SEASON ONE 1957-1958
Wednesdays 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM on NBC
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Episode Guide – Season 1
| TITLE | SYNOPSIS | GUEST STARS | COMMENTS |
| Willy Moran Story (ep. #1.1) 9/18/1957 | Adams rescues his old Civil War commander from a street brawl and offers the hard drinking man a job on the wagon train if he will stay sober. | Ernest Borgnine as Willy Moran Andrew Duggan as Brady Richard Hale as Palmer Marjorie Lord as Mary Palmer John Harmon as Fabor Donald Randolph as Robinson Beverly Washburn as Susan Kevvin Hagen as Lansing Michael Winkleman as Ben | Ward BondErnest Borgnine also appears in Around the Horn (ep. #2.1); the Estaban Zamora Story (ep. # 3.4); the Earl Packer Story (ep. # 4.15) and in the Indian Girl Story (ep. #8.24) |
| Jean LeBec Story (ep. #1.2) 9/25/1957 | A sensitive young New Orleans aristocrat who is escorting a young girl to San Francisco on the wagon train inadvertently arouses the fury of a town’s dictator | Ricardo Montalban as Jean LeBec Joanna Moore as Mary William Phipps, Grant Withers | According to Horton, this was originally intended to be the first episode.Robert Horton begins to develop the Flint characterMontalban would become Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island (1978-84) |
| John Cameron Story (ep. #1.3) 10/2/1957 | A man and his pretty young wife join the train in hopes of beginning a new life. The woman has promised to settle down and give up her flirtatious ways, but she starts trouble when she continues her flirting. | Michael Rennie as John Cameron Carolyn Jones as Julie Cameron Claude Akins as Rich Hacker William Boyett as Frank Hacker Francis McDonald as Trapper Henry Wills | Ward Bond Robert HortonE. Jack Neuman wrote the script and later worked with Robert Horton on A Man Called Shenandoah |
| Ruth Owens Story (ep. #1.4) 10/9/1957 | A woman, her new husband and her daughter are passengers on the train. In search of her, the woman’s brother overtakes the train. When he hears a derogatory remark about her, he kills the man who made it, only to discover the remark was true. | Shelley Winters as Ruth Owens Dean Stockwell as Jimmy Owens Kent Smith as Paul | Ward BondDean Stockwell would be best known for his his role as Al Calavicci in Quantum LeapStockwell also played in the Juan Ortega Story (ep. #2.2); the Rodney Lawrence Story (ep. #2.36); the Will Santee Story (ep. #4.31) and the Richard Bloodgood Story (ep. #8.10) |
| Les Rand Story (ep. #1.5) 10/16/1957 7/9/58 (rerun) | After serving seven years for murder, a man returns to his small Midwest home town to avenge the death of his Indian bride. He believes that his father, the town’s only doctor, is responsible. His arrival coincides witht that of Flint McCullough, who has come to fetch the doctor to the train. | Sterling Hayden as Les Rand Eduard Franz as Dr. Rand Sallie Brophy as Evie | A strong episode for Robert Horton |
| Nels Stack Story (ep. #1.6) 10/23/1957 7/16/58 (rerun) | The travelers think that a quiet, unassuming man is a coward and he antagonizes them further by befriending an elderly Indian. | Mark Stevens as Nels Stack Kevin Hagen as Jeff Claymore John Day as Cory Joanne Dru as Laura Collins Irene Corlett, Charles Stevens | Ward Bond Robert Horton |
| Emily Rossiter Story (ep. #1.7) 10/30/1957 7/30/58 (rerun) | When her husband is killed on the way to California, a woman remarries to provide a home for her daughter. However, her second husband is a ruthless leader of bandits who robs the wagon train of a California land deed. | Mercedes McCambridge as Emily Rossiter Susan Oliver as Judy Rossiter John Dehner as Ned Rossiter Robert McQueeney, William Phipps as Hank | A strong episode for Robert HortonSusan Oliver also appeared in the Maggie Hamilton Story (ep. #3.26); Cathy Eckardt Story (ep. #4.7); and the Lily Legend Story, (ep. #6.21) |
| John Darro Story (ep. #1.8) 11/6/1957 | A couple on their way West is trying to keep a part of the husband’s past from their son, but a tramp who knew him during an Indian attack threatens to expose the secret to the boy. | Eddie Albert as John Darro Margo as Aline Darro Don Durant, Edgar Buchanan, Kim Charney, | Ward BondDon Durant would go on to star as Johnny Ringo |
| Charles Avery Story (ep. #1.9) 11/13/1957 8/20/58 (rerun) | A Union Army officer is assigned to deliver a peace treaty to a once hostile Indian chief. Accompanying him are the chief’s daughter and Flint, who the Major has sent to assure the safety of the treaty. McCullough suspects that the officer has a hidden agenda. | Farley Granger as Charles Avery Chuck Connors as Private John Sumter Bing Russell as Private Cullen Nico Minardos as Black Cloud Henry Brandon, Abel Fernández, Susan Kohner, Mack Williams | A good Robert Horton episodeIn 1958 Chuck Connors became the Rifleman (1958-1963)Scriptwriter was Aaron Spelling |
| Mary Halstead Story (ep. #1.10) 11/20/1957 7/23/58 (rerun) | Prodded by a guilty conscience, a woman joins the train to search for the son she deserted years before. On its way West the train picks up a wounded young man who killed an outlaw leader in a scuffle with bandits. | Agnes Moorehead as Mary Halstead Walter Coy as Tracey Jack Lambert as Creegar Tom Laughlin as Laramie KidGregg Palmer as Groton Tom Pittman as Tom Vaughn Taylor as James Ferguson Robert Patten as Kermit | Ward Bond |
| Zeke Thomas Story (ep. #1.11) 11/27/1957 | A man and his wife are heading West when the train becomes stranded in a small town and the man is confronted with a startling problem. He sees his first wife, whom he presumed to be dead. | Gary Merrill as Zeke Thomas Janice Rule as Maggie Thomas K.T. Stevens as Violet | Robert Horton |
| Riley Gratton Story (ep. #1.12) 12/4/1957 8/6/58 (rerun) | A handsome young con man sells worthless land to the people on the train, then slips out of camp. When Adams realizes what’s happened, he sets out to recover the money | Guy Madison as Riley Gratton Malcolm Atterbury as Bixby Jeannie Carson as Dance Hall girl Gregg Palmer as Paul Dawson Karen Steele as Sarah Dawson Gregory Walcott as John Dawson James Westerfield as McSorley | Guy Madison had just completed his starring role as Wild Bill Hickok (1951-56) |
| Clara Beauchamp Story (ep. #1.13) 12/11/1957 9/10/58 (rerun) | A Calvary officer’s wife, longing to be back with her Eastern friends, plans to start a war by insulting an Indian chief whom her husband has invited to the fort in an effort to avert a battle. She hopes her husband will be sent back East for a promotion after winning triumphantly. | Nina Foch as Clara Beauchamp Shepperd Strudwick as Col. Beauchamp Monte Blue as Indian Chief John Merrick as Sgt. Robert Swan as Corporal Richard Garland as Pearson Irene Windust as Mrs. Hawks Ellen Hardies as Mrs. Bixby Robert Roark as Orderly Will White and Mike Ragan as Soldiers | A good Robert Horton episode |
| Julia Gage Story (ep. #1.14) 12/18/1957 8/13/58 (rerun) | When a strong willed woman won’t admit she needs a man’s help to drive her wagon, Adams persuades a reluctant young man to volunteer. | Anne Jeffreys as Julia Gage Robert Sterling as tobe Cannon Esther Dale as Grandma James Komack as Buck Don Megowan as Jeff | Ward BondAnne Jeffreys also starred in the Mary Beckett Story (ep. #5.32) is best known as Marion Kirby in Topper (1953) |
| Cliff Grundy Story (ep. #1.15) 12/25/1957 | When a Flint’s friend Cliff is trampled in a buffalo stampede and believed mortally wounded, Flint offers to stay behind with the man. Another traveler volunteers to stay behind too, but to find the location a goldmine | Dan Duryea as Cliff Grundy Russell Johnson as Craig Harry Harvey Jr. as Millard | A great Robert Horton episode which further develops the characterRussell Johnson who wound up stranded on Gilligan’s Island, also appeara in the Beauty Jamison Story (ep. #2.11) and the Shiloh Degnan Story (ep.6.8) |
| Luke O’Malley Story (ep. #1.16) 1/1/1958 8/27/58 (rerun) | A gambler fleeing froma notorious Mexican bandit disguises himself as a parson and joins train, but the other travelers aren’t fooled forever. | Keenan Wynn as Luke O’Malley Mary Murphy as Martha Carlos Romero as Dan Reba Waters | Ward Bond Robert Horton |
| Jessie Cowan Story (ep. #1.17) 1/8/1958 9/3/58 (rerun) | A Civil War veteran rides out after the train to seek vengeance on the people he holds responsible fort he death of his parents. | George Montgomery as Jesse Cowan Olive Carey as Dorcas Beal Malcolm Atterbury as Bixby James Burke as Ansel Dale Clarence Straight | Click for Trivia Info |
| Gabe Carswell Story (ep. #1.18) 1/15/1958Click for Pictures | An old Indian scout who has known McCullough since he was a boy is devoted to his half-Indian son. But the son is a bitter young man who hates all white men. Carswell faces a difficult decision when his son wants to lead hostile Indians against the train. | James Whitmore as Gabe Carswell Scott Marlowe as Jess Carswell Thomas Browne Henry as Chief Yellow BearNorman Willis as Wilkes Sondra Rodgers | A great Robert Horton epsiode |
| Honorable Don Charlie Story (ep. #1.19) 1/22/1958 | During a stopover in Dobe Flats, the Major suspects trouble when a local lothario focuses his attention on a lady passenger | Cesar Romero as Don Charlie Virginia Crane as Tottie Crane Diane Brewster as Julie Wharton Lela Bliss as Aunt Molly Hal Baylor as Sgt. Muldey Ken Christy, Ray Kellogg, Jack Lomas | |
| Dora Gray Story (ep. #1.20) 1/29/1958 | Flint runs across the ruins of a farmhouse which has been attacked by Indians using guns, not arrows. Later he finds the gun runner who supplied them. And accompanying that gun runner is the estimable Dora Gray. | Linda Darnell as Dora Gray Mike Connors as Lt. Miles Borden Dan Blocker as Sgt. Broderick John Carradine as Doc Lockridge | A great Robert Horton episodeConnors would become Mannix (1967-75) and Blocker would go on to Bonanza. |
| Annie MacGregor Story (ep. #1.21) 2/5/1958 9/17/58 (rerun) | A band of Scottish settlers join the train and arouse conflict by playing their bagpipes and practicing their country’s customs. Things deteriorate when the the clan chief’s daughter falls for an American passenger. | Jeannie Carson as Annie MacGregor Tudor Owen as Angus MacGregor Richard Long as Jason Kevin Hagen as Claymore Chet Stratton as Hamish Isaac Jones as Indian Thurl Ravenscroft, Maxwell Smith | Ward BondIn 1965 Richard Long became Jarrod Barkley on the Big Valley |
| Bill Tawnee Story (ep. #1.22) 2/12/1958 | A Sioux Indian who fought in the Civil War is traveling with the train but the other pasengers fear him. When the Major defends him, the passengers begin agitating to get a new wagonmaster | MacDonald Carey as Bill Tawnee Frank Cady as George Barry Dee Pollock as Steve Barry Edith Evanson as Mrs. Kirk John Mitchum as Norden Joy Page as Leeana Morgan Woodward as Laverty William Fawcett as Tucker Malcolm Atterbury as Bixby | Ward Bond |
| Pre-empted 2/19/1958 | |||
| Mark Hanford Story (ep. #1.23) 2/26/1958 | A young man rides out to meet the train which is carrying the his father’s intended bride. Bitter at his father’s betrayal of his dead Indian mother, the youth plans revenge. | Tom Tryon as Mark Hanford Onslow Stevens as Jack Hanford Kathleen Crowley as Ann Jamison I. Stanford Jolley as Martin Paul Fix, Perry Ivins, Steven Ritch | Good Robert Horton episode |
| Pre-empted 3/5/1958 | |||
| Bernal Sierra Story (ep. #1.24) 3/12/1958 | A follower of Juarez joins the train on his way West to search for two thieves who murdered a guard and stole a large cache of gold. | Gilbert Roland as Bernal Sierra Charlita Regis as Perdita Louis Jean Heydt as Casey Dorothy Adams, Lane Bradford, James Dobson, | This episode was written by star Gilbert Roland. |
| Marie Dupree Story (ep. #1.25) 3/19/1958 | A pretty girl traveling with the train flirts with several of the men, and when she turns her attention to a young Sicilian immigrant, a tragedy seems imminent. | Debra Paget as Marie Dupree Nick Adams as Tonio Robert Lowery as Bill Howard Dorothy Provine as Susie Nicky Blair, Raymond Greenleaf, Grazia Narciso | Nick Adams would become Johnny Yuma on the Rebel (1959-1961) |
| A Man Called Horse (ep. #1.26) 3/26/1958 | Major Adams is puzzled by a white man he encounters who gives the name Horse. The man then tells his remarkable story. | Ralph Meeker as Horse Michael Pate as Yellow Robe Celia Lovsky as “Mother” Joan Taylor as Bright Star Owen Cunningham, Anthony Numkena, Jorie Wyler | Ward Bond Robert HortonIn 1970, this story was adapted into the movie, A Man Called Horse, starring Richard HarrisCelia Lovsky lived long and prospered – she played Vulcan T’Pau in Star Trek – the woman who officiates at Spocks “wedding” in Amok Time. |
| Sarah Drummond Story (ep. #1.27) 4/2/1958 | Flint seeks lodging in the home of a couple and becomes involved in a bitter feud between them and their bigoted neighbor. | June Lockhart as Sarah Drummond Claudia Drake as Squaw Debbie Hengen as Molly Archer William Talman as Walt Archer Gene Evans | A good Robert Horton episode. |
| Sally Potter Story (ep. #1.28) 4/9/1958 | A pretty newcomer to the train causes a stir among the men and a bitter rivalry between a passenger and his nephew ensues. | Vanessa Brown as Sally Potter Lyle Bettger as Joe Trumbell Martin Milner as Matt Trumbell Jocelyn Brando, John Crawford, Brad Dexter, King Donovan, Larry Thor | In 1958 Johnny Crawford became Luke McCain on the Rifleman. While Martin Milner would ride Route 66 from 1960-64. |
| Daniel Barrister Story (ep. #1.29) 4/16/1958 | When his wife is critically injured in an accident, a passenger refuses to allow any treatment except prayer. When the woman asks for a doctor, McCullough rides out to find one. | Charles Bickford as Daniel Barrister Roger Smith as Dr. Peter Culver Peg Hillias, Allan Lane, Anthony Lawrence, Sarah Selby, Arthur Space | Ward Bond Robert Horton |
| Major Adams Story: Part One” (ep. #1.30) 4/23/1958Click for Pictures | After many years the Major meets his former sweetheart, who had married another man when she thought that Adams had been killed in the Civil War. | Virginia Grey as Ranie Douglas Douglas Kennedy as Col. Hillary Irene Windust as Mrs. Hawks Bob Bryant, Craig Duncan, Renny McEvoy, Ben Morris, Kay Stewart, | Ward Bond These episodes tells the story fo the early years for the major, Bill and Charlie. |
| Major Adams Story: Part Two” (ep. #1.31) 4/30/1958Click for Pictures | In flashback – the Major upon hearing that his girlfriend Ranie has married someone else, became a wagonmaster. Now that she is widowed the Major wants to rekindle the romance, but the lady is reluctant | Virginia Grey as Ranie Douglas Douglas Kennedy as Col. Hillary Irene Windust as Mrs. Hawks Bob Bryant, Craig Duncan, Renny McEvoy, Ben Morris, Kay Stewart, | Ward Bond |
| Charles Maury Story (ep. #1.32) 5/7/1958 | Worried about a possible attack from Maury’s Raiders, a band of renegade Confederates who prey on unprotected wagon trains, Adams accepts the offer of Union soldiers to accompany the train. But he becomes suspicious when the leader becomes overly friendly with a woman passenger who claims to hate Yankees. | Charles Drake as Charles Maury Wanda Hendrix as Juliette Creston House Peters Jr. as Matt Goslett George Keymas as Luke Goslett Frieda Inescort as Antoinette Steve Rowland as Tom Rainey Suzette Harbin as Lu-Sam Orville Sherman as Prisoner | Ward Bond |
| Dan Hogan Story (ep. #1.33) 5/14/1958 | The train stops in the town of Sweet Sabbath and Adams is reunited with a prizefighter he once managed. He has just turned down a job as deputy sheriff because he refuses to wear a gun, but he later has his life threatened by a bully he knocks down in a barroom brawl. | Jock Mahoney as Dan Hogan Tom Greenway as Marshal Richard H. Cutting as George John Larch as Hyman Ranse Judith Ames, Buddy Bear | Ward BondClick for Trivia Info |
| Ruttledge Munroe Story (ep. #1.34) 5/21/1958 | The Major takes a youth into the train when he learns that the boy lost his horse. After the boy shoots down two men trying to rob the train, he offers protection to a passenger and her baby. But the woman is afraid of him. | John Drew Barrymore as Ruttledge Munroe Mala Powers as Ruth Hadley George Eldredge as Mr. Mitchell Helen Brown as Mrs. Mitchell Jack Grinnage as Guard Tom Monroe as Henshaw William Tannen as Masters | Ward Bond |
| Rex Montana Story (ep. #1.35) 5/28/1958 | A western hero and his Wild West Show join the train. The man has a reputation for bravery, but Adams and McCullough soon have reason to suspect that he is a fraud. | Forrest Tucker as Rex Montana James Dunn as Clyde Winslow Peter Whitney as Rodney Miller Myron Healey as Griff Kristine Miller as Milly Maggie Mahoney as Loaitha Butch Bernard, Margaret Field, Rodd Redwing, Ralph Reed, Frank J. Scannell, Joseph Vitale | Ward Bond (mostly) Robert HortonTerry Wilson doubled for Forrest Tucker in the movie Montana Belle |
| Cassie Tanner Story (ep. #1.36) 6/4/1958 | A tough outspoken woman heading West alone is saved by Flint from an Indian attack and accepts his offer to join the train. Once she sees the Major, she decides that he is the man for her. | Marjorie Main as Cassie Tanner George Chandler as Clee McMasters Harry Hines as Obie Harper | Ward Bond Robert HortonSome light comedy in this one |
| John Wilbot Story (ep. #1.37) 6/11/1958 | To settle an argument about who works harder, Flint and the major temporarily switch jobs. During the trip Flint has to appease some passengers when an ardent abolitionist violently accuses a lame school teacher of being Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. | Dane Clark as John Wilbot Robert Vaughn as Roy Pelham Orville Sherman as Arthur Pelham Roy Engel as Broxton Virginia Aldridge as Amy Broxton Tharon Crigler as Henrietta Broxton Audrey Dalton as Harriet Field Tyler McVey | Robert HortonRobert Vaughn also appears in the Roger Bigelow Story (ep. # 4.13)Vaughn became the dashing Napoleon Solo on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-68) |
| Monty Britton Story (ep. #1.38) 6/18/1958 | With the water supply diminishing rapidly, Adams sends McCullough ahead to find a water hole. But when the Major catches up to him, he finds Flint delirious from a poisoned water hole. The Major then asks a man the directions to the nearby Army camp, but the man refuses to help. | Ray Danton as Monty Britton Mona Freeman as Betty Britton John Hoyt as Rev. Sumpter | Ward Bond Robert Horton |
| Sacramento Story (ep. #1.39) 6/25/1958 9/24/58 (rerun) | The train reaches Sacramento, their final destination. Flint discovers that the fertile land passenger Revere and his daughter have traveled to farm is now a swamp. So he seeks restitution from the man responsible for destroying Revere’s land. | Linda Darnell as Dora Grey Dan Duryea as Cliff Grundy Marjorie Main as Cassie Tanner Roscoe Ates as Old Timer Placer Pete Reed Hadley as Mort Galvin Margaret O’Brien as Julie Revere Harry Stevens as Maxwell Revere George Chandler as Clee McMasters Robert Keys, Betty Uttey | Ward Bond Robert HortonA wonderful end of trail story. Dan Duryea, Linda Darnell and Majorie Main reprise earlier roles. |
| Reruns 7/9/58-9/17/58 |
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