Tales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series starring Dale Robertson in 201 episodes that aired 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 a full hour and switched from black-and-white to color. [1] [2]
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) | Run Time | Color | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||||||
| 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 | |
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 release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Thin Rope" | Leslie H. Martinson | N. B. Stone Jr. | March 18, 1957 | |
Wells Fargo agent Jim Hardie rides with a stagecoach driver who proves reckless in the job and hides a dangerous secret. Featuring Chuck Connors. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Hasty Gun" | Leslie H. Martinson | Dwight Newton | March 25, 1957 | |
Hardie stands up for a beleaguered marshal, known for his hasty tactics, in a town convinced his time in charge is over. Featuring Rusty Lane. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Alder Gulch" | Allen H. Miner | Frank Gruber | April 8, 1957 | |
Hardie goes undercover to undermine an outlaw gang's plan to take over the town of Alder Gulch. Featuring Lee Van Cleef. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Bounty" | George Waggner | George Slavin | April 15, 1957 | |
Hardie travels to Canada to pay a bounty for a slain outlaw only he can identify. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "A Time to Kill" | Jerry Hopper | William F. Leicester | April 22, 1957 | |
A young boy discovers his late father may have held up a Wells Fargo stagecoach, but is determined to prove his innocence with Hardie's help. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Shotgun Messenger" | Lewis R. Foster | Sloan Nibley | May 7, 1957 | |
Hardie hires a shotgun messenger for a new Wells Fargo line, only to learn he's the son of a disgraced company driver who may have been involved in a heist, and whose compatriots are determined to strike again. 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 | |
A sheepherder rescues a lost young girl, but is branded a kidnapper by the townspeople, and Hardie works to convince the people of his innocence before mob law delivers its harsh verdict. Featuring Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Renegade Raiders" | George Waggner | William F. Leicester | May 20, 1957 | |
Hardie investigates how a local Cheyenne tribe is being supplied arms, and determines a rogue Wells Fargo agent is their source. 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 | |
Hardie is tasked to infiltrate the gang of noted outlaw Sam Bass (Chuck Connors)). With Michael Landon. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Hijackers" | John English | N. B. Stone Jr. | June 17, 1957 | |
A Wells Fargo stagecoach and its occupants go missing in the badlands. Featuring Jack Elam. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Stage to Nowhere" | Sidney Salkow | Steve Fisher | June 24, 1957 | |
Hardie escorts a prisoner to trial and is attacked by the outlaw's gang, but it puts in harm's way the outlaw's own family. Featuring Walter Coy. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Jesse James" | George Waggner | Dwight Newton | July 1, 1957 | |
Jesse James (Hugh Beaumont) and his gang rob a Wells Fargo train shipment, and Hardie goes undercover to track down them and the money. With Bobby Jordan as Bob Ford. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Silver Bullets" | Sidney Salkow | Story by : Frederic Louis Fox Teleplay by : William F. Leicester & Frederic Lewis Fox | July 8, 1957 | |
Hardie investigates the death of a Wells Fargo agent and the disappearance of $15k, and learns the town's roulette tables may have had a hand in all of it. Featuring Douglas Kennedy, James Seay, and Pamela Duncan | ||||||
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 release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | "Belle Starr" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | September 9, 1957 | |
Hardie's stagecoach is robbed by outlaw Belle Starr and her gang, so he ventures out to bring her to justice. Featuring Jeanne Cooper as Belle Starr. | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | "Two Cartridges" | James Neilson | Story by : Stewart Edward White Teleplay by : William F. Leicester | September 16, 1957 | |
Featuring Jim Davis | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | "Apache Gold" | Earl Bellamy | Sam Peckinpah | September 23, 1957 | |
Hardie joins a father searching for his son in the dangerous Superstition Mountains. | ||||||
| 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 | |
A Pony Express rider is killed during a delivery, and Hardie sets out to lure the killer into the open. Featuring Paul Henderson as Ike Clanton. | ||||||
| 20 | 6 | "The Feud" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | October 14, 1957 | |
A family feud between the Brundage's and the McCloud's complicates a right-of-way deal Jim Hardie needs to negotiate for the company. | ||||||
| 21 | 7 | "Billy the Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | October 21, 1957 | |
Hardie enlists the aid of Billy the Kid (Robert Vaughn) in a stagecoach holdup after The Kid helps a stranded passenger. With Addison Richards as Lew Wallace. | ||||||
| 22 | 8 | "The Auction" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | October 28, 1957 | |
Featuring the first appearance of Edgar Buchanan as Bob Dawson, an old-time outlaw bidding on a strange old suitcase at a Wells Fargo auction which goes dangerous awry. | ||||||
| 23 | 9 | "Hank (aka Chips)" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | November 4, 1957 | |
A dog is stolen off a Wells Fargo stagecoach and Hardie sets out to find it and understand why. | ||||||
| 24 | 10 | "Man in the Box" | Earl Bellamy | Lewis R. Foster | November 11, 1957 | |
After a rash of daring holdups and heists, Hardie is tasked along with fellow agents to set a trap for the Stillwell gang. | ||||||
| 25 | 11 | "The Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Dwight Newton Teleplay by : Steve Fisher | November 18, 1957 | |
Hardie serves as defense for Tad Cameron (Michael Landon, reprising his role from season 1's Shotgun Messenger), who is on trial for killing a man. Featuring Byron Foulger. | ||||||
| 26 | 12 | "The Barbary Coast" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | November 25, 1957 | |
Hardie has to investigate a ship captain for the company & friend, who has allegedly killed another agent and stolen $20k worth of jade from Wells Fargo. | ||||||
| 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 | |
A bigoted army general, tasked with making peace with the Sioux, is escorted by Hardie to his meeting, but a group of rogue settlers are out to ensure the general never makes it to that meeting. Featuring Paul Fix as Lt. General Philip Sheridan, and Whit Bissell. | ||||||
| 30 | 16 | "Laredo" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | December 23, 1957 | |
Hardie spends his Christmas tracking gunrunners near the Mexico border. | ||||||
| 31 | 17 | "The Witness" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Joel Murcott Teleplay by : William F. Leicester | December 30, 1957 | |
A doctor is murdered in the dark of night by outlaws during a Wells Fargo robbery, and Hardie must investigate a nervous town to find the culprits. 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, as Hardie goes undercover as a fellow escaped convict, to determine where the money from a stagecoach robbery is. | ||||||
| 33 | 19 | "Stage West" | Earl Bellamy | Buckley Angell | January 13, 1958 | |
Wells Fargo is contracted to deliver a witness to authorities, and takes over personally when the private detective (Stafford Repp) is killed by outlaws out to silence her. Featuring Darlene Fields. | ||||||
| 34 | 20 | "Hoss Tamer" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber and L. Ron Hubbard | January 20, 1958 | |
A young drifter comes into town and falls prey to a malicious horse trainer (Walter Coy) determined to rob the local Wells Fargo office. | ||||||
| 35 | 21 | "Hide Jumpers" | Earl Bellamy | W. R. Cox | January 27, 1958 | |
| 36 | 22 | "The Walking Mountain" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : John Solon Teleplay by : N.B. Stone Jr. | February 3, 1958 | |
Hardie is sent to investigate a gold mine operation linked to recent claims Wells Fargo is stealing gold from their own shipments. 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 | |
Bob Dawson (Edgar Buchanan) is placed in Hardie's custody & promised parole, as he may be the only person able to find a kidnapped U.S. Senator. | ||||||
| 39 | 25 | "Dr. Alice" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | February 23, 1958 | |
A jaded doctor (Diane Brewster) disillusioned with the West after the death of her husband finds leaving difficult after she is taken hostage by outlaws who are in need of her expertice. | ||||||
| 40 | 26 | "The Sooners" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | March 3, 1958 | |
When an agent goes missing after a land rush in Oklahoma, Hardie must determine his whereabouts in the new town, and his horse may be the one clue to learning of his fate. | ||||||
| 41 | 27 | "Alias Jim Hardie" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | March 10, 1958 | |
A Wells Fargo clerk (Phyllis Coates) has a hand in a particular heist, its success reliant on the ambush of the famed Jim Hardie and the theft of his credentials. | ||||||
| 42 | 28 | "The Johnny Ringo Story" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | March 17, 1958 | |
Despite being in custody, outlaw Johnny Ringo (Paul Richards) is determined to get home to care for his dying sister. | ||||||
| 43 | 29 | "The Newspaper" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | March 24, 1958 | |
A rival stage line causes problems for the town of Madden, as Hardie encounters its fierce owner and the town that is cruelly under her control. Featuring Claire Du Brey. | ||||||
| 44 | 30 | "Special Delivery" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | March 31, 1958 | |
An Indian attack traps the passengers of a Wells Fargo stagecoach in a remote location, including Hardie, an Army officer up for court-martial, a married couple and a baby. | ||||||
| 45 | 31 | "Deadwood" | Boris Sagal | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | April 7, 1958 | |
Hardie investigates a robbery in Deadwood, and realizes the outlaw being accused is not his culprit at all. | ||||||
| 46 | 32 | "The Gun" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | April 14, 1958 | |
Featuring Jeanette Nolan. | ||||||
| 47 | 33 | "The Reward" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | April 21, 1958 | |
Hardie travels to Bridger to deliver a reward check, to discover the man has mysteriously vanished and that certain townspeople are hiding a truth behind it. | ||||||
| 48 | 34 | "The Pickpocket" | Earl Bellamy | D.D. Beauchamp | April 28, 1958 | |
Hardie meets a kindly pickpocket amidst a train holdup, and together they track down and foil the outlaws. | ||||||
| 49 | 35 | "Scapegoat" | Earl Bellamy | William F. Leicester | May 5, 1958 | |
The murder of a Wells Fargo agent leads many to suspect a town's new teacher (Bruce Bennett), an ex-convict, is the culprit. But Hardie, aided by a student, are not so convinced. | ||||||
| 50 | 36 | "The Renegade" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | May 12, 1958 | |
A man's desire to escape his problematic family leads him to employment with Wells Fargo as a shotgun messenger, and Hardie is sent to determine if this bodes well for the stagecoach line or not. Featuring John Anderson. | ||||||
| 51 | 37 | "The Break" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Howard J. Green Teleplay by : Samuel A. Peeples | May 19, 1958 | |
| 52 | 38 | "The Sniper" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Gruber | May 26, 1958 | |
A Wells Fargo agent is murdered by a sniper's bullet right in front of Jim Hardie, and his investigation leads Hardie down a road of dangerous secrets. Featuring Harold J. Stone and Olan Soule. | ||||||
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 release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "The Gambler" | Earl Bellamy | Dwight Newton | September 8, 1958 | |
A young man (Tom Pittman) released from prison stirs up trouble when his stagecoach breaks down in his old hometown, but a planned robbery may complicate things even further for him. | ||||||
| 54 | 2 | "The Manuscript" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | September 15, 1958 | |
The paroled Bob Dawson (Edgar Buchanan) comes into trouble when word of his "notorious" life story's manuscript puts his life in danger. | ||||||
| 55 | 3 | "White Indian" | Earl Bellamy | Sid Harris & Betty Hopkins | September 22, 1958 | |
A young Indian boy is cast out from his Choctow tribe, as Jim Hardie investigates if he is in fact the child of a family killed in a Wells Fargo stagecoach slaughter several years earlier. Featuring Neil Hamilton. | ||||||
| 56 | 4 | "The Golden Owl" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clarke E. Reynolds | September 29, 1958 | |
Hardie tries to deliver a fabled Chinese golden owl to its new owner but is embroiled in trouble with outlaws. | ||||||
| 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, but despite a promotion he itches to get back in the field to stopping Reno once and for all. | ||||||
| 58 | 6 | "Butch Cassidy" | Earl Bellamy | D.D. Beauchamp & Mary M. Beauchamp | October 13, 1958 | |
Hardie encounters a released Butch Cassidy (Charles Bronson) on a train heading west and offers him a job with the company. But an old colleague (James Coburn) also tries to convince Cassidy to help him rob the train. | ||||||
| 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 | |
A young Cheyenne man working for Wells Fargo becomes a town's target when men of his tribe rob the stagecoach. Featuring King Calder. | ||||||
| 61 | 9 | "The Most Dangerous Man Alive" | 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 | |
An ex-Army officer, who deserted in disgrace, is suspected of a series of robberies, but Hardie determines the origins of his desertion link others to these robberies. | ||||||
| 64 | 12 | "The Killer" | Earl Bellamy | Barney Slater | December 1, 1958 | |
Hardie escorts a U.S. Senator (Paul Fix), who has enraged certain locals and lead them to hire hitmen to deal with the Senator once & for all. Featuring Paul Burke. | ||||||
| 65 | 13 | "The Counterfeiters" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | December 8, 1958 | |
Hardie goes undercover to find a group of counterfeiters defrauding Wells Fargo out of thousands of dollars in fake bills of exchange. Featuring Milton Frome. | ||||||
| 66 | 14 | "Cow Town" | Earl Bellamy | N.B. Stone Jr. | December 15, 1958 | |
Featuring Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. | ||||||
| 67 | 15 | "The Happy Tree" | Earl Bellamy | Samuel A. Peeples | December 22, 1958 | |
A convicted killer asks Hardie to see to it his son does not follow his path into lawlessness. Featuring Bob Steele and Rusty Lane. | ||||||
| 68 | 16 | "The Dealer" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | December 29, 1958 | |
Hardie comes to the aid of settlers moving through Dodge City. Featuring Vic Perrin and Johnny Crawford. | ||||||
| 69 | 17 | "Showdown Trail" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | January 5, 1959 | |
An outlaw family tries to rescue one of their own from Hardie's custody by any means necessary. Featuring Gloria Talbott and Will Wright. | ||||||
| 70 | 18 | "Luke Frazer" | Earl Bellamy | Thomas T. Flynn & Dwight Newton | January 12, 1959 | |
Hardie must deal not only with finding & escorting Luke Frazer to justice, but also with a vengeful family out to kill Frazer, Frazer's old gang, and Frazer's younger brother who is misguidedly trying to live up to Luke's legacy. Featuring John Hart. | ||||||
| 71 | 19 | "Wild Cargo" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Steve Fisher Teleplay by : Dwight Newton | January 19, 1959 | |
A stagecoach trip through Oro Gulch introduces Jim Hardie to 4 dancers on their way to the next town, but a series of robberies appears to be linked to one of them. Featuring Monica Lewis, Adele Mara, Dorothy Partington and Nancy Kilgas. | ||||||
| 72 | 20 | "The Cleanup" | Earl Bellamy | Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | January 26, 1959 | |
Jim Hardie investigates the murder of a Wells Fargo agent in a wild town where the an embittered old sheriff is the only form of justice. | ||||||
| 73 | 21 | "Fort Massacre" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : David Chandler Teleplay by : Dwight Newton and David Chandler | February 2, 1959 | |
Hardie delivers a payroll to a fort under Indian attack. | ||||||
| 74 | 22 | "The Town That Wouldn't Talk" | Earl Bellamy | Jack Laird & Wilton Schiller | February 9, 1959 | |
While investigating the disappearance of a Wells Fargo agent, Hardie discovers that something terrible is afoot in a quiet town in Dakota territory. Featuring Bill Erwin and Byron Foulger. | ||||||
| 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 | |
Hardie's friend Curly Brown is killed, and Hardie arrives to care for the family and find the killer. 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 | |
The son of an outlaw tries to claim his father's homestead, but a neighbor does all he can to ensure this land belongs to him. Featuring William Joyce, Sandra Knight and Will Wright. | ||||||
| 79 | 27 | "The Rawhide Kid" | Earl Bellamy | Thomas T. Flynn & Samuel A. Peeples | March 16, 1959 | |
Hardie investigates the mysterious murders of a man and his daughter, and it leads to the revelation and uncovering of an old bandit known only as the Rawhide Kid. | ||||||
| 80 | 28 | "Toll Road" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : Ernest Haycox Teleplay by : Frank Bonham | March 23, 1959 | |
| 81 | 29 | "The Tired Gun" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | March 30, 1959 | |
| 82 | 30 | "Terry" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : William F. Leicester Teleplay by : William F. Leicester & Dwight Newton | April 6, 1959 | |
A young woman, daughter of the local Wells Fargo agent, and her affections are torn between her friend and a stranger with theft & robbery in mind. | ||||||
| 83 | 31 | "The Last Stand" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : John W. Cunningham Teleplay by : Dwight Newton | April 13, 1959 | |
An old hired hand(Eddy Waller) existing on faded memories of a heroic past creates problems for the company & Jim Hardie, and tries to create one last memory, however dangerous, to secure some sort of legacy for himself. | ||||||
| 84 | 32 | "Bob Dawson" | Earl Bellamy | Steve Fisher | April 20, 1959 | |
Bob Dawson (Edgar Buchanan) is embroiled in a daring Wells Fargo heist, committed in the sort of fashion he used in his outlaw days. Despite appearances, Jim Hardie is convinced that Dawson is innocent. | ||||||
| 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 | Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds | May 4, 1959 | |
Hardie encounters Doc Holliday (Martin Landau) & his wife Amy, and all 3 become entangled in a Wells Fargo heist in town. | ||||||
| 87 | 35 | "Kid Curry" | David Lowell Rich | Story by : D.D. Beauchamp Teleplay by : D.D. Beauchamp & Dwight Newton | May 11, 1959 | |
Featuring Philip Pine as outlaw Kid Curry, who encountered Jim Hardie once and swears to never be taken captive alive again. | ||||||
| 88 | 36 | "The Little Man" | David Lowell Rich | Story by : Steve McNeil Teleplay by : Charles B. Smith & Steve McNeil | May 18, 1959 | |
Two passengers come into town having survived a Wells Fargo stagecoach heist, but Jim Hardie is suspicious that these passengers may in fact be the outlaws who robbed the stagecoach in the first place. Featuring Walter Burke and Read Morgan. | ||||||
| 89 | 37 | "The Daltons" | Sidney Salkow | Dwight Newton | May 25, 1959 | |
Hardie encounters the Dalton Brothers, old acquaintances of his, and must do his best to prevent them from pulling off a daring bank robbery. | ||||||
| 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 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 release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | 1 | "Young Jim Hardie" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | September 7, 1959 | |
The origins of Jim Hardie as he encounters Wells Fargo for the first time. Featuring Walter Sande, John Dehner, Rusty Lane and Vito Scotti. | ||||||
| 93 | 2 | "Desert Showdown" | Sidney Salkow | Samuel A. Peeples | September 14, 1959 | |
Hardie and an Army patrol travel thru Yaqui country with a prisoner. | ||||||
| 94 | 3 | "The Warrior's Return" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | September 21, 1959 | |
Hardie is sent to find prize fighter Soldier O'Malley (Don Megowan), who is accused of stealing money from Wells Fargo and killing a marshal. | ||||||
| 95 | 4 | "The Jackass" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | September 28, 1959 | |
Wells Fargo is plagued by a string of robberies around the town of Leadville, as Hardie discovers upon entering town when he is held up by an old lady. | ||||||
| 96 | 5 | "The Stage Line" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | October 5, 1959 | |
The Braddock stage line is for sale and Jim Hardie is sent to finalize their deal with Wells Fargo, but Hardie soon identifies issues with the sale. Featuring James Franciscus. | ||||||
| 97 | 6 | "The Train Robbery" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | October 12, 1959 | |
A gang seeks to rob a train Hardie is on of its old paper money shipment. Featuring John Doucette and Mara Corday. | ||||||
| 98 | 7 | "Double Reverse" | David Lowell Rich | Fred Freiberger | October 19, 1959 | |
A released convict (Denver Pyle} attempts to leverage his estrange wife (Judith Evelyn) and son in a scheme to rob the Wells Fargo office she works at. | ||||||
| 99 | 8 | "Tom Horn" | Sidney Salkow | Heck Allen | October 26, 1959 | |
Jim Hardie saves the life of noted outlaw Tom Horn, but soon realizes the trouble he created for himself as the 2 move through Apache territory. | ||||||
| 100 | 9 | "The Quiet Village" | David Lowell Rich | Charles Smith | November 2, 1959 | |
A man attempts to rob Wells Fargo but disappears, taking refuge in the home of a reclusive old woman whom he manipulates into providing cover for his escape out of town. | ||||||
| 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 | |
A robbery ends up with a local derelict in jail claiming to be the late outlaw Johnny Caine. But Jim Hardie, knowing the true fate of Johnny Caine, must find a way to use that fate to help solve the crime. | ||||||
| 103 | 12 | "The Return of Doc Bell" | David Lowell Rich | Story by : William F. Leicester; Teleplay by : Charles B. Smith | November 30, 1959 | |
Once more Jim Hardie encounters Doc Bell (Edward Platt), now released from prison and working as a small town doctor whose criminal past is known to some and could be exploited. With 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 | |
Outlaw Wade Donnellan offers a $1,000 cash bounty for the person who kills Hardie. | ||||||
| 107 | 16 | "Relay Station" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | December 28, 1959 | |
Hardie finds a wounded man along the trail to a Wells Fargo relay station whose operator had just died. Featuring Lori Nelson and James Westerfield. | ||||||
| 108 | 17 | "Cole Younger" | Sidney Salkow | Clay Fisher | January 4, 1960 | |
While on vacation Jim Hardie encounters Cole Younger (Royal Dano), who takes Hardie and a young injured girl (Patty Ann Gerrity) hostage to ensure his safety. | ||||||
| 109 | 18 | "The Easterner" | Sidney Salkow | N.B. Stone Jr. | January 11, 1960 | |
Hardie makes the acquaintance of a East Coast gentleman on a stagecoach ride, whose interest in the large sum of Wells Fargo money Hardie carries slowly reveals who he really is. | ||||||
| 110 | 19 | "The Governor's Visit" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | January 18, 1960 | |
The governor of Wyoming campaigning across the state finds himself ambushed in a small town's dance hall, and Hardie must help him & the girls survive. Featuring Mari Blanchard and Wendell Holmes. | ||||||
| 111 | 20 | "The Journey" | Sidney Salkow | Fred Freiberger | January 25, 1960 | |
Jim Hardie escorts a jeweler (Robert Cornthwaite) via stagecoach carrying $30k in gems, as the threat of robbery lurks around their entire trip. | ||||||
| 112 | 21 | "The Canyon" | Sidney Salkow | Edmund Morris | February 1, 1960 | |
Hardie travels to a canyon that hosts refuge for outlaws & bandits to find an old timer whose testimony can save an innocent man from the gallows. | ||||||
| 113 | 22 | "Red Ransom" | Sidney Salkow | Dean Riesner | February 8, 1960 | |
Apache renegade Joe Black (Frank de Kova) is captured by Jim Hardie & authorities, but his kin soon respond by kidnapping a young woman and forcing Hardie to deal with both the Apache & the townspeople who wish to capitulate to the ransom demands. | ||||||
| 114 | 23 | "The English Woman" | Sidney Salkow | Fred Freiberger | February 15, 1960 | |
A woman is killed by a sniper as she exits a Wells Fargo stagecoach, and Hardie must determine the killer's identity and protect the woman's daughter from further harm. Featuring Frank Ferguson. | ||||||
| 115 | 24 | "Forty-Four Forty" | Sidney Salkow | Borden Chase | February 29, 1960 | |
A series of notched bullets are the only way Hardie can identify a group of men, hiding in plain sight, who've robbed from Wells Fargo and killed with deadly aim. | ||||||
| 116 | 25 | "The Late Mayor Brown" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | March 7, 1960 | |
A Wells Fargo agent wins the local mayoral election and is immediately shot dead by an unknown assailant. Hardie arrives to investigate his colleague's killing, where the trail leads to several possible conclusions. Featuring Gail Kobe and John Stephenson. | ||||||
| 117 | 26 | "Black Trail" | Sidney Salkow | Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Charles B. Smith | March 21, 1960 | |
| 118 | 27 | "The Great Bullion Robbery" | Sidney Salkow | Story by : Ralph Conger Teleplay by : David Lang | March 21, 1960 | |
Hardie investigates the theft of gold from a Wells Fargo office but finds there is no short list of suspects. | ||||||
| 119 | 28 | "The Outlaw's Wife" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | March 28, 1960 | |
| 120 | 29 | "The Town" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | April 4, 1960 | |
A young woman (Mary Webster) finds herself owning the entire town of Wolf Creek, but trouble looms as prospective buyers hound her at every turn. | ||||||
| 121 | 30 | "The Trading Post" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | April 11, 1960 | |
| 122 | 31 | "Dead Man's Street" | Sidney Salkow | William Fay | April 18, 1960 | |
While passing through Paradise, California, Jim Hardie encounters an old U.S. Marshal (Wallace Ford) and his struggle with the Ferguson brothers, who control the town thru fear & intimidation. What starts as a simple street involving one of the brothers (George Kennedy) turns into tensions finally boiling over. Featuring Buddy Ebsen, Walter Sande and Barney Phillips. | ||||||
| 123 | 32 | "Threat of Death" | Sidney Salkow | David Lang | April 25, 1960 | |
A sheriff and his deputies are killed fighting the Johnny Crail gang, and as Hardie later enters town with a captive Crail he must assume some form of control while dealing with a variety of townspeople and the approaching gang who will make that job very difficult. Featuring Robert Middleton and William Campbell. | ||||||
| 124 | 33 | "Dealer's Choice" | Sidney Salkow | Story by : George Waggner Teleplay by : Bill S. Ballinger & George Waggner | May 2, 1960 | |
| 125 | 34 | "Pearl Hart" | Sidney Salkow | Frank Gruber | May 9, 1960 | |
Jim Hardie is held up on a Wells Fargo stagecoach by outlaw Pearl Hart (Beverly Garland), and he must track her down. | ||||||
| 126 | 35 | "Vasquez" | Sidney Salkow | Story by : Frank Gruber Teleplay by : Steve Fisher | May 16, 1960 | |
| 127 | 36 | "Kid Brother" | Sidney Salkow | Story by : Bill S. Ballinger Teleplay by : William Fay | May 23, 1960 | |
Hardie's younger brother Ben (Larry Pennell) has become bored with married life & wants to follow Jim's path as a Wells Fargo agent. A trip to nearby New Orleans on business gives Jim the chance to force Ben to reassess that opinion. With Lucy Marlow, Howard Caine and Henry Corden). | ||||||
| 128 | 37 | "Man for the Job" | Sidney Salkow | J.K. Tucker | May 30, 1960 | |
Jim Hardie is forced to rehire an old employee (Harold J. Stone), disgraced by accusations of stealing from Wells Fargo, as shotgun messenger on an upcoming stage run. | ||||||
All episodes in black-and-white
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 1 | "Day of Judgement" | Louis King | Barney Slater | September 5, 1960 | |
Jim Hardie encounters a stranger named Wade Cather (John Dehner), who like Hardie is in search of a man named Eli Fisher. | ||||||
| 130 | 2 | "Angry Town" | Louis King | Peter Germano | September 5, 1960 | |
Hardie is in search of the Utah Kid and a stolen Wells Fargo deposit, but soon discovers the Kid was strung up the previous day for killing a local man and did not have any of the money on him. Suspects, Hardie quickly learns, are plentiful in town. Featuring Sydney Pollack, Paul Fix and Paul Burch. | ||||||
| 131 | 3 | "Doc Dawson" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Story by : Steve Fisher Teleplay by : Frank Price and Steve Fisher | September 19, 1960 | |
Jim Hardie winds up in southern Utah in search of a missing Wells Fargo agent and crosses paths once more with Bob Dawson Edgar Buchanan, now a dentist in town and yet again embroiled in some troublesome drama. | ||||||
| 132 | 4 | "Kinfolk" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Paul Gangelin | September 26, 1960 | |
Len Lassiter (Richard Jaeckel) is accused of killings and robberies in Texas, and Jim Hardie tracks him down to his hometown, which is greatly populated by the Lassiter family. Proving Len's guilt may cost Hardie everything. | ||||||
| 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 | |
Jim Hardie escorts Ira Kyle through the town of Red Bluff, where Ira is well known and well hated for a killing in the past. Hardie must protect his prisoner while also investigate the claim that Ira Kyle is not guilty of this particular crime. | ||||||
| 136 | 8 | "Leading Citizen" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Barney Slater | November 14, 1960 | |
Jim Hardie finds an abandoned company stagecoach in a town run & populated by outlaws and other ne'er do wells Hardie has encountered in the past. 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 | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Charles A. Wallace | November 28, 1960 | |
Featuring Robert J. Wilke | ||||||
| 139 | 11 | "Jeff Davis' Treasure" | Frank McDonald | Barney Slater | December 5, 1960 | |
Jim Hardie is searching for stolen gold, which some folks (including Hardie's acquaintance Wade Cather) believe is the lost Confederate treasure of Jefferson Davis. Featuring John Dehner and Leo Gordon. | ||||||
| 140 | 12 | "The Bride and the Bandit" | Frank McDonald | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Paul Gangelin | December 12, 1960 | |
Featuring Dabbs Greer and Virginia Christine. | ||||||
| 141 | 13 | "Escort to Santa Fe" | Frank McDonald | Steven Thornley | December 19, 1960 | |
Featuring Stephen Chase. | ||||||
| 142 | 14 | "Frightened Witness" | Frank McDonald | Story by : Dwight Newton Teleplay by : Barney Slater | December 26, 1960 | |
The trial of Walt Corbin is threatened by someone killing potential witnesses. Featuring John Milford and Penny Edwards. | ||||||
| 143 | 15 | "The Border Renegade" | Frank McDonald | Barney Slater | January 2, 1961 | |
| 144 | 16 | "Captain Scoville" | Frank McDonald | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Paul Gangelin | January 9, 1961 | |
An Army officer DeForest Kelley accused of desertion is hounded by 2 Army soldiers and Jim Hardie, who determines the soldiers are not what they seem. | ||||||
| 145 | 17 | "The Has-Been" | James P. Yarbrough | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Charles A. Wallace | January 16, 1961 | |
A standard stagecoach trip winds up in danger of stickup and winds up in an abandoned town. Featuring J. Pat O'Malley, Andra Martin, Adam West and Hal Needham. | ||||||
| 146 | 18 | "Town Against a Man" | James P. Yarbrough | Peter Germano | January 23, 1961 | |
Hardie drops by the home of his friend Tony Crandall, and is shocked to learn he died only days earlier. What more, a wedding Hardie assumed was imminent is unknown to anyone in town, which sets Hardie off to investigate just why his friend died. | ||||||
| 147 | 19 | "The Barefoot Bandit" | Lewis R. Foster | Lewis R. Foster | January 30, 1961 | |
A barefoot fighter (Tom Hennesy) passing thru town with his manager is accused of robbing a Wells Fargo office, and it's that bare foot that could help Jim Hardie determine the real culprit. | ||||||
| 148 | 20 | "The Hand That Shook the Hand" | William Witney | Cyril Hume | February 6, 1961 | |
Boxer John L. Sullivan (Claude Akins) drunkenly shows up via stagecoach and trouble ensues, involving everyone in town. With Vito Scotti. | ||||||
| 149 | 21 | "That Washburn Girl" | William Witney | Charles A. Wallace | February 13, 1961 | |
Wells Fargo agent Nora Washburn (Mari Aldon) and her brother Tom Jack Nicholson's explosive relationship erupts just as someone in town blows up the Wells Fargo office and steals a large sum of money. With John Archer and Morris Ankrum. | ||||||
| 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 | |
Jim Hardie arrives in Still River only to discover the local agent dead in his office and the claim he was sent to investigate may be linked to it. 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 | |
Jim Hardie happens upon a stagecoach wreck with two survivors, both robbed of money... and the girl's doll, which is Hardie's only clue in finding the culprits. Featuring Gina Gillespie and Norman Leavitt. | ||||||
| 155 | 27 | "The Remittance Man" | William Witney | Paul Gangelin | April 3, 1961 | |
An English gentleman finds himself in a strange predicament as the money he won in a card game was in fact cash stolen from a Wells Fargo office, but he is inclined to pay off his debts rather than give the money back. With Yvonne Craig. | ||||||
| 156 | 28 | "The Jealous Man" | William Witney | Peter Germano | April 10, 1961 | |
Friends of Jim Hardie - a man sent to prison (Ed Nelson) and his estranged wife (Faith Domergue) - return to his life in the most unexpected, and dangerous, of ways. | ||||||
| 157 | 29 | "Something Pretty" | James P. Yarbrough | Paul Gangelin & Carl M. Onspaugh | April 17, 1961 | |
A man (Peter Whitney) and his dog discover a valuable bracelet on his property, and the crooks who stole it in the first place (Leonard Nimoy, James Seay) are on the hunt to retrieve it. | ||||||
| 158 | 30 | "Lady Trouble" | James P. Yarbrough | Eric Freiwald & Robert Schaefer | April 24, 1961 | |
Mine owner Agatha Webster (Josephine Hutchinson) requires strict adherence of her personal rules & regulations from Jim Hardie & Wells Fargo, but a confidence man (Robert Armstrong) aims to take advantage of her and rob her blind. | ||||||
| 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 | |
Sam Horne (Jim Davis) winds up in trouble in town with both Jim Hardie and a bounty hunter on his trail. | ||||||
| 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 | |
Rocky Nelson (Chuck Connors) is out for revenge against those who helped incarcerate him, one of whom is Jim Hardie. With Harry Carey Jr.. | ||||||
| 163 | 35 | "The Repentant Outlaw" | James H. Brown | Cyril Hume | May 29, 1961 | |
Bob Dawson Edgar Buchanan is up to his usual troubles in a new town, and while acting as a medic and dentist he's kidnapped by an injured outlaw whose news of an impending Army payroll heist inspires Dawson to become involved and save the day. | ||||||
| 164 | 36 | "A Quiet Little Town" | James H. Brown | Steven Thornley | June 5, 1961 | |
Sheriff Dave Prescott, a friend of Hardie's, is killed, and Hardie learns the new sheriff, his old colleague Wade Cather (John Dehner), wants to find the murderer his way. | ||||||
| 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 | |
A gypsy girl, Zita (Donna Martell), is the only witness Jim Hardie has in finding a kidnapped stagecoach passenger. With Warren Oates. | ||||||
| 167 | 39 | "The Dowry" | Lewis R. Foster | James Brooks, Lewis R. Foster & Frank Gruber | July 10, 1961 | |
Jim Hardie escorts a soon to be bride (Lisa Gaye) and her father's (Alan Napier) considerable dowry to Baton Rogue. But someone quite close to them aims to take that dowry for themselves. | ||||||
All episodes now hour-long, and in color
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 1 | "Casket 7.3" | Jerry Hopper | Milton S. Gelman | September 30, 1961 | |
Featuring Howard Keel. 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, 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. One of the main characters in this episode, Jack Ging as Beau McCloud, also joins the series for a 13-episode arc. | ||||||
| 169 | 2 | "The Dodger" | R.G. Springsteen | Jack Turley | October 7, 1961 | |
Featuring Philip Carey and Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 170 | 3 | "Treasure Coach" | R.G. Springsteen | Milton Geiger & Milton S. Gelman | October 14, 1961 | |
| 171 | 4 | "Death Raffle" | William F. Claxton | Milton S. Gelman & Jack Turley | October 21, 1961 | |
Featuring Gary Clarke. | ||||||
| 172 | 5 | "Tanoa" | R.G. Springsteen | Story by : Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol Teleplay by : Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol & Lewis R. Foster | October 28, 1961 | |
Featuring Rodolfo Acosta and Iron Eyes Cody. | ||||||
| 173 | 6 | "Mr. Mute" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Charles A. Wallace Teleplay by : Robert C. Dennis & Milton S. Gelman | November 4, 1961 | |
Featuring Lyle Bettger. | ||||||
| 174 | 7 | "Jeremiah" | R.G. Springsteen | Story by : Barney Slater Teleplay by : Barney Slater and Milton S. Gelman | November 11, 1961 | |
| 175 | 8 | "A Fistful of Pride" | R.G. Springsteen | Sam Ross | November 18, 1961 | |
| 176 | 9 | "Defiant at the Gate" | R.G. Springsteen | Anthony Lawrence | November 25, 1961 | |
| 177 | 10 | "Man of Another Breed" | William F. Claxton | Richard Newman | December 2, 1961 | |
Featuring Debra Paget and Robert Middleton. | ||||||
| 178 | 11 | "Kelly's Clover Girls" | R.G. Springsteen | Jack Turley | 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 | 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 | January 27, 1962 | |
| 186 | 19 | "Incident at Crossbow" | Stuart Heisler | William R. Cox | February 3, 1962 | |
| 187 | 20 | "Portrait of Teresa" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward | 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 | Ellis Marcus | March 17, 1962 | |
| 192 | 25 | "Who Lives by the Gun" | William Witney | Albert Aley | March 24, 1962 | |
| 193 | 26 | "To Kill a Town" | R.G. Springsteen | Al C. Ward | March 31, 1962 | |
Hardie and his prisoner, an outlaw named Lou Reese (Buddy Ebsen), are trapped by other outlaws hunting Reese in the town of New Madrid, where Reese is a local hero and Hardie has to hide his own identity while trying to stop the outlaws from poisoning the town's water. Also featuring Russell Johnson, Harry Lauter, Olan Soule, and Joan Staley. | ||||||
| 194 | 27 | "End of a Minor God" | Christian Nyby | David P. Harmon | April 7, 1962 | |
| 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, William Mims, 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. | ||||||