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Genre | Western |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
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Producer | Henry B. Donovan |
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Running time | 24–26 minutes |
Production company | Telemount-Mutual Television Productions |
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Network | Syndication |
Release | September 13, 1952 – June 13, 1953 |
Cowboy G-Men is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from September 1952 to June 1953, for a total of thirty-nine episodes.
Russell Hayden and Jackie Coogan star as Pat Gallagher and Stoney Crockett, a pair of government agents operating in the American West in the 1870s. [1] Phil Arnold portrayed Zerbo, a sometimes associate of Gallagher and Crockett. Gallagher typically was undercover as a ranch hand, while Crockett took the role of a wrangler. [2] Hand-picked agents Gallagher and Crockett dealt with "counterfeiters, smugglers and robbers and protecting property owners". [3]
Other actors who appeared in Cowboy G-Men included Claudia Barrett [4] : 19 and Virginia Herrick. [4]
Cowboy G-Men was based on a story by Henry B. Donovan and featured the writing of such Western fiction authors as Todhunter Ballard [5] and Louis L'Amour. [6]
No. | Title | Original air date |
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1 | "Ozark Gold" | September 13, 1952 |
2 | "Chinaman's Chance" | September 20, 1952 |
3 | "The Golden Wolf" | September 27, 1952 |
4 | "Secret Mission" | October 4, 1952 |
5 | "Chippewa Indians" | October 11, 1952 |
6 | "Center Fire" | October 18, 1952 |
7 | "Beware! No Trespassing" | November 1, 1952 |
8 | "Pixilated" | November 8, 1952 |
9 | "Running Iron" | November 15, 1952 |
10 | "Bounty Jumpers" | November 22, 1952 |
11 | "Gunslingers" | November 29, 1952 |
12 | "Koniackers (Counterfeiters)" | December 6, 1952 |
13 | "Ghost Bushwacker" | December 13, 1952 |
14 | "Salted Mines" | December 20, 1952 |
15 | "Frontier Smugglers" | December 27, 1952 |
16 | "Mysterious Decoy" | January 3, 1953 |
17 | "Ridge of Ghosts" | January 10, 1953 |
18 | "Hang the Jury" | January 17, 1953 |
19 | "Silver Shotgun" | January 24, 1953 |
20 | "Rawhide Gold" | January 31, 1953 |
21 | "The Run Down" | February 7, 1953 |
22 | "Rawhiders" | February 14, 1953 |
23 | "General Delivery" | February 21, 1953 |
24 | "Gypsy Traders" | February 28, 1953 |
25 | "Safe Crackers" | March 7, 1953 |
26 | "Silver Fraud" | March 14, 1953 |
27 | "Hangfire" | March 21, 1953 |
28 | "Hush Money" | March 28, 1953 |
29 | "Ghost Town Mystery" | April 4, 1953 |
30 | "Empty Mailbags" | April 11, 1953 |
31 | "Sawdust Swindle" | April 18, 1953 |
32 | "Spring the Trap" | April 25, 1953 |
33 | "Sidewinder" | May 2, 1953 |
34 | "Indian Trader" | May 9, 1953 |
35 | "Stolen Dynamite" | May 16, 1953 |
36 | "The Woman or" | May 23, 1953 |
37 | "Double Crossed" | May 30, 1953 |
38 | "High Heeled Boots" | June 6, 1953 |
39 | "The California Bullets" | June 13, 1953 |
Henry Donovan was the producer for Telemount-Mutual, and the series was distributed by United Artists-TV Distribution. [7] Directors included Lesley Selander. [8] The series was filmed in color. [9] Taystee Bread sponsored the series in 24 cities. [10]
Hayden and Coogan did their own stunts on the show. Episodes were filmed in groups of 13, with three episodes typically completed within seven days—four days on location, two in a studio and "one day for the 'chases'". [11] Location shots were filmed in the San Fernando Valley. [11]
Timeless Media Group released a 10 episode best-of set on DVD in Region 1 on October 26, 2008. [12]
Alpha Home Entertainment has released collections of Cowboy G-Men episodes on DVD. Each volume contains 4 episodes from the series. Six DVDs have been published from 2006 to 2011.
In Japan, Cowboy G-Men was the first show to be dubbed in Japanese in 1956. [13]
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