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 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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 | |
| 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 suitcase at a Wells Fargo auction which goes dangerous awry. | ||||||
| 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 | |
Hardie and fellow agents set up 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 Shutgunn 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 is killed and outlaws are out to silence her. 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 | 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 | |
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 | |
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 | Steve Fisher | March 24, 1958 | |
A rival stage line causes problems for the town of Madden, as Hardie encounters its fierce owner and learns the town is cruelly under her control. 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 | Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds | April 21, 1958 | |
Hardie travels to Bridger to deliver a reward check, only to learn the man has mysteriously vanished and that certain townspeople may know the 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, who is an ex-convict, is the culprit, but Hardie is not so sure and is aided by a student in determining the truth. Featuring Bruce Bennett. | ||||||
| 50 | 36 | "The Renegade" | Earl Bellamy | A.I. Bezzerides | May 12, 1958 | |
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 | |
Featuring Tom Pittman | ||||||
| 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, known to local townspeople, is cast out from the Choctow tribe, Jim Hardie investigates if he is in fact a child whose family was 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 | |
Outlaws strikes as Hardie tries to deliver a fabled Chinese golden owl to its rightful owners. | ||||||
| 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 | |
Hardie encounters a released Butch Cassidy on a train heading west and offers him a job with the company. But an old colleague also tries to convince Cassidy to help him rob the train. Featuring Charles Bronson as Cassidy. With James Coburn. | ||||||
| 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 | |
Hardie escorts a U.S. Senator, who has enraged certain locals and lead them to hire hitmen to deal with the Senator once & for all. 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 | |
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 Wally Brown, John Dierkes and John Hart. | ||||||
| 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
| 83 | 31 | "The Last Stand" | Earl Bellamy | Story by : John W. Cunningham Teleplay by : Dwight Newton | April 13, 1959 | |
An old hired hand creates problems for the company & Jim Hardie, as he feels underappreciated and tries his best to create one last memory, however dangerous, to secure some sort of legacy for himself. Featuring Eddy Waller. | ||||||
| 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. Jim Hardie is convinced, despite appearances, 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 and his wife Amy, as they all become entangled in a Wells Fargo heist in town. Featuring Martin Landau (as Doc Holliday) and Whitney Blake. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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. 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 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 | |
| 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 | Frank Gruber | October 5, 1959 | |
Featuring James Franciscus. | ||||||
| 97 | 6 | "The Train Robbery" | Sidney Salkow | Martin Berkeley | October 12, 1959 | |
Featuring John Doucette and Mara Corday | ||||||
| 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 as Doc Bell 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 | William Fay | March 7, 1960 | |
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 | |
| 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 | Frank Gruber | 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 | 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 | |
Featuring Beverly Garland as outlaw Pearl Hart. | ||||||
| 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 | |
| 128 | 37 | "Man for the Job" | Sidney Salkow | J.K. Tucker | May 30, 1960 | |
Featuring Harold J. Stone and Regis Toomey | ||||||
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 | |
Featuring John Dehner as Wade Cather. | ||||||
| 130 | 2 | "Angry Town" | Louis King | Peter Germano | September 5, 1960 | |
| 131 | 3 | "Doc Dawson" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Story by : Steve Fisher Teleplay by : Frank Price and Steve Fisher | September 19, 1960 | |
Featuring Edgar Buchanan. | ||||||
| 132 | 4 | "Kinfolk" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Paul Gangelin | 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 | 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 | |
Featuring John Dehner as Wade Cather 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 | |
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 | |
Featuring DeForest Kelley. | ||||||
| 145 | 17 | "The Has-Been" | James P. Yarbrough | Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : 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 | Lewis R. Foster | 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 | 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. | ||||||
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 | |
| 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. | ||||||