SEASON FIVE 1961-1962
Wednesdays 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM on NBC
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Episode Guide – Season 5
| TITLE | SYNOPSIS | GUEST STARS | COMMENTS |
| Captain Dan Brady Story (ep. #5.1) 9/7/1961 6/20/1962 (rerun) | A Wild West star whose fabricated heroism endangers the train’s welfare, demands to be hired as chief scout. If Hale gives in, he’ll probably lose Flint; if not, he loses a much needed government contract. | Joseph Cotten as Captain Dan Brady Paul Comi as John Grey Cloud Edward Colmans as Brown David Faulkner as Murray Dawn Wells as Mrs. Murray Russell Thorson as Major Mauritz Hugo | Robert Horton John McIntireDawn Wells’ journey would come to a halt when she became stranded on Gilligan’s Island!Joseph Cotten also appears in the John Augustus Story (ep. #6.5) |
| Kitty Allbright Story (ep. #5.2) 10/4/1961 6/27/1962 (rerun) | A nurse on the train is concerned about the poor sanitation habits of the travelers, and when she tries to do something about it, she finds she’s alos fighting some misconceptions about her profession. | Polly Bergen as Kitty Allbright Eleanor Audley as Mother Allbright Howard Wendell as Father Allbright Jocelyn Brando as Lettie Kathleen Freeman as Lolly Arlen Stuart as Emily Morgan Woodward as Barney | Robert HortonHorton reports that this episode was filmed in color. |
| Maud Frazer Story (ep. #5.3) 10/11/1961 | Flint runs across an all woman wagon train led by a greedy woman who tries to persuade him to help her search for gold, while he tries to dissuade her from leading the defenseless women into hostile territory. | Barbara Stanwyck as Maud Frazer Nora Marlowe as Bessie Renee Godfrey as Willa Mae Russ Conway | A good Robert HortonepisodeBarbara Stanwyck also appeared in the Caroline Casteel Story (ep. #6.2); the Molly Kincaid Story (ep. #7.1) and Kate Crawley Story (ep. #7.19) |
| Selena Hartnell Story (ep. #5.4) 10/18/1961 | A shrewd lady bounty hunter catches up with the train and demands that Hale arrest her quarry, a man who is a beloved leader of a band of pacifists. | Jan Sterling as Selena Hartnell Claude Akins as Will Cotrell Billy E. Hughes as Matt | Jan Sterling also stars in the Annie Griffith Story (ep. #2.21) |
| Clementine Jones Story (ep. #5.5) 10/25/1961 7/4/1963 (rerun) | When a shapely saloon singer is booted out of town by righteous citizens. Hale offers to escort her West on the train. | Ann Blyth asClementine Jones Dick York as Willie Pettigrew Roger Mobley as Homer Henry Corden as Frank Nestor Paiva as Gip Fred Sherman as Dr. Snodgrass Willard Waterman AS Mayor Frank Wilcox as Nolan James Milhollin as Cashier | Dick York, who also appears in the Charley Shutup Story (ep. #5.23) will go on to play one of the two Darrens on Bewitched! |
| Jenna Douglas Story (ep. #5.6) 11/1/1961 7/25/1962 (rerun) | The train comes across a woman stumbling along the trail and Hale takers her on, unaware that she just escaped from a mental hospital. | Carolyn Jones as Jenna Douglas Charlie Briggs as Ed Linders John Lupton as Dr. David Miller Andy Green as Henry Brandt Robert Burton as Pete Thompson Juney Ellis as Mrs. Diggs Sure Thompson as Jean Engstrom | Carolyn Jones also appeared in John Cameron Story (ep. #1.3) and the Molly Kincaid Story (ep. #7.1) but is best known as Morticia in the Addams Family |
| Artie Matthewson Story (ep. #5.7) 11/8/1961 | Flint discovers that his foster brother has been elected mayor of a boom town and suspects that the opportunistic young man is acting as a front in a swindle plot, but no one in town will believe him. | Rory Calhoun as Artie Matthewson Jane Darwell as Angie Matthewson Joyce Meadows as Melanie Sanders House Peters Jr. | Robert HortonRory Calhoun had just finished playing Bill Longely on The Texan. |
| Mark Miner Story (ep. #5.8) 11/15/1961 9/12/1962 (rerun) | Hale upsets the passengers when he suspects two orphaned brothers as culprits in the theft of some travelers belongings. | Brandon De Wilde as Mark Miner Michael Burns as Mathew Miner Robert Cornthwaite as Rev. Cornthwaite Barbara Parkins as Eve Walter Coy as Thorn | Denny MillerMichael Burns would later join the cast as Barnaby WestBarbara Parkins is best remembered as Betty Harrington Cord on Peyton Place. |
| Bruce Saybrook Story (ep. #5.9) 11/22/1961 | A British nobleman, escorting a party through the West, is taking the adventure as a lark, ignoring Flint’s warnings that they’re right in the middle of hostile Indian territory | Brian Aherne as Lord Bruce Saybrook Antoinette Bower as Diana Saybrook Liam Sullivan as Tommy | Robert Horton |
| pre-empted 11/29/1961 | |||
| Lizabeth Ann Calhoun Story (ep. #5.10) 12/6/1961 9/5/1962 (rerun) | A pretty girl creates a storm of jealousy by flirting alternatively with Hawks and Shannon to cover up her true reason fro wanting to join the train. | Dana Wynter as Lizabeth Ann Calhoun Raymond Bailey as Major Henley Richard Crane as Lon Harper Peter Whitney as El Ladron | Denny Miller Terry Wilson |
| The Traitor (ep. #5.11) 12/13/1961 7/11/1962 (rerun)Click for Pictures | Believed to be mixed up in a horse theft, Flint is tried, convicted and sentenced to a whipping and banishment from the wagon train.But wait, there more to the story and Flint remains a good guy! | Nick Adams as Sam Upton Jeanne Cooper as Madge Upton Stacy Keach Sr. as Major Hansen Myron Healey as Sgt. Oakes Anthony Caruso as “Muerte” Alex Montoya as Bandit | A strong Robert HortonepisodeThis is the episode where Robert Horton gets whipped.Nick Adams had just finished his role as Johnny Yuma in The Rebel.Jeanne Cooper is best known as Kay Chancellor on The Young and the Restless. Cooper also appeared in Donna Fuller Story (ep. #6.14) ; Kitty Pryer Story (ep. #7.10); The Whipping (ep. #7.27) and the Story of Hector Heatherington (ep. #8.13) |
| Bettina May Story (ep. #5.12) 12/20/1961 | Hale’s not happy with a matriarch and her large brood who’ve joined the wagon train. It’s gonna be a long trip and she allows her pampered family to draw on her strength rather than develop their own. | Bette Davis as Bettina May Joby Baker as Nathan May Ron Hayes as Gene Asa Maynor as Rose | Davis also stars in the Ella Lindstrom Story (ep. #2.18) and the Elizabeth McQueeny Story (ep. 3.5) |
| Clyde (ep. #5.13) 12/27/1961 7/18/1962 (rerun) | Wooster comes upon a buffalo and can’t bring himself to shoot him, so he brings back to camp and makes a pet of him, just as the train is faced with a meat shortage. | Harry von Zell as John Sherman Lenore Kingston as Mrs. Sherman Michael McGreevey as Sonny Sherman Frank DeKova as Arapahoe Chief Nora Marlowe as Mrs. Seidell | Frank McGraffThis episode was written by Gene L. Coon, as was Benjamin Burns, (ep. #3.19) a fan favorite. Click for Trivia Info |
| Martin Onyx Story (ep. #5.14) 1/3/1962 | A legendary lawman answers a plea for help when citizens of a small town are plagued by outlaws. Flint happens to be in town and suspects the man is an imposter as he thought the lawman was dead. | Jack Warden as Martin Onyx Sherwood Price as First Killer Morgan Woodward as Second Killer Rhys Williams as Angus Breck Jack Albertson as Jebediah Giddings | Robert HortonMichael Burns would later join the cast as Barnaby West |
| Dick Pederson Story (ep. #5.15) 1/10/1961 | A orphaned young man resents the others on the train because they all have families, especially one particular girl. But when her four younger sisters take him under their wing, he soon warms up. | James MacArthur as Dick Pederson Alice Frost as Mrs. Cutler Anne Helm as Janey Cutler Monique Vermont as Cassie Cutler Susie Mathers as Nellie Cutler Carol Sydes as Renee Cutler Betsy Robinson as Vicky Cutler Nora Marlowe as Rebecca Brewster I. Stanford Jolley as Mr. Peterson | Book ‘Em Dano! James McArthur, son of Helen Hayes, is best known for his role as Det. Danny Williams on Hawaii Five-0. (1968-79) |
| Hobie Redman Story (ep. #5.16) 1/17/1962 8/8/62 | Duke’s limited experience is taxed when mutiny breaks out as he leads some newcomers across the desert to join the train, and one man refuses to go along the same trail on which his family died earlier. | Lin McCarthy as Hobie Redman Arch Johnson as Glen Andrews Parley Baer as Clyde Montgomery Barbara Eiler as Ruth Carlson Ann Jillian as Sandra Carlson Amzie Strickland as Agnes Montgomery | Denny Miller |
| Malachi Hobart Story (ep. #5.17) 1/24/1962 | In an effort to expose a drifting swindler who’s posing as a traveling preacher, Duke allows himself to be talked into one of his schemes. | Franchot Tone as Malachi Hobart Wally Brown as George Gresam Irene Ryan as Martha Gresham Steve Darrell as Roy Standish Fern Barry as Leona Standish | Denny MillerNow listen to a story about…Oil, that is. Black Gold. Texas tea… which would enable Irene Ryan to move on to the Hills. Beverly Hills, that is, as Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies. |
| Dr. Denker Story (ep. #5.18) 1/31/1962 | When Flint comes upon a young boy who’s paralyzed with fear and mute after witnessing the murder of his father, he puts him in the care of a jovial doctor of musicology to help him restore his speech. | Theodore Bikel as Dr. Denker Michael Burns as Billy Latham George Keymas as Ed Beaufort Kathleen O’Malley as Emma Beaufort Jimmy Lydon | A decent Robert HortonepsiodeMichael Burns would later join the cast as Barnaby West |
| Lonnie Fallon Story (ep. #5.19) 2/7/1962 | A young cowhand is smitten with a pretty girl. Her father who disapproves of the match, threatens to kill him if he follows the train to California. | Gary Clarke as Lonnie Fallon Alan Hale Jr. as Kirby Lynn Loring as Kathy Jenniings Frank Overton as MArtin Jennings Stacy Harris as Sheriff Fancher Paul Birch, Angela Greene, | Alan Hale Jr. is better known as “The Skipper” on Gilligan’s Island |
| Jeff Hartfield Story (ep. #5.20) 2/14/1962 | A teenager, whose father is in prison awaiting execution plans to run away from the train to save him. At the same time two other boys and Charlie, all plan to run away too. | Jack Chaplain as Jeff Hartfield Dennis Rush as Davey Adams Roger Mobley as Stevey Brewster Michael Forest as Dallas House Peters Jr. as Link Hartfield Ross Elliott, Mary Gregory, Jackie Loughery | Frank McGrath |
| Daniel Clay Story (ep. #5.21) 2/21/1962 8/1/1962 (rerun) | A judge with a reputation for handing down harsh sentences, faces a dilemma when his own son comes before the court. When he takes his family West on the train, others form an immediate dislike. | Claude Rains as Judge Daniel Clay Peter Helm as Ethan Clay Frances Reid as MArgaret Clay Fred Beir as John Cole Maggie Pierce as Frances Cole Jack Mather as Frank Lathrop Orville Sherman as Joe Martin Hal Smith as Carl Grant | |
| Lieutenant Burton Story (ep. #5.22) 2/28/1962 8/15/1962 | Riding ahead of the train, Hale is wounded in an ambush by a cavalry patrol looking for deserters. The order to fire was given by a sergeant who believes in shooting first and asking questions later. | Dean Jones as Lt. Burton Charles McGraw as Sgt. Kile Ray Stricklyn as Danny Maitland Brett Kings as Cpl. Ben Rawl Jenny Maxwell as Susan Lane Ray Baumann as Paul Thompkins | John McIntire |
| Charley Shutup Story (ep. #5.23) 3/7/1962 | Duke breaks his ankle while escorting a group on foot through rugged, snowy mountain country. They are forced to leave him behind in a snowbound cabin with a wounded Indian, with whom he forges a bond. | Dick York as Charley Shutup R.G. Armstrong as John Muskie Dorothy Green as Ethel Muskie Paul Fix, Dennis Patrick, Anita Sands | This is Denny Miller’sfavorite episode as indeed it is a strong one for him.Dick York, who also appears in the Clementine Jones Story (ep. #5.5) will go on to play one of the two Darrins on Bewitched! |
| Amos Billings Story (ep. #5.24) 3/14/1962 | Scouting ahead, Flint is stopped by a scavenger who tries to detour the train into the path of a hidden cannon by saying that he has blasted a road through a dead end canyon that’ll save the train two weeks. | Paul Fix as Amos Billings Jon Locke as Gabe Billings Jenny Engstrom as Loan Dennis Patrick as Josh Anders Gregg Palmer as Corso Kreg Martin as Neal Tom Sweat as Crow John Zaremba as Keenan | Robert Horton |
| Baylor Crowfoot Story (ep. #5.25) 3/21/1962 | An overbearing man, after catching a schoolmaster exchanging glances with his daughter, warns the teacher to leave her alone. He then proceeds to bully and shame the mild mannered man. | Robert Culp as Baylor Crofoot John Larch as Jethro Creech Joyce Taylor as Ruth Creech Charles Herbet as Tad Hollister Leonard Nimoy as Emeterio Vasquez | Robert Culp had finished with his role as Hoby Gilman in Trackdown, but had yet to become Kelly Robinson in I Spy.Leonard Nimoy would live long and prosper as Spock. |
| George B. Hanrahan Story (ep. #5.26) 3/28/1962 | When an Indian medicine man angers his tribesmen, Duke brings him to the train, where he soon makes friends with emigrating Boston politician who things they’ll make a great team at the conning the public. | Lee Tracy as George Hanrahan Douglas Jones asCharley Haynes Harry Carey Jr. as Tim Hogan Frank DeKova as Running Bear Dennis McCarthy as Burton Brett King, | Denny Miller |
| Swamp Devil (ep. #5.27) 4/4/1962 | Flint, leading a small group of people, arrives at the edge of a swamp and a friendly Indian chief warns them to detour because an evil spirit dwells in the marshes ahead. | Robert Bice as Bear Claw Philip Bourneuf as Joshua Richard H. Cutting as Mr. Harris Kay Stewart as Mrs. Harris Otto Waldis as Otto Burger | Robert Horton |
| Cole Crawford Story (ep. #5.28) 4/11/1962 | The arrogant son of a wealthy landowner threatens to destroy the train unless a young bride, who spurned him, leaves her husband and goes back with him. | James Drury as Cole Crawford Diana Millay as Helen Crawford Robert Colbert as Blake Dorty Fay Wray | Smile when you say that, pardner. James Drury, who also appeared in the Bleymier Story (ep. #4.8) would become much better known as the Virginian (1962-71) |
| Levi Hale Story (ep. #5.29) 4/18/1962 8/29/1962 (rerun) | Hale journeys to Wyoming to meet his older brother who’s being released from prison. He thinks his brother has been pardoned by the Governor, but the warden tell him that the ailing man is being paroled in Hale’s custody on the condition that he never return to the territory. | John McIntire as Levi Hale Hugh Sanders as Warden Trevor Bardette as Pete Rudge Myron Healey as Deputy Dan White as Driver | John McIntire does double duty in this episode |
| Terry Morrell Story (ep. #5.30) 4/25/1962 | A man and his stepson join the train and quickly establish themselves as very antisocial. The boy’s obvious dislike for his stepfather brings on a growing feeling that the man is an unfit parent. | David Ladd as Terry Morrell Henry Jones as Ben Morrell Vivi Janiss as Letty Morse Paul Langton as Ralph Morse Lane Bradford as Zeb Landrus Eve McVeagh as Yolanda | |
| Jud Steele Story (ep. #5.31) 5/2/1962 | A fleeing gunman and his pal show up at the train asking for fresh horses, and he doesn’t hide his anger when he sees Hawks. | Ed Binns as Jud Steele Arthur Franz as Nathan Forge Robert J. Wilke as Wesley Thomas Tim Graham as SAm Broderick Cliff Osmond as Simmons Mary La Roche as Ursula Fred Sherman as Attendant Joe Turkel as Eddie | Terry Wilson |
| Mary Beckett Story (ep. #5.32) 5/9/1962 | A suave Frenchman is using his looks and charm to bilk the admiring ladies out of their savings and the men suspect he’s a phony. | Anne Jeffreys as Mary Beckett Lee Bergere as Alex Lamont Carole Wells as Ginny Beckett Whit Bissell as Frank Lane Jocelyn Brando as Martha Lane Joe Maross as Robert Waring | Anne Jeffreys also starred in the Julia Gage Story (ep. #1.14) is best known as Marion Kirby in Topper (1953) |
| Nancy Davis Story (ep. #5.33) 5/16/1962 | Flint is gripped by a thirst for revenge when he learns in a local saloon that the man who killed the girl he loved is still alive. At the end of the episode, Flint rides away. Never to be seen or heard of again. | Lory Patrick as Nancy Lee Davis Keith Richards as Lace Andrews Cloris Leachman as Loretta Russell Collins as Doc Shaw Bob Anderson as Rafer George Keymas as Pitts Sam Edwards, Don Gazzaniga, Kay Stewart | A sad Robert Hortonepisode as this is where they write him out of the series. And not cleverly either. |
| Frank Carter Story (ep. #5.34) 5/23/1962 | Duke is a dead ringer for a gambler whom somebody is out to kill, but he assumes the man’s identity to save the sanity of the man’s mother. | Albert Salmi as Frank Carter Frances Reid as Mary Carter Gloria Talbott as Martha Chambers Edward Platt as Cyrus Bolton Jeanne Bates, William Fawcett, Norman Leavitt, | Denny MillerWilliam Fawcett is the fellow who played Pete in Fury.Albert Salmi later played Yadkin on Daniel Boone (1964-65) |
| John Turnbull Story (ep. #5.35) 5/30/1962 | White settlers trying to force the Indians off their land are faced with a new kind of opposition – a legal barrier initiated by two lawyers, one who’s returned from the East to help his fellow Indians. | Henry Silva as John Turnbull Warren Stevens as Jack Thorne Steven Geray as Jacob Solomon Tim Frawley as Hank I. Stanford Jolley as Burro Beetle Dayton Lummis as T.J. Gingle John War Eagle as Nah-Ah-Kanay Frank Wilson | |
| Hiram Winthrop Story (ep. #5.36) 6/6/1962 | An Indian agent needs help in establishing a welfare program in his district, and he persuades Duke to give up his job as wagon scout and work for him as an administrator. | Eduard Franz as Hiram Winthrop Ron Soble as Chief Two Arrows Barbara Woodell as Jessica Claudia Bryar as Mary Carter Frank Gerstle as Frank Carter Art Lund as Lafe Riatt Aline Towne, | Denny Miller |
| Heather Mahoney Story (ep. #5.37) 6/13/1962 | The train reaches its Sacramento destination and Hale decides it’s the end of the line for him when he falls for a pretty widow. | Jane Wyatt as Heather Mahoney Nellie Burt as Mother O’Hara Cyril Delevanti as Jamison John Emery as Harry Breckenridge Harry Holcombe as mr. Waterbury | John McIntireWyatt is better known as Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best. (1954-60) |
| Reuns 6/20/1962-9/12-1962 |
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