List of Tales of Wells Fargo episodes

Dale Robertson in 1959

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]}

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released		Rank	Average viewership (in millions)	Run Time	Color
			First released	Last released
1	14		March 18, 1957 (1957-03-18)	July 8, 1957 (1957-07-08)	3	14.8 [3]	30 min	black & white
2	38		September 9, 1957 (1957-09-09)	May 26, 1958 (1958-05-26)	7	13.3 [4]	30 min	black & white
3	39		September 8, 1958 (1958-09-08)	June 15, 1959 (1959-06-15)	Not in top 30	N/A	30 min	black & white
4	37		September 7, 1959 (1959-09-07)	May 30, 1960 (1960-05-30)	Not in top 30	N/A	30 min	black & white
5	39		September 5, 1960 (1960-09-05)	July 10, 1961 (1961-07-10)	Not in top 30	N/A	30 min	black & white
6	34		September 30, 1961 (1961-09-30)	June 2, 1962 (1962-06-02)	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 release date
1	1	"The Thin Rope"	Leslie H. Martinson	N. B. Stone Jr.	March 18, 1957 (1957-03-18)
Featuring Chuck Connors.
2	2	"The Hasty Gun"	Leslie H. Martinson	Dwight Newton	March 25, 1957 (1957-03-25)
Featuring Rusty Lane.
3	3	"Alder Gulch"	Allen H. Miner	Frank Gruber	April 8, 1957 (1957-04-08)
Featuring Lee Van Cleef.
4	4	"The Bounty"	George Waggner	George Slavin	April 15, 1957 (1957-04-15)
5	5	"A Time to Kill"	Jerry Hopper	William Leicester	April 22, 1957 (1957-04-22)
6	6	"Shotgun Messenger"	Lewis R. Foster	Sloan Nibley	May 7, 1957 (1957-05-07)
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 (1957-05-13)
Featuring Claude Akins.
8	8	"Renegade Raiders"	George Waggner	William F. Leicester	May 20, 1957 (1957-05-20)
Featuring Denver Pyle.
9	9	"Rio Grande"	Sidney Salkow	John K. Butler	June 3, 1957 (1957-06-03)
Featuring Russell Johnson.
10	10	"Sam Bass"	Lewis R. Foster	Story by : Frank Gruber Teleplay by : Steve Fisher	June 10, 1957 (1957-06-10)
Featuring Chuck Connors as Sam Bass. With Michael Landon.
11	11	"The Hijackers"	John English	N. B. Stone Jr.	June 17, 1957 (1957-06-17)
Featuring Jack Elam.
12	12	"Stage to Nowhere"	Sidney Salkow	Steve Fisher	June 24, 1957 (1957-06-24)
Featuring Walter Coy.
13	13	"Jesse James"	George Waggner	Dwight Newton	July 1, 1957 (1957-07-01)
Featuring Hugh Beaumont as Jesse James and Bobby Jordan as Bob Ford.
14	14	"The Silver Bullets"	Sidney Salkow	William F. Leicester & Frederic Lewis Fox	July 8, 1957 (1957-07-08)

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 release date
15	1	"Belle Starr"	Earl Bellamy	Frank Gruber	September 9, 1957 (1957-09-09)
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 (1957-09-16)
Featuring Jim Davis
17	3	"Apache Gold"	Earl Bellamy	Sam Peckinpah	September 23, 1957 (1957-09-23)
18	4	"John Wesley Hardin"	Lewis R. Foster	Steve Fisher	September 30, 1957 (1957-09-30)
Featuring Lyle Bettger as John Wesley Hardin, with Frank Ferguson.
19	5	"The Target"	Franklin Adreon	William F. Leicester	October 7, 1957 (1957-10-07)
Featuring Paul Henderson as Ike Clanton.
20	6	"The Feud"	Earl Bellamy	William F. Leicester	October 14, 1957 (1957-10-14)
21	7	"Billy the Kid"	Earl Bellamy	Frank Gruber	October 21, 1957 (1957-10-21)
Featuring Robert Vaughn as Billy the Kid. With Addison Richards as Lew Wallace.
22	8	"The Auction"	Earl Bellamy	Steve Fisher	October 28, 1957 (1957-10-28)
Featuring the first appearance of Edgar Buchanan as Bob Dawson.
23	9	"Hank (Chips)"	Earl Bellamy	Steve Fisher	November 4, 1957 (1957-11-04)
24	10	"Man in the Box"	Earl Bellamy	Lewis R. Foster	November 11, 1957 (1957-11-11)
25	11	"The Kid"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Dwight Newton Teleplay by : Steve Fisher	November 18, 1957 (1957-11-18)
Featuring Michael Landon.
26	12	"The Barbary Coast"	Earl Bellamy	William F. Leicester	November 25, 1957 (1957-11-25)
27	13	"Ride with the Killer"	Earl Bellamy	Dwight Newton	December 2, 1957 (1957-12-02)
28	14	"The Inscrutable Man"	Earl Bellamy	Frank Gruber	December 9, 1957 (1957-12-09)
29	15	"The General"	Earl Bellamy	Lee Loeb	December 16, 1957 (1957-12-16)
Featuring Paul Fix as Lt. General Philip Sheridan, and Whit Bissell.
30	16	"Laredo"	Earl Bellamy	Steve Fisher	December 23, 1957 (1957-12-23)
31	17	"The Witness"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Joel Murcott Teleplay by : William F. Leicester	December 30, 1957 (1957-12-30)
Featuring Will Wright.
32	18	"Doc Bell"	Earl Bellamy	William F. Leicester	January 7, 1958 (1958-01-07)
Featuring the first appearance of Edward Platt as Doc Bell.
33	19	"Stage West"	Earl Bellamy	Buckley Angell	January 13, 1958 (1958-01-13)
Featuring Darlene Fields and Stafford Repp.
34	20	"Hoss Tamer"	Earl Bellamy	Frank Gruber and L. Ron Hubbard	January 20, 1958 (1958-01-20)
Featuring Walter Coy.
35	21	"Hide Jumpers"	Earl Bellamy	Unknown	January 27, 1958 (1958-01-27)
36	22	"The Walking Mountain"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : John Solon Teleplay by : N.B. Stone Jr.	February 3, 1958 (1958-02-03)
Featuring Claude Akins.
37	23	"Bill Longley"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds	February 10, 1958 (1958-02-10)
Featuring Steve McQueen as gunfighter Bill Longley.
38	24	"The Prisoner"	Earl Bellamy	Steve Fisher	February 17, 1958 (1958-02-17)
Featuring Edgar Buchanan.
39	25	"Dr. Alice"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds	February 23, 1958 (1958-02-23)
Featuring Diane Brewster.
40	26	"The Sooners"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds	March 3, 1958 (1958-03-03)
41	27	"Alias Jim Hardie"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds	March 10, 1958 (1958-03-10)
Featuring Phyllis Coates.
42	28	"The Johnny Ringo Story"	Earl Bellamy	William F. Leicester	March 17, 1958 (1958-03-17)
Featuring Paul Richards as outlaw Johnny Ringo.
43	29	"The Newspaper"	Earl Bellamy	Unknown	March 24, 1958 (1958-03-24)
Featuring Claire Du Brey.
44	30	"Special Delivery"	Earl Bellamy	Samuel A. Peeples	March 31, 1958 (1958-03-31)
45	31	"Deadwood"	Boris Sagal	Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds	April 7, 1958 (1958-04-07)
46	32	"The Gun"	Earl Bellamy	Samuel A. Peeples	April 14, 1958 (1958-04-14)
Featuring Jeanette Nolan.
47	33	"The Reward"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clark E. Reynolds	April 21, 1958 (1958-04-21)
48	34	"The Pickpocket"	Earl Bellamy	D.D. Beauchamp	April 28, 1958 (1958-04-28)
49	35	"Scapegoat"	Earl Bellamy	Unknown	May 5, 1958 (1958-05-05)
50	36	"The Renegade"	Earl Bellamy	A.I. Bezzerides	May 12, 1958 (1958-05-12)
Featuring John Anderson.
51	37	"The Break"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Howard J. Green Teleplay by : Samuel A. Peeples	May 19, 1958 (1958-05-19)
52	38	"The Sniper"	Earl Bellamy	Frank Gruber	May 26, 1958 (1958-05-26)
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 release date
53	1	"The Gambler"	Earl Bellamy	Gene Reynolds & Dwight Newton	September 8, 1958 (1958-09-08)
54	2	"The Manuscript"	Unknown	Unknown	September 15, 1958 (1958-09-15)
Featuring Edgar Buchanan.
55	3	"White Indian"	Earl Bellamy	Sid Harris & Betty Hopkins	September 22, 1958 (1958-09-22)
Featuring Neil Hamilton.
56	4	"The Golden Owl"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clarke E. Reynolds	September 29, 1958 (1958-09-29)
57	5	"The Faster Gun"	Earl Bellamy	Samuel A. Peeples	October 6, 1958 (1958-10-06)
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 (1958-10-13)
Featuring Charles Bronson as Butch Cassidy. With James Coburn.
59	7	"End of the Trail"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds	October 20, 1958 (1958-10-20)
60	8	"A Matter of Honor"	Earl Bellamy	Paul Savage	November 3, 1958 (1958-11-03)
Featuring King Calder.
61	9	"The Most Dangerous Man"	Earl Bellamy	Samuel A. Peeples	November 10, 1958 (1958-11-10)
Featuring Claude Akins.
62	10	"The Gunfighter"	Earl Bellamy	Dwight Newton	November 17, 1958 (1958-11-17)
Featuring Lyle Bettger as John Wesley Hardin.
63	11	"The Deserter"	Earl Bellamy	Dwight Newton	November 24, 1958 (1958-11-24)
64	12	"The Killer"	Earl Bellamy	Barney Slater	December 1, 1958 (1958-12-01)
Featuring Paul Fix and Paul Burke.
65	13	"The Counterfeiters"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds	December 8, 1958 (1958-12-08)
Featuring Milton Frome.
66	14	"Cow Town"	Earl Bellamy	N.B. Stone Jr.	December 15, 1958 (1958-12-15)
67	15	"The Happy Tree"	Earl Bellamy	Samuel A. Peeples	December 22, 1958 (1958-12-22)
68	16	"The Dealer"	Earl Bellamy	A.I. Bezzerides	December 29, 1958 (1958-12-29)
Featuring Vic Perrin.
69	17	"Showdown Trail"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds	January 5, 1959 (1959-01-05)
70	18	"Luke Frazer"	Earl Bellamy	Thomas T. Flynn & Dwight Newton	January 12, 1959 (1959-01-12)
Featuring Wally Brown and John Dierkes.
71	19	"Wild Cargo"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Steve Fisher Teleplay by : Dwight Newton	January 19, 1959 (1959-01-19)
72	20	"The Cleanup"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds	January 26, 1959 (1959-01-26)
73	21	"Fort Massacre"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : David Chandler Teleplay by : Dwight Newton and David Chandler	February 2, 1959 (1959-02-02)
74	22	"The Town That Wouldn't Talk"	Earl Bellamy	Jack Laird & Wilton Schiller	February 9, 1959 (1959-02-09)
75	23	"Lola Montez"	Earl Bellamy	Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds	February 16, 1959 (1959-02-16)
Featuring Rita Moreno.
76	24	"The Branding Iron"	Earl Bellamy	A.I. Bezzerides & Dwight Newton	February 23, 1959 (1959-02-23)
Featuring Ann Rutherford.
77	25	"The House I Enter"	Earl Bellamy	William F. Leicester, Dwight Newton & Leslie Elizabeth Thomas	March 2, 1959 (1959-03-02)
Featuring Luana Patten.
78	26	"The Legacy"	Earl Bellamy	Dwight Newton	March 9, 1959 (1959-03-09)
79	27	"The Rawhide Kid"	Earl Bellamy	Thomas T. Flynn & Samuel A. Peeples	March 16, 1959 (1959-03-16)
80	28	"Toll Road"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Ernest Haycox Teleplay by : Frank Bonham	March 23, 1959 (1959-03-23)
81	29	"The Tired Gun"	Earl Bellamy	A.I. Bezzerides	March 30, 1959 (1959-03-30)
82	30	"Terry"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : William F. Leicester Teleplay by : William F. Leicester & Dwight Newton	April 6, 1959 (1959-04-06)
83	31	"The Last Stand"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : John W. Cunningham Teleplay by : Dwight Newton	April 13, 1959 (1959-04-13)
84	32	"Bob Dawson"	Earl Bellamy	Steve Fisher	April 20, 1959 (1959-04-20)
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 (1959-04-27)
86	34	"Doc Holliday"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds	May 4, 1959 (1959-05-04)
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 (1959-05-11)
Featuring Philip Pine as outlaw Kid Curry.
88	36	"The Little Man"	David Lowell Rich	Steve McNeil & Charles Smith	May 18, 1959 (1959-05-18)
Featuring Walter Burke and Read Morgan.
89	37	"The Daltons"	Sidney Salkow	Dwight Newton	May 25, 1959 (1959-05-25)
Featuring Jeanette Nolan.
90	38	"The Bounty Hunter"	Sidney Salkow	Dean Riesner	June 1, 1959 (1959-06-01)
Featuring Darryl Hickman.
91	39	"Clay Allison"	Sidney Salkow	Martin Berkeley & Clarke Reynolds	June 15, 1959 (1959-06-15)
Featuring Warren Stevens as gunfighter Clay Allison. With Jeanne Cooper.

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 release date
92	1	"Young Jim Hardie"	Sidney Salkow	William Fay	September 7, 1959 (1959-09-07)
The origins of Jim Hardie. Featuring Walter Sande, John Dehner, Rusty Lane and Vito Scotti.
93	2	"Desert Showdown"	Sidney Salkow	Samuel A. Peeples	September 14, 1959 (1959-09-14)
94	3	"The Warrior's Return"	Sidney Salkow	William Fay	September 21, 1959 (1959-09-21)
Featuring Don Megowan.
95	4	"The Jackass"	Sidney Salkow	Borden Chase	September 28, 1959 (1959-09-28)
96	5	"The Stage Line"	Sidney Salkow	Frank Gruber	October 5, 1959 (1959-10-05)
Featuring James Franciscus.
97	6	"The Train Robbery"	Sidney Salkow	Martin Berkeley	October 12, 1959 (1959-10-12)
98	7	"Double Reverse"	David Lowell Rich	Fred Freiberger	October 19, 1959 (1959-10-19)
Featuring Judith Evelyn and Denver Pyle.
99	8	"Tom Horn"	Sidney Salkow	Heck Allen	October 26, 1959 (1959-10-26)
100	9	"The Quiet Village"	David Lowell Rich	Charles Smith	November 2, 1959 (1959-11-02)
101	10	"Home Town"	David Lowell Rich	Borden Chase	November 16, 1959 (1959-11-16)
Featuring Ben Cooper.
102	11	"End of a Legend"	David Lowell Rich	Samuel A. Peeples	November 23, 1959 (1959-11-23)
103	12	"The Return of Doc Bell"	David Lowell Rich	Story by : William F. Leicester; Teleplay by : Charles B. Smith	November 30, 1959 (1959-11-30)
Featuring Edward Platt and Jack Ging.
104	13	"Woman with a Gun"	David Lowell Rich	Dean Riesner	December 7, 1959 (1959-12-07)
105	14	"Long Odds"	Sidney Salkow	David Lang	December 14, 1959 (1959-12-14)
106	15	"Wanted: Jim Hardie"	Sidney Salkow	Martin Berkeley	December 21, 1959 (1959-12-21)
107	16	"Relay Station"	Sidney Salkow	Frank Gruber	December 28, 1959 (1959-12-28)
Featuring Lori Nelson and James Westerfield.
108	17	"Cole Younger"	Sidney Salkow	Clay Fisher	January 4, 1960 (1960-01-04)
Featuring Royal Dano as Cole Younger.
109	18	"The Easterner"	Sidney Salkow	N.B. Stone Jr.	January 11, 1960 (1960-01-11)
110	19	"The Governor's Visit"	Sidney Salkow	Borden Chase	January 18, 1960 (1960-01-18)
Featuring Mari Blanchard and Wendell Holmes.
111	20	"The Journey"	Sidney Salkow	Fred Freiberger	January 25, 1960 (1960-01-25)
Featuring Robert Cornthwaite and Coleen Gray.
112	21	"The Canyon"	Sidney Salkow	Edmund Morris	February 1, 1960 (1960-02-01)
113	22	"Red Ransom"	Sidney Salkow	Dean Riesner	February 8, 1960 (1960-02-08)
Featuring Frank de Kova.
114	23	"The English Woman"	Sidney Salkow	Fred Freiberger	February 15, 1960 (1960-02-15)
Featuring Frank Ferguson.
115	24	"Forty-Four Forty"	Sidney Salkow	Borden Chase	February 29, 1960 (1960-02-29)
116	25	"The Late Mayor Brown"	Sidney Salkow	James Brooks, William Fay & Frank Gruber	March 7, 1960 (1960-03-07)
Featuring Gail Kobe and John Stephenson.
117	26	"Black Trail"	Sidney Salkow	Story by : Robert Giles Teleplay by : Charles B. Smith	March 21, 1960 (1960-03-21)
118	27	"The Great Bullion Robbery"	Sidney Salkow	Story by : Ralph Conger Teleplay by : David Lang	March 21, 1960 (1960-03-21)
119	28	"The Outlaw's Wife"	Sidney Salkow	Martin Berkeley	March 28, 1960 (1960-03-28)
120	29	"The Town"	Sidney Salkow	Frank Gruber	April 4, 1960 (1960-04-04)
Featuring Mary Webster.
121	30	"The Trading Post"	Sidney Salkow	Frank Gruber	April 11, 1960 (1960-04-11)
122	31	"Dead Man's Street"	Sidney Salkow	William Fay	April 18, 1960 (1960-04-18)
Featuring Buddy Ebsen, Robert Bray, George Kennedy, Walter Sande and Barney Phillips.
123	32	"Threat of Death"	Sidney Salkow	David Lang	April 25, 1960 (1960-04-25)
Featuring Robert Middleton, William Campbell and King Calder.
124	33	"Dealer's Choice"	Sidney Salkow	Story by : George Waggner Teleplay by : Bill S. Ballinger & George Waggner	May 2, 1960 (1960-05-02)
125	34	"Pearl Hart"	Sidney Salkow	Frank Gruber	May 9, 1960 (1960-05-09)
Featuring Beverly Garland as outlaw Pearl Hart.
126	35	"Vasquez"	Sidney Salkow	Story by : Frank Gruber Teleplay by : Steve Fisher	May 16, 1960 (1960-05-16)
Featuring Cesare Danova as Tiburcio Vásquez. With BarBara Luna.
127	36	"Kid Brother"	Sidney Salkow	Story by : Bill S. Ballinger Teleplay by : William Fay	May 23, 1960 (1960-05-23)
128	37	"Man for the Job"	Sidney Salkow	J.K. Tucker	May 30, 1960 (1960-05-30)
Featuring Harold J. Stone and Regis Toomey

Season 5 (1960–61)

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 (1960-09-05)
Featuring John Dehner.
130	2	"Angry Town"	Louis King	Peter Germano	September 5, 1960 (1960-09-05)
Featuring Sydney Pollack, Paul Fix and Paul Burch.
131	3	"Doc Dawson"	Gene Fowler Jr.	Steve Fisher & Frank Price	September 19, 1960 (1960-09-19)
Featuring Edgar Buchanan.
132	4	"The Kinfolk"	Gene Fowler Jr.	Mark Hanna & Louis L'Amour	September 26, 1960 (1960-09-26)
Featuring Richard Jaeckel.
133	5	"A Study in Petticoats"	Gene Fowler Jr.	Mark Hanna	October 17, 1960 (1960-10-17)
Featuring Whitney Blake and Diane Jergens.
134	6	"All That Glitters"	Gene Fowler Jr.	Steven Thornley	October 24, 1960 (1960-10-24)
135	7	"Run for the River"	Gene Fowler Jr.	Peter Germano	November 7, 1960 (1960-11-07)
136	8	"Leading Citizen"	Gene Fowler Jr.	Barney Slater	November 14, 1960 (1960-11-14)
Featuring Robert Middleton.
137	9	"The Killing of Johnny Lash"	Lawrence Doheny	Mark Rodgers	November 21, 1960 (1960-11-21)
Featuring Anne Helm as Nellie Bly.
138	10	"The Wade Place"	Lawrence Doheny	Louis L'Amour & Charles A. Wallace	November 28, 1960 (1960-11-28)
139	11	"Jeff Davis' Treasure"	Frank McDonald	Unknown	December 5, 1960 (1960-12-05)
Featuring John Dehner and Leo Gordon.
140	12	"The Bride and the Bandit"	Frank McDonald	Louis L'Amour & Paul Gangelin	December 12, 1960 (1960-12-12)
Featuring Dabbs Greer and Virginia Christine.
141	13	"Escort to Santa Fe"	Frank McDonald	Ken Pettus	December 19, 1960 (1960-12-19)
Featuring Stephen Chase.
142	14	"Frightened Witness"	Frank McDonald	James Brooks, Frank Gruber and Dwight Newton	December 26, 1960 (1960-12-26)
Featuring John Milford and Penny Edwards.
143	15	"The Border Renegade"	Frank McDonald	Barney Slater	January 2, 1961 (1961-01-02)
Featuring Elaine Devry, John Beradino and Argentina Brunetti.
144	16	"Captain Scoville"	Frank McDonald	Louis L'Amour & Paul Gangelin	January 9, 1961 (1961-01-09)
Featuring DeForest Kelley.
145	17	"The Has-Been"	James P. Yarbrough	Story by : Louis L'Amour Teleplay by : Charles A. Wallace	January 16, 1961 (1961-01-16)
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 (1961-01-23)
147	19	"The Barefoot Bandit"	Lewis R. Foster	Lewis R. Foster	January 30, 1961 (1961-01-30)
148	20	"The Hand That Shook the Hand"	William Witney	Cyril Hume	February 6, 1961 (1961-02-06)
Featuring Vito Scotti and Claude Akins.
149	21	"The Washburn Girl"	William Witney	Charles A. Wallace & Rudy Makoul	February 13, 1961 (1961-02-13)
Featuring Mari Aldon, Morris Ankrum and Jack Nicholson.
150	22	"The Diamond Dude"	Lewis R. Foster	Barney Slater	February 27, 1961 (1961-02-27)
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 (1961-03-06)
Featuring Patrice Wymore.
152	24	"Fraud"	Richard Bartlett	Story by : Mark Rodgers Teleplay by : Paul Gangelin	March 13, 1961 (1961-03-13)
Featuring Sue Ane Langdon and Steve Brodie.
153	25	"Stage from Yuma"	Lewis R. Foster	Barney Slater	March 20, 1961 (1961-03-20)
Featuring Joan Evans.
154	26	"Prince Jim"	Richard Bartlett	Eric Freiwald & Robert Schaefer	March 27, 1961 (1961-03-27)
Featuring Gina Gillespie.
155	27	"The Remittance Man"	William Witney	Paul Gangelin	April 3, 1961 (1961-04-03)
Featuring Yvonne Craig.
156	28	"The Jealous Man"	William Witney	Peter Germano	April 10, 1961 (1961-04-10)
Featuring Faith Domergue and Ed Nelson.
157	29	"Something Pretty"	James P. Yarbrough	Paul Gangelin & Carl M. Onspaugh	April 17, 1961 (1961-04-17)
Featuring Leonard Nimoy, Peter Whitney and James Seay.
158	30	"Lady Trouble"	James P. Yarbrough	Eric Freiwald & Robert Schaefer	April 24, 1961 (1961-04-24)
Featuring Josephine Hutchinson and Robert Armstrong.
159	31	"Moment of Glory"	Lewis R. Foster	Lewis R. Foster	May 1, 1961 (1961-05-01)
160	32	"The Lobo"	William Witney	Charles A. Wallace	May 8, 1961 (1961-05-08)
Featuring Jim Davis.
161	33	"Rifles for Red Hand"	William Witney	Ken Pettus	May 15, 1961 (1961-05-15)
Featuring Ziva Rodann, Stanley Adams and Harp McGuire.
162	34	"Gunman's Revenge"	Lewis R. Foster	Lewis R. Foster	May 22, 1961 (1961-05-22)
Featuring Harry Carey Jr. and Chuck Connors.
163	35	"The Repentant Outlaw"	James H. Brown	Cyril Hume	May 29, 1961 (1961-05-29)
Featuring Edgar Buchanan.
164	36	"A Quiet Little Town"	James H. Brown	Steven Thornley	June 5, 1961 (1961-06-05)
Featuring John Dehner.
165	37	"Bitter Vengeance"	R.G. Springsteen	Charles A. Wallace	June 12, 1961 (1961-06-12)
Featuring Nina Shipman and Phyllis Coates.
166	38	"John Jones"	R.G. Springsteen	Paul Gangelin	June 26, 1961 (1961-06-26)
Featuring Donna Martell and Warren Oates.
167	39	"The Dowry"	Lewis R. Foster	James Brooks, Lewis R. Foster & Frank Gruber	July 10, 1961 (1961-07-10)
Featuring Lisa Gaye and Alan Napier.

Season 6 (1961–62)

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 & Frank Gruber	September 30, 1961 (1961-09-30)
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 (1961-10-07)
Featuring Philip Carey and Claude Akins.
170	3	"Treasure Coach"	R.G. Springsteen	Milton Geiger & Milton S. Gelman	October 14, 1961 (1961-10-14)
Featuring Robert Vaughn, Patricia Crowley, Jocelyn Brando and J. Pat O'Malley.
171	4	"Death Raffle"	William F. Claxton	Milton S. Gelman, Jack Turley & Frank Gruber	October 21, 1961 (1961-10-21)
172	5	"Tanoa"	R.G. Springsteen	Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol & Lewis R. Foster	October 28, 1961 (1961-10-28)
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 (1961-11-04)
Featuring Lyle Bettger.
174	7	"Jeremiah"	R.G. Springsteen	Barney Slater, Milton S. Gelman & Frank Gruber	November 11, 1961 (1961-11-11)
featuring Albert Salmi, Margarita Cordova, Joseph Ruskin and Nancy Gates.
175	8	"A Fistful of Pride"	R.G. Springsteen	Sam Ross & Frank Gruber	November 18, 1961 (1961-11-18)
Featuring Eddie Albert, Ed Nelson, Gina Gillespie and Barbara Stuart.
176	9	"Defiant at the Gate"	R.G. Springsteen	Anthony Lawrence & Frank Gruber	November 25, 1961 (1961-11-25)
Featuring Gloria Talbott, Tom Tully, Frank Ferguson and L.Q. Jones.
177	10	"Man of Another Breed"	William F. Claxton	Richard Newman & Frank Gruber	December 2, 1961 (1961-12-02)
Featuring Debra Paget and Robert Middleton.
178	11	"Kelly's Clover Girls"	R.G. Springsteen	Jack Turley & Frank Gruber	December 9, 1961 (1961-12-09)
Featuring Lisa Gaye, Dawn Wells, Michael Pate and Glenn Strange.
179	12	"A Killing in Calico"	William F. Claxton	Story by : Lynn Mitchell Teleplay by : Jack Turley	December 16, 1961 (1961-12-16)
Featuring Dean Jones.
180	13	"New Orleans Trackdown"	R.G. Springsteen	Peter Germano	December 23, 1961 (1961-12-23)
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 (1961-12-30)
Featuring Richard Rust and Leo Gordon.
182	15	"Moneyrun"	Francis D. Lyon	Sam Ross	January 6, 1962 (1962-01-06)
Featuring Michael Ansara.
183	16	"Return to Yesterday"	Harry Harris	Ken Trevey	January 13, 1962 (1962-01-13)
Featuring Dianne Foster
184	17	"Reward for Gain"	Francis D. Lyon	Milton S. Gelman	January 20, 1962 (1962-01-20)
Featuring John Doucette and John Anderson.
185	18	"Assignment in Gloribee"	R.G. Springsteen	Anthony Lawrence & Frank Gruber	January 27, 1962 (1962-01-27)
Featuring Rod Cameron, Patricia Owens, George Kennedy and Stafford Repp.
186	19	"Incident at Crossbow"	Stuart Heisler	William R. Cox	February 3, 1962 (1962-02-03)
187	20	"Portrait of Teresa"	R.G. Springsteen	Al C. Ward	February 10, 1962 (1962-02-10)
Featuring Simon Oakland.
188	21	"Hometown Doctor"	Sidney Lanfield	Milton S. Gelman, Jerry Adelman & Peter Germano	February 17, 1962 (1962-02-17)
189	22	"The Traveler"	R.G. Springsteen	Al C. Ward	February 24, 1962 (1962-02-24)
Featuring Jack Warden.
190	23	"Winter Storm"	William Witney	Dick Nelson	March 3, 1962 (1962-03-03)
Featuring Dan Duryea and R.G. Armstrong.
191	24	"Chauncey"	R.G. Springsteen	Frank Gruber & Ellis Marcus	March 17, 1962 (1962-03-17)
192	25	"Who Lives by the Gun"	William Witney	Albert Aley	March 24, 1962 (1962-03-24)
Featuring John Archer, Kathie Browne, Paul Birch and John Alderson.
193	26	"To Kill a Town"	R.G. Springsteen	Al C. Ward	March 31, 1962 (1962-03-31)
Featuring Buddy Ebsen, Russell Johnson, Harry Lauter, Olan Soule, and Joan Staley.
194	27	"End of a Minor God"	Christian Nyby	David P. Harmon	April 7, 1962 (1962-04-07)
Featuring Walter Coy and William Schallert.
195	28	"Remember the Yazoo"	R.G. Springsteen	Ellis Marcus	April 14, 1962 (1962-04-14)
Featuring Robert Cornthwaite, Alan Napier, Jeanne Bal and James Westerfield.
196	29	"The Angry Sky"	Christian Nyby	Al C. Ward	April 21, 1962 (1962-04-21)
Featuring Arch Johnson and Fay Spain
197	30	"Royal Maroon"	R.G. Springsteen	Al C. Ward & Harry Freem	April 28, 1962 (1962-04-28)
Featuring Kathleen Crowley.
198	31	"The Gold Witch"	William Witney	Story by : Dick Nelson & Irving J. McCarthy Teleplay by : Dick Nelson	May 5, 1962 (1962-05-05)
Featuring Ron Randell, Diana Millay, Whit Bissell and Alan Hale Jr.
199	32	"Don't Wake a Tiger"	R.G. Springsteen	David P. Harmon	May 12, 1962 (1962-05-12)
Featuring Jim Davis, Royal Dano, and Marjorie Reynolds.
200	33	"The Wayfarers"	William Witney	Frank Price	May 19, 1962 (1962-05-19)
Featuring James Coburn, Hugh Marlowe and Roxane Berard.
201	34	"Vignette of a Sinner"	William Witney	Al C. Ward	June 2, 1962 (1962-06-02)
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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "TV Ratings: 1957-1958". ClassicTVguide.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
4. "TV Ratings: 1958-1959". ClassicTVguide.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

External links

• Tales of Wells Fargo at IMDb
• Tales of Wells Fargo at epguides.com