Colt .45 Episode Guide





1. Judgement Day (The Peacemaker)

First aired: 10/18/1957
Writer: Marion Hargrove
Director: Douglas Heyes
Guest star: Kenneth R. MacDonald (Colonel Parker) , Kenneth Terrell (Townsman), Barry Brooks (Hotel Clerk), Peter Brown (Dave), Erin O'Brien (Sister Helen MacGregor), Andrew Duggan (Jim Rexford), Helen Brown (Sister Howard), Bob Steele (Sgt. Granger)
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Upon his arrival in Cottonwood, Arizona, Chris Colt wants to show off his new guns but a young missionary confronts and berates him for being a violent man.

2. A Time To Die

First aired: 10/25/1957
Writer: Leo Gordon
Director: Douglas Heyes
Guest star: Kenneth R. MacDonald (Colonel Parker) , Wayne Morris (Jim Girad), Dan Blocker (Will), John Daheim (Burke), Edwin Parker (Clete)
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3. The Three Thousand Dollar Bullet

First aired: 11/1/1957
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Joel Ashley (Luke Hanson), Walter Reed (Sawyer), Laurie Mitchell (Adele), Forrest Lewis (Willy Flood), William Lally (Hobbs), Richard Garland (Bill Hodges), Harlan Warde (Dan Crawford), Toni Gerry (Amy Hodges), Michael Dante (Davey Bryant), John Beradino (John Modoc)
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A man Colt is trying to capture is shot down in a saloon after he shoots a young man. Three men try to claim the reward. Colt pretends to be a friend of the dead man but another man recognizes him.

4. Gallows At Granite Gap

First aired: 11/8/1957
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Guest star: Harry Antrim (uncredited), Stuart Randall (Sheriff Monohan), Virginia Gregg (Martha Naylor), John Smith (The Comanche Kid), Bill Henry (Deputy Trask)
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Colt captures the Comanche Kid in Granite Gap and the townspeople are determined to hang him. All but an elderly woman who believes the Kid is her long-lost son.

5. Small Man

First aired: 11/15/1957
Writer: Frederick Brady
Director: Edward Bernds
Guest star: Chris Alcaide (Grimes), George J. Lewis (the Sheriff), George Barrows (Henton), John L. Cason (Hank Reeves), Jay Novello (John Barnett), Paul E. Burns (Hawkins), Charles Fredericks (Larkin), Vicki Raaf (Madge), Rayford Barnes (Brent Nelson)
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6. Final Payment

First aired: 11/22/1957
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Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Hollis Irving (uncredited), Dick Foran (Tuck Degan), James Nolan (Ben Bluestone), John Cliff (Cade Bluestone), Walter Barnes (Mace Bluestone)
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7. One Good Turn

First aired: 11/29/1957
Writer: John McGreevey
Director: Edward Bernds
Guest star: Nacho Galindo (Dominguez), Vincent Padula (Francesco Nunez), Peter Brown (Jimmy Benedict), Lisa Montell (Teresa Valdez), William Phipps (Trumbull), Alma Beltran (Maria Valdez), Robert Anderson (Cranly), Michael Healey (Becker)
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8. Last Chance

First aired: 12/6/1957
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Guest star: Willard Sage (Morgan Brent), Tina Carver (Kate Grant), Kent Taylor (Wallace Grant), Aline Towne (Marion Whittier), Stacy Keach, Sr. (Sheriff Ben Mason)
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9. Young Gun

First aired: 12/13/1957
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Director: Walter Grauman
Guest star: Murvyn Vye (Sheriff Willoughby), Roy Barcroft (the Customer), Peter Brown (Jimmy Benedict), Nesdon Booth (The Bartender), Charles Bronson (Danny Gordon), Lurene Tuttle (Frances Benedict), James Anderson (I) (Jeff Lanier), Hugh Sanders (I) (Sheriff Powers), Jaclynne Greene (Julie)
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10. Rebellion

First aired: 12/20/1957
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Director: Walter Grauman
Guest star: Robert Warwick (Judge Killian), Leslie Bradley (Colonel Jack Lillian), Mary Beth Hughes (Clover Haig), Fran Bennett (II) (Laura Lillian)
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11. The Gypsies

First aired: 12/27/1957
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Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Lyn Thomas (Nan Wilson), Steve Darrell (Marshal Terry Wilson), Don Megowan (Deputy Pete Dawson), Paul Picerni (Quito)
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12. Sign In The Sand

First aired: 1/3/1958
Writer: Frederick Brady
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Kenneth R. MacDonald (Colonel Parker) , Francis DeSales (unknown), Jimmy Lydon (Frank Harper), William Tannen (Dave), Charles Tannen (The Wrangler)
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13. The Mirage

First aired: 1/10/1958
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Guest star: Richard Monahan (uncredited), Ana Maria Majalca (Maurita), Frank Puglia (Ramon Esperanza), John Vivyan (George F. Foley), Valentin de Vargas (Carlos Hernandez), Don 'Red' Barry (Captain Thane)
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14. Blood Money

First aired: 1/17/1958
Writer: David Lang
Director: Abner Biberman
Guest star: Nesdon Booth (the Fat Man), Fred Sherman (the 2nd Clerk), David McMahon (the Blacksmith), Benny Baker (the Clerk), Jerry Paris (Joe Bullock), Randy Stuart (Julie), John Cliff (Roper)
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15. Dead Reckoning

First aired: 1/24/1958
Writer: Jack Harvey
Director: Abner Biberman
Guest star: Kenneth R. MacDonald (Colonel Parker) , Addison Richards (Warden Johnson), Ralph Dumke (Senator King), Robert 'Buzz' Henry (Pete Dill), Willard Thompson (the Sheriff), Bill Erwin (the Hotel Clerk), Richard Webb (Rocky Norton), Joan Vohs (Katherine Norton), Jason Robards Sr. (Judge Hesby), Lee Van Cleef (Devery)
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16. Decoy

First aired: 1/31/1958
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Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Kathleen Crowley (Elena), Pierre Warkin (Colonel Duncan), Christopher Dark (Don Ramon), Ernestine Barrier (Dona Rita)
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17. Rare Specimen

First aired: 2/7/1958
Writer: Gene Levitt
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Kenneth R. MacDonald (Colonel Parker) , Kasey Rogers (Molly Field), Charles Cooper (Jed Dailey), Frank Ferguson (Todd)
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Undercover government agent Chris Colt is wounded during a train robbery. A woman passenger uses a piece of needlework to patch up his bullet-torn jacket and this piece of fabric provides a valuable clue later on.

18. Mantrap

First aired: 2/14/1958
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Guest star: Venetia Stevenson (Valintine), Peter Whitney (Ralph), Don 'Red' Barry (Percival), Travis Bryan (Bernard), Robert Fortier (Tom Simons)
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19. Ghost Town

First aired: 2/21/1958
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Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Joanna Barnes (Kate Henniger), Bing Russell (Jack Lowden), Arthur Space (Jud), John Litel (Hosea Tillery)
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20. Golden Gun

First aired: 2/28/1958
Writer: Frederick Brady
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Benny Baker, Mark Tapscott, Stuart Randall, Herbert Lytton, Ron Hayes, Wally Cassell, Charles Fredericks, Lane Chandler, Paul Fix (Frank Wilson Sr.), Edd Byrnes (Frank Wilson Jr.), Dawn Richard (Liz Frome)
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Gunfighter Frank Wilson arrives in the town his son is living in. He is challenged to a gunfight at the bar, reluctantly kills the challenger and then collapses. The doctor says it's only a matter of time before Wilson dies. His son, Frank Wilson, Jr., is using an alias as he is ashamed of his father's reputation. Colt tells Frank Jr. of his father's condition and he visits his father just before he dies. His father bequeaths him his golden gun and a map as to where he hid $50,000 in stolen money. Frank, Jr. is challenged to a gunfight, wins and decides to leave town with his girlfriend. She will not leave if he keeps the $50,000. He enlists Colt's aid to find the money and turns it in to the Marshal, asking him to spread the story that Frank Wilson, Jr. is dead.

21. Circle Of Fear

First aired: 3/7/1958
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Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Tol Avery (Archer Belgarde), Joan Weldon (Edith Murrow), Jean Willes (Blanche Waymer), Harvey Stephens (Major David Trevelen), Sean Garrison (Chuck Dudley)
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22. Split Second

First aired: 3/14/1958
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Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Richard Garland (Tack Bleeker), Elaine Edwards (Alice), Arthur Batanides (Frank Fowler), Dan Riss (Sheriff Milo)
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23. Point Of Honor

First aired: 3/21/1958
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Guest star: Cameron Mitchell (Dr. Alan McMurdo), Marcia Henderson (Dr. Lee Taylor), Emile Meyer (Tom Shannon), John Smith (Shelby)
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24. The Deserters

First aired: 3/28/1958
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Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Angie Dickinson (Laura Meadows), Michael Dante (Ab Saunders), Myron Healey (Fur Trader), Obie Venner (Fur Trader), Robert Foulk (Fur Trader)
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25. The Manbuster

First aired: 4/4/1958
Writer: Oliver Drake
Director: Oliver Drake
Guest star: Chris Warfield (Monty Chandler), Jaclynne Greene (Harriet Brenner), George Keymas (Pete Cerrilos), Gil Perkins (Hank Lawlet), Don Beddoe (Ticket Agent), Gregg Barton (Marshal), Jody Angelo (Lounger)
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26. Long Odds

First aired: 4/11/1958
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Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: John Hubbard, Robert J. Wilke (Cherry Lane), Paul Engle (Billy), Karl Swenson (Courtwright), Charmienne Harker (Mother)
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27. The Escape

First aired: 4/5/1959
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Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Adam West (Sgt. Ed Kallen), Myrna Fahey (Sue)
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28. Dead Aim

First aired: 4/12/1959
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Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: John Doucette (Lou Gore), Bing Russell (Jed Coy), Jaclynne Greene (Millie), James Maloney (Clark Lingle)
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29. The Magic Box

First aired: 4/19/1959
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Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Vaughn Taylor (Oliver Pate), Michael Carr (White Wolf), Dan Sheridan (Babcock), Barbara Stuart (Belle), Maurice Manson (Brady)
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30. The Confession

First aired: 4/26/1959
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Director: Harold Daniels
Guest star: Dallas Mitchell (Joe Donnelly), Dorothy Provine (Ann Donnelly), Charles Aidman (Arthur Sibley), Don C. Harvey (Sheriff Clinter)
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31. The Man Who Loved Lincoln

First aired: 5/3/1959
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Director: Arthur Ripley
Guest star: Robert McQueeney (Edwin Booth), Hugh Sanders (I) (Jameson), Roxane Berard (Adah Menken), Donald Buka (David Belasco)
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32. The Sanctuary

First aired: 5/10/1959
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Director: Jodie Copelan
Guest star: Lyle Talbot (Sheriff Clyde Chadwick), Harry Lauter (Johnny Tyler), Andra Martin (Lorelei Chadwick), Van Williams (Tom Rucker)
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33. The Saga Of Sam Bass

First aired: 5/17/1959
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Director: William J. Hole Jr.
Guest star: Alan Hale Jr. (Sam Bass), Ann Doran (Liz Sawyer), House Peters Jr. (Sheriff), Mickey Simpson (Bass's Cohorts), Ken Clark (Bass's Cohorts)
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34. Amnesty

First aired: 5/24/1959
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Director: William J. Hole Jr.
Guest star: Barbara Darrow (uncredited), Robert Conrad (Billy The Kid), Willis Bouchey (Governor Wallace), Wayne Heffley (Pat Garrett)
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35. The Pirate

First aired: 5/31/1959
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Guest star: Neil Hamilton (I) (Capt. Johnson), Patti Kane (Gilda), Lance Fuller (Orin Mason), Robert Foulk (Bosun Boggs)
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36. Law West Of The Pecos

First aired: 6/7/1959
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Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Jack Lambert (uncredited), Frank Ferguson (Judge Roy Bean), Lisa Gaye (June Webster), William Lally (Sergeant Webster), Douglas Kennedy (Jay Brisco)
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37. Don't Tell Joe

First aired: 6/14/1959
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Guest star: Adam West (Maeshal Joe Benjamin), James Anderson (I) (Shift Wilson), Mary Webster (Martha), Charles Fredericks (Ollie Blaine)
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38. Return To El Paso

First aired: 6/21/1959
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Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Robert Lowery (Richard Delgado), Paul Picerni (Jose), Kasey Rogers (Jessica Delgado), Jimmy Lydon (Willy)
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39. Night Of Decision

First aired: 6/28/1959
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Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Edith Evanson (Ma Thorpe), Leonard Nimoy (Luke Reid), Dallas Mitchell (Ben)
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40. Queen Of Dixie

First aired: 10/4/1959
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Director: Herbert L. Strock
Guest star: George Cisar, Dale Johnson, John Alderson (The Captain), Andy Clyde (Scatterbrain Gibbs), Tol Avery (Barnes)
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41. The Reckoning

First aired: 10/11/1959
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Guest star: Kelly Thordsen, Jack Mather (Father Knox), Joe Di Reda (Hicks), Buzz Martin (Billy Gibson)
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42. The Devil's Godson

First aired: 10/18/1959
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Director: Herbert L. Strock
Guest star: Adam West (Doc. Holliday), Ann Morriss (Anne Ryan), Billy Wells (Billy Taylor), Alan Dexter (Sheriff Ken Ryan), Forrest Lewis (Mr. Van Rensselaer), Lane Bradford (Pete Jessup), Nick Pawl
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43. The Rival Gun

First aired: 10/25/1959
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Guest star: Robert McQueeney (Duke), George Kennedy (Hank), Dick Rich (Butch), Alden (General Nelson Miles), Natividad Vacio (Senor Afilador)
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44. The Hothead

First aired: 11/1/1959
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Guest star: Troy Donahue (Jim Gibson), Ruta Lee (Dottie Hampton), John McCann (Outlaw), K.L. Smith (Outlaw)
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45. A Legend Of Buffalo Bill

First aired: 11/8/1959
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Director: Emory Horger
Guest star: Britt Lomond (Buffalo Bill Cody), C. Lindsay Workman (Ned Buntline)
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46. Yellow Terror

First aired: 11/15/1959
Writer: Irwin Winehouse, A. Sanford Wolfe
Director: Paul Landres
Guest star: Richard Devon (Ed Pike), Kaye Elhardt (Lucie), Andy Clyde (Captain Gibbs), Brad Dexter (John Barker)
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47. Tar And Feathers

First aired: 11/22/1959
Writer: A. Sanford Wolfe, Irwin Winehouse
Director: Emory Horger
Guest star: Craig Duncan (Matt), Arthur Space (Doc Hutchins), Tom London (The Old Man), James Beck (Kirby), Sal Ponti (Andre Bourdette), Jennifer Lea (Louise Porter), Howard Petrie (John Porter)
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48. Alias Mr. Howard

First aired: 12/6/1959
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Guest star: Mike Road (Mr. Howard), Howard Ledig (Woodie Keene), Jane Nigh (Zee), Harry Harvey, Sr. (Thompson)
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49. Calamity

First aired: 12/13/1959
Writer: Dwight Newton
Director: Paul Guilfoyle (I)
Guest star: Robert Armstrong (Jud Bowlens), Mickey Simpson (Hooker), John Close (Johnson), Frosty Royce (Nick), John Craven (I) (The Guard), Dal McKennon (The Agent), Joan Taylor (Dr. Ellen McGraw), Dody Heath (Calamity Jane)
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50. Under False Pretenses

First aired: 1/10/1960
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Guest star: Suzanne Lloyd (Julie Gannon), Joe Patridge (Dade Wagner), Tim Graham (I) (Ed Mills), Jack Hogan (Cliff)
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51. Impasse

First aired: 1/31/1960
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Director: Paul Landres
Guest star: Randy Sparks, I. Stanford Jolley, Holly Bane, Don Haggerty, Sandy Koufax (Johnny), Harry Lauter (Rare Larson), Linda Lawson (Barbara), Roy Engel (Marshal Ben Staley), Ann Doran (Mrs. Staley)
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52. Arizona Anderson

First aired: 2/14/1960
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Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Mike Road (Anderson), Catherine McCleod (Mrs. Anderson), Allan Lane (Gilby), Arthur Space (Marshal Len Jennings), Don 'Red' Barry
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53. The Cause

First aired: 2/28/1960
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Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Guest star: Jay Novello, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Martinez), Tristram Coffin (Colonel Willis Murdock), Miguel Ángel Landa (Ramon), Julia Montoya (Senora Martinez)
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54. Phantom Trail

First aired: 3/13/1960
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Director: Lew Landers
Guest star: John Archer (Joe Holman), John McCann (Dan Thorne), Don 'Red' Barry (Stevens), Walter Maslow (Burke)
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55. Breakthrough

First aired: 3/27/1960
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Guest star: Charles Cooper, Faith Domergue (Suzanne Tremaine), Walter Reed (Harry Dodson), Archie Duncan (Jeff Kincaid)
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56. Chain Of Command

First aired: 4/5/1960
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Director: Lew Landers
Guest star: Gary Vinson, Alan Baxter (Colonel Bealey), Ross Elliott (Major Parker), Gordon Jones (Sergeant O'Hickey), Jean Blake (Honora)
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57. Alibi

First aired: 4/12/1960
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Guest star: Don Haggerty (Marshal Bill Thompson), James Bell (Coroner Andrew Karp), Claudia Barrett (Janice Benson), Jock Gaynor
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58. Absent Without Leave

First aired: 4/19/1960
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Guest star: Steve Brodie, Gary Conway (Lt. Charles Williams), Tyler McVey (Colonel Ben Williams), Andra Martin (Mary Steele)
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59. Strange Encounter

First aired: 4/26/1960
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Guest star: Vaughn Taylor (Dr. Craig), Kasey Rogers (Jeannie O'Mara), Frank Albertson (General Devery), Holly Bane (Sergeant Quinn), Robert Colbert (Bill Mannix)
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60. Trial By Rope

First aired: 5/3/1960
Writer: William F. Leicester, W. Hermanos
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Guest star: Barry Kelley (Marshal Tompkins), Maurice Manson (William Banning), Alan Lane (the Mayor), Lurene Tuttle (Lottie Strong), Pamela Duncan (Dora Lacey), Ed Kemmer (Ben Anderson), Don Chastain (Gerald Wiley)
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61. The Gandy Dancers

First aired: 5/10/1960
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Guest star: Charles Fredericks (Marshal Ed Springer), Joan Lora (Anna Ziegler), Elaine Edwards (Dr. Wallen), John Wengraf (Kozak)
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62. Martial Law

First aired: 5/17/1960
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Guest star: Margaret Whiting (Vinnie Berkeley), Ray Daley (Sgt. Jim Perris), Robert Foulk (Marshal Hacker), Merritt Bohn (Mayor Tullow), Paul Picerni (Duke Blaine), Percy Helton (Wes Mason), Joseph Ruskin (Jace Kirby)
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63. Attack

First aired: 5/24/1960
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Director: William J. Hole Jr.
Guest star: Richard Garland (Seth Johnson), Sharon Hugueny (Running Deer), Frank Gerstle (Ed Garrick), Glenn Strange, Robert Colbert (Clay)
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64. Bounty List

First aired: 5/31/1960
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Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Harp McGuire, J. Edward McKinley, Ray Danton (Kane), Janet Lake (Harriet Potts), Ron Foster (Tommy Potts)
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65. Appointment In Agoura

First aired: 6/7/1960
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Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Alan Reynolds, Steve Drexel, Rhodes Reason (Ben Thompson), Hal Torey (Abel Sanger), Chris Robinson (Cal Sanger)
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66. Showdown At Goldtown

First aired: 6/14/1960
Writer: W. Hermanos, William F. Leicester
Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: John L. Cason (Trell), Dan Sheridan (Driscoll), Larry J. Blake (Tim Corey), Ken Terrell (The Bar Patron), Ruta Lee (Molly Perkins), Harry Shannon (Clay Cooper), Jered Barclay (Tip Cooper), Robert Colbert (Johnny Moore)
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67. The Trespasser

First aired: 6/21/1960
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Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Ray Teal (Mike O'Tara), Lee Van Cleef (Red Feather), Pamela Duncan (Belle O'Tara), Arthur Space (Colonel Tomkin), Gary Vinson (Lieutenant Sims)
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