Wagon Train – Season 2 (1958-1959) Episode Guide

SEASON TWO 1958-1959

Wednesdays 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM on NBC

The Studio has released some episodes on DVD:

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United States

October 1958 – April 1959
1. Gunsmoke 2. Wagon Train 3. Have Gun Will Travel 4. The Rifleman 5. The Danny Thomas Show 6. Maverick 7. Tales of Wells Fargo 8. The Real McCoys 9. I’ve Got A Secret 10. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 11. The Price Is Right 12. The Red Skelton Show	13. Zane Grey Theatre 14. Father Knows Best 15. The Texan 16. Wanted: Dead or Alive 17. Peter Gunn 18. Cheyenne 19. Perry Mason 20. The Ford Show 21. Sugarfoot 22. The Ann Sothern Show 23. The Perry Como Show 24. Alfred Hitchcock Presents 25. Name That Tune

United Kingdom

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Figures show the number of homes in millions who watched

1959

1. Wagon Train – 6.13 2. Take Your Pick – 5.98 3. Sunday Palladium-5.95 4. The Army Game – 5.72 5. Double Your Money – 5.60 6. Concentration – quiz – 5.59 7. Emergency Ward Ten – 5.51 8. Dotto – 5.50 9. Arthur Haynes Show – variety/comedy – 5.39 10. Armchair Theatre – 5.38 11. Play of the Week – 5.30 12. Knight Errant – weekly drama/modern day adventure – 5.25 13. Probation Officer – weekly drama/crime – 5.19 14. No Hiding Place – weekly drama/police 5.16 15. Saturday Spectacular – variety – 5.07 16 TV Playhouse – anthology – 5.03 17. Hippodrome – variety – 4.94 18. Spot the Tune – 4.92 19. The Larkins – sitcom – 4.87 20. Blackpool Circus – variety – 4.86

Episode Guide – Season 2

TITLE	SYNOPSIS	GUEST STARS	COMMENTS
Around the Horn (ep. #2.1) 10/1/1958	Looking for a good time in San Francisco, Adams, Wooster and Hawks are shanghaied aboard a schooner headed for New Orleans – by way of South America! Meanwhile McCullough is riding back East, visiting along the way.	William Bendix as Capt. Cobb Ernest Borgnine as Willie Moran Sandy Descher, Harold Fong, Angela Greene, Marc Lawrenc, Osa Massen, Gil Perkins, Ethel Shutta, Patrick Westwood	Ward Bond Robert Horton Believe it or not, there are sharks in this episode! Ernest Borgnine reprises his role from the Willy Moran Story (ep. #1.1); He also appeared in the Estaban Zamora Story (ep. # 3.4); the Earl Packer Story (ep. # 4.15) and in the Indian Girl Story (ep. #8.24)
Juan Ortega Story (ep. #2.2) 10/8/1958 7/8/1959 (rerun)	Flint and the Major come across a Mexican youth in deep shock after seeing his father lynched by three strangers. Taking the young man with them, they find a victim of Indian torture along the route. The lad’s knowledge of herbal medicine saves the man but it is discovered he is one of the murderers.	Dean Stockwell as Juan Ortega Robert F. Simon as Jay Thorton Robert Osterloh as Ransome Jarvis Larry J. Blake, Lillian Bronson, Paul Langton, Vic Perrin,	Ward Bond Robert HortonDean Stockwell would star as Al Calavicci in Quantum LeapStockwell also played in the Ruth Owens Story (ep. #1.4); the Rodney Lawrence Story (ep. #2.36); the Will Santee Story (ep. #4.31) and the Richard Bloodgood Story (ep. #8.10)
Jennifer Churchill Story, (ep. #2.3) 10/15/1958 7/22/1959 (rerun)	A beautiful woman flees her wealthy father and a planned wedding by joining the train. When Flint learns that a reward has been offered for her return, he tries to help her escape her bounty hunters. With a bit of romance thrown in!	Rhonda Fleming as Jennifer Churchill Andy Clyde as Fred Eddy Waller as Ned Paul Maxey as Mr. Churchill Maurice Hugo as Palmer	A great Robert Horton episodeRhonda Fleming also appears in the Patience Miller Story (ep. #4.16) and in the Sandra Cummings Story (ep. #7.11)
Tobias Jones Story (ep. #2.4) 10/22/1958 8/5/1959 (rerun)	A young orphan appoints herself guardian of a homeless drifter, Tobias, and together they stow away on the train. Discovering them, the Major puts the to work to earn their passage, but the others distrust the drifter, especially after a man is found murdered with Tobias’ knife.	Lou Costello as Tobias Jones Beverely Washburn as Midge Harry Van Zell as Nathaniel Ferguson Jume Clayworth as Martha Folsom Morris Ankrum as Michael Folsom Peter Breck as Alf Meadows	“Burns and Allen” announcer Harry Van Zell wrote the script and appears as Nathaniel Ferguson
Liam Fitzmorgan Story (ep. #2.5) 10/28/1958	Ordered by Ireland’s Freedom Fighters to find the traitor who caused the execution of several of their followers, Liam joins the train. A group of Irish settlers already with the train become very distrustful of him.	Cliff Robertson as Liam Fitzmorgan Audrey Dalton as Laura Grady Rhys Williams as James Grady David Leland, as Michael Dermoth Terrence De Marney, Sean Meany, Michael Rye	Robert Horton
Doctor Willoughby Story (ep. #2.6) 11/5/1958 8/19/1959 (rerun)	A woman doctor joins the train to carry out an assignment to practice medicine in a Western town. On the trip a badly injured Indian chief is brought for help and the Indians threaten to attack the wagons if she doesn’t save him.	Jane Wyman as Dr. Carol Willoughby Alan Marshal as Bart Grover Orville Sherman as Hank Simmons Tony Rock as Dying Man Ethel Shutta, Dick Wilson	“Burns and Allen” announcer Harry Van Zell wrote the script
Pre-empted 11/12/1958
Bije Wilcox Story (ep. #2.7) 11/19/1958 7/15/1959	A man joins the train looking for his missing brother. He has received a letter from a man telling him he knows where the brother is and is to meet up with him.	Chill Wills as Bije Wilcox Lawrence Dobkin as Medicine Mark Onslow Stevens as Mason Abraham Sofaer as Bull Man Richard Evans, Chuck Roberson
Millie Davis Story (ep. #2.8) 11/26/1958	Passing thru a town ahead of the train, Flint sees an old friend who is afraid her adopted daughter will be taken from her by the girl’s elderly maternal grandmother. So Millie tells her that Flint and she are the parents.	Nancy Gates as Millie Davis Evelyn Rudie as Penny Eleanor Audley as Mrs. Winston Irving Bacon, Whit Bissell, James Coburn, Harry Hines, Chubby Johnson, , Amzie Strickland	Robert Horton
Sakae Ito Story (ep. #2.9) 12/3/1958 9/2/1959 (rerun)	The Major encounters a Samurai warrior and his servant on their way to San Francisco carrying a large urn. Suspecting that the urn contains gold, three men steal it and run off.	Sessue Hayakawa as Sakae Ito James Griffith as Sailor Blaine Robert Kino as Matsu Jack Lambert as Tom Revere Henry Rowland as Burl Miching Dennis Moore, Steven Ritch	Sessue Hayakawa won an Oscar nomination for his role in Bridge on the River Kwai
Tent City Story (ep. #2.10) 12/10/1958	After arguing with the Major over his punishment of a passenger who shot a buffalo on Indian hunting grounds, Flint quits the train and becomes marshal of Tent City.	Wayne Morris as Will Hardesty Audrey Totter as Goldie Slim Pickens as Rafe Peter Coe, Juney Ellis, Earl Hansen, Carol Henry, William Henry, Dennis McCarthy	A strong Robert Horton story which includes Ward Bond
Beauty Jamison Story (ep. #2.11) 12/17/1958 8/26/1959 (rerun)	A woman rancher owns the largest land area in the territory and wants even more. She refuses Flint permission for the wagons to cross her land as he is friendly with the neighboring smaller ranches with which she is in conflict.	Virginia Mayo as Beauty Jamison Russell Johnson as Steve Marshall Phil Chambers as Luke Carter Frank Gerstle as Chris Grimes Ken Mayer as Judge Bascombe Charles Tannen as Ralph Jessup Jim Bannon, May Lee	A good Robert Horton episodeRussell Johnson would end up stranded as “The Professor” on Gilligan’s Island and also appears in the Cliff Grundy Story (ep. #1.15) and the Shiloh Degnan Story (ep. #6.8).
Mary Ellen Thomas Story (ep. #2.12) 12/24/1958	An orphan girl, traveling West to join some relatives is rejected by the other passengers because of her unhappy disposition.	Patty McCormack as Mary Ellen Thomas Claudia Bryar, Richard H. Cutting, Jenny Hecht, Barbara Pepper, Vernon Rich	Robert Horton
Dick Richardson Story (ep. #2.13) 12/31/1958	After sending two men to buy horses with the Emergency Fund, Adams is wondering if they will return, especially after one horse returns riderless.	John Ericson as Dick Richardson Betty Lynn as Molly Jeanne Bates, Dennis Holmes, Jack Lomas, Ethel Shutta, Lyle Talbot, Aline Towne, Dan White	Ward Bond
Kitty Angel Story (ep. #2.14) 1/7/1959 9/9/1959	A woman of questionable character is ostracized by the indignant wives of the men travelers, but she is the only one with the compasion to care for an orphaned Indian baby. When the baby contracts smallpox, the Major is pressured to leave her and the baby behind.	Anne Baxter as Kitty Angel Henry Hull as Obediah Finch Ben Morris as Ben Holden Vivi Janiss as Cassie Holden Kathleen Freeman as Sairy Hogg Abel Fernández, David Leland, Ethel Shutta, Steve Warren	Robert Horton
Flint McCullough Story (ep. #2.15) 1/14/1959	Flint encounters an old enemy at Fort Bridger, which is home to McCullough.	Everett Sloane as Jase Taylor Joel Ashley, Charles Cooper, Logan Field, Milton Frome, Buzz Martin, Theodore Newton, Rebecca Welles	A great Robert Horton episode which further develops the character
Hunter Malloy Story (ep. #2.16) 1/21/1959 8/12/59 (rerun)	Two men traveling on the train, about to rob a young couple of their life savings, discover gold along the trail. Adams is warning his passengers that they must move on before they’re trapped by snow, but no one will heed his warning	Lloyd Nolan as Hunter Malloy Terence de Marney as Whitey Burke Troy Donahue as Ted Garner Luana Patten as Natalie Garner Joe Abdullah as Radford Bill Erwin as Clegg Theodore Newton as Darly Grant	A young Troy Donahue right before his success
Ben Courtney Story (ep. #2.17) 1/28/1959	Flint escorts two families from the train to a settlement in Bitter Springs. But the townspeople refuse to let one couple stay unless they give up their adopted Black son.	Stephen McNally as Ben Courtney John Larch, as John Ramsey Kay Stewart as Leona Ramsey Darryl Glenn as Daniel Judith Ames, Richard Hale, Tom McKee, Roger Mobley, Phillip Pine, Arthur Space	A strong Robert Horton episode
Ella Lindstrom Story (ep. #2.18) 2/4/1959 9/16/1959	A woman’s husband dies, leaving her to are for their seven children, one of whom is a deaf mute.	Bette Davis as Ella Lindstrom Robert Fuller as Fitzpatrick Bobby Buntrock as Bo Harold Daye as Stig Alex Gerry as Dr. Monroe Susan Henning as Britt Terry Kelman as Lennart Norman Leavitt as Bartender Cindy Robbins as Inga Jamie Matt as Brigitte	Robert Fuller appears in this episode, before he became Coop SmithDirector Allen H. Milner also directed Davis in The Elizabeth McQueeny Story (ep. 3.5); Davis also appears in the Bettina May Story (ep. #5.12)
Last Man (ep. #2.19) 2/11/1959	Flint McCullough finds a bedraggled survivor of an ill-fated wagon train along the trail and a found diary indicates that his survival cost the other passengers their lives. Even so, he is befriended by Ellen whose fiancé was on that ill-fated train	Dan Duryea as Stranger Judi Meredith as Ellen Emerson Damian O’Flynn as Mr. Emerson Wilton Graff as Mr. Wentworth Marx Hartman as Harris Lenny Geer as Mr. Kenny Valerie Mitchell as Mrs. Kenny	Robert HortonDan Duryea also appears in the Cliff Grundy Story (ep. #1.15); the Sacramento Story (ep. # 1.39); Joshua Gilliam Story (ep. #3.25); the Bleymier Story (ep. #4.8); the Wagon Train Mutiny (ep. #6.1); and the Race Town Story (ep. #8.4)
Old Man Charvanaugh Story (ep. #2.20) 2/18/1959	Escorting a family to a settlement, Flint is joined by a concertina playing wanderer who is really a ruthless bandit. McCullough and the family are left to wander without proper clothing or supplies.	J. Carrol Naish as Charvanaugh Dorothy Green as Helen Lerner Bernadette Withers as Sybil Lerner Ricky Klein as Duane Lerner Jeff Daley, Mickey Finn, L.Q. Jones, Quintin Sondergaard	A great Robert Horton episodeJ. Carroll Naish also appeared in the Benjamin Burns Story (ep. # 3.19)
Annie Griffith Story (ep. #2.21) 2/25/1959	Looking for a pass on snow covered mountains, Flint McCullough is ambushed and badly wounded. A rugged unkempt woman finds him and nurses him back to health, hoping to trade him to the Indians	Jan Sterling as Annie Griffith Robert Anderson as Blade Griffith Clem Bevans as Old Man John Dehner as Cleve Colter Michael Bachus as Mert Gunner	Good Robert Horton episodeJan Sterling also appears in the Selena Hartnell Story (ep. #5.4)
Jasper Cato Story (ep. #2.22) 3/4/1959	When a Bostonian joins the train, Adams is suspicious when he discovers that the stranger is anxious to find a small town newspaper editor. As this editor is a friend, the major sets out to get to the town first	Brian Donlevy as Jasper Cato Allen Case as Collins	Ward Bond
Vivian Carter Story (ep. #2.23) 3/11/1959	Flint escorts a woman to town to meet up with her fiance, who as it turns out, is already married. Luckily, a fellow traveler on the train loves her too	Phyllis Thaxter as Vivian Carter Lorne Greene as Christopher Webb Patric Knowles as Bert Carter Jane Darwell as Mrs. Anderson	Good Robert Horton episodeThis is right before Lorne Greene becomes Ben Cartwright (1959-1973)
Conchita Vasquez Story (ep. #2.24) 3/18/1959	Conchita, a Spanish American girl, lures Flint into a trap so that her people can capture him and hold him for ransom. But afterwards, she decides to help him.	Anna Maria Alberghetti as Conchita Vasquez John Goddard, William Lundmark, Joyce Meadows, Alan Reynolds, Carlos Romero	Robert Horton
Sister Rita Story (ep. #2.25) 3/25/1959	Flint leaves the train to guide three nuns to Nevada, where they plan to start an Indian mission school. Although the nuns find McCullough as strange as he finds them, a camaraderie develops	Vera Miles as Sister Rita Frances Bavier as Sr. Joseph Sylvia Marriott as Sr. Monica Lalo Rios	Great Robert Horton episode
Matthew Lowry Story (ep. #2.26) 4/1/1959	A one-armed Quaker, considered a coward by his younger brother, is constantly ridiculed by a fellow passenger.	Richard Anderson as Matthew Lowry Ronny Anton as Benjamin John Pickard as Jed Otis Cathleen Nesbitt, Dorothy Provine	Roy Rogers TV sidekick, Pat Brady, has a cameo as Lane Gunderson
Swift Cloud Story (ep. #2.27) 4/8/1959 7/29/1959	The lame son of an Indian chief is captured when his father threatens to attack the train. Major Adams offers to spare his life and cure his leg, in exchange for the safe passage of the train.	Rafael Campos as Swift Cloud Henry Brandon as Fire Cloud Alan Baxter as Jeb Harcourt Edmund Hashim as Wamsutta Otto Waldis as Amos Peeks Johnny Washbrook as Tommy Peeks Lee Pappell as Edouard Cadol	Ward Bond
Vincent Eaglewood Story (ep. #2.28) 4/15/1959	Hired as a school teacher for the train’s children, a meek man takes his job very seriously.	Wally Cox as Vincent Eaglewood Robert Eyer as Elwood Hennepin Gail Kobe as Erika Hennepin Mary Gregory as Mrs. Benadarsi Felix Locher as Zona Reed Morgan as Ben Denike Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams as Bryngelson William Riggs as Ket-Tam Karen Sue Trent as Oma Jean	This episode was written by David Swift, creator of guest star Wally Cox’s Mr. Peepers series.
Clara Duncan Story (ep. #2.29) 4/22/1959	The fiancee and father of a missing artist are on their way West to find him. Flint finds one of his paintings and all believe the artist is in danger.	Angie Dickinson as Clara Duncan Eduardo Ciannelli as Sylvio Soriano Robert Clarke, Robert Easton, Rusty Lane, William Reynolds	Robert Horton
Duke LeMay Story (ep. #2.30) 4/29/1959	An escaped convict joins the train, trailed by a deputy sheriff from East. Frightened when the sheriff catches up, the man shoots him and flees.	Cameron Mitchell as Duke Lemay Joan Evans as Sarah Terry Kelman as Davey Edward Platt as Matthew Sinclair	Cameron Mitchell would go on to play Buck Cannon in The High Chapparal
Kate Parker Story (ep. #2.31) 5/6/1959	When a young woman is seriously injured, Kate offers to stay with her and her husband while the train goes on to the next town for a doctor. After the wagons leave, Kate’s husband decides to kill the injured woman and her husband and steal their gold.	Virginia Grey as Kate Parker Robert Fuller as Chris Royal Dano as Boone Caulder Ruta Lee as Evie Findley Warren Stevens as Jonas Parker	Robert Fuller gave a wonderful performance before he was a cast member
Steve Campden Story (ep. #2.32) 5/13/1959	A man and his son try to help Flint find a trail through the snow blocked mountain pass. During the storm they are forced to seek refuge in a cave.	Ben Cooper as Steve Campden Torin Thatcher as Steve	A good Robert Horton episodeThis is the story with the saber-toothed tiger!
Chuck Wooster, Wagonmaster (ep. #2.33) 5/20/1959	After the train is halted by a raging blizzard, the Major, Flint and Bill all disappear mysteriously. Charlie takes charge of the train.	Harry Carey Jr. as Wilkins Jean Inness as Sarah Duncan Douglas Kennedy as John Loring	Ward Bond Robert HortonA delightful episode, especially for Frank McGrath fans
Jose Maria Moran Story (ep. #2.34) 5/27/1959	A Spanish-Irish renegade who’s lived with the Pawnees for some years is staked out and left to die in the desert by thr Shoshones. When Adams saves him, the Indians threaten to attack.	Robert Loggia as Jose Maria Moran Audrey Dalton as Mary Naughton Tudor Owen as Tim Naughton Kim Laughlin as Jocko Naughton Anthony Caruso as Don Luis Salazar	Ward Bond
Andrew Hale Story (ep. #2.35) 6/3/1959	In a shooting accident, preacher Andrew Hale kills one of his church members. Dazed by the accident, Hale wanders into the desert where he is found by the wagon train.	John McIntire as Andrew Hale James Best as Garth English Jane Darwell as Mrs. Anderson Jack Buetel, Louise Fletcher, Clu Gulager, Fintan Meyler	John McIntire appears before he joins the cast as Chris Hale
Rodney Lawrence Story (ep. #2.36) 6/10/1959	The train comes upon a band of wandering Indians, among them a young white man whom they’ve raised from childhood and whose father wants him to return to his own people on the train.	Dean Stockwell as Rodney Lawrence Frank DeKova as Ocheo Cindy Robbins as Mandy McCrea	Robert HortonDean Stockwell would star as Al Calavicci in Quantum LeapStockwell also played in the Ruth Owens Story (ep. #1.4); theJuan Ortega Story (ep. #2.2); the Will Santee Story (ep. #4.31) and the Richard Bloodgood Story (ep. #8.10)
Steele Family (ep. #2.37) 6/17/1959	A woman joins the train to find husbands for her four daughters. She talks the Major into pointing out some prospects.	Barbara Eiler as Faith Penny Edwards as Hope Lori Nelson as Charity Diane Jergens as Prudence Lee Patrick as Mrs. Steele Dan Tobin	Ward Bond A cute, comic episode
Jenny Tannen Story (ep. #2.38) 6/24/1959	A young woman joins the train to locate her mother in San Francisco. When an accident threatens her with blindness, the Major promises to help.	Ann Blyth as Jenny/Phoebe Tannen William Hunt as Rollie Malvin Chuck Henderson as John Barclay Howard Wright as Doctor Jean Harvey	Ward Bond
Reruns 7/1/1959- /23/1959

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