List of Rawhide episodes
Rawhide is an American Western TV series which ran from January 9, 1959 until December 7, 1965, with a total of 217 episodes across eight seasons. It aired on CBS in black-and-white and starred Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 23 | January 9, 1959 | July 10, 1959 | |
| 2 | 31 | September 18, 1959 | June 17, 1960 | |
| 3 | 30 | September 30, 1960 | June 16, 1961 | |
| 4 | 30 | September 29, 1961 | May 18, 1962 | |
| 5 | 29 | September 28, 1962 | May 24, 1963 | |
| 6 | 31 | September 26, 1963 | May 14, 1964 | |
| 7 | 30 | September 25, 1964 | May 21, 1965 | |
| 8 | 13 | September 14, 1965 | December 7, 1965 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (1959)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Incident of the Tumbleweed" | Richard Whorf | Story by : Curtis Kenyon Teleplay by : Fred Freiberger | January 9, 1959 | |
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Gil and Rowdy volunteer to finish the delivery of a prison wagon containing seven dangerous prisoners to Fort Craig for trial. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Incident at Alabaster Plain" | Richard Whorf | David Swift | January 16, 1959 | |
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Rowdy finds a close friend from the army is getting married, but a visit from the bride's stepbrother causes complications. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Incident with an Executioner" | Charles Marquis Warren | James Edmiston | January 23, 1959 | |
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The drovers rescue several passengers from a stagecoach that overturns and discover that a gunman known as "The Executioner" is following them with unknown intentions. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Incident of the Widowed Dove" | Ted Post | David Lang | January 30, 1959 | |
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While partying in a small town, Rowdy attempts to help a woman with a dangerous husband – the town marshal. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Incident on the Edge of Madness" | Andrew V. McLaglen | Herbert Little, Jr. & David Victor | February 6, 1959 | |
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The drovers are approached by a Colonel looking for men to join his Confederacy of Panama. Gil must act to prevent losing his cowhands. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Incident of the Power and the Plow" | Andrew V. McLaglen | Fred Freiberger | February 13, 1959 | |
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Gil enters into a dispute between a landowner and Comanche settlers – on the side of the Comanches. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Incident at Barker Springs" | Charles Marquis Warren | Les Crutchfield | February 20, 1959 | |
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Gil takes on two brothers as cowhands – a retired gunfighter and his masked kid brother who is determined to follow in his footsteps which leads to trouble in the small town of Barker Springs whose residents live in fear of a local rancher(DeForest Kelley) who dominates by killing those who oppose him. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Incident West of Lano" | Charles Marquis Warren | Buckley Angell | February 27, 1959 | |
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Gil and Rowdy help four stranded women with a broken wagon, allowing them to accompany the trail herd to the next town. On the way, they reach a river crossing and enter into a dispute over who will cross first with some traders approaching from the other side. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Incident of the Town in Terror" | Ted Post | Oliver Crawford | March 6, 1959 | |
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A suspected case of anthrax affects the trail herd, including Rowdy, preventing Gil from advancing the herd past a town where the residents fear being infected by the killer disease. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Incident of the Golden Calf" | Jesse Hibbs | Endre Bohem | March 13, 1959 | |
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Gil takes on a wandering preacher who has been run out of a town following a gold strike. Several cowhands become anxious to learn the name of the town. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Incident of the Coyote Weed" | Jesse Hibbs | David Lang | March 20, 1959 | |
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The trail herd comes under threat after a dead man is found hanging from a tree branded with a Mexican bandit's initial. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Incident of the Chubasco" | Buzz Kulik | Al C. Ward | April 3, 1959 | |
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Gil recruits some extra hands to help drive the herd across a difficult plateau only to discover that one of the new men is hiding another man's wife in his wagon. Soon her husband shows up, with 40 men, intent on reclaiming her at any cost. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Incident of the Curious Street" | Ted Post | Teleplay by : N.B. Stone Jr. & Earl Baldwin Story by : N.B. Stone Jr. | April 10, 1959 | |
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Gil and Rowdy wander into a deserted mining town only to find a pair of female stagecoach passengers being held hostage by two men. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Incident of the Dog Days" | George Sherman | Samuel A. Peeples | April 17, 1959 | |
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Gil is determined to drive the trail across a wide stretch of dry plains, leading to low morale and heightened tensions between the cowhands. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Incident of the Calico Gun" | Jesse Hibbs | Winston Miller | April 24, 1959 | |
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Gil allows a young lady to travel with the drive after the apparent loss of her family, unaware that she is part of an outlaw outfit preparing to steal the next payroll when it is delivered to the drovers. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Incident of the Misplaced Indians" | Jesse Hibbs | David Victor & Herbert Little, Jr. | May 1, 1959 | |
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Rowdy discovers a house with two dead Delaware Indians lying outside showing no obvious signs of how they died. Indoors, a woman appears to be in shock and unable to speak, so Gil arranges to escort her to a nearby fort. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Incident of Fear in the Streets" | Andrew V. McLaglen | Fred Freiberger | May 8, 1959 | |
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Gil and Rowdy ride into a town looking for a doctor after a scout, Pete, is injured. They quickly discover that the town's citizens are being held hostage by a father seeking to hang those responsible for lynching his son. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Incident Below the Brazos" | Jack Arnold | Herbert Purdom | May 15, 1959 | |
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The trail herd's horses break free and stampede during a lightning storm, killing a farmer. His death prompts a range war between the drovers and local farmers led by Eli Becker(Leslie Nielsen) and Cort Wesley(Martin Landau) set out to exact revenge. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Incident of the Dry Drive" | Andrew V. McLaglen | John Dunkel | May 22, 1959 | |
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A disgruntled old rancher and ex-trail boss refuses to let Gil water his thirsty cattle on his land, knowing they will die of thirst before they reach a suitable source of water to supply the full herd. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Incident of the Judas Trap" | Jesse Hibbs | David Lang | June 5, 1959 | |
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When wolves start attacking the herd, Gil needs the help of an unpleasant wolfer. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Incident in No Man's Land" | Jack Arnold | Story by : Lawrence L. Goldman Teleplay by : Buckley Angell | June 12, 1959 | |
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When explosions start unsettling the herd, Gil and Rowdy investigate the source. They soon discover a quarry being worked by chain gangs. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Incident of a Burst of Evil" | George Sherman | Buckley Angell | June 26, 1959 | |
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After finding a wild-looking man following the cattle drive, the drovers learn that a band of Comancheros plan on attacking the herd. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Incident of the Roman Candles" | Stuart Heisler | Jan Winters | July 10, 1959 | |
Season 2 (1959–60)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 24 | 1 | "Incident of the Day of the Dead" | Stuart Heisler | David Victor & Herbert Little Jr. | September 18, 1959 | 169-3317 |
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Rowdy is blackmailed into attempting to ride a horse after being seen managing a runaway, as the workers revolt from a mysterious rancho. | ||||||
| 25 | 2 | "Incident at Dangerfield Dip" | Robert D. Webb | Story by : Herbert Purdum Teleplay by : Fred Freiberger | October 2, 1959 | 169-3320 |
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When the herd is forcibly infected with Texas fever, Gil must keep from being blackmailed into treatment for them. | ||||||
| 26 | 3 | "Incident of the Shambling Man" | Andrew V. McLaglen | Story by : Charles Larson Teleplay by : Charles Larson & Fred Freiberger | October 9, 1959 | TBA |
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The drovers run across an elderly man (Victor McLaglenin his final role) who experiences flashbacks to his days as a boxer that make him uncontrollably violent. | ||||||
| 27 | 4 | "Incident at Jacob's Well" | Jack Arnold | Robert Sherman | October 16, 1959 | TBA |
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The drovers come across a small farming settlement suffering from a severe water shortage. | ||||||
| 28 | 5 | "Incident of the 13th Man" | Jesse Hibbs | Story by : Endre Bohem Teleplay by : Fred Freiberger | October 23, 1959 | TBA |
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Rowdy and Wishbone are pressured into jury duty while looking for a dentist in a town. | ||||||
| 29 | 6 | "Incident at the Buffalo Smokehouse" | Stuart Heisler | Story by : Joseph Vogel Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | October 30, 1959 | 169-3319 |
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In order to secure an escape from prairie fire, Gil must defend a smokehouse and its owner. | ||||||
| 30 | 7 | "Incident of the Haunted Hills" | Jesse Hibbs | Story by : Oliver Crawford Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | November 6, 1959 | 169-3318TV |
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The only water available to Gil's outfit can only be procured by negotiating with the unfriendly Paneequah. | ||||||
| 31 | 8 | "Incident of the Stalking Death" | Harmon Jones | Story by : Oliver Crawford & Louis Vittes Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | November 13, 1959 | 169-3321 |
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Gil's best efforts to catch a dangerous puma lead to helping a woman whose son the puma has killed. | ||||||
| 32 | 9 | "Incident of the Valley in Shadow" | Harmon Jones | Buckley Angell | November 20, 1959 | 169-3325 |
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Encounters with Cheyenne lead to Gil finding a captured girl, who must decide whether she will return to American culture. | ||||||
| 33 | 10 | "Incident of the Blue Fire" | Charles Marquis Warren | John Dunkel | December 11, 1959 | 169-3322 |
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The drovers battle the weather, superstition, and interference to keep the herd safe when an unlucky stranger joins the outfit. | ||||||
| 34 | 11 | "Incident at Spanish Rock" | Harmon Jones | Story by : Clair Huffaker Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | December 18, 1959 | 169-3329 |
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One of Gil's drovers is tortured by men looking for a Mexican revolutionary, until those in power change their minds about their loyalty to the man's enemies. | ||||||
| 35 | 12 | "Incident of the Druid Curse" | Jesse Hibbs | Story by : Alva Hudson Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | January 8, 1960 | 169-3326 |
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The drovers meet a father and daughter searching the Texan prairie for signs that a druid civilization once lived there. | ||||||
| 36 | 13 | "Incident at Red River Station" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Charles Larson | January 15, 1960 | 169-3328 |
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After finding a dead man, Gil and Rowdy go in search of a doctor, fearing that they have caught smallpox. | ||||||
| 37 | 14 | "Incident of the Devil and His Due" | Harmon Jones | Samuel Newman & Louis Vittes | January 22, 1960 | 169-3323 |
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Accused of a murder, Gil aims to prove his innocence. | ||||||
| 38 | 15 | "Incident of the Wanted Painter" | Harmon Jones | Charles Larson | January 29, 1960 | 169-3331 |
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When a painter is found wounded on the prairie, a painting of a town called Lampton where a man is due to be hanged becomes a much-wanted item. | ||||||
| 39 | 16 | "Incident of the Tinker's Dam" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Jan Winters | February 5, 1960 | 169-3330 |
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Wishbone's storied brother pays the outfit a visit and lives up to his reputation. | ||||||
| 40 | 17 | "Incident of the Night Horse" | Joseph Kane | John Dunkel | February 19, 1960 | 169-3322 |
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An old acquaintance demands Gil's help to capture a mustang before the herd will be allowed through a pass. | ||||||
| 41 | 18 | "Incident of the Sharpshooter" | Jesse Hibbs | Winston Miller | February 26, 1960 | 169-3333 |
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Gil must save Rowdy when he is framed for robbery and murder. | ||||||
| 42 | 19 | "Incident of the Dust Flower" | Ted Post | Winston Miller | March 4, 1960 | 169-3335 |
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The drovers meet an old Irishman and his daughter, and Pete helps her secure the future she has dreamed of. | ||||||
| 43 | 20 | "Incident at Sulphur Creek" | Harmon Jones | Story by : Sloan Nibley Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | March 11, 1960 | 169-3334 |
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The drovers find a pair of competing brothers are responsible for the loss of the remuda and some horses belonging to the Comanches. | ||||||
| 44 | 21 | "Incident of the Champagne Bottles" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Curtis Kenyon Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | March 18, 1960 | 169-3336 |
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Gil and Rowdy are impressed by some criminals into carrying their very fragile cargo. | ||||||
| 45 | 22 | "Incident of the Stargazer" | Harmon Jones | Story by : Ted Gardner & Jan Winters Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | April 1, 1960 | 169-3337 |
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Trail scout Pete, escorts a woman home where she believes the man claiming to be her husband is an impostor. | ||||||
| 46 | 23 | "Incident of the Dancing Death" | William F. Claxton | Story by : Dallas Gaultois & James Edmiston Teleplay by : Buckley Angell | April 8, 1960 | 169-3324 |
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The drovers experience trouble when gypsies visit their camp. | ||||||
| 47 | 24 | "Incident of the Arana Sacar" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Charles Marquis Warren Teleplay by : Buckley Angell | April 22, 1960 | 169-3338 |
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When some cattle skinners use the features of the natural landscape to steal the herd, Gil responds in kind. | ||||||
| 48 | 25 | "Incident of the Deserter" | Gerd Oswald | Story by : Buckley Angell & Jessica Benson & Louis Vittes Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | April 29, 1960 | 169-3339 |
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Suffering with a bad back, Wishbone arrives in a mining town to recuperate. There he finds reasons to consider leaving the trail drive and settle down for good. | ||||||
| 49 | 26 | "Incident of the 100 Amulets" | Stuart Heisler | Story by : Fred Freiberger & Lawrence Menkin Teleplay by : Fred Freiberger & Louis Vittes | May 6, 1960 | 169-3327 |
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Trail wrangler Hey Soos goes to visit his mother, but he gets a violent reception and claims that his mother is a witch who has cursed the town. | ||||||
| 50 | 27 | "Incident of the Murder Steer" | Joseph Kane | John Dunkel | May 13, 1960 | 169-3340 |
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When a cowhand shows up dead near a steer branded "Murder", recruited from a town where three men have also been killed, the drovers begin to worry. | ||||||
| 51 | 28 | "Incident of the Music Maker" | R.G. Springsteen | Story by : Rik Vollaerts Teleplay by : Charles Larson | May 20, 1960 | 169-3341 |
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A German colony works on the drovers' pity to steal 50 steers, but the patriarch of the colony sides with Gil after he is hurt helping them. | ||||||
| 52 | 29 | "Incident of the Silent Web" | Joseph Kane | Winston Miller & Charles B. Smith | June 3, 1960 | 169-3342 |
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Two convicts on the run, two murders on the prairie, and a young girl who is unable to speak lead the drovers into a confusing set of events. | ||||||
| 53 | 30 | "Incident of the Last Chance" | Ted Post | Winston Miller | June 10, 1960 | 169-3343 |
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A young couple learns to understand each other better after a stint traveling with the outfit. | ||||||
| 54 | 31 | "Incident in the Garden of Eden" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Irwin Gielgud & Gwen Bagni and Louis Vittes Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | June 17, 1960 | 169-3343 |
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Rowdy attempts to buy 150 head of cattle from an English family to top up the trail herd, but the transaction proves to be less than ideal. | ||||||
Season 3 (1960–61)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 55 | 1 | "Incident at Rojo Canyon" | Ted Post | Budd Bankson & Steve Raines | September 30, 1960 | 169-TV 3353 |
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Unaware that the Civil War has ended, a group of Confederate soldiers prepares to stop the trail herd advancing through territory they were ordered to hold. | ||||||
| 56 | 2 | "Incident of the Challenge" | Charles Marquis Warren | Story by : Charles Marquis Warren Teleplay by : Charles Larson | October 14, 1960 | 169-3345 TV |
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Gil's search for water and a Mexican's search for a princess coincide to produce strange results. | ||||||
| 57 | 3 | "Incident at Dragoon Crossing" | Ted Post | John Dunkel | October 21, 1960 | 169-3347 TV |
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The drovers must determine whether to follow another trail boss who says Gil asked him to take over. | ||||||
| 58 | 4 | "Incident of the Night Visitor" | R.G. Springsteen | John Dunkel | November 4, 1960 | 169-3348 TV |
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A young boy sneaks into camp one night in search of his father that he knows has the initials "G.F.". | ||||||
| 59 | 5 | "Incident of the Slavemaster" | Ted Post | Story by : Clayton Fox Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | November 11, 1960 | 169-3349 TV |
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When the drovers learn that a plantation owner is using former Union prisoners as slaves, a rescue plan is required. | ||||||
| 60 | 6 | "Incident on the Road to Yesterday" | R.G. Springsteen | Jan Winters & Winston Miller | November 18, 1960 | 169-3350 TV |
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An ex-outlaw trying to repay those he robbed 10 years ago returns to his home town to turn himself into the law only to find he is accused of murder. Bit of trivia: At about 13-1/2 mins in, when they first get to town and go to the freight office, a very interesting 'stirling cycle' piston engine fan is seen running off a coal oil lamp. It is shown prominently, though no comment is made about it. This episode had Frankie Laine (who sang the Rawhide Theme) as a guest star, as well as his wife, actress Nan Grey. | ||||||
| 61 | 7 | "Incident at Superstition Prairie" | Stuart Heisler | Wilton Schiller | December 2, 1960 | 169-TV-3352 |
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Wishbone violates Comanche custom when he rescues a dying man. | ||||||
| 62 | 8 | "Incident at Poco Tiempo" | Ted Post | Buckley Angell | December 9, 1960 | 169-TV-3351 |
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Rowdy and Quince must find out why they were accused of murder, as well as who would shoot up a Catholic church and send nuns on the stagecoach. | ||||||
| 63 | 9 | "Incident of the Captive" | Stuart Heisler | Ted Gardner | December 16, 1960 | 169-TV-3355 |
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Mushy's mother comes to take him home with her, but the cattle outfit conspires to keep him, and circumstances assist. | ||||||
| 64 | 10 | "Incident of the Buffalo Soldier" | Ted Post | John Dunkel | January 6, 1961 | 169-TV-3358 |
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A horse belonging to the outfit is stolen by a soldier, and he and Rowdy must work together to stay alive. | ||||||
| 65 | 11 | "Incident of the Broken Word" | R.G. Springsteen | Louis Vittes | January 20, 1961 | 169-TV-3361 |
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One of Gil's drovers is sent to a ranch where a former flame is now married, and must overcome his past to save her in the present. | ||||||
| 66 | 12 | "Incident at the Top of the World" | Ted Post | Story by : Peggy & Lou Shaw Teleplay by : Louis Vitties and Peggy & Lou Shaw | January 27, 1961 | 169-TV-3365 |
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As the trail herd races fast to stay ahead of a Texas Norther, Gil recruits a convalescent civil war veteran as a drover though not without risks. | ||||||
| 67 | 13 | "Incident Near the Promised Land" | Ted Post | Story by : Wilton Schiller Teleplay by : John Dunkel | February 3, 1961 | 169-TV-3369 |
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Arriving in Sedalia, Missouri, the drovers must prevail with an economic panic and a bitter woman to complete the cattle drive. | ||||||
| 68 | 14 | "Incident of the Big Blowout" | George Templeton | John Dunkel | February 10, 1961 | 169-TV-3370 |
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Gil's outfit considers disbanding in Sedalia after disappointment and celebration, but the men decide to hang together when a mystery surrounding a former member of the team leads to Rowdy's possible lynching. | ||||||
| 69 | 15 | "Incident of the Fish out of Water" | Ted Post | Albert Aley | February 17, 1961 | 169-TV-3371 |
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During Gil's visit to Philadelphia, clashes between the east and the Wild West bring difficulties with each side to light. | ||||||
| 70 | 16 | "Incident on the Road Back" | George Templeton | Louis Vittes | February 24, 1961 | 169-TV-3367 |
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On the way back to Texas to pay cattle owners, Gil is accused of stealing a horse. | ||||||
| 71 | 17 | "Incident of the New Start" | Jus Addiss | Story by : Endre Bohem Teleplay by : Charles Larson | March 3, 1961 | 169-TV-3372 |
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After accepting a new herd to drive, Gil is forced to assume the role of ramrod when a cattle owner insists of being trail boss. | ||||||
| 72 | 18 | "Incident of the Running Iron" | Harmon Jones | John Dunkel | March 10, 1961 | 169-3346 TV |
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When Quince is accused of rebranding cattle and sentenced to hang, Gil must investigate to uncover the true rustlers. | ||||||
| 73 | 19 | "Incident Near Gloomy River" | R.G. Springsteen | John Dunkel | March 17, 1961 | 169-TV 3355 |
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Rowdy and another drover ends up at the latter's family home looking for water, and enlist the drovers to build a new home and uncover a mystery. | ||||||
| 74 | 20 | "Incident of the Boomerang" | Allen Reisner | Story by : Michael Pate Teleplay by : Charles Larson | March 24, 1961 | 169-TV-3359 |
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An Australian rancher and his hand team up with the drovers to safely pass through Comanche territory. | ||||||
| 75 | 21 | "Incident of His Brother's Keeper" | Ted Post | Buckley Angell | March 31, 1961 | 169-TV-3360 |
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While waiting for a telegraph, Nolan is asked to escort a crippled man's wife to a dance where things become complicated. | ||||||
| 76 | 22 | "Incident in the Middle of Nowhere" | R.G. Springsteen | Story by : Howard Rigsby & Louis Vittes Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | April 7, 1961 | 169-TV-3357 |
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Gil and Rowdy lend their help to preserve the enterprise of a reclusive man in the mountains. | ||||||
| 77 | 23 | "Incident of the Phantom Bugler" | George Templeton | Story by : Buckley Angell & Louis Vittes Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | April 14, 1961 | 169-TV-3368 |
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When a Judge and his son-in-law demand a toll for the herd to cross a river, Gil discovers a set of family conflicts. | ||||||
| 78 | 24 | "Incident of the Lost Idol" | Ted Post | Albert Aley | April 28, 1961 | 169-TV-3362 |
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The drovers meet a brother and sister with a sick mother, but soon learn their father is a fugitive with a price on his head. | ||||||
| 79 | 25 | "Incident of the Running Man" | Justus Addiss | David Lang | May 5, 1961 | 169-TV-3364 |
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Rowdy is hunted by army impersonators and must warn a nearby fort of their plot before the soldiers are all killed. | ||||||
| 80 | 26 | "Incident of the Painted Lady" | Harmon Jones | John Dunkel | May 12, 1961 | 169-TV-3363 |
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Gil goes in search of a trail boss who stole $15,000 from some Missouri ranchers who are demanding repayment of the debt from his herd. | ||||||
| 81 | 27 | "Incident Before Black Pass" | Ted Post | Story by : Arthur Rowe & Don Moore Teleplay by : Arthur Rowe & Don Moore and Louis Vittes | May 19, 1961 | 169-TV-3354 |
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The drovers must help Kiowa chief White Eyes back to where whites live before he dies in order to rescue Rowdy and Pete from the Kiowa. | ||||||
| 82 | 28 | "Incident of the Blackstorms" | R.G. Springsteen | Story by : Sheb Wooley (story), Tony Habeeb Teleplay by : Jan Winters | May 26, 1961 | 169-TV-3366 |
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Nolan and Mushy are drawn into helping an outlaw meet his son and reclaim his former life. | ||||||
| 83 | 29 | "Incident of the Night on the Town" | Anton Leader | Story by : Chris Miller & Eric Fleming Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | June 2, 1961 | 3002 |
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Gil receives a lawsuit, accused of herding 750 cattle which were stolen by the rancher he drives them for. | ||||||
| 84 | 30 | "Incident of the Wager on Payday" | R.G. Springsteen | Louis Vittes | June 16, 1961 | 3003 |
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Rowdy goes after two outlaws who steal the cashbox from the drover's chuck wagon, but with no other witnesses he appears to be the thief. | ||||||
Season 4 (1961–62)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 85 | 1 | "Rio Salado" | Ted Post | John Dunkel | September 29, 1961 | 3005 |
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The drovers lose their herd when Rowdy meets a local bandit, and his own estranged father, who is looking for the reward promised by turning the bandit in. | ||||||
| 86 | 2 | "The Sendoff" | George B. Templeton | John Dunkel | October 6, 1961 | 3007 |
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Before the team can start their new drive, a fugitive wagonmaster is hunted by the mother of a deceased member of his train. When the dead man's partner mistakes Gil for the master, the different parties prove what they're made of. | ||||||
| 87 | 3 | "The Long Shakedown" | Justus Addiss | Albert Aley | October 13, 1961 | 3008 |
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Gil's traditional seasoning tactics for the herd and the team start to fail him, and he worries that his men are too old. When his green replacement hands let a stampede get the best of them, Gil is left wondering if he's out of business. | ||||||
| 88 | 4 | "Judgement at Hondo Seco" | Perry Lafferty | Story by : John Dunkel & Louis Vittes Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | October 20, 1961 | 3015 |
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Quince answers a letter for help from his niece, and is sentenced to hang by his own brother. | ||||||
| 89 | 5 | "The Lost Tribe" | George B. Templeton | John Dunkel | October 27, 1961 | 3004 |
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A Cheyenne chief proves to be Pete Nolan's father-in-law, and the drovers change loyalties to take the Cheyenne safely to Mexico. | ||||||
| 90 | 6 | "The Inside Man" | George B. Templeton | Albert Aley | November 3, 1961 | 3009 |
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Two strangers join the drovers and help each other decide which decision they really want to make. | ||||||
| 91 | 7 | "The Black Sheep" | Tony Leader | Story by : Jack Curtis Teleplay by : Charles Larson | November 10, 1961 | 3012 |
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Rowdy's temper threatens to start a war between the drovers and an outfit of sheepherders, but he is the perfect person to end it too. | ||||||
| 92 | 8 | "The Prairie Elephant" | Robert L. Friend | Story by : Walter Wagner & Louis Vittes Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | November 17, 1961 | 3006 |
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A circus impedes the herd's progress, and Wishbone is dispatched to move the feuding performers out of the way. | ||||||
| 93 | 9 | "The Little Fishes" | Justus Addiss | Charles Larson | November 24, 1961 | 3010 |
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Gil tries to push the herd more than twice as hard due to bad news he has received, but is held back by his men's interest in a species of fish making its way to California. | ||||||
| 94 | 10 | "The Blue Spy" | Sobey Martin | Story by : Warren Douglas Teleplay by : Tom Seller | December 8, 1961 | 3016 |
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When an old enemy riles some of the men, a war against old scores and the desert lead to a life or death wager by Gil. | ||||||
| 95 | 11 | "The Gentleman's Gentleman" | Sobey Martin | J.E. Selby | December 15, 1961 | 3013 |
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A stranded English valet who wants to be useful comes in handy when the drovers must convince a town to crack down on some buffalo hunters. | ||||||
| 96 | 12 | "Twenty-Five Santa Clauses" | Robert L. Friend | Charles Larson | December 22, 1961 | 3022 |
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In Gil's absence, the drovers get caught up with a conniving couple, but their plans change when a doctor reveals some serious news. | ||||||
| 97 | 13 | "The Long Count" | Jesse Hibbs | Albert Aley | January 5, 1962 | 3014 |
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The drovers run into a former member of the team, who's become a marshal with the job of taking the census. Rowdy, Pete and Wishbone are drafted to help count people and animals on a ranch where the owner is hiding something. | ||||||
| 98 | 14 | "The Captain's Wife" | Tay Garnett | John Dunkel | January 12, 1962 | 3019 |
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A world-weary captain's wife stationed at a prairie fort goes rogue and casualties ensue. Gil and his men must defend the fort in the absence of the soldiery and eliminate the threat she causes. | ||||||
| 99 | 15 | "The Peddler" | Laslo Benedek | Charles Larson | January 19, 1962 | 3017 |
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When a ne'er-do-well peddler joins the drovers and does his best for them, his luck turns at last. | ||||||
| 100 | 16 | "The Woman Trap" | George B. Templeton | Buckley Angell | January 26, 1962 | 3011 |
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A deceptive land owner in West Texas fools women into becoming mail-order brides for his men, and the women and Gil's drovers must save their own lives when they refuse to follow him any farther. | ||||||
| 101 | 17 | "The Boss's Daughter" | Sobey Martin | Albert Aley | February 2, 1962 | 3018 |
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Gil's sister-in-law and daughters meet a ranch owner en route to visiting the drovers. Gil and the owner rendezvous, where each man wants something from the land and the girls. | ||||||
| 102 | 18 | "The Deserter's Patrol" | Andrew V. McLaglen | Louis Vittes | February 9, 1962 | 3020 |
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Gil and Pete are drawn into a battle of survival four layers deep, and with Pawnee chief Ogalla dead, they must keep a poorly-defended fort from being destroyed. | ||||||
| 103 | 19 | "The Greedy Town" | Murray Golden | Story by : Lew Lantz Teleplay by : Tom Seller | February 16, 1962 | 3023 |
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Clay Forrester finds himself back in a town where he was previously responsible for a criminal's death. This time he must decide on which side of the law he belongs. | ||||||
| 104 | 20 | "Grandma's Money" | Sobey Martin | Story by : Sonia Chernus Teleplay by : J.E. Selby | February 23, 1962 | 3021 |
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Rowdy gets mixed up with a worldly-wise woman who's a little older. | ||||||
| 105 | 21 | "The Pitchwagon" | Sobey Martin | Story by : Wilton Schiller Teleplay by : Lou Morheim & Wilton Schiller | March 2, 1962 | 3024 |
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The drovers meet a patent medicine man who wants to reconcile with his wife, and cook up a far-fetched scheme to raise money for the family of a deceased member of the outfit. | ||||||
| 106 | 22 | "The Hostage Child" | Harmon Jones | Bronson Howitzer | March 9, 1962 | 3028 |
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A Tonkawa mother who has married the U.S. colonel at a Texas fort attempts to use her bi-racial son as a hostage to get help for her tribe. | ||||||
| 107 | 23 | "The Immigrants" | Tay Garnett | Elliott Arnold | March 16, 1962 | 3033 |
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The drovers are impressed by an exiled German military officer, and teach the servants in his colony to think like free Americans. | ||||||
| 108 | 24 | "The Child-Woman" | Murray Golden | Story by : Carey Wilbur Teleplay by : Elliott Arnold | March 23, 1962 | 3029 |
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Mushy's mother's order to find his cousins and send them home to her leads to a brawl between Gil, a teenage girl, and a local saloon owner. | ||||||
| 109 | 25 | "A Woman's Place" | Justus Addiss | Eric Fleming & Chris Miller | March 30, 1962 | 3027 |
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When one of the drovers is injured, only a female doctor is available to treat him. Her presence in town is suspicious to some of the citizens, and she and the drovers must reveal what those citizens are up to. | ||||||
| 110 | 26 | "Reunion" | Sobey Martin | Elliott Arnold | April 6, 1962 | 3030 |
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Pete reunites with the outfit, and two fathers on opposing sides of an Indian war reunite with their own sons, with tragic results. | ||||||
| 111 | 27 | "House of the Hunter" | Tay Garnett | Louis Vittes | April 20, 1962 | 3025 |
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Rowdy is kidnapped along with many others who knew the son of a vindinctive man. Costars James Murdock, Steve Raines, Rocky Shahan, Robert Cabal, Robert F. Simon, Rosemary DeCamp, Paula Raymond, Lester Matthews, Peter Adams, Lane Bradford, Harry Shannon and Hal Jon Norman | ||||||
| 112 | 28 | "Gold Fever" | James P. Yarbrough | Story by : Sid Harris Teleplay by : J.E. Selby | May 4, 1962 | 3026 |
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A bankrupt miner with a family of daughters lures drovers to his claim to get husbands for them. | ||||||
| 113 | 29 | "The Devil and the Deep Blue" | George B. Templeton | Story by : Endre Bohem Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | May 11, 1962 | 3031 |
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When a drover leading a herd near Gil's dies, Gil takes charge of both herds, and must face the bitterness and resignation of all his men. | ||||||
| 114 | 30 | "Abilene" | Tony Leader | Story by : Charles Larson Teleplay by : Charles Larson & Elliot Arnold | May 18, 1962* | 3032 |
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The drovers arrive at their destination but are prevented from moving on with life by a quarantine. When the quarantine is lifted, they plan to begin a new drive. * This episode appears hidden on the Season 4 DVD boxset extras as preview episode for season 5 the last disc. There has been much confusion over its actual air date, but newspaper tv listings from May 1962 show the episode actually aired that year, and as it is narratively placed, at the end of season 4. | ||||||
Season 5 (1962–63)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 115 | 1 | "Incident of the Hunter" | Thomas Carr | Story by : D.D. Beauchamp Teleplay by : Charles Larson | September 28, 1962 | 8506 |
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Gil saves a bounty hunter who comes after him. | ||||||
| 116 | 2 | "Incident of the Portrait" | Ted Post | William Blinn & Michael Gleason | October 5, 1962 | 8503 |
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A man who accidentally killed a farmer joins the drovers and must escort the farmer's daughter. | ||||||
| 117 | 3 | "Incident at Cactus Wells" | Christian Nyby | Albert Aley | October 12, 1962 | 8505 |
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An outlaw hunting his wife's lover joins the drovers and causes trouble. | ||||||
| 118 | 4 | "Incident of the Prodigal Son" | Christian Nyby | Richard Fielder | October 19, 1962 | 8507 |
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The drovers take on a testy young man, and he is convinced to drop the chip on his shoulder by a pal in the outfit who has one as well. | ||||||
| 119 | 5 | "Incident of the Four Horsemen" | Thomas Carr | Charles Larson | October 26, 1962 | 8508 |
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After Gil and Clay witness a marriage and a killing between feuding families, Gil tries to push the herd across their disputed land before more trouble comes. When it proves impossible, Gil wrangles peace between sides. | ||||||
| 120 | 6 | "Incident of the Lost Woman" | Thomas Carr | Ward Hawkins | November 2, 1962 | 8504 |
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The drovers defend a widow (Fay Spain) who is escaping her husband's family. Stars R. G. Armstrong, Dean Stanton, Hampton Fancher, and Roy Engel. | ||||||
| 121 | 7 | "Incident of the Dogfaces" | Don McDougall | Gene L. Coon | November 9, 1962 | 8509 |
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The drovers encourage some former Yankee soldiers to face up to the Comanche, in order to free a captive woman and her son. | ||||||
| 122 | 8 | "Incident of the Wolvers" | Thomas Cass | William L. Stuart | November 16, 1962 | 8510 |
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Rowdy hires an abusive man and his three children to kill the wolves that are attacking the herd, and must help them stand up to him. | ||||||
| 123 | 9 | "Incident at Sugar Creek" | Christian Nyby | Fred Freiberger | November 23, 1962 | 8511 |
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A hand working with the drovers angered his wife's father in years past, and when he is injured and the drovers must seek a doctor for him in the town where the father-in-law lives, no one will help. | ||||||
| 124 | 10 | "Incident of the Reluctant Bridegroom" | Don McDougall | Story by : Tom Seller & William Driskill Teleplay by : Winston Miller | November 30, 1962 | 8512 |
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Rowdy must find a way out when an outlaw pretending to be a preacher marries him to a disgruntled girl. | ||||||
| 125 | 11 | "Incident of the Querencias" | Thomas Carr | Joseph Petracca | December 7, 1962 | 8513 |
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A down-and-out former boss of Gil's joins the herd with his querencia cattle, and causes havoc with the drive. | ||||||
| 126 | 12 | "Incident at Quivira" | Christian Nyby | Ralphael Hayes | December 14, 1962 | 8514 |
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Mushy is led away by tales of gold from an old prospector. When Rowdy goes after them, the three of them stumble onto army deserters who intend to keep the runaways in their hideout permanently to ensure their silence. | ||||||
| 127 | 13 | "Incident of Decision" | Don McDougall | John Dunkel | December 28, 1962 | 8501 |
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When Rowdy and Quince buy some cattle from a farmer, his son insists on joining them as a hand, but he is captured by a bandit and learns some hard truths. | ||||||
| 128 | 14 | "Incident of the Buryin' Man" | Thomas Carr | Jack Turley | January 4, 1963 | 8515 |
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A man pretending to be an undertaker attaches himself to the drovers, leaving Gil at his wits' end, until Indians present him with an apt opportunity to offload the buryin' man. | ||||||
| 129 | 15 | "Incident of the Trail's End" | Don McDougall | Ed Adamson | January 11, 1963 | 8516 |
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A former trail boss of Gil's rides drag and takes disrespect from the drovers, until his knowledge of the trail gives him a high point on which to retire. | ||||||
| 130 | 16 | "Incident at Spider Rock" | Thomas Carr | Al C. Ward | January 18, 1963 | 8517 |
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An heiress who ran from home ends up in the drover's camp and everyone learns to see each other differently. | ||||||
| 131 | 17 | "Incident of the Mountain Man" | Don McDougall | Richard Fielder | January 25, 1963 | 8518 |
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Rowdy ends up escorting a mountain man and his daughter to a marshal, but the trio doesn't reach their destination. | ||||||
| 132 | 18 | "Incident at Crooked Hat" | Don McDougall | Joseph Petracca | February 1, 1963 | 8520 |
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Gil stands between a gunfighter he hired and the man's old feuds. | ||||||
| 133 | 19 | "Incident of Judgment Day" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Richard Landau Teleplay by : Paul King & Richard Landau | February 8, 1963 | 8519 |
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Rowdy is tracked down by former Yankee prisoners who are determined to hang him. | ||||||
| 134 | 20 | "Incident of the Gallows Tree" | Christian Nyby | Story by : William L. Stuart Teleplay by : Albert Aley | February 22, 1963 | TBA |
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Quince is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and to save him Gil must find out who has killed a prominent citizen. | ||||||
| 135 | 21 | "Incident of the Married Widow" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Charles Gray & Kathleen Freeman Teleplay by : Paul King | March 1, 1963 | 8523 |
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Gil must find a way to clear his own name and that of the woman who's been claiming he's her husband. | ||||||
| 136 | 22 | "Incident of the Pale Rider" | Christian Nyby | Dean Riesner | March 15, 1963 | 8522 |
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Gil hires a man that looks like someone Rowdy shot, and Rowdy fears for his life. | ||||||
| 137 | 23 | "Incident of the Comanchero" | Thomas Carr | Al C. Ward | March 22, 1963 | 8525 |
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A Comanchero who has been left for dead is picked up by two nursing nuns, and Rowdy meets them all and attempts to help. | ||||||
| 138 | 24 | "Incident of the Clown" | Don McDougall | Charles Larson | March 29, 1963 | 8524 |
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The outfit makes it safely through Comanche territory by taking along a man who speaks Indian languages and has another helpful trick in his bag. | ||||||
| 139 | 25 | "Incident of the Black Ace" | Thomas Carr | Dean Riesner | April 12, 1963 | 8527 |
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Wishbone feels sorry for himself until a gypsy convinces him he's about to die. Gil uses Wishbone's sudden kindness to the drovers to garner more appreciation for him as they confront a man claiming the gypsy's daughter in marriage. | ||||||
| 140 | 26 | "Incident of the Hostages" | Don McDougall | Story by : Paul King Teleplay by : Charles Larson | April 19, 1963 | 8528 |
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The drovers return a family of white children who were taken in by Apaches after Arapahos capture them and barter them to the outfit. | ||||||
| 141 | 27 | "Incident of White Eyes" | Christian Nyby | Story by : Paul King Teleplay by : Edward J. Lakso & Shimon Wincelberg | May 3, 1963 | 8526 |
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Gil meets a stagecoach carrying a man the Apaches want, and must save the travelers until the man will give himself up. | ||||||
| 142 | 28 | "Incident at Rio Doloroso" | Thomas Carr | Paul King | May 10, 1963 | 8529 |
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When the drovers cross land that is claimed by a Mexican family, the chief's daughter insists on truth being told, which leads to Gil's and Rowdy's rescue from execution and the clan's workers claiming their freedom. | ||||||
| 143 | 29 | "Incident at Alkali Sink" | Don McDougall | Thomas Thompson | May 24, 1963 | 8530 |
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Rowdy takes a newly-married couple along with the outfit in a search for water, with the bride's father in pursuit of them. | ||||||
Season 6 (1963–64)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 144 | 1 | "Incident of the Red Wind" | Thomas Carr | Dean Reisner | September 26, 1963 | 1401 |
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Rowdy is sent to search for water and meets a man who claims he knows how to get the herd through the area, but Rowdy must boss when Gil falls over a cliff, and when other drovers are injured, he begins to suspect sabotage. | ||||||
| 145 | 2 | "Incident of Iron Bull" | Christian Nyby | Carey Wilber | October 3, 1963 | 1404 |
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Former warriors meet in Gil's outfit and narrowly avoid another outbreak of war. | ||||||
| 146 | 3 | "Incident at El Crucero" | Earl Bellamy | Charles Larson | October 10, 1963 | 1402 |
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A feisty girl with many brothers falls in love with Gil as he plots to get his herd across her land, and Gil is conflicted about whether to quit bossing and stay in El Crucero. | ||||||
| 147 | 4 | "Incident of the Travellin' Man" | Ted Post | Paul King | October 17, 1963 | 1403 |
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A man wearing leg irons washes up in the river. Gil invites him to travel with the outfit, but comes to regret it. | ||||||
| 148 | 5 | "Incident at Paradise" | Thomas Carr | Charles Larson | October 24, 1963 | 1409 |
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A struggling farmer attempts to convince the people of Paradise Valley to act more kindly, but is unsuccessful until a flood is averted with the drovers' help. | ||||||
| 149 | 6 | "Incident at Farragut Pass" | Thomas Carr | Jack Turley | October 31, 1963 | 1405 |
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A wealthy woman won't let the drovers cross her land unless they will take along her unruly grandson. | ||||||
| 150 | 7 | "Incident at Two Graves" | Harry Harris | Story by : Al C. Ward Teleplay by : Al C. Ward & Samuel Roeca | November 7, 1963 | 1410 |
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An fighting Irishman takes a shine to Rowdy and lets him in on his last life's dream. | ||||||
| 151 | 8 | "Incident of the Rawhiders" | Ted Post | Story by : Jay Simms Teleplay by : Jack Turley & Jay Simms | November 14, 1963 | 1414 |
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When Rowdy stumbles into some rawhiders and is coerced into marrying one, Gil appears to be willing to give him enough rope to hang himself with. | ||||||
| 152 | 9 | "Incident of the Prophecy" | Thomas Carr | Samuel Roeca | November 21, 1963 | 1406 |
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Gil's drovers accidentally kill a man, and the outfit is followed by the dead man's brothers looking for vengeance. | ||||||
| 153 | 10 | "Incident at Confidence Creek" | Harry Harris | Jack Turley | November 28, 1963 | 1413 |
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A man cons the drovers out of the herd, until Rowdy and the man's partner pull a con of their own. | ||||||
| 154 | 11 | "Incident of the Death Dancer" | Thomas Carr | Dean Riesner | December 5, 1963 | 1411 |
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An African lion who has escaped from Elitch Gardens in Denver, called Death Dancer, is hunter and huntee when the drovers meet a man looking for revenge on the animal. | ||||||
| 155 | 12 | "Incident of the Wild Deuces" | Harry Harris | Story by : Preston Wood Teleplay by : Preston Wood & Jack Turley | December 12, 1963 | 1416 |
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Mushy is lucky at poker and wins a crooked dealer's money, leaving Rowdy and Wishbone to save him and his money. | ||||||
| 156 | 13 | "Incident of the Geisha" | Ted Post | Charles Larson | December 19, 1963 | 1407 |
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A Japanese servant girl and the drovers meet and learn important lessons as they handle a band of Indians who believe that the girl is a goddess. | ||||||
| 157 | 14 | "Incident at Ten Trees" | Ted Post | Teleplay by: Carey Wilber Story by: A.I. Bezzerides | January 2, 1964 | 1412 |
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A woman being called a witch by the Cheyenne is befriended by the drovers and reveals a tragedy. | ||||||
| 158 | 15 | "Incident of the Rusty Shotgun" | Ted Post | Story by : Robert M. Stevens Teleplay by : Paul King | January 9, 1964 | 1415 |
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Wishbone runs into a family who's determined that he's the long-awaited fiance of their spinster sister. | ||||||
| 159 | 16 | "Incident of the Midnight Cave" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Barry Trivers Teleplay by : Barry Trivers & Samuel Roeca | January 16, 1964 | 1417 |
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A mishap frightens Wishbone and leads him to think he is blind, until another frightening incident shocks him out of it. | ||||||
| 160 | 17 | "Incident of the Dowery Dundee" | Ted Post | Story by : Samuel Roeca Teleplay by : Samuel Roeca & Joy Dexter | January 23, 1964 | 1418 |
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Gil is called upon to judge between an expectant mother and her estranged husband, and must reunite the two of them before his herd is upset by her cattle. | ||||||
| 161 | 18 | "Incident at Gila Flats" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Samuel Roeca Teleplay by : Paul King & Samuel Roeca | January 30, 1964 | 1419 |
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Enemies overlook prejudices just in time to save a part of the drovers' outfit stranded between warring natives. | ||||||
| 162 | 19 | "Incident of the Pied Piper" | Harry Harris | Story by : Albert Aley Teleplay by : Albert Aley & Samuel Roeca | February 6, 1964 | 1420 |
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Gil must get his cattle and his money back when a stampede sends the herd toward a man running an orphanage. | ||||||
| 163 | 20 | "Incident of the Swindler" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Jack Turley Teleplay by : Jack Turley & John Hawkins | February 20, 1964 | 1422 |
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Wishbone is coerced into helping a former acquaintance and finds a former flame. | ||||||
| 164 | 21 | "Incident of the Wanderer" | Christian Nyby | Carey Wilber | February 27, 1964 | 1423 |
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A man who comes upon the drovers after a storm convinces them to take him miles out of their way, seemingly for nothing. | ||||||
| 165 | 22 | "Incident at Zebulon" | Christian Nyby | Dean Riesner | March 5, 1964 | 1421 |
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Gil is horsewhipped when he tries to save a drover from lynching, and he's determined to clean the town of Zebulon from the men who cleaned it up. | ||||||
| 166 | 23 | "Incident at Hourglass" | Christian Nyby | John Hawkins | March 12, 1964 | 1425 |
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Gil must take his own court-martial defense in hand when a former acquaintance frames him for murder. | ||||||
| 167 | 24 | "Incident of the Odyssey" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Samuel Roeca & Sheldon Stark Teleplay by : Samuel Roeca | March 26, 1964 | 1426 |
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Gil is reminded to treat his drovers like grown men by a jovial traveler searching for the woman he loves. | ||||||
| 168 | 25 | "Incident of the Banker" | Christian Nyby | Chris Miller | April 2, 1964 | 1427 |
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Gil is sick of the men's attitudes, and accepts the situation when he gets stuck trading jobs with a banker. | ||||||
| 169 | 26 | "Incident of El Toro" | Thomas Carr | Charles Larson | April 9, 1964 | 8502 |
| 170 | 27 | "Incident at Deadhorse: Part 1" | Thomas Carr | Paul King | April 16, 1964 | 1428 |
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A professional hangman is rescued by Rowdy and Quince when his enemies bury him alive, and in turn saves Hey Soos when he is bitten by a rattlesnake. Burgess Meredith and Broderick Crawford from Highway Patrol guest stars. | ||||||
| 171 | 28 | "Incident at Deadhorse: Part 2" | Thomas Carr | Paul King | April 23, 1964 | 1428 |
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The hangman whom the drovers rescued is determined to carry out his job in the town of Deadhorse despite discouragement from the townspeople, and the drovers are persuaded to back him up. | ||||||
| 172 | 29 | "Incident of the Gilded Goddess" | Christian Nyby | Don Brinkley | April 30, 1964 | 1408 |
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An old acquaintance of Rowdy's who is accused of murder shanghais him into helping her escape the law, until he begins to see through her story and his emotions. | ||||||
| 173 | 30 | "Incident at Seven Fingers" | Christian Nyby | Story by : John Hawkins Teleplay by : John Hawkins & John Dunkel | May 7, 1964 | 1430 |
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A Buffalo soldier (William Marshall) escaping the army shows himself to be loyal and generous, going against the charges he faces upon capture. | ||||||
| 174 | 31 | "Incident of the Peyote Cup" | Thomas Carr | Dick Nelson | May 14, 1964 | 1424 |
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A tribe of Indians who were half-converted to Christianity long ago attempts to kill Hey Soos and the missionary who taught them. | ||||||
Season 7 (1964–65)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 176 | 1 | "The Race" | Bernard McEveety | Robert Lewin | September 25, 1964 | 2704-0906 |
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Rowdy disagrees with Gil and they each end up bossing a herd in a race to the next destination. | ||||||
| 177 | 2 | "The Enormous Fist" | Bernard L. Kowalski | Sam Ross | October 2, 1964 | 2704-0905 |
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In the process of hiring in a town with job shortages, Gil is accused of killing a man, and his conscience keeps him working to take care of the man's widow and children. | ||||||
| 178 | 3 | "Piney" | Philip Leacock | Clyde Ware | October 9, 1964 | 2704-0911 |
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Gil hopes to pick up some drovers when he meets an old acquaintance, but the man is carrying out his own scheme to recapture the wealth he was cheated out of. | ||||||
| 179 | 4 | "The Lost Herd" | Vincent McEveety | Archie L. Tegland | October 16, 1964 | 2704-0910 |
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A hard decision on the trail costs Gil his herd, but his honesty gains him a new herd at the end of the driving season. | ||||||
| 180 | 5 | "A Man Called Mushy" | Michael O'Herlihy | John Mantley | October 23, 1964 | 2704-0914 |
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A mistake and a misunderstanding lead Mushy to leave the drovers' team, and he lands in a lot of hot water. | ||||||
| 181 | 6 | "Canliss" | Jack Arnold | Stirling Silliphant | October 30, 1964 | 2704-0902 |
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A gunfighter and his wife come to a festival, but the situation is not as it seems. | ||||||
| 182 | 7 | "Damon's Road: Part 1" | Michael O'Herlihy | Richard Carr & Robert Lewin | November 13, 1964 | 2704-0912 |
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In a spoof of the Western, Gil and his drovers are fooled by a harsh, greedy railroad builder who's lost his crew. | ||||||
| 183 | 8 | "Damon's Road: Part 2" | Michael O'Herlihy | Richard Carr & Robert Lewin | November 20, 1964 | 2704-0912 |
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Gil gives tit for tat and won't stop until he gets back the outfit he lost to a greedy railroader. | ||||||
| 184 | 9 | "The Backshooter" | Herschel Daugherty | Richard Carr | November 27, 1964 | 2704-0904 |
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Rowdy is mistaken for the man who shot a robber with a price on his head, and is shunned as he works to uncover the truth. | ||||||
| 185 | 10 | "Corporal Dasovik" | Bernard L. Kowalski | Lionel E. Siegel | December 4, 1964 | 2704-0915 |
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An minor officer with no experience stands by his convictions when his detachment and circumstances are against him. | ||||||
| 186 | 11 | "The Photographer" | Vincent McEveety | Clyde Ware | December 11, 1964 | 2704-0918 |
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Rowdy is assigned to escort an irritating photo enthusiast to a rendezvous, and discovers just how quick-thinking the man is. | ||||||
| 187 | 12 | "No Dogs or Drovers" | Vincent McEveety | Sam Ross & Cliff Gould | December 18, 1964 | 2704-0919 |
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Gil and Rowdy are given special treatment in town, while the rest of the drovers aren't welcomed anywhere. | ||||||
| 188 | 13 | "The Meeting" | Michael O'Herlihy | Robert Lewin | January 1, 1965 | 2704-0916 |
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Gil and another trail boss are kidnapped by a pack of outlaws being herded by a big businessman intent on commanding a beef empire. | ||||||
| 189 | 14 | "The Book" | Bernard L. Kowalski | Cliff Gould | January 8, 1965 | 2704-0908 |
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A bookie with no limits is responsible for many deaths in a small town, until Rowdy wins a shooting contest with a faster draw than the man's prize gunfighter. | ||||||
| 190 | 15 | "Josh" | Herschel Daugherty | Robert E. Thompson | January 15, 1965 | 2704-0920 |
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An aging cattle man can't bring himself to accept the job Gil can give him, but his prospects everywhere else are negative. | ||||||
| 191 | 16 | "A Time for Waiting" | Charles Rondeau | Sy Salkowitz | January 22, 1965 | 2704-0903 |
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Rowdy is asked to visit a man he helped condemn to hang and consider changing the testimony he gave at the court-martial. | ||||||
| 192 | 17 | "Moment in the Sun" | Bernard Girard | Bernard Girard | January 29, 1965 | 2704-0913 |
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Gil is stronghanded into accepting a former drover who's bringing a wanted man into Denver, along with the expected complications. | ||||||
| 193 | 18 | "Texas Fever" | Harmon Jones | John Dunkel | February 5, 1965 | 2704-0926 |
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To save Pete from hanging, Gil must uncover who's been rustling cattle and murdering those who could tell. | ||||||
| 194 | 19 | "Blood Harvest" | Justus Addiss | Walter Black | February 12, 1965 | 2704-0927 |
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An old man brings his grandson to the boy's father working on Gil's drive, to see if the man can be trusted with the job of father. | ||||||
| 195 | 20 | "The Violent Land" | Harmon Jones | Buckley Angell | March 5, 1965 | 2704-0928 |
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In a nod to Season 2, Rowdy experiences the same as Gil, in being captured by Indians and helping to find a white girl living with them. | ||||||
| 196 | 21 | "The Winter Soldier" | Justus Addiss | John Dunkel | March 12, 1965 | 2704-0930 |
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A soldier deserts his post by hanging on with Gil's outfit and some travelers who have been with the cattle drive, and the cowboys are held responsible for dealing with him. | ||||||
| 197 | 22 | "Prairie Fire" | Jesse Hibbs | Teleplay by : Elliott Arnold & Louis Vittes Story by : Elliott Arnold | March 19, 1965 | |
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Wishbone and Gil each have a herd that is growing desperate for rain, and a lot of things on the prairie are burning. | ||||||
| 198 | 23 | "Retreat" | James Goldstone | John Dunkel | March 26, 1965 | |
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Gil is trapped into helping a colonel right a wrong he committed on the eve of his retirement. | ||||||
| 199 | 24 | "The Empty Sleeve" | Justus Addiss | Story by : Endre Bohem Teleplay by : Louis Vittes | April 2, 1965 | |
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A one-armed drover is sent with Pete and others into a town he used to be associated with, looking for salt to keep the herd from dying, and he and those he knew face the past. | ||||||
| 200 | 25 | "The Last Order" | Robert L. Friend | Tom Seller | April 9, 1965 | |
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When $50,000 shows up in camp, Gil is determined to keep it secure no matter what. | ||||||
| 201 | 26 | "Mrs. Harmon" | Michael O'Herlihy | John Mantley | April 16, 1965 | |
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Wishbone meets the family of a man who no drover outfit will hire, and quits the drive to help, including covering for the man's wife when she shoots her husband. | ||||||
| 202 | 27 | "The Calf Women" | Tony Leader | Teleplay by: Louis Vittes & Buckley Angell Story by: Buckley Angell | April 30, 1965 | |
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Mushy gifts the drive's calves to two sisters who are running their father's ranch, and Rowdy falls in love with the older sister, who gives her life to save him. | ||||||
| 203 | 28 | "The Spanish Camp" | Harmon Jones | John Dunkel | May 7, 1965 | |
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A dying doctor and his apprentice prevent the drovers from reaching water with their treasure digging, but both sides successfully negotiate to avoid loss of life and get what they want. | ||||||
| 204 | 29 | "El Hombre Bravo" | Philip Leacock | Herman Groves | May 14, 1965 | |
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When Gil and Mushy pick up some steers from across the Mexican border, they meet an infamous man escaping the Mexican revolutionaries and the Mexican federal officers by escorting a band of children to a mission in New Mexico. Gil must take charge of helping the children to safety when the officers catch up to the man and his friends. | ||||||
| 205 | 30 | "The Gray Rock Hotel" | Stuart Rosenberg | Jack Curtis | May 21, 1965 | |
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Gil's outfit arrives in a deserted town very sick with a mysterious illness, and meet a woman running from her past crimes. | ||||||
Season 8 (1965)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 205 | 1 | "Encounter at Boot Hill" | Sutton Roley | Anthony Spinner | September 14, 1965 | |
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Rowdy has taken control of the cattle drive, and can't find justice for a drover who is killed by a man taking the law into his own hands. | ||||||
| 206 | 2 | "Ride a Crooked Mile" | Justus Addiss | Story by : N.B. Stone Teleplay by : =N.B. Stone & Herman Miller | September 21, 1965 | |
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The loyalty of Rowdy's men is tested by a prize horse. | ||||||
| 207 | 3 | "Six Weeks to Bent Fork" | Thomas Carr | Mort R. Lewis | September 28, 1965 | |
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Rowdy is given a lucrative deal by a cattle owner, but obstacles plague the time-limited drovers all the way along the trail. Rowdy finally uses the herd to protect the whole outfit and show a corrupt sheriff and a disrespectful ramrod how much his word means. | ||||||
| 208 | 4 | "Walk into Terror" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Jerry Adelman Teleplay by : Joanna Thompson & Jerry Adelman | October 5, 1965 | |
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When Simon and Quince are trapped in a mine shaft, the race is on to free them before the air runs out. | ||||||
| 209 | 5 | "Escort to Doom" | Alan Crosland | Walter Black | October 12, 1965 | |
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Rowdy hires some Chiricahua to move the herd along, but the drovers are unsure how things will turn out when the Chiricahuas' enemies, the Pawnee, also show up. | ||||||
| 210 | 6 | "Hostage for Hanging" | Herman Hoffman | Walter Black | October 19, 1965 | |
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A family reneges on a deal with the drovers and holds Rowdy for ransom. | ||||||
| 211 | 7 | "The Vasquez Woman" | Bernard McEveety | Boris Ingster, Louis Vittes | October 26, 1965 | |
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Rowdy's drovers have their herd commandeered for worthless money issued by the Mexican revolutionaries, and consider using the Mexican commander's estranged wife to exchange for the herd. His wife insists on returning to him, but only out of love for someone else. | ||||||
| 212 | 8 | "Clash at Broken Bluff" | Charles Larson | Story by : Louis Vittes Teleplay by : Louis Vittes & Ed Adamson | November 2, 1965 | |
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The drovers are caught up in an election feud between townspeople and a female rancher who wants women's suffrage. | ||||||
| 213 | 9 | "The Pursuit" | Justus Addiss | John Dunkel | November 9, 1965 | |
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A marshal comes after Jed, and Jed and Rowdy stand up for each other until the case can be cleared up. | ||||||
| 214 | 10 | "Duel at Daybreak" | Sutton Roley | Story by : Robert Bloomfield Teleplay by : Robert Bloomfield & Herman Miller | November 16, 1965 | |
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Rowdy contracts with a man (Charles Bronson) who has an uncertain past, and their men on both sides make the association personal. | ||||||
| 215 | 11 | "Brush War at Buford" | Thomas Carr | Mort R. Lewis | November 23, 1965 | |
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The drovers become mixed up with parties who can't forget the War Between the States is over, and must cut their way through the shenanigans on both sides to keep the herd moving. | ||||||
| 216 | 12 | "The Testing Post" | Gerd Oswald | John Hawkins, Ward Hawkins | November 30, 1965 | |
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A band of robbers posing as U.S. Army take some of the herd, and Rowdy and Jed head out to right matters. | ||||||
| 217 | 13 | "Crossing at White Feather" | Richard Whorf | Robert Bloomfield | December 7, 1965 | |
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A father and son pair among the drovers reminds Rowdy of his relationship with his own father, complete with a disastrous scheme. | ||||||
Further reading
- Greenland, David R. (2011). Rawhide: A History of Television's Longest Cattle Drive. Albany, GA: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1593936273.