Cowboy G-Men

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Cowboy G-Men
Genre Western
Written by
  • Buckley Angell
  • Todhunter Ballard
  • William R. Cox
  • Henry B. Donovan
  • Orville H. Hampton
  • Monroe Manning
  • Michael Raison
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes39
Production
ProducerHenry B. Donovan
Cinematography
Editors
  • Thor L. Brooks
  • Seth Larsen
  • Carl Pingitore
Running time2426 minutes
Production company Telemount-Mutual Television Productions
Original release
Network Syndication
ReleaseSeptember 13, 1952 (1952-09-13) 
June 13, 1953 (1953-06-13)

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.

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Synopsis

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]

Episode list

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Ozark Gold"September 13, 1952 (1952-09-13)
2"Chinaman's Chance"September 20, 1952 (1952-09-20)
3"The Golden Wolf"September 27, 1952 (1952-09-27)
4"Secret Mission"October 4, 1952 (1952-10-04)
5"Chippewa Indians"October 11, 1952 (1952-10-11)
6"Center Fire"October 18, 1952 (1952-10-18)
7"Beware! No Trespassing"November 1, 1952 (1952-11-01)
8"Pixilated"November 8, 1952 (1952-11-08)
9"Running Iron"November 15, 1952 (1952-11-15)
10"Bounty Jumpers"November 22, 1952 (1952-11-22)
11"Gunslingers"November 29, 1952 (1952-11-29)
12"Koniackers (Counterfeiters)"December 6, 1952 (1952-12-06)
13"Ghost Bushwacker"December 13, 1952 (1952-12-13)
14"Salted Mines"December 20, 1952 (1952-12-20)
15"Frontier Smugglers"December 27, 1952 (1952-12-27)
16"Mysterious Decoy"January 3, 1953 (1953-01-03)
17"Ridge of Ghosts"January 10, 1953 (1953-01-10)
18"Hang the Jury"January 17, 1953 (1953-01-17)
19"Silver Shotgun"January 24, 1953 (1953-01-24)
20"Rawhide Gold"January 31, 1953 (1953-01-31)
21"The Run Down"February 7, 1953 (1953-02-07)
22"Rawhiders"February 14, 1953 (1953-02-14)
23"General Delivery"February 21, 1953 (1953-02-21)
24"Gypsy Traders"February 28, 1953 (1953-02-28)
25"Safe Crackers"March 7, 1953 (1953-03-07)
26"Silver Fraud"March 14, 1953 (1953-03-14)
27"Hangfire"March 21, 1953 (1953-03-21)
28"Hush Money"March 28, 1953 (1953-03-28)
29"Ghost Town Mystery"April 4, 1953 (1953-04-04)
30"Empty Mailbags"April 11, 1953 (1953-04-11)
31"Sawdust Swindle"April 18, 1953 (1953-04-18)
32"Spring the Trap"April 25, 1953 (1953-04-25)
33"Sidewinder"May 2, 1953 (1953-05-02)
34"Indian Trader"May 9, 1953 (1953-05-09)
35"Stolen Dynamite"May 16, 1953 (1953-05-16)
36"The Woman or"May 23, 1953 (1953-05-23)
37"Double Crossed"May 30, 1953 (1953-05-30)
38"High Heeled Boots"June 6, 1953 (1953-06-06)
39"The California Bullets"June 13, 1953 (1953-06-13)

Production

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]

Release

Home media

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.

International

In Japan, Cowboy G-Men was the first show to be dubbed in Japanese in 1956. [13]

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