SEASON SEVEN 1963-1964
Wednesdays 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM on NBC
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Episode Guide – Season 7
| TITLE | SYNOPSIS | GUEST STARS | COMMENTS |
| Molly Kincaid Story (ep. #7.1) 9/16/1963 | A lady muleskinner befriends two people who’ve returned to a Kansas town after living for many years among their Indian captors. But the pair haven’t returned just as an escape; they plan to take vengeance on the town’s leading citizen, who was responsible for their capture. | Carolyn Jones as Molly Kincaid Barbara Stanwyck as Kate Crawley Ray Danton as Robert Kincaid Fabian as Rome Wilson Brenda Scott as Martha Kincaid Pamela Austin as Merrybelle Harry Carey Jr. as Hankins Richard Reeves as Wells Curtis Haymore as young Rome William Challee,Myron Healey | Barbara Stanwyck also appeared in the Maud Frazier Story (ep. #5.3);Caroline Casteel Story (ep. #6.2) and Kate Crawley Story (ep. #7.19) |
| The Fort Pierce Story (ep. #7.2) 9/23/1963 8/31/1964 (rerun) | A captain’s wife, the only woman at an isolated Army post, is lonely and constantly worried about her husband’s safety during his forays against the Indians. Her tantrums shatter the fort’s disciplinary atmosphere and when Hale’s train stops there, the woman is ordered to leave with the train. | Ronald Reagan as Captian Paul Winters Ann Blyth as Mrs. Winters John Doucette as Colonel Lathrop Kathie Browne as Beth Ron Hayes as Gil Berkeley Harris as Sgt. Kincaid Robert J. Wilke as Sgt. Wilke Jackie Russell as Georgia | John McIntireRonald Reagan went on to become President of the United States! From Wagon Train to the Oval Office… |
| Gus Morgan Story (ep. #7.3) 9/30/1963 9/7/1964 (rerun) | A railroad tycoon who rose from track laborer considers his younger brother, an employee to be a a spineless sophisticate. In a bitter dispute for the best rail for their track across a mountain range, they persuade Hale to leave the train and guide them on a scouting expedition. Hale is critically injured in the snowy high country, and all three lose their horses in a blizzard. Then the younger boy collapses from exhaustion. | Peter Falk as Gus Morgan Tommy Sands as Ethan Morgan Paul Birch as Sam Tim Graham as Walters Ken Mayer as Jesse Harry Swoger as Ben Harlan Warde as Dr. Haynes | Peter Falk is best known as Lieutenant Columbo .Tommy Sands also stars in the Larry Hanify Story (ep. #3.17); Davey Baxter Story (ep. #6.17) and the Bob Stuart Story (ep. #8.1) |
| Widow O’Rourke Story (ep. #7.4) 10/7/1963 5/25/1964 (rerun) | Riding ahead to search for Duke and Charlie, Coop unwittingly enters the vast, hidden agricultural empire of an empress, which is guarded by Oriental men at arms and worked by slaves. Taking a liking to him because of his resemblance to her late husband, she offers to adopt him, provide him a Chinese bride and bequeath him all her riches. | Carol Lawrence as Mei Ling (Widow O’Rourke) Robert Fuller as Terence O’Rourke Linda Ho as Princess Ming Lu Richard Loo as Lin Yang Tanigoshi as Choon Fong H.T. Tsiang as Mandarin Peter Mamakos as Auctioneer Mr. Moto as Kiang | Robert Fuller in a dual role |
| Robert Harrison Clarke Story (ep. #7.5) 10/14/1963 5/4/1964 (rerun) | An overbearing British correspondent is on the train to gather observations on the American West. He takes a cynical view of the fabled hardships and the savagery of Indians, until they take a side trip to guide a government survey party. | Michael Rennie as Robert Harrison Clarke Brian Keith as Gault Randy Boone as Jamie Royal Dano as Bouchette George Keymas as Warbow Henry Silva as Ram Singh | “Klaatu Barada Nikto” Michael Rennie, star of Day the Earth Stood Still, also appears in the John Cameron Story (ep. #1.3) |
| Myra Marshall Story (ep. #7.6) 10/21/1963 | A woman comes West on the train to take her sister away from an unhappy marriage, after receiving desperate letters from the girl. But the distraught girl is unwilling to leave and is concerned about securing money for an unrevealed purpose. | Suzanne Pleshette as Myra Marshall Beverly Owen as Grace Marshall Charles Drake as Verne Rex Reason as Colin Jack Lambert as Nick Hal Needham as Reno Dayton Lummis as Philip Stanley Clements, I. Stanford Jolley, Norman Leavitt, Reed Morgan, | Suzanne Pleshette is best known as Emily Hartley on the Bob Newhart Show (1972-78) |
| Sam Spicer Story (ep. #7.7) 10/28/1963 5/11/1964 (rerun) | Two outlaws fleeing from a bank robbery take Barnaby as hostage. Hale and Charlie set out to rescue him. Meanwhile a surprising affection develops between Barnaby and one of the men, who wants him to become his partner. The other robber wants to do away with the boy. | Clu Gulager as Sam Spicer Dana Wynter as Lisa Raincloud Ed Begley as Reno Sutton Frank Cady as Hiram Jean Inness as Ma Adams Jon Locke as Cam Fred Coby as Kirk Frank Mitchell as Stoney Dennis McCarthy, Mark Tapscott | Michael Burns |
| Sam Pulaski Story (ep. #7.8) 11/4/1963 | A Brooklyn hoodlum joins the train with his sister and mother, who do not know that he’s fleeing to escape arrest for murder. Coop and his sister fall in love, then Coop remembers the man as a leader of a gang of thugs who attacked and robbed him once in New York. | Ross Martin as Sam Pulaski Jocelyn Brando as Mrs. Pulaski Annette Funicello as Rose Pulaski Stanley Adams as Jersey Richard Bakalyan as Muscles Joan Staley as Polly Ann Morgan Woodward as Pocky Harry Carey as Burroughs | Robert FullerRoss Martin is best known as Artemus Gordon on the Wild Wild West (1965-70)Annette Funicello was the best Mousketeer! |
| Eli Bancroft Story (ep. #7.9) 11/11/1963 | A small party of travelers being escorted from the train by Coop to a town where they plan to settle is waylaid by an outlaw gang who rob them of all their possessions and leave them to make their way back thru the barren region to the train on foot. | Leif Erickson as Eli Bancroft Noah Berry Jr. as Noah Bancroft Carl Reindel as Adam Bancroft Bruce Dern as Seth Bancroft David Carradine as Mason Patricia Lyon as Rose Mason Parley Baer as Talley Larry J. Blake as Jackson Nestor Paiva as Money Joe Diane Mountford as Milly Rachel Ames as Emily Randy Boone | Robert FullerPatricia Lyons, who played Rose Mason, was then, Mrs. Robert FullerLeif Erickson went on to play Big John Cannon on High Chaparral (1967-71)Randy Boone went on to the Virginian, playing Randy Benton (1963-66) David Carradine went on to be Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu (1972-75) |
| Kitty Pryer Story (ep. #7.10) 11/18/1963 | A young woman, promised marriage by a man who turns out to be already married is sentenced to hang when the man is apparently heartlessly murdered during the trip West. But a disillusioned drunk on the train becomes aroused and convinced that there is more to the matter. | Diana Hyland as Kitty Pryer Bradford Dillman as Myles Brisbane Don Durant as Victor Harper Jeanne Cooper as Martha Harp Jack Big Head, John Dennis, Milton Frome, Dal McKennon | Don Durant would go on to star as Johnny RingoJeanne Cooper is best known as Kay Chancellor on The Young and the Restless.Cooper also appeared in The Traitor (ep. # 5.1); Donna Fuller Story (ep. #6.14) ; The Whipping (ep. #7.27) and the Story of Hector Heatherington (ep. #8.13) |
| Pre-empted 11/25/1963 Originally scheduled to be Michael Malone which was moved to 1/6/1964 | |||
| Sandra Cummings Story (ep. #7.11) 12/2/1963 | Coop makes a play for the daughter of a singer touring the West with her troupe who protests the romance, viewing him as a callous love ‘em and leave ‘em type. He gives every indication that she is right as he seems intent on breaking the girl’s heart just to hurt her mother. | Rhonda Fleming as Sandra Cummings Cynthia Pepper as Paula Cummings John Archer as Jonathan Michael Conrad as Luke Jack Easton Jr. as Jefferson Smith Paul Baxley, Jason Johnson, Brett King, K.L. Smith | Robert FullerRhonda Fleming also appears in the Jennifer Churchill Story (ep. #2.3) and in the Patience Miller Story (ep. #4.16) |
| Bleeker Story (ep. #7.12) 12/9/1963 6/1/1964 (rerun) | Disguised as farm folk, a matriarch and her outlaw gang join the train near Fort Bridger, planning to take over at gunpoint and use it to gain entry to the fort, where a hoard of gold bullion is stored. | Joan Blondell as Ma Bleeker Ed Nelson as Al Bleeker Tim McIntire as Dave Bleeker Holly McIntire as Holly Bleeker Ruta Lee as Jenny Brooke Bundy as Bessie Tudor Owen as McFerran John McKee as Quincy Jan Kemp as Butler Tyler McVey | A McIntire famiily affair.Tim McIntire is the son and Holly McIntire the daughter of John McIntire and his wife, Jeanette Nolan |
| Story of Cain (ep. #7.13) 12/16/1963 6/1/1964 (rerun) | Scouting in the desert Coop rescues a prospector who’s lost and near death from exposure and thirst. The man is so grateful that he offers to sell shares in his gold mine to the travelers. When he changes his mind, Coop fears reprisals from the disappointed passengers. | Ron Hayes as John Cain Anne Helm as Ruth Allen Joseph as Benny Lane Bradford, Frank Overton | Robert Fuller |
| Cassie Vance Story (ep. #7.14) 12/23/1963 6/22/1964 (rerun) | A woman on the train with her husband and young son has been nursing the ill wife of another passenger, when his cash savings are discovered stolen. When it is revealed that the woman once served time in prison, her husband is hurt and angry and her guilt seems certain. | Laraine Day as Cassie Vance Richard Carlson as Adam Eve McVeagh as Mrs. Sharp Adrienne Marden as Mrs. Jenkins John Harmon as Jenkins Kevin Corcoran as Davie Robert Strauss as Floyd Beverly Washburn as Milly Harry Holcombe, Eleanor Audley | |
| Fenton Canaby Story (ep. #7.15) 12/30/1963 8/17/1964 (rerun) | A former wagonmaster who deserted his train, leaving the people to die of thirst, turns himself in to Hale, who tries to keep the infamous man’s identity a secret en route to turn him into the law. | Jack Kelly as Fenton Canaby Virginia Gregg as Grace Lowe Robert Cornthwaite as Bryon Lowe Barbara Bain as Lucy Dee Carroll as Elizabeth John Hoyt as Clayton Jon Locke as Gabe George Dunn, I. Stanford, Jolley Walter Reed, Kelly Thordsen | John McIntireRiverboat ring your bell for Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick (1957-62)Barbara Bain would go on to Mission Impossible playing Cinnamon Carter (1966-1969) |
| Michael Malone Story (ep. #7.16) 1/6/1964 5/18/1964 (rerun) | A troubled priest, trying to forget a time when his vows forced him to make a decision which doomed his sister, joins the train as a layman. Unwittingly captivating a young man, he’s further tormented that he can’t bring himself to reveal his identity to the heartsick girl. | Michael Parks as Michael Malone Joyce Bulifant as Judi Holland Armand Alzamora as Dr. Perez Dick York as Ben Mitchell Nellie Burt as Nora Judi Meredith as Beth John Bryant, Chuck Courtney, Tim Graham | Dick York would go on to play one of the two Darrins on Bewitched |
| Jed Whitmore Story (ep. #7.17) 1/13/1964 6/15/64 (rerun) | A newspaper man traveling to Stringtown to expose a famous marshal as a wanted train robber is accompanied by the man’s brother, an ex-con who went to prison for the robbery his brother committed and who plans to earn a $10,000 fee from the paper for persuading him to confess. | Neville Brand as Frank Lewis/Jed Whitmore William Mims as Jennings Karl Swenson as Harry Whitmore Jan Clayton as Jean Lewis Lois Roberts as Patsy Lewis Les Tremayne as William Carr Byron Morrow, Burt Mustin, Michael Ross | |
| Geneva Balfour Story (ep. #7.18) 1/20/1964 | A frightened young Boston matron destroys the food supply in an attempt to force Hale to abandon the desert route. Her action starts a chain reaction of events which leads to a move to oust Hale as wagonmaster. | Sherry Jackson as Geneva Balfour Peter Brown as Aaron Balfour Robert Lansing as Judge Arthur Forbes Archie Moore as Ishmael James Griffith as Lew Pumfret Kathleen Freeman as Clara Pumfret Kate Murtagh as Hallie McGraw E.J. André as Simon Turpin Jack Grinnage as Jubal Devlin William Challee, Byron Foulger | Archie Moore was the world light-heavyweight champion from 1952-60Peter Brown had just finished playing Deputy Johnny McKay on the Lawman (1958-62). He also appeared in the Adam MacKenzie Story (ep. #6.27) and Those Who Stay Behind (ep. #8.8) |
| Kate Crawley Story (ep. #7.19) 1/27/1964 6/8/1964 (rerun) | A rough-mannered freight line operator falls in love with Hale and his friends fear that the independent woman will take over leadership of the train. As their romance heads for the altar, preparations for the ceremony are interrupted by an Indian war. | Barbara Stanwyck as Kate Crawley Noah Beery Jr. as Stump Beasely Richard Reeves as Pop Harmon Charles Carson as Jessup Harmon Juney Ellis as Emma Margaret Sheridan as Jill Karen Flynn as Liz Dorothy Morris as Lola Bill Baldwin Sr. | John McIntireBarbara Stanwyck also appeared in the Maud Frazier Story (ep. #5.3);Caroline Casteel Story (ep. #6.2) and Molly Kincaid Story (ep. #7.1)Noah Beery Jr. would become Joseph “Rocky” Rockford in the Rockford Files (1974-80) |
| Grover Allen Story (ep. #7.20) 2/3/1964 8/10/1964 (rerun) | A factory drudge kills his tyrannical boss and joins the train with his widowed daughter-in-law and her son to start a new life in the West, but his newfound peace is threatened when a detective joins the train. | Burgess Meredith as Grover Allen Nancy Gates as Della Marshall Thompson as Will Stebbins Scott Lane as Jeff Lillian Bronson as Phoebe Paul E. Burns as fred Elkins Byron Foulger as Mr. Duskins Charles Morton as Watchman | Terry Wilson |
| Andrew Elliott Story (ep. #7.21) 2/10/1964 | Duke is arrested by the U.S. Cavalry on suspicion of criminal negligence and possible murder of a senator’s son, and he must explain why he returned alone after leading a party of six explorers into the badlands. | Dick Sargent as Andrew Elliott Everett Sloane as Senator Elliott Skip Homeier as George Myron Healey as Robert Rollins Robert Osterloh as Jack Hunt Alfred Ryder as Major Ogden Grace Lee Whitney as Nora | Denny MillerDick Sargent would become one of the two Darrins on BewitchedGrace Lee Whitney would boldly go as Janice Rand in Star Trek TOS |
| Melanie Craig Story (ep. #7.22) 2/17/1964 | When a woman is widowed by an accident on the train, Duke vies with a foppish man, a scholar-poet, and a professional gambler for her hand, but she has her eye on a woman hater on the train. | Myrna Fahey as Melanie Craig Jim Davis as Rudd Basham Bobby Diamond as Matt Basham John Craig as Prentiss Dodd Scott Lane as Luke Basham Billy Hughes as Mark Basham Tony Young as Quent Loomis Roger Torrey as Sonny Wilkes Marjorie Bennett as Maud Wilkes Amzie Strickland as Mrs. Lowell Elvia Allman | Denny MillerBobby Diamond had finished playing Joey Newton on Fury (1955-60)Jim Davis would play Jock Ewing on Dallas from 1978 until his death in1981 |
| Pearlie Garnet Story (ep. #7.23) 2/24/1964 | A beautiful young woman is asked to leave the train after looting kitchen supplies and everyone’s money, shooting Duke in the shoulder and bringing false assault charges against a man she robbed. Duke and Hawks later find her in a western hamlet – the richest and most hated person there. | Sharon Farrell as Pearlie Garnet Hugh Beaumont, as Jed Halleck Marilyn Maxwell as the Duchess H.M. Wynant as Clay Boudreau Aline Towne as Lovey Lane Chandler as Sheriff Leonard P. Geer as Jim Cole Ken Mayer as Ed Norton David McMahon as Mr. Stimpson Laurie Mitchell as June | Denny Miller Terry WilsonHugh Beaumont had just finished playing Ward Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver (1957-63) |
| Trace McCloud Story (ep. #7.24) 3/2/1964 7/20/1964 (rerun) | When several unsolved and apparently unmotivated murders terrorize a western town, the towns folks join the train, and Hale’s effort to solve the killings are stymied by an overabundance of suspects and a scarcity of clues. | Larry Pennell as Trace McCloud Audrey Dalton as Lola Modena Stanley Adams as Merlin the Great Charlie Briggs as Joe Weaver John Lupton as Ernie Weaver Richard H. Cutting as KnudsenNora Marlowe as Hilda Bannister James McCallion as Roger Bannister Paul Newlan as Ben Tatum Mark Brandt as Ingram | John McIntire |
| Duncan McIvor Story (ep. #7.25) 3/9/1964 7/6/1964 | Traveling with the train to investigate recent thefts of military property, a lieutenant confiscates two wagonloads of stolen supplies purchased by passengers, and then is mystified when his commanding officer orders him to halt the investigation. | Ron Hayes as Lt. Duncan McIvor Chris Robinson as 2nd Lt. Carter Joanna Moore as Mrs. Carter John Larkin as Col. Lipton Gene Evans as Sgt. Jake Orly James Griffith as Garrett Mike Mazurki as Cpl. Moller Don Gazzaniga as Whitney Michael Bierne as Pvt. Bevins Dennis McCarthy, L.Q. Jones | Denny Miller |
| Ben Engel Story (ep. #7.26) 3/16/1964 | When a man is shot, a mob forms to hang the killer, a young man who is saved by an elderly man traveling with his family, who reveals that they first met when the boy was arrested trying to rob him. | John Doucette as Ben Engel Clu Gulager as Harry Diel Katherine Crawford as Evie Diel J. Pat O’Malley as Colin Dunn Whit Bissell as McCloud Elisha Cook Jr. as Matt Wilson Frank Ferguson as Judge Larkin Darby Hinton as Benjie Diel I. Stanford Jolley as Mr. Jenks Frances Morris as Mrs. Jenks Dick Winslow as Fiddlin’ John | |
| The Whipping (ep. #7.27) 3/23/1964 | Barnaby runs away in disgrace after Hawks threatens to whip him for getting out of line too much recently. Then Hawks becomes so upset Barnaby’s departure that he makes mistakes in judgement that imperil the train. | Martin Balsam as March Jones Jeanne Cooper as Molly Garland William Fawcett as Finley Harold Goodwin, as Man John Litel as Dr. Burke Mike Smith, Ann Staunton | Michael BurnsTerry WilsonJeanne Cooper is best known as Kay Chancellor on The Young and the Restless.Cooper also appeared in The Traitor (ep. # 5.1); Donna Fuller Story (ep. #6.14) ; Kitty Pryer Story (ep. #7.10) and the Story of Hector Heatherington (ep. #8.13) |
| Santiago Quesada Story (ep. #7.28) 3/30/1964 | Coop escorts a pretty girl to her home town and finds the people tense, fearing a Comanche raid in retaliation for the activities of a mysterious figure whose band of semi-outlaws has turned the slaying of Indians into a lucrative business. | Joseph Wiseman as James Case Jena Engstrom as Kim Case Perry Lopez as Lance Starbuck Ed Binns as Major Starbuck Walter Coy as Meachum George Keymas as Stitch Morgan Woodward as Jute Nina Roma as Anitra William Phipps, | Robert Fuller |
| Stark Bluff Story (ep. #7.29) 4/6/1964 | When Duke goes to Stark Bluff for mail he’s framed on a murder charge, after trying to free the widow of a friend who died in a fire from her bondage to a ruthless saloon owner who owns the local law. | Ray Danton as Zeb Stark Peter Whitney as Sheriff Pincus Stanley Adams as Judge Pike Carmen D’Antonio as Olgala Jean Hale as Suzy Dufree Chester Hayes as Vladimir Hari Rhodes as Jefferson Washington Leonard Thomas as Pete | Denny Miller |
| Link Cheney Story (ep. #7.30) 4/13/1964 7/27/1964 (rerun) | The train is a casino on wheels when a famous gambler joins up, becoming the target of a woman who wants him to play her game, a millionaire who thinks his money will outlast the expert’s luck, a man who vows to beak him or kill him and his own former protege, who he’s not happy to see. And Wooster, and “Old Maid” expert, insists on giving him poker pointers. | Charles Drake as Luke Cheney Pippa Scott, as Dorothea Guilford Will Kuluva as Euchre Jones Tom Simcox as Tim Riggs Yvonne Craig as Ellie Riggs Alice Backes as Ada Meecham Paul Baxley as Jake Paul Stader as Rankin Harry Von Zell as Henry Baffle | |
| Zebedee Titus Story (ep. #7.31) 4/20/1964 | Hale hires an aging pioneer as scout out of respect for his fabled former glory and then the man is responsible for Coop’s capture by Indians. His illusions gone, the old man goes off into the wilderness to die. | Neville Brand as Zebedee Titus Robert Stanton as Pietro Angela Doran as Maria Sidney Clute as Maj. Hanley Harry Harvey as Parsons Eddie Little Sky as Indian Chief Otto Reichow as Blacksmith Jan Kemp as Carpenter Earl Hansen as Farrier Del McKennon as Horse Trader | Robert Fuller John McIntire |
| Last Circle Up (ep. #7.32) 4/27/1964 | The end of the trail is made memorable by sorrow and joy, love and hate, birth and death. A young couple decides to wed despite their parents’ religious differences; an old man fights death until he can see God’s greatest creation; tempers flare after Hale pays off his men and they immediately engage in some offbeat gambling matches in which life-savings change hands; Charlie enters a ladies stew-cooking contest. | Joe De Santis as Samuel Moses Naomi Stevens as Hannah Moses Valora Noland as Rebecca Moses Karen Green as Heather Browne Tom Skerritt as Hamis Browne Arthur Space as Dewhirst Jameson Kay Stewart as Priscilla Jameson Tim McIntire as Dewey Jameson Sharon Dillon as Betsy Jameson Pat O’Malley as Earl Calkins Lane Bradford, Myron Healey | Tim McIntire is the son of John McIntire and his wife, Jeanette NolanTom Skerritt was Sheriff Jimmy Brock on Picket Fences (1992) |
| Reruns 5/4/1964-9/7/1964 |
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