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The Classic TV Archive - TV Western series
Gunslinger
(1961)
Episode Guide
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Dischley, Rina Fox
references:
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
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GUNSLINGER
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Emirau Productions
for
CBS (Thursdays 9:00 pm EST)
Created and Produced by Charles Marquis Warren
US Western series Spring 1961 12 episodes x 60 min bw
starring
Tony Young
as Cord
Preston Foster
as Capt. Zachary Wingate
Charles Gray as Pico McGuire
Dee Pollock as Billy Urchin
Midge Ware as Amby Hollister
John Pickard* as Sgt. Major Murdock
[previously billed as Jack Pickard in the 1957 series "Boots and Saddles")
Premise:
Adventures of Cord, a Civil War veteran working undercover for the Army.
Background:
A mid-season replacement for "The Witness"
'Gunslinger' theme
music by Dimitri Tiomkin
lyrics by Ned Washington
Palm Music Corporation
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CBS Thursdays 9:00 pm Eastern
1.01 [--] Gunslinger: BORDER INCIDENT
(a.k.a. The Buried People)
09Feb61 CBS Thur
Starring: Tony Young, Preston Foster
with: Charles Gray, Dee Pollock
Guest cast
Royal Dano .................... "El Senor"
Fay Spain ..................... Martha
Roy Barcroft .................. Taggert
It's Cord's job to find Col. Carson Clayborne, notorious for his
cruelty to his prisoners during the war. In a Mexican town, Cord
runs across a man he suspects is Clayborne - practicing medicine
and being kind to the poor. [TA]
1.02 [--] Gunslinger: THE HOSTAGE FORT
16Feb61 CBS Thur
Directed by George E. Templeton
Starring: Tony Young, Preston Foster
with: Charles Gray, Dee Pollock, Midge Ware, John Pickard
Guest cast
Jack Elam ..................... Clint Gannet
Jena Engstrom ................. Mrs. Barnes
Vaughn Taylor ................. Matt Calvin
Stafford Repp ................. Simon Hess
Ron Soble ..................... Steve Summers
Charles Tannen ................ Royce
Raymond Guth .................. Floyd Braden
Cord (Tony Young), on an assignment for Capt. Wingate (Preston
Foster) prevents the people of a neighboring community from
lynching Clint Gannett (Jack Elam), by turning him over to the
Army, so jeopardizing the entire Army fort.
(UK airdate: 25Mar61, ITV Tyne-Tees Sat 6:45pm)
1.03 [--] Gunslinger: APPOINTMENT IN CASCABEL
23Feb61 CBS
Guest cast
Anthony Caruso ................ Manuel Garcia
Charlita ...................... Soledad
Sarita Vara ................... Concepcion Garcia
1.04 [--] Gunslinger: THE ZONE
02Mar61 CBS
Guest cast
Addison Richards .............. John Pearson
Sandy Kenyon .................. Willoughby
Anne Graves ................... Lucy Pearson
Charles Fredericks ............ Jake Forsythe
Ernest Sarracino .............. Armando Rojas
1.05 [--] Gunslinger: RAMPAGE
16Mar61 CBS
Guest cast
Jock Mahoney .................. Halsey Roland
Jan Shepard ................... Constance Cameron Jenks
Lew Gallo ..................... Pete Jenks
Steve Mitchell ................ Corporal Blaney
Theodore Newton ............... Dave Cameron
Zon Murray .................... Hix
Allen Jaffe ................... Waldhorn
1.06 [--] Gunslinger: THE RECRUIT
23Mar61 CBS
Guest cast
Gene Evans .................... Sergeant Croft
John Howard ................... Marcus Tollman
Stanley Clements .............. Corporal Sebastian
Ron Hagerthy .................. Trooper Gurney
Jan Stine ..................... Trooper Williams
Jay Silverheels ............... Hopi Indian
1.07 [--] Gunslinger: ROAD OF THE DEAD
30Mar61 CBS
Guest cast
Mari Blanchard ................ Contessa
Paul Lambert .................. Pritchard
Carlos Romero ................. Colonel Delgado
Hugh Sanders .................. Marshal
Hardie Albright ............... Barber
Jack Searl .................... Dorcas
Jan Arvan ..................... Jiminez
Abel Franco ................... Tomas
Norman Leavitt ................ Bank Clerk
Bob Bice ...................... Sheriff
Madeline Holmes ............... Aunt Serafina
1.08 [--] Gunslinger: GOLDEN CIRCLE
13Apr61 CBS Thurs (rebroadcast 29Jun61)
Guest cast
Buddy Ebsen ................... Jed Spangler
John Hoyt ..................... Shubel Morgan
Pamela Britton ................ Peggy Morgan
William Tannen ................ Ben Tracy
Tyler McVey ................... Harris
Milton Frome .................. Bartender
Jay Jostyn .................... Warden
Byron Morrow .................. Sheriff
Synopsis:
Yuma Prison releases inmate Jed Spangler hoping he will lead them to the
cash he helped steal from the Army during the war. Cord, assigned to
accompany Spangler, has a particular interest in the case - Spangler
killed the sentry who replaced him at the time of the robbery. [RF]
1.09 [--] Gunslinger: THE DIEHARDS
20Apr61 CBS original airdate
Guest cast
Lloyd Corrigan ................ Doctor Bennet
Arline Sax .................... Laurie
William Boyett ................ Roy Jessup
Several troopers are slain under mysterious circumstances when
an army patrol commanded by Sgt Major Murdock is ambushed.
(UK airdate: 06May61 ITV Tyne-Tees, Sat 6:45 pm)
1.10 [--] Gunslinger: JOHNNY SERGEANT
04May61 CBS original airdate
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Guest Cast:
Jock Gaynor ................... Johnny Sereant
Phyllis Coates ................ Teresa Perez
Sonya Wilde ................... Tani
Don Harvey .................... Ben Rawlings
Peter Adams ................... Beau Dunning
Duane Gray .................... Luke
Harry Ellerbe ................. Clay
William Schallert ............. Lieutenant Gilmore
Hal Baylor .................... Big Red
A community, irate over the rowdy off-duty activities of the
military, helps convict an innocent Indian soldier, attached to
Fort Scott, of molesting a woman.
(UK airdate: 13May61, ITV: ATV London, Sat 6:45 pm)
1.11 [--] Gunslinger: THE DEATH OF YELLOW SINGER
11May61 CBS
Guest cast
Henry Brandon ................. Two Bows
Barbara Luna .................. Elise
Vitina Marcus ................. Clea
Celia Lovsky .................. Aunt Kayenta
Edward Colmans ................ Don Galarzo
Michael Morgan ................ Wounded Face
Eddie Little Sky .............. Navajo Policeman
Bob Gunderson ................. Mangus
1.12 [--] Gunslinger: THE NEW SAVANNAH STORY (final episode)
18May61 CBS
Guest cast
Dorothy Green ................. Ella St. Clair
Anne Helm ..................... Ruth St. Clair
Frank De Kova ................. Don Ignacio Alesandro
Jim Davis ..................... Jeb Crane
Ron Hagerthy .................. Phil Nevis
William Vaughan ............... Bart Myrick
Otto Waldis ................... Hans Kroeger
[--] 29Jun61 rerun of 1.08 "Golden Circle" (first
aired 13Apr61)
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