bellamy | N.B. Stone Jr. | December 15, 1958 | |
| 67 | 15 | "The Happy Tree" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | December 22, 1958 | |
| 68 | 16 | "The Dealer" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | December 29, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Vic Perrin. | ||||||
| 69 | 17 | "Showdown Trail" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | January 5, 1959 | |
| 70 | 18 | "Luke Frazer" | Earl Bellamy | Thomas T. Flynn & Dwight Newton | January 12, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Wally Brown and
John Dierkes. | ||||||
| 71 | 19 | "Wild Cargo" | Earl Bellamy | Story by :
Steve Fisher Teleplay by : Dwight Newton | January 19, 1959 | |
| 72 | 20 | "The Cleanup" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | January 26, 1959 | |
| 73 | 21 | "Fort Massacre" | Earl Bellamy | Story by :
David Chandler Teleplay by : Dwight Newton and David Chandler | February 2, 1959 | |
| 74 | 22 | "The Town That Wouldn't Talk" | Earl Bellamy | Jack Laird & Wilton Schiller | February 9, 1959 | |
| 75 | 23 | "Lola Montez" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | February 16, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Rita Moreno. | ||||||
| 76 | 24 | "The Branding Iron" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides & Dwight Newton | February 23, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Ann Rutherford. | ||||||
| 77 | 25 | "The House I Enter" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester, Dwight Newton & Leslie Elizabeth Thomas | March 2, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Luana Patten. | ||||||
| 78 | 26 | "The Legacy" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | March 9, 1959 | |
| 79 | 27 | "The Rawhide Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Thomas T. Flynn & Samuel A. Peeples | March 16, 1959 | |
| 80 | 28 | "Toll Road" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Bonham & Ernest Haycox | March 23, 1959 | |
| 81 | 29 | "The Tired Gun" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | March 30, 1959 | |
| 82 | 30 | "Terry" | Earl Bellamy | James Brooks, Frank Gruber and William F. Leicester | April 6, 1959 | |
| 83 | 31 | "The Last Stand" | Earl Bellamy | John W. Cunningham & Dwight Newton | April 13, 1959 | |
| 84 | 32 | "Bob Dawson" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | April 20, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 85 | 33 | "The Tall Texan" | Sidney Salkow | Story by :
D.D. Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp Teleplay by : Dwight Newton, D.D. Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp | April 27, 1959 | |
| 86 | 34 | "Doc Holliday" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley, Robert Giles & Clarke Reynolds | May 4, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Martin Landau as
Doc Holliday. | ||||||
| 87 | 35 | "Kid Curry" | David Lowell Rich | D.D. Beauchamp & Dwight Newton | May 11, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Philip Pine as outlaw
Kid Curry. | ||||||
| 88 | 36 | "The Little Man" | David Lowell Rich | Steve McNeil & Charles Smith | May 18, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Walter Burke and
Read Morgan. | ||||||
| 89 | 37 | "The Daltons" | Sidney Salkow | Dwight Newton | May 25, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Jeanette Nolan. | ||||||
| 90 | 38 | "The Bounty Hunter" | Sidney Salkow | Dean Riesner | June 1, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Darryl Hickman. | ||||||
| 91 | 39 | "Clay Allison" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | June 15, 1959 | |
Season 4 (1959–60)
Season 4 consisted of 30-minute episodes in black-and-white airing 8:30–9 p.m. on Monday nights. [1]
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | 1 | "Young Jim Hardie" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | September 7, 1959 | |
| 93 | 2 | "Desert Showdown" | Sidney Salkow | Samuel A. Peeples | September 14, 1959 | |
| 94 | 3 | "The Warrior's Return" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | September 21, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Don Megowan. | ||||||
| 95 | 4 | "The Jackass" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | September 28, 1959 | |
| 96 | 5 | "The Stage Line" | Sidney Salkow | James Brooks, Frank Gruber & Gene Reynolds | October 5, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
James Franciscus. | ||||||
| 97 | 6 | "The Train Robbery" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | October 12, 1959 | |
| 98 | 7 | "Double Reverse" | David Lowell Rich | Fred Freiberger | October 19, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Judith Evelyn and
Denver Pyle. | ||||||
| 99 | 8 | "Tom Horn" | Sidney Salkow | Heck Allen | October 26, 1959 | |
| 100 | 9 | "The Quiet Village" | David Lowell Rich | Charles Smith | November 2, 1959 | |
| 101 | 10 | "Home Town" | David Lowell Rich | Borden Chase | November 16, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Ben Cooper. | ||||||
| 102 | 11 | "End of a Legend" | David Lowell Rich | Samuel A. Peeples | November 23, 1959 | |
| 103 | 12 | "The Return of Doc Bell" | David Lowell Rich | Story by : William F. Leicester; Teleplay by : Charles B. Smith | November 30, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Edward Platt and
Jack Ging. | ||||||
| 104 | 13 | "Woman with a Gun" | David Lowell Rich | Dean Riesner | December 7, 1959 | |
| 105 | 14 | "Long Odds" | Sidney Salkow | David Lang | December 14, 1959 | |
| 106 | 15 | "Wanted: Jim Hardie" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | December 21, 1959 | |
| 107 | 16 | "Relay Station" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | December 28, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Lori Nelson and
James Westerfield. | ||||||
| 108 | 17 | "Cole Younger" | Sidney Salkow | Clay Fisher | January 4, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Royal Dano as
Cole Younger. | ||||||
| 109 | 18 | "The Easterner" | Sidney Salkow | N.B. Stone Jr. | January 11, 1960 | |
| 110 | 19 | "The Governor's Visit" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | January 18, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Mari Blanchard and
Wendell Holmes. | ||||||
| 111 | 20 | "The Journey" | Sidney Salkow | Fred Freiberger | January 25, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Robert Cornthwaite and
Coleen Gray. | ||||||
| 112 | 21 | "The Canyon" | Sidney Salkow | Edmund Morris | February 1, 1960 | |
| 113 | 22 | "Red Ransom" | Sidney Salkow | Dean Riesner | February 8, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Frank de Kova. | ||||||
| 114 | 23 | "The English Woman" | Sidney Salkow | Fred Freiberger | February 15, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Frank Ferguson. | ||||||
| 115 | 24 | "Forty-Four Forty" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | February 29, 1960 | |
| 116 | 25 | "The Late Mayor Brown" | Sidney Salkow | James Brooks, William Fay & Frank Gruber | March 7, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Gail Kobe and
John Stephenson. | ||||||
| 117 | 26 | "Black Trail" | Sidney Salkow | Robert Giles & Charles Smith | March 21, 1960 | |
| 118 | 27 | "The Great Bullion Robbery" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber & David Lang | March 21, 1960 | |
| 119 | 28 | "The Outlaw's Wife" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | March 28, 1960 | |
| 120 | 29 | "The Town" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | April 4, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Mary Webster. | ||||||
| 121 | 30 | "The Trading Post" | Sidney Salkow | James Brooks, Frank Gruber & Gene Reynolds | April 11, 1960 | |
| 122 | 31 | "Dead Man's Street" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | April 18, 1960 | |
| 123 | 32 | "Threat of Death" | Sidney Salkow | David Lang | April 25, 1960 | |
| 124 | 33 | "Dealer's Choice" | Sidney Salkow | Bill S. Ballinger & George Waggner | May 2, 1960 | |
| 125 | 34 | "Pearl Hart" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | May 9, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Beverly Garland as outlaw
Pearl Hart. | ||||||
| 126 | 35 | "Vasquez" | Sidney Salkow | James Brooks, Frank Gruber & Gene Reynolds | May 16, 1960 | |
| 127 | 36 | "Kid Brother" | Sidney Salkow | Bill S. Ballinger and William Fay | May 23, 1960 | |
| 128 | 37 | "Man for the Job" | Sidney Salkow | J.K. Tucker | May 30, 1960 | |
Season 5 (1960–61)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 1 | "Day of Judgement" | Louis King | Barney Slater | September 5, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
John Dehner. | ||||||
| 130 | 2 | "Angry Town" | Louis King | Peter Germano | September 5, 1960 | |
| 131 | 3 | "Doc Dawson" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Steve Fisher & Frank Price | September 19, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 132 | 4 | "The Kinfolk" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Mark Hanna & Louis L'Amour | September 26, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Richard Jaeckel. | ||||||
| 133 | 5 | "A Study in Petticoats" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Mark Hanna | October 17, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Whitney Blake and
Diane Jergens. | ||||||
| 134 | 6 | "All That Glitters" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Steven Thornley | October 24, 1960 | |
| 135 | 7 | "Run for the River" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Peter Germano | November 7, 1960 | |
| 136 | 8 | "Leading Citizen" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Barney Slater | November 14, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Robert Middleton. | ||||||
| 137 | 9 | "The Killing of Johnny Lash" | Lawrence Doheny | Mark Rodgers | November 21, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Anne Helm as
Nellie Bly. | ||||||
| 138 | 10 | "The Wade Place" | Lawrence Doheny | Louis L'Amour & Charles A. Wallace | November 28, 1960 | |
| 139 | 11 | "Jeff Davis' Treasure" | Frank McDonald | Unknown | December 5, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
John Dehner and
Leo Gordon. | ||||||
| 140 | 12 | "The Bride and the Bandit" | Frank McDonald | Louis L'Amour & Paul Gangelin | December 12, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Dabbs Greer and
Virginia Christine. | ||||||
| 141 | 13 | "Escort to Santa Fe" | Frank McDonald | Ken Pettus | December 19, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Stephen Chase. | ||||||
| 142 | 14 | "Frightened Witness" | Frank McDonald | James Brooks, Frank Gruber and Dwight Newton | December 26, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
John Milford and
Penny Edwards. | ||||||
| 143 | 15 | "The Border Renegade" | Frank McDonald | Barney Slater | January 2, 1961 | |
| 144 | 16 | "Captain Scoville" | Frank McDonald | Louis L'Amour & Paul Gangelin | January 9, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
DeForest Kelley. | ||||||
| 145 | 17 | "The Has-Been" | James P. Yarbrough | Louis L'Amour & Charles A. Wallace | January 16, 1961 | |
| 146 | 18 | "Town Against a Man" | James P. Yarbrough | Peter Germano | January 23, 1961 | |
| 147 | 19 | "The Barefoot Bandit" | Lewis R. Foster | James Brooks, Lewis R. Foster & Frank Gruber | January 30, 1961 | |
| 148 | 20 | "The Hand That Shook the Hand" | William Witney | Cyril Hume | February 6, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Vito Scotti and
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 149 | 21 | "The Washburn Girl" | William Witney | Charles A. Wallace & Rudy Makoul | February 13, 1961 | |
| 150 | 22 | "The Diamond Dude" | Lewis R. Foster | Barney Slater | February 27, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
James Millhollin and
Robert Middleton. | ||||||
| 151 | 23 | "A Show for Silver Lode" | Richard Bartlett | Story by :
Leo Gordon & Paul Leslie Peil Teleplay by : Charles A. Wallace | March 6, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Patrice Wymore. | ||||||
| 152 | 24 | "Fraud" | Richard Bartlett | Story by : Mark Rodgers Teleplay by : Paul Gangelin | March 13, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Sue Ane Langdon and
Steve Brodie. | ||||||
| 153 | 25 | "Stage from Yuma" | Lewis R. Foster | Barney Slater | March 20, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Joan Evans. | ||||||
| 154 | 26 | "Prince Jim" | Richard Bartlett | Eric Freiwald & Robert Schaefer | March 27, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Gina Gillespie. | ||||||
| 155 | 27 | "The Remittance Man" | William Witney | Paul Gangelin | April 3, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Yvonne Craig. | ||||||
| 156 | 28 | "The Jealous Man" | William Witney | Peter Germano | April 10, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Faith Domergue and
Ed Nelson. | ||||||
| 157 | 29 | "Something Pretty" | James P. Yarbrough | Paul Gangelin & Carl M. Onspaugh | April 17, 1961 | |
| 158 | 30 | "Lady Trouble" | James P. Yarbrough | Eric Freiwald & Robert Schaefer | April 24, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Josephine Hutchinson and
Robert Armstrong. | ||||||
| 159 | 31 | "Moment of Glory" | Lewis R. Foster | Lewis R. Foster | May 1, 1961 | |
| 160 | 32 | "The Lobo" | William Witney | Charles A. Wallace | May 8, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Jim Davis. | ||||||
| 161 | 33 | "Rifles for Red Hand" | William Witney | Ken Pettus | May 15, 1961 | |
| 162 | 34 | "Gunman's Revenge" | Lewis R. Foster | Lewis R. Foster | May 22, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Harry Carey Jr. and
Chuck Connors. | ||||||
| 163 | 35 | "The Repentant Outlaw" | James H. Brown | Cyril Hume | May 29, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 164 | 36 | "A Quiet Little Town" | James H. Brown | Steven Thornley | June 5, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
John Dehner. | ||||||
| 165 | 37 | "Bitter Vengeance" | R.G. Springsteen | Charles A. Wallace | June 12, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Nina Shipman and
Phyllis Coates. | ||||||
| 166 | 38 | "John Jones" | R.G. Springsteen | Paul Gangelin | June 26, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Donna Martell and
Warren Oates. | ||||||
| 167 | 39 | "The Dowry" | Lewis R. Foster | James Brooks, Lewis R. Foster & Frank Gruber | July 10, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Lisa Gaye and
Alan Napier. | ||||||
Season 6 (1961–62)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 1 | "Casket 7.3" | Jerry Hopper | Milton S. Gelman & Frank Gruber | September 30, 1961 | |
|
The series changes focus somewhat and is often set around life on and around Jim Hardie's ranch, with a more central cast of characters as well:
William Demarest joins the series with this episode as Jeb Haine, Hardie's foreman;
Jack Ging as Beau McCloud; and
Virginia Christine as Ovie, the former owner of the ranch and Hardie's neighbor. Also introduced here in supporting roles are Mary Jane Saunders and Lory Patrick as Ovie's daughters Mary Gee and Tina. | ||||||
| 169 | 2 | "The Dodger" | R.G. Springsteen | Jack Turley & Frank Gruber | October 7, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Philip Carey and
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 170 | 3 | "Treasure Coach" | R.G. Springsteen | Milton Geiger, Milton S. Gelman & Frank Gruber | October 14, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Robert Vaughn and
J. Pat O'Malley. | ||||||
| 171 | 4 | "Death Raffle" | William F. Claxton | Milton S. Gelman, Jack Turley & Frank Gruber | October 21, 1961 | |
| 172 | 5 | "Tanoa" | R.G. Springsteen | Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol & Lewis R. Foster | October 28, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Rodolfo Acosta and
Iron Eyes Cody. | ||||||
| 173 | 6 | "Mr. Mute" | William F. Claxton | Robert C. Dennis, Milton S. Gelman & Charles A. Wallace | November 4, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Lyle Bettger. | ||||||
| 174 | 7 | "Jeremiah" | R.G. Springsteen | Barney Slater, Milton S. Gelman & Frank Gruber | November 11, 1961 | |
| 175 | 8 | "A Fistful of Pride" | R.G. Springsteen | Sam Ross & Frank Gruber | November 18, 1961 | |
| 176 | 9 | "Defiant at the Gate" | R.G. Springsteen | Anthony Lawrence & Frank Gruber | November 25, 1961 | |
| 177 | 10 | "Man of Another Breed" | William F. Claxton | Richard Newman & Frank Gruber | December 2, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Debra Paget and
Robert Middleton. | ||||||
| 178 | 11 | "Kelly's Clover Girls" | R.G. Springsteen | Jack Turley & Frank Gruber | December 9, 1961 | |
| 179 | 12 | "A Killing in Calico" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Lynn Mitchell Teleplay by : Jack Turley | December 16, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Dean Jones. | ||||||
| 180 | 13 | "New Orleans Trackdown" | R.G. Springsteen | Peter Germano | December 23, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Marjorie Bennett,
Valentin de Vargas and
Tina Louise. Jack Ging's final episode, as his character is transferred to the New Orleans office. | ||||||
| 181 | 14 | "Trackback" | R.G. Springsteen | Ed Adamson & Frank Gruber | December 30, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Richard Rust and
Leo Gordon. | ||||||
| 182 | 15 | "Moneyrun" | Francis D. Lyon | Sam Ross | January 6, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Michael Ansara. | ||||||
| 183 | 16 | "Return to Yesterday" | Harry Harris | Ken Trevey | January 13, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Dianne Foster | ||||||
| 184 | 17 | "Reward for Gain" | Francis D. Lyon | Milton S. Gelman | January 20, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
John Doucette and
John Anderson. | ||||||
| 185 | 18 | "Assignment in Gloribee" | R.G. Springsteen | Anthony Lawrence & Frank Gruber | January 27, 1962 | |
| 186 | 19 | "Incident at Crossbow" | Stuart Heisler | William R. Cox & Frank Gruber | February 3, 1962 | |
| 187 | 20 | "Portrait of Teresa" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward & Frank Gruber | February 10, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Simon Oakland. | ||||||
| 188 | 21 | "Hometown Doctor" | Sidney Lanfield | Milton S. Gelman, Jerry Adelman & Peter Germano | February 17, 1962 | |
| 189 | 22 | "The Traveler" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward | February 24, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Jack Warden. | ||||||
| 190 | 23 | "Winter Storm" | William Witney | Dick Nelson | March 3, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Dan Duryea and
R.G. Armstrong. | ||||||
| 191 | 24 | "Chauncey" | R.G. Springsteen | Frank Gruber & Ellis Marcus | March 17, 1962 | |
| 192 | 25 | "Who Lives by the Gun" | William Witney | Albert Aley & Frank Gruber | March 24, 1962 | |
| 193 | 26 | "To Kill a Town" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward | March 31, 1962 | |
| 194 | 27 | "End of a Minor God" | Christian Nyby | David P. Harmon | April 7, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Walter Coy and
William Schallert. | ||||||
| 195 | 28 | "Remember the Yazoo" | R.G. Springsteen | Ellis Marcus | April 14, 1962 | |
| 196 | 29 | "The Angry Sky" | Christian Nyby | Al C. Ward | April 21, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Arch Johnson and
Fay Spain | ||||||
| 197 | 30 | "Royal Maroon" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward & Harry Freem | April 28, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Kathleen Crowley. | ||||||
| 198 | 31 | "The Gold Witch" | William Witney | Story by : Dick Nelson & Irving J. McCarthy Teleplay by : Dick Nelson | May 5, 1962 | |
| 199 | 32 | "Don't Wake a Tiger" | R.G. Springsteen | David P. Harmon | May 12, 1962 | |
| 200 | 33 | "The Wayfarers" | William Witney | Frank Price | May 19, 1962 | |
| 201 | 34 | "Vignette of a Sinner" | William Witney | Al C. Ward | June 2, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Jeff Morrow,
Joyce Taylor, and
Edward Platt as Doc Bell. Jim Hardie falls in love with a woman engaged to be married in the final episode of the series. | ||||||
References
- ^ a b c d e Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 1003. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books. p. 901. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "TV Ratings: 1957-1958". ClassicTVguide.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "TV Ratings: 1958-1959". ClassicTVguide.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
External links
Dale Robertson in 1959
Tales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series starring Dale Robertson that ran from 1957 to 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season, when it expanded to an hour and switched from black-and-white to color. [1] [2]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) | Run Time | Color | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||||
| 1 | 14 | March 18, 1957 | July 8, 1957 | 3 | 14.8 [3] | 30 min | black & white | |
| 2 | 38 | September 9, 1957 | May 26, 1958 | 7 | 13.3 [4] | 30 min | black & white | |
| 3 | 39 | September 8, 1958 | June 15, 1959 | Not in top 30 | N/A | 30 min | black & white | |
| 4 | 37 | September 7, 1959 | May 30, 1960 | Not in top 30 | N/A | 30 min | black & white | |
| 5 | 39 | September 5, 1960 | July 10, 1961 | Not in top 30 | N/A | 30 min | black & white | |
| 6 | 34 | September 30, 1961 | June 2, 1962 | Not in top 30 | N/A | 60 min | color | |
Episodes
Season 1 (1957)
Season 1 consisted of 30-minute episodes in black-and-white airing 8:30–9 p.m. on Monday nights. [1]
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Thin Rope" | Leslie H. Martinson | N. B. Stone Jr. | March 18, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Chuck Connors. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Hasty Gun" | Leslie H. Martinson | Dwight Newton | March 25, 1957 | |
|
Featuring Rusty Lane. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Alder Gulch" | Allen H. Miner | Frank Gruber | April 8, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Lee Van Cleef. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Bounty" | George Waggner | George Slavin | April 15, 1957 | |
| 5 | 5 | "A Time to Kill" | Jerry Hopper | William Leicester | April 22, 1957 | |
| 6 | 6 | "Shotgun Messenger" | Lewis R. Foster | Sloan Nibley | May 7, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Michael Landon and
Walter Sande. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Lynching" | Allen H. Miner | Story by : William Heuman Teleplay by : William F. Leicester | May 13, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Renegade Raiders" | George Waggner | William F. Leicester | May 20, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Denver Pyle. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Rio Grande" | Sidney Salkow | John K. Butler | June 3, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Russell Johnson. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Sam Bass" | Lewis R. Foster | Story by :
Frank Gruber Teleplay by : Steve Fisher | June 10, 1957 | |
| 11 | 11 | "The Hijackers" | John English | N. B. Stone Jr. | June 17, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Jack Elam. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Stage to Nowhere" | Sidney Salkow | Steve Fisher | June 24, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Walter Coy. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Jesse James" | George Waggner | Dwight Newton | July 1, 1957 | |
| 14 | 14 | "The Silver Bullets" | Sidney Salkow | William F. Leicester & Frederic Lewis Fox | July 8, 1957 | |
Season 2 (1957–58)
Season 2 consisted of 30-minute episodes in black-and-white airing 8:30–9 p.m. on Monday nights. [1]
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | "Belle Starr" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | September 9, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Jeanne Cooper as outlaw
Belle Starr. | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | "Two Cartridges" | James Neilson | Story by : Stewart Edward White Teleplay by: William F. Leicester | September 16, 1957 | |
| 17 | 3 | "Apache Gold" | Earl Bellamy | Sam Peckinpah | September 23, 1957 | |
| 18 | 4 | "John Wesley Hardin" | Lewis R. Foster | Steve Fisher | September 30, 1957 | |
| 19 | 5 | "The Target" | Franklin Adreon | William F. Leicester | October 7, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Paul Henderson as
Ike Clanton. | ||||||
| 20 | 6 | "The Feud" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | October 14, 1957 | |
| 21 | 7 | "Billy the Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | October 21, 1957 | |
| 22 | 8 | "The Auction" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | October 28, 1957 | |
|
Featuring the first appearance of
Edgar Buchanan as Bob Dawson. | ||||||
| 23 | 9 | "Hank (Chips)" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | November 4, 1957 | |
| 24 | 10 | "Man in the Box" | Earl Bellamy | Lewis R. Foster | November 11, 1957 | |
| 25 | 11 | "The Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Story by :
Dwight Newton Teleplay by : Steve Fisher | November 18, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Michael Landon. | ||||||
| 26 | 12 | "The Barbary Coast" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | November 25, 1957 | |
| 27 | 13 | "Ride with the Killer" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | December 2, 1957 | |
| 28 | 14 | "The Inscrutable Man" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | December 9, 1957 | |
| 29 | 15 | "The General" | Earl Bellamy | Lee Loeb | December 16, 1957 | |
| 30 | 16 | "Laredo" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | December 23, 1957 | |
| 31 | 17 | "The Witness" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Joel Murcott Teleplay by : William F. Leicester | December 30, 1957 | |
|
Featuring
Will Wright. | ||||||
| 32 | 18 | "Doc Bell" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | January 7, 1958 | |
|
Featuring the first appearance of
Edward Platt as
Doc Bell. | ||||||
| 33 | 19 | "Stage West" | Earl Bellamy | Buckley Angell | January 13, 1958 | |
|
Featuring Darlene Fields and
Stafford Repp. | ||||||
| 34 | 20 | "Hoss Tamer" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber and L. Ron Hubbard | January 20, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Walter Coy. | ||||||
| 35 | 21 | "Hide Jumpers" | Earl Bellamy | Unknown | January 27, 1958 | |
| 36 | 22 | "The Walking Mountain" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : John Solon Teleplay by : N.B. Stone Jr. | February 3, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 37 | 23 | "Bill Longley" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | February 10, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Steve McQueen as gunfighter
Bill Longley. | ||||||
| 38 | 24 | "The Prisoner" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | February 17, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 39 | 25 | "Dr. Alice" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | February 23, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Diane Brewster. | ||||||
| 40 | 26 | "The Sooners" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | March 3, 1958 | |
| 41 | 27 | "Alias Jim Hardie" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | March 10, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Phyllis Coates. | ||||||
| 42 | 28 | "The Johnny Ringo Story" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | March 17, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Paul Richards as outlaw
Johnny Ringo. | ||||||
| 43 | 29 | "The Newspaper" | Earl Bellamy | Unknown | March 24, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Claire Du Brey. | ||||||
| 44 | 30 | "Special Delivery" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | March 31, 1958 | |
| 45 | 31 | "Deadwood" | Boris Sagal | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | April 7, 1958 | |
| 46 | 32 | "The Gun" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | April 14, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Jeanette Nolan. | ||||||
| 47 | 33 | "The Reward" | Earl Bellamy | Unknown | April 21, 1958 | |
| 48 | 34 | "The Pickpocket" | Earl Bellamy | D.D. Beauchamp | April 28, 1958 | |
| 49 | 35 | "Scapegoat" | Earl Bellamy | Unknown | May 5, 1958 | |
| 50 | 36 | "The Renegade" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | May 12, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
John Anderson. | ||||||
| 51 | 37 | "The Break" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | May 19, 1958 | |
| 52 | 38 | "The Sniper" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | May 26, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Harold J. Stone and
Olan Soule. | ||||||
Season 3 (1958–59)
Season 3 consisted of 30-minute episodes in black-and-white airing 8:30–9 p.m. on Monday nights. [1]
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "The Gambler" | Earl Bellamy | Gene Reynolds & Dwight Newton | September 8, 1958 | |
| 54 | 2 | "The Manuscript" | Unknown | Unknown | September 15, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 55 | 3 | "White Indian" | Earl Bellamy | Sid Harris & Betty Hopkins | September 22, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Neil Hamilton. | ||||||
| 56 | 4 | "The Golden Owl" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clarke E. Reynolds | September 29, 1958 | |
| 57 | 5 | "The Faster Gun" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | October 6, 1958 | |
|
Jim Hardie is shot on duty by outlaw Johnny Reno (
Tom Neal) and recovers, hoping to ignore his promotion and get back to stopping Reno's crime spree. | ||||||
| 58 | 6 | "Butch Cassidy" | Earl Bellamy | D.D. Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp | October 13, 1958 | |
| 59 | 7 | "End of the Trail" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | October 20, 1958 | |
| 60 | 8 | "A Matter of Honor" | Earl Bellamy | Paul Savage | November 3, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
King Calder. | ||||||
| 61 | 9 | "The Most Dangerous Man" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | November 10, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 62 | 10 | "The Gunfighter" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | November 17, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Lyle Bettger as
John Wesley Hardin. | ||||||
| 63 | 11 | "The Deserter" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | November 24, 1958 | |
| 64 | 12 | "The Killer" | Earl Bellamy | Barney Slater | December 1, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Paul Fix and
Paul Burke. | ||||||
| 65 | 13 | "The Counterfeiters" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | December 8, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Milton Frome. | ||||||
| 66 | 14 | "Cow Town" | Earl Bellamy | N.B. Stone Jr. | December 15, 1958 | |
| 67 | 15 | "The Happy Tree" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | December 22, 1958 | |
| 68 | 16 | "The Dealer" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | December 29, 1958 | |
|
Featuring
Vic Perrin. | ||||||
| 69 | 17 | "Showdown Trail" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | January 5, 1959 | |
| 70 | 18 | "Luke Frazer" | Earl Bellamy | Thomas T. Flynn & Dwight Newton | January 12, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Wally Brown and
John Dierkes. | ||||||
| 71 | 19 | "Wild Cargo" | Earl Bellamy | Story by :
Steve Fisher Teleplay by : Dwight Newton | January 19, 1959 | |
| 72 | 20 | "The Cleanup" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | January 26, 1959 | |
| 73 | 21 | "Fort Massacre" | Earl Bellamy | Story by :
David Chandler Teleplay by : Dwight Newton and David Chandler | February 2, 1959 | |
| 74 | 22 | "The Town That Wouldn't Talk" | Earl Bellamy | Jack Laird & Wilton Schiller | February 9, 1959 | |
| 75 | 23 | "Lola Montez" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | February 16, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Rita Moreno. | ||||||
| 76 | 24 | "The Branding Iron" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides & Dwight Newton | February 23, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Ann Rutherford. | ||||||
| 77 | 25 | "The House I Enter" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester, Dwight Newton & Leslie Elizabeth Thomas | March 2, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Luana Patten. | ||||||
| 78 | 26 | "The Legacy" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | March 9, 1959 | |
| 79 | 27 | "The Rawhide Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Thomas T. Flynn & Samuel A. Peeples | March 16, 1959 | |
| 80 | 28 | "Toll Road" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Bonham & Ernest Haycox | March 23, 1959 | |
| 81 | 29 | "The Tired Gun" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | March 30, 1959 | |
| 82 | 30 | "Terry" | Earl Bellamy | James Brooks, Frank Gruber and William F. Leicester | April 6, 1959 | |
| 83 | 31 | "The Last Stand" | Earl Bellamy | John W. Cunningham & Dwight Newton | April 13, 1959 | |
| 84 | 32 | "Bob Dawson" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | April 20, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 85 | 33 | "The Tall Texan" | Sidney Salkow | Story by :
D.D. Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp Teleplay by : Dwight Newton, D.D. Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp | April 27, 1959 | |
| 86 | 34 | "Doc Holliday" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley, Robert Giles & Clarke Reynolds | May 4, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Martin Landau as
Doc Holliday. | ||||||
| 87 | 35 | "Kid Curry" | David Lowell Rich | D.D. Beauchamp & Dwight Newton | May 11, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Philip Pine as outlaw
Kid Curry. | ||||||
| 88 | 36 | "The Little Man" | David Lowell Rich | Steve McNeil & Charles Smith | May 18, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Walter Burke and
Read Morgan. | ||||||
| 89 | 37 | "The Daltons" | Sidney Salkow | Dwight Newton | May 25, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Jeanette Nolan. | ||||||
| 90 | 38 | "The Bounty Hunter" | Sidney Salkow | Dean Riesner | June 1, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Darryl Hickman. | ||||||
| 91 | 39 | "Clay Allison" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | June 15, 1959 | |
Season 4 (1959–60)
Season 4 consisted of 30-minute episodes in black-and-white airing 8:30–9 p.m. on Monday nights. [1]
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | 1 | "Young Jim Hardie" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | September 7, 1959 | |
| 93 | 2 | "Desert Showdown" | Sidney Salkow | Samuel A. Peeples | September 14, 1959 | |
| 94 | 3 | "The Warrior's Return" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | September 21, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Don Megowan. | ||||||
| 95 | 4 | "The Jackass" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | September 28, 1959 | |
| 96 | 5 | "The Stage Line" | Sidney Salkow | James Brooks, Frank Gruber & Gene Reynolds | October 5, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
James Franciscus. | ||||||
| 97 | 6 | "The Train Robbery" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | October 12, 1959 | |
| 98 | 7 | "Double Reverse" | David Lowell Rich | Fred Freiberger | October 19, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Judith Evelyn and
Denver Pyle. | ||||||
| 99 | 8 | "Tom Horn" | Sidney Salkow | Heck Allen | October 26, 1959 | |
| 100 | 9 | "The Quiet Village" | David Lowell Rich | Charles Smith | November 2, 1959 | |
| 101 | 10 | "Home Town" | David Lowell Rich | Borden Chase | November 16, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Ben Cooper. | ||||||
| 102 | 11 | "End of a Legend" | David Lowell Rich | Samuel A. Peeples | November 23, 1959 | |
| 103 | 12 | "The Return of Doc Bell" | David Lowell Rich | Story by : William F. Leicester; Teleplay by : Charles B. Smith | November 30, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Edward Platt and
Jack Ging. | ||||||
| 104 | 13 | "Woman with a Gun" | David Lowell Rich | Dean Riesner | December 7, 1959 | |
| 105 | 14 | "Long Odds" | Sidney Salkow | David Lang | December 14, 1959 | |
| 106 | 15 | "Wanted: Jim Hardie" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | December 21, 1959 | |
| 107 | 16 | "Relay Station" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | December 28, 1959 | |
|
Featuring
Lori Nelson and
James Westerfield. | ||||||
| 108 | 17 | "Cole Younger" | Sidney Salkow | Clay Fisher | January 4, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Royal Dano as
Cole Younger. | ||||||
| 109 | 18 | "The Easterner" | Sidney Salkow | N.B. Stone Jr. | January 11, 1960 | |
| 110 | 19 | "The Governor's Visit" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | January 18, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Mari Blanchard and
Wendell Holmes. | ||||||
| 111 | 20 | "The Journey" | Sidney Salkow | Fred Freiberger | January 25, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Robert Cornthwaite and
Coleen Gray. | ||||||
| 112 | 21 | "The Canyon" | Sidney Salkow | Edmund Morris | February 1, 1960 | |
| 113 | 22 | "Red Ransom" | Sidney Salkow | Dean Riesner | February 8, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Frank de Kova. | ||||||
| 114 | 23 | "The English Woman" | Sidney Salkow | Fred Freiberger | February 15, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Frank Ferguson. | ||||||
| 115 | 24 | "Forty-Four Forty" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | February 29, 1960 | |
| 116 | 25 | "The Late Mayor Brown" | Sidney Salkow | James Brooks, William Fay & Frank Gruber | March 7, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Gail Kobe and
John Stephenson. | ||||||
| 117 | 26 | "Black Trail" | Sidney Salkow | Robert Giles & Charles Smith | March 21, 1960 | |
| 118 | 27 | "The Great Bullion Robbery" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber & David Lang | March 21, 1960 | |
| 119 | 28 | "The Outlaw's Wife" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | March 28, 1960 | |
| 120 | 29 | "The Town" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | April 4, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Mary Webster. | ||||||
| 121 | 30 | "The Trading Post" | Sidney Salkow | James Brooks, Frank Gruber & Gene Reynolds | April 11, 1960 | |
| 122 | 31 | "Dead Man's Street" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | April 18, 1960 | |
| 123 | 32 | "Threat of Death" | Sidney Salkow | David Lang | April 25, 1960 | |
| 124 | 33 | "Dealer's Choice" | Sidney Salkow | Bill S. Ballinger & George Waggner | May 2, 1960 | |
| 125 | 34 | "Pearl Hart" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | May 9, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Beverly Garland as outlaw
Pearl Hart. | ||||||
| 126 | 35 | "Vasquez" | Sidney Salkow | James Brooks, Frank Gruber & Gene Reynolds | May 16, 1960 | |
| 127 | 36 | "Kid Brother" | Sidney Salkow | Bill S. Ballinger and William Fay | May 23, 1960 | |
| 128 | 37 | "Man for the Job" | Sidney Salkow | J.K. Tucker | May 30, 1960 | |
Season 5 (1960–61)
|
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 1 | "Day of Judgement" | Louis King | Barney Slater | September 5, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
John Dehner. | ||||||
| 130 | 2 | "Angry Town" | Louis King | Peter Germano | September 5, 1960 | |
| 131 | 3 | "Doc Dawson" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Steve Fisher & Frank Price | September 19, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 132 | 4 | "The Kinfolk" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Mark Hanna & Louis L'Amour | September 26, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Richard Jaeckel. | ||||||
| 133 | 5 | "A Study in Petticoats" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Mark Hanna | October 17, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Whitney Blake and
Diane Jergens. | ||||||
| 134 | 6 | "All That Glitters" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Steven Thornley | October 24, 1960 | |
| 135 | 7 | "Run for the River" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Peter Germano | November 7, 1960 | |
| 136 | 8 | "Leading Citizen" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Barney Slater | November 14, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Robert Middleton. | ||||||
| 137 | 9 | "The Killing of Johnny Lash" | Lawrence Doheny | Mark Rodgers | November 21, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Anne Helm as
Nellie Bly. | ||||||
| 138 | 10 | "The Wade Place" | Lawrence Doheny | Louis L'Amour & Charles A. Wallace | November 28, 1960 | |
| 139 | 11 | "Jeff Davis' Treasure" | Frank McDonald | Unknown | December 5, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
John Dehner and
Leo Gordon. | ||||||
| 140 | 12 | "The Bride and the Bandit" | Frank McDonald | Louis L'Amour & Paul Gangelin | December 12, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Dabbs Greer and
Virginia Christine. | ||||||
| 141 | 13 | "Escort to Santa Fe" | Frank McDonald | Ken Pettus | December 19, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
Stephen Chase. | ||||||
| 142 | 14 | "Frightened Witness" | Frank McDonald | James Brooks, Frank Gruber and Dwight Newton | December 26, 1960 | |
|
Featuring
John Milford and
Penny Edwards. | ||||||
| 143 | 15 | "The Border Renegade" | Frank McDonald | Barney Slater | January 2, 1961 | |
| 144 | 16 | "Captain Scoville" | Frank McDonald | Louis L'Amour & Paul Gangelin | January 9, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
DeForest Kelley. | ||||||
| 145 | 17 | "The Has-Been" | James P. Yarbrough | Louis L'Amour & Charles A. Wallace | January 16, 1961 | |
| 146 | 18 | "Town Against a Man" | James P. Yarbrough | Peter Germano | January 23, 1961 | |
| 147 | 19 | "The Barefoot Bandit" | Lewis R. Foster | James Brooks, Lewis R. Foster & Frank Gruber | January 30, 1961 | |
| 148 | 20 | "The Hand That Shook the Hand" | William Witney | Cyril Hume | February 6, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Vito Scotti and
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 149 | 21 | "The Washburn Girl" | William Witney | Charles A. Wallace & Rudy Makoul | February 13, 1961 | |
| 150 | 22 | "The Diamond Dude" | Lewis R. Foster | Barney Slater | February 27, 1961 | |
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Featuring
James Millhollin and
Robert Middleton. | ||||||
| 151 | 23 | "A Show for Silver Lode" | Richard Bartlett | Story by :
Leo Gordon & Paul Leslie Peil Teleplay by : Charles A. Wallace | March 6, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Patrice Wymore. | ||||||
| 152 | 24 | "Fraud" | Richard Bartlett | Story by : Mark Rodgers Teleplay by : Paul Gangelin | March 13, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Sue Ane Langdon and
Steve Brodie. | ||||||
| 153 | 25 | "Stage from Yuma" | Lewis R. Foster | Barney Slater | March 20, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Joan Evans. | ||||||
| 154 | 26 | "Prince Jim" | Richard Bartlett | Eric Freiwald & Robert Schaefer | March 27, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Gina Gillespie. | ||||||
| 155 | 27 | "The Remittance Man" | William Witney | Paul Gangelin | April 3, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Yvonne Craig. | ||||||
| 156 | 28 | "The Jealous Man" | William Witney | Peter Germano | April 10, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Faith Domergue and
Ed Nelson. | ||||||
| 157 | 29 | "Something Pretty" | James P. Yarbrough | Paul Gangelin & Carl M. Onspaugh | April 17, 1961 | |
| 158 | 30 | "Lady Trouble" | James P. Yarbrough | Eric Freiwald & Robert Schaefer | April 24, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Josephine Hutchinson and
Robert Armstrong. | ||||||
| 159 | 31 | "Moment of Glory" | Lewis R. Foster | Lewis R. Foster | May 1, 1961 | |
| 160 | 32 | "The Lobo" | William Witney | Charles A. Wallace | May 8, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Jim Davis. | ||||||
| 161 | 33 | "Rifles for Red Hand" | William Witney | Ken Pettus | May 15, 1961 | |
| 162 | 34 | "Gunman's Revenge" | Lewis R. Foster | Lewis R. Foster | May 22, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Harry Carey Jr. and
Chuck Connors. | ||||||
| 163 | 35 | "The Repentant Outlaw" | James H. Brown | Cyril Hume | May 29, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 164 | 36 | "A Quiet Little Town" | James H. Brown | Steven Thornley | June 5, 1961 | |
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Featuring
John Dehner. | ||||||
| 165 | 37 | "Bitter Vengeance" | R.G. Springsteen | Charles A. Wallace | June 12, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Nina Shipman and
Phyllis Coates. | ||||||
| 166 | 38 | "John Jones" | R.G. Springsteen | Paul Gangelin | June 26, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Donna Martell and
Warren Oates. | ||||||
| 167 | 39 | "The Dowry" | Lewis R. Foster | James Brooks, Lewis R. Foster & Frank Gruber | July 10, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Lisa Gaye and
Alan Napier. | ||||||
Season 6 (1961–62)
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No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 1 | "Casket 7.3" | Jerry Hopper | Milton S. Gelman & Frank Gruber | September 30, 1961 | |
|
The series changes focus somewhat and is often set around life on and around Jim Hardie's ranch, with a more central cast of characters as well:
William Demarest joins the series with this episode as Jeb Haine, Hardie's foreman;
Jack Ging as Beau McCloud; and
Virginia Christine as Ovie, the former owner of the ranch and Hardie's neighbor. Also introduced here in supporting roles are Mary Jane Saunders and Lory Patrick as Ovie's daughters Mary Gee and Tina. | ||||||
| 169 | 2 | "The Dodger" | R.G. Springsteen | Jack Turley & Frank Gruber | October 7, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Philip Carey and
Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 170 | 3 | "Treasure Coach" | R.G. Springsteen | Milton Geiger, Milton S. Gelman & Frank Gruber | October 14, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Robert Vaughn and
J. Pat O'Malley. | ||||||
| 171 | 4 | "Death Raffle" | William F. Claxton | Milton S. Gelman, Jack Turley & Frank Gruber | October 21, 1961 | |
| 172 | 5 | "Tanoa" | R.G. Springsteen | Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol & Lewis R. Foster | October 28, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Rodolfo Acosta and
Iron Eyes Cody. | ||||||
| 173 | 6 | "Mr. Mute" | William F. Claxton | Robert C. Dennis, Milton S. Gelman & Charles A. Wallace | November 4, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Lyle Bettger. | ||||||
| 174 | 7 | "Jeremiah" | R.G. Springsteen | Barney Slater, Milton S. Gelman & Frank Gruber | November 11, 1961 | |
| 175 | 8 | "A Fistful of Pride" | R.G. Springsteen | Sam Ross & Frank Gruber | November 18, 1961 | |
| 176 | 9 | "Defiant at the Gate" | R.G. Springsteen | Anthony Lawrence & Frank Gruber | November 25, 1961 | |
| 177 | 10 | "Man of Another Breed" | William F. Claxton | Richard Newman & Frank Gruber | December 2, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Debra Paget and
Robert Middleton. | ||||||
| 178 | 11 | "Kelly's Clover Girls" | R.G. Springsteen | Jack Turley & Frank Gruber | December 9, 1961 | |
| 179 | 12 | "A Killing in Calico" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Lynn Mitchell Teleplay by : Jack Turley | December 16, 1961 | |
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Featuring
Dean Jones. | ||||||
| 180 | 13 | "New Orleans Trackdown" | R.G. Springsteen | Peter Germano | December 23, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Marjorie Bennett,
Valentin de Vargas and
Tina Louise. Jack Ging's final episode, as his character is transferred to the New Orleans office. | ||||||
| 181 | 14 | "Trackback" | R.G. Springsteen | Ed Adamson & Frank Gruber | December 30, 1961 | |
|
Featuring
Richard Rust and
Leo Gordon. | ||||||
| 182 | 15 | "Moneyrun" | Francis D. Lyon | Sam Ross | January 6, 1962 | |
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Featuring
Michael Ansara. | ||||||
| 183 | 16 | "Return to Yesterday" | Harry Harris | Ken Trevey | January 13, 1962 | |
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Featuring
Dianne Foster | ||||||
| 184 | 17 | "Reward for Gain" | Francis D. Lyon | Milton S. Gelman | January 20, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
John Doucette and
John Anderson. | ||||||
| 185 | 18 | "Assignment in Gloribee" | R.G. Springsteen | Anthony Lawrence & Frank Gruber | January 27, 1962 | |
| 186 | 19 | "Incident at Crossbow" | Stuart Heisler | William R. Cox & Frank Gruber | February 3, 1962 | |
| 187 | 20 | "Portrait of Teresa" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward & Frank Gruber | February 10, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Simon Oakland. | ||||||
| 188 | 21 | "Hometown Doctor" | Sidney Lanfield | Milton S. Gelman, Jerry Adelman & Peter Germano | February 17, 1962 | |
| 189 | 22 | "The Traveler" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward | February 24, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Jack Warden. | ||||||
| 190 | 23 | "Winter Storm" | William Witney | Dick Nelson | March 3, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Dan Duryea and
R.G. Armstrong. | ||||||
| 191 | 24 | "Chauncey" | R.G. Springsteen | Frank Gruber & Ellis Marcus | March 17, 1962 | |
| 192 | 25 | "Who Lives by the Gun" | William Witney | Albert Aley & Frank Gruber | March 24, 1962 | |
| 193 | 26 | "To Kill a Town" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward | March 31, 1962 | |
| 194 | 27 | "End of a Minor God" | Christian Nyby | David P. Harmon | April 7, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Walter Coy and
William Schallert. | ||||||
| 195 | 28 | "Remember the Yazoo" | R.G. Springsteen | Ellis Marcus | April 14, 1962 | |
| 196 | 29 | "The Angry Sky" | Christian Nyby | Al C. Ward | April 21, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Arch Johnson and
Fay Spain | ||||||
| 197 | 30 | "Royal Maroon" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward & Harry Freem | April 28, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Kathleen Crowley. | ||||||
| 198 | 31 | "The Gold Witch" | William Witney | Story by : Dick Nelson & Irving J. McCarthy Teleplay by : Dick Nelson | May 5, 1962 | |
| 199 | 32 | "Don't Wake a Tiger" | R.G. Springsteen | David P. Harmon | May 12, 1962 | |
| 200 | 33 | "The Wayfarers" | William Witney | Frank Price | May 19, 1962 | |
| 201 | 34 | "Vignette of a Sinner" | William Witney | Al C. Ward | June 2, 1962 | |
|
Featuring
Jeff Morrow,
Joyce Taylor, and
Edward Platt as Doc Bell. Jim Hardie falls in love with a woman engaged to be married in the final episode of the series. | ||||||
References
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