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Episode Guide -version 1.0 January 2003
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LANCER
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Twentieth Century-Fox Television production
for
CBS (Tuesdays 7:30 pm EST)
Produced by Alan A. Armer
Created by Samuel A. Peeples and Dean Reisner

US Western series 1968-70  51 episodes x 60 min color
starring
James Stacy as Johnny Madrid Lancer
Wayne Maunder as Scott Lancer
Andrew Duggan as Murdoch Lancer
Elizabeth Baur as Teresa O'Brien
Paul Brinegar as Jelly Hoskins (1969-70)

Premise:
A ranching family fights for survival in the San Joaquin Valley
in the 1870's

'Lancer' theme music by Jerome Moross

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############# season 1 1968-69 ###############
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ABC Tuesdays 7:30 pm Eastern

1.01 [--] Lancer: The High Riders (a.k.a. The Homecoming) (pilot)
24Sep68
no. 6208
produced and directed by Sam Wanamaker
teleplay by Dean Riesner
story by Samuel A. Peeples
music: Hugo Friedhofer
director of photography: Robert Hauser
film editor: Jack W. Holmes
guest stars
Joe Don Baker ................. Day Pardee
Anthony Caruso ................ Toledano
Paul Fierro ................... Cipriano
Sean McClory
Lisa Jak
Ruben Moreno
Robert Adler
Gil Barreto
Gordon Jump
John Louger
Alberto Morin
Vernon Rich
Julian Rivero
Chuck Roberson
Stephen Roberts
Ref Sanchez
Ralph Server
Alex Tinne
Stanley Waxman
Jack Williams
Rancher Murdoch Lancer offers his two long-estranged sons a
tantalizing proposition. Each will get a third of the huge Lancer
spread for help against the land pirates who are infesting the area.
The sons are Boston dandy Scott and his cynical half-brother Johnny.

1.02 [--] Lancer: Blood Rock (1968.10.01)
no. 3104
directed by Gene Nelson
written by Jack Turley
music: Robert Drasnin
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner.
guest stars
John Anderson ................. Sheriff
J.D. Cannon ................... Morgan Price
Barry Williams ................ Ben Wallace
Charles Dierkop
Rayford Barnes
Jack Bannon
Tracy Morgan
Michael Stearns
Jon Lormer
The Lancers arrange for ten-year-old Ben Wallace to finally meet
his outlaw father, a setup that settles well with the sheriff of
Blood Rock, an ambitious man with a twisted sense of ethics.
Murdoch tries to convince the outlaw to dissuade his 10-year-old
son from following in his footsteps.

1.03 [--] Lancer: Chase a Wild Horse (1968.10.08)
no. 3103
directed by Walter Grauman
written by Paul Playdon
music: Leith Stevens
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Roland Gross
guest stars
Robert J. Wilke ............... Stryker
James Gammon .................. Wes
Paul Carr
Bobby Clarke
Lloyd Haynes
Vaughn Taylor
Hick Hill
Brick Huston
A character study of Johnny equates the rebellious young man with
the superb wild stallion he is determined to break.

1.04 [--] Lancer: Foley (1968.10.15)
no. 3102
directed by Alex Singer
teleplay by Anthony Spinner
story by Anthony Spinner & Brian McKay
music by Mullendore
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack Holmes
guest stars
R.G. Armstrong ................ Gant Foley
Lynn Loring ................... Polly
Don Quine ..................... Corey
Joe Perry
Harper Flaherty
Rosa Turich
Lorne McKellar
June Dayton
Bert Santos
John McKee
Arvo Ojala
Scott gambles everything to save a pregnant woman from the clutches
of her father-in-law. Gant Foley, patriarch of a notorious outlaw
clan, promises to destroy anyone who stands between him and the
baby, his only direct descendant.

1.05 [--] Lancer: The Lawman (1968.10.22)
no. 3105
directed by Allen Reisner
written by Laurence Heath
music: Leith Stevens
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack W. Holmes
guest stars
James Gregory ................. Marshal Joe Barker
Robert Doyle .................. Al Evans
Jack Garner ................... Gibbs
John Milford .................. Thompkins
Lloyd Haynes .................. Frank
Leathery old Marshal Barker is riding his last trail as he stops
by the Lancers with two deputies and a murder suspect. With nothing
to show for twenty years of service, Barker is weighing his future
as a charity case against the $5000 bribe he has been offered by
the prisoner.

1.06 [--] Lancer: Julie (1968.10.29)
no. 3109
directed by William Hale
teleplay by Paul Playdon
story by Don Brinkley & Paul Playdon
music supervision: Lionel Newman
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Roland Gross
guest stars
Susan Strasberg ............... Julie
Bruce Dern .................... Lucas
Val Avery ..................... Wade
John Kellogg .................. Sheriff Cutler
Lincoln Tate .................. Jonas
Frederic Downs ................ Liveryman
Clint Sharp ................... Driver
Johnny goes after the girl who framed Scott to protect her fugitive
brother. Time is short as the girl has convinced two bounty hunters
that Scott is their prize. Johnny is jailed when they falsely
identify him as an outlaw wanted for murder and robbery in Denver.

1.07 [--] Lancer: The Prodigal (1968.11.12)
no. 3110
directed by Sobey Martin
teleplay by D. C. Fontana
story by Mel Goldberg & D. C. Fontana
music: Hugo Friedhofer
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
guest stars
Phyllis Thaxter ............... Marcy Dane
Kevin Hagen ................... Packer
Johnny Crawford ............... Jeff Dane
Del Monroe
Stewart Bradley
Paul Picerni
Roy Engel
Ray Kellogg
Jason Wingreen
Widow Marcy Dane is an old flame who starts a few fires on the
Lancer ranch. One is in Murdoch's heart,; the other is far more
dangerous. Marcy is followed by her son, a young army deserter
charged with murder.

1.08 [--] Lancer: Jelly (1968.11.19)
no. 3112
directed by Sobey Martin
written by Jack Turley
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Roland Gross.
guest stars
Ronny Howard .................. Willy
James Wainwright .............. Logan
Ken Lynch ..................... Charlker
Russell Thorson ............... Doc Jenkins
Teddy Quinn ................... Sawdust
Craig Hundley
George Ostos
Mark Robert Brown
Tony Davis
Craig Jue
Mike Freeman
William Bryant
Cagey old codger Jelly Hoskins is caring for an astonishing brood
of orphans - eight varieties of human flotsam in every size and
color. Jelly helps them by helping himself to anything he can lay
hands on, including a money bag lifted from a dead bank robber.

1.09 [--] Lancer: The Last Train for Charlie Poe (1968.11.26)
no. 3107
directed by Donald Richardson
written by Carey Wilber
music: Leith Stevens
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner.
guest stars
Harold Gould .................. Charlie Poe
Dub Taylor .................... Davey Horn
Mary Fickett .................. Mollie Poe
Frank Marth ................... Marks
George Keymas ................. Slaughter
William Bryant ................ Sheriff Gabe
Harry Swoger .................. Mick
Robert Cornthwaite ............ Homer Ord
Ian Wolfe
Hank Worden
Bob Dodson
Johnny and Scott scheme to rob a Sacramento bound express in an
effort to halt a land grab. Compounding their foolishness, the pair
enlist two retired train robbers who yearn for a return to easy
pickings.

1.10 [--] Lancer: Glory (1968.12.10)
no. 3108
directed by Gene Nelson
written by Jack Turley
music: Leith Stevens
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack Holmes
guest stars
Brenda Scott .................. Glory
Laurence Naismith ............. Collier
Johnny Seven .................. Wade Hatcher
Walter Baldwin ................ Storekeeper
Matt Emery .................... Leggirt
Vic Perrin .................... Pete
Anthony Redondo
Desperately needing money to cover her grandfather's gambling debt,
Glory unleashes her charms on the Lancer family, especially Scott,
who seems least likely to melt.

1.11 [--] Lancer: The Heart of Pony Alice (1968.12.17)
no. 3114
directed by Christian Nyby
written by Ken Trevey
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack Holmes
guest stars
Andrew Prine .................. Will Guthrie
Eve Plumb ..................... Pony Alice
Jeanne Cooper ................. Florida
James Griffith ................ Constable Becket
Tom Fadden .................... Ollie Hummer
Jack Perkins
Johnny sets out to even accounts with Wilf Guthrie, a crafty horse
trader who unloaded an old nag on him. He gets hoodwinked the second
time around when Wilf puts his little orphaned niece up for auction.

1.12 [--] Lancer: The Escape (1968.12.31)
no. 3106
directed by William Hale
written by Anthony Spinner
music: Hugo Friedhofer
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Roland Gross
guest stars
Dan Travanty .................. Lt. Dan Cassidy
Lynda Day George .............. Sarah Cassidy
Wayne Rogers .................. Lewis
Robert Biheller ............... Hardy
Joe DeSantis .................. Doc Hildenbrand
John Zaremba .................. Hotel Clerk
Unrelenting hate pits three revenge-bent ex-soldiers against Scott,
whom they blame for betraying a wartime escape attempt. Their
leader, Lt. Dan Cassidy, faces a terrifying turn of events when the
full truth of the incident comes to light.

1.13 [--] Lancer: The Wedding (1969.01.07)
no. 3115
directed by Sobey Martin
written by Anthony Spinner
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Roland Gross
guest stars
Bo Svenson .................... Josh
Brioni Farrell ................ Laurie
Brooke Bundy .................. Jenny
Lawrence Dane ................. Dave Macall
Robert Foulk
Steve Vincent
Harry Harvey, Sr
John Zaremba
Feelings of guilt spur Scott to join his friend Josh in pursuit of
Dave Macall, an escaped outlaw who kidnapped Josh's bride at the
wedding. Scott refrains for telling Josh that the woman used to
work for Macall as a dance-hall girl, and may not want to be rescued
after all.

1.14 [--] Lancer: Death Bait (1969.01.14)
no. 3116
directed by Robert Butler
written by Jack Turley
music: Alexander Courage
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
guest stars
James Olson ................... Alton Gannett
Tom Selleck ................... Cowboy in Bar
Bern Hoffman
Sam Elliott
Synopsis 1:
Jelly is terrified when he encounters someone from his past:
a one-handed man with a trained wolf.
Synopsis 2:
Murdoch, Teresa and Jelly endure a night of terror when Alton
Gannett, a former lawman, appears to even an old score. Gannett,
who is as much wolf as his snarling half-breed dog, is stalking
Jelly to avenge the loss of a hand many years earlier.

1.15 [--] Lancer: The Black McGloins (1969.01.21)
no. 3113
directed by Donald Richardson
written by Carey Wilber
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
music: Hugo Friedhofer
guest stars
Jonathan Harris ............... Padraic McGloin
Stefanie Powers ............... Moira MeGloin
Peter Palmer .................. Sorley Boy McGloin
Nydia Westman ................. Bridget McGloin
George Mitchell ............... Talbot
William Bryant ................ Sheriff Gabe
Byron Morrow
Padraic McGloin, sporting a thick brogue and mutton-shop sideburns,
finds a perfect patsy in Scott Lancer. Whining that he is just a
poor put-upon immigrant, Paddy gains Scott's support while he robs
the county blind, threatening the other ranchers with arson unless
they acquiesce.

1.16 [--] Lancer: Yesterday's Vendetta
(Yesterday's Vengeance (copyright title) (1969.01.28)
no. 3117
directed by Otto Lang
written by Don Brinkley
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack Holmes
guest stars
Teresa Wright ................. Ellen Haney
Lin McCarthy .................. Judd Haney
Robert Sorrells ............... Billy Joe
Ray Kellogg
Ted Gehring
Scott and Johnny are mystified by their father's sudden disappearance
from the ranch. They are unaware that he has decided to bury the
hatchet, one way or another, with Sheriff Judd Haney, his bitter
enemy of 25 years. Ellen Haney, the lawman's wife, plays a pivotal
role in resolving the long-standing feud.

1.17 [--] Lancer: Warburton's Edge (1969.02.04)
no. 3119
directed by Don Medford
teleplay by Ken Turley
story by Ken Turley, K. C. Alison
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
guest stars
Arthur Hill ................... Charles Warburton
Burr DeBenning ................ Isham
Susan O'Connell ............... Tallie Warburton
Richard Devon ................. Sexton Joe
Del Monroe .................... Driscoll
Buck Young .................... Santee
Alma Beltran .................. Cantina Owner
Johnny's loyalties are torn between his father and an adventurer
in a cattlemen's dispute that finds plenty of wrongdoing, and
violence, on both sides.

1.18 [--] Lancer: The Fix-It Man (1969.02.11)
no. 3111
directed by William Hale
written by Charles Wallace
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack Holmes
guest stars
Frank McHugh .................. Charlie Wingate
Linden Chiles ................. Kirby
Barry Atwater ................. Bonell
Mark Allen
Dean Harens
Ted Gehring
Wayne Heffley
A witness to a bank robbery hides a forgotten sack of money in
the Lancer wagon.
Old Charlie Wingate, the town drunk and sometimes fix-it man,
resolves to do one constructive thing in his life...build a
jailhouse for lawless Morro Coyo. But Charlie faces opposition from
interests determined to keep law and order out of town.

1.19 [--] Lancer: Angel Day and Her Sunshine Girls (1969.02.25)
no. 3120
directed by Donald Richardson
written by Jack Turley
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack Holmes
guest stars
Cloris Leachman ............... Angel Day
Mark Richman .................. Carl Bolton
Joyce Bulifant ................ Cassie
Carolyn Fleming ............... July
Don Briggs .................... the Marshal
Ray Fine ...................... Bartender
David McLean .................. Sheriff
Saloon entertainer Angel Day turns up at the Lancer ranch with a
court order to claim Teresa, the daughter she once abandoned.
Planned as an extortion scheme by her husband, the maneuver fails
to consider Angel's maternal instincts.

1.20 [--] Lancer: The Great Humbug (1969.03.04)
no. 3121
directed by William Hale
written by Laurence Heath
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Roland Gross
music: Joseph Mullendore
guest stars
Lisa True Gerritson ........... Vinny
William Windom ................ Claude Buttermere
Morgan Woodward ............... Jay McKillen
Alan Oppenheimer .............. Dan'l Drew
Sam Elliott ................... Canopus
William Wintersole ............ Timothy
Joseph Perry .................. Bartender
The Lancers unwittingly play host to a swindler and the wealth of
problems created by his fraudulent land-buying scheme.

1.21 [--] Lancer: Juniper's Camp (1969.03.11)
no. 3123
directed by William Hale
written by Barry Oringer
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack Holmes
guest stars
Shelley Fabares ............... Melissa Harper
Dennis Cole ................... Bobby Cooper
Walter Brooke ................. James Harper
Ross Hagen .................... Harmon Cooper
William Lucking ............... Crocker Cooper
Duane Grey .................... Bartender
Chuck Harrold ................. Marshal
Scott and Johnny ride into a hornet's nest when they try to rescue
a Boston miss supposedly kidnapped by a miner. The truth is she
wants to marry the man and is in no mood to be rescued.

1.22 [--] Lancer: The Knot (1969.03.18)
no. 3118
directed by Donald Richardson
written by Carey Wilber
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Roland Gross
guest stars
Tom Skerritt .................. Bill Blake
Martin Sheen .................. Andy Blake
Wright King ................... Zack Blake
Richard X. Slattery ........... Seth Blake
Jack Williams
Teresa is kidnapped by prison escapees who plan on ransoming her.
After being rescued from the kidnappers, Teresa refuses to identify
a former captor who had been kind to her. Her own kindness may reap
a bitter reward. The man has sworn to kill Murdoch.

1.23 [--] Lancer: The Man Without a Gun (1969.03.25)
no. 3124
directed by Donald Richardson
written by Roland Wolpert
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Roland Gross
guest stars
Guy Stockwell ................. Clay Criswell
Warren Oates .................. Sheriff Val Crawford
Harry Harvey, Sr. ............. Mayor Higgs
Woodrow Parfrey ............... Zeek
William Vaughn
Buck Young
Henry Wills
Joseph Ferrante
Manuel Padilia
Tony Davis
Clay Criswell is a polished gentleman outlaw who doesn't carry a
gun, yet plans to rob the town. His ingenious scheme is to replace
the sheriff and then, in the name of civilized progress, disarm the
townsfolk.

1.24 [--] Lancer: Child of Rock and Sunlight (1969.04.01)
no. 3122
directed by Donald Richardson
written by Penrod Smith
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
guest stars
Rex Holman .................... Luke Sickles
Johnnie Whitaker .............. Andy-Jack
Virginia Christine ............ Hannah Sickles
Patty McCormack ............... Pearl Sickles
Mary Jackson .................. the hotel keeper
Craig Hundley
Garry Walberg
Stranded on the blazing desert, Scott Lancer goes from frying pan
into fire when he stumbles half blind onto a abandoned mine
occupied by the Sickles family. Outlaw Luke Sickles sees a chance
to shake the law by killing Scott and passing off the corpse as
himself. Scott's only hope lies in Luke's nephew, Andy-Jack, a
knowledge-hungry lad torn between family loyalty and a fierce desire
for schooling.

1.25 [--] Lancer: The Measure of a Man (1969.04.08)
no. 3125
directed by Don McDougall
written by Gerry Day
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
music: Harry Geller.
guest stars
Victor French ................. Travis Caudle
Ronny Howard .................. Turk Caudle
Julie Sommars ................. Catha Cameron
Roger Perry ................... Ben Cameron
Craig Hundley ................. Todd Wilson
Richard O'Brien ............... Owen Wilson
Debi Storm .................... Annabelle
Scott James ................... Dan'l
Strangely enough, it is Johnny, an untaught ex-gunfighter, who
serves as a substitute teacher. He is helping a school marm prove
the value of education to ranchers dead set against sending their
children to school.

1.26 [--] Lancer: Devil's Blessing (1969.04.22)
no. 3126
directed by Christian Nyby
written by Sam Roeca
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Jack Holmes.
guest stars
Beverly Garland ............... Clara Dunbar
Joseph Campanella ............. Douglas Blessing
Noah Beery, Jr. ............... Hamlin
Vic Tayback ................... Porter
Charles Dierkop ............... Bleaker
Arthur Franz .................. Sheriff Platt
E.J. Andre
John Harmon
William A. Henry
Smarting from accusations that he is suffering from age, Murdoch
single-handedly takes on lawless elements in an ugly mining town
misnamed Blessing.

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############# season 2 1969-70 ###############
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ABC Tuesdays 7:30 pm Eastern
25 episodes

2.01 [27] Lancer: Blind Man's Bluff (1969.09.23)
no. 5101
directed by Leo Penn
written by Carey Wilber
guest stars
L.Q. Jones .................... Slate Meek
Melissa Murphy ................ Mattie Cable
Robert Doyle .................. Harrison Meek
Russell Thorson ............... Dr. Sam Poovy
James Gammon .................. Clint Meek
Charles Irving ................ Doctor
Frank Gerstle ................. Lem Cable
Johnny, blinded by a sniper's bullet, must rely on a mute girl to
help him escape his pursuers.

2.02 [28] Lancer: Zee (1969.09.30)
no. 5103
directed by Leo Penn
teleplay by Andy Lewis
story by Mitchell Lindemann & Andy Lewis
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Desmond Marquette
music: Joseph Mullendore.
guest stars
Stefanie Powers ............... Zee
Vaughn Taylor ................. Trask
Richard Evans ................. Olin
Jack Elam ..................... Tom Mangrum
Ellen Corby ................... Widow Hargis
Dub Taylor .................... Harker
William Bryant ................ Sheriff Gabe
Charles Irving ................ Doctor
Ian Wolfe ..................... Judge
Scott is deputized to keep watch over Zee, a tomboyish young
hellion caught robbing a store, and a resourceful bundle of trouble
for her hapless custodian.

2.03 [29] Lancer: The Kid (1969.10.07)
no. 5105
directed by Allen Reisner
written by Carey Wilber
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Charles L. Freeman
guest stars
Billy Mumy .................... Andy
Bert Freed .................... Toby Jencks
Richard X. Slattery ........... Dan Marvin
Jennifer Douglas .............. Dorrie
Dabbs Greer ................... Sheriff
Lee Farr ...................... Lucky
Don Wilbanks .................. the foreman
Vic Perrin .................... Whitley Scroggs
Johnny Lancer reverts to this former identity of gunslinger Johnny
Madrid to teach a youngster the power of hate. The lad hires Johnny,
for a rock-bottom fee of $26.37, to kill two ranchers he blames for
the death of his father.

2.04 [30] Lancer: The Black Angel (1969.10.21)
no. 5107
directed by Allen Reisner
written by Jack Turley
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
music: Fred Steiner
guest stars
Antoinette Bower .............. Angeline Ferris
Gavin MacLeod ................. Bateman
Tim Weldon
Old Jelly falls head over boots in love with Angeline Ferris, a
beguiling widow half his age. It is Murdoch who has reservations
about the May-December pairing, and well he might. Angeline is part
of an insurance scheme that pegs Jelly's like at $10,000.

2.05 [31] Lancer: The Gifts (1969.10.28)
no. 5110
directed by Allen Reisner
teleplay: Andy White
story: D. C. Fontana, Andy White
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner.
guest stars
Sharon Acker .................. Tiffany Mumford
Mary Jo Kennedy ............... Trina
Will Kuluva ................... James A. Mumford
June Dayton ................... Mrs. Moran
Jim Woodall ................... Frank
Tom Lowe ...................... Wild Jim
Don Wilbanks .................. Hart
Jan Arvan ..................... Clerk
John Gallaudet ................ Lloyd Bush
Three birthday gifts are intended for Murdoch - Scott's stereopticon,
Johnny's priceless rifle, and Jelly's prize sow - but strange events
befall each before delivery.

2.06 [32] Lancer: Cut the Wolf Loose (1969.11.04)
no. 5109
directed by Robert Day
written by Ken Trevey
guest stars
Brooke Bundy .................. Laura Thompson
Joe Don Baker ................. Santee
Vic Tayback ................... Durham
Ned Romero .................... Wichita Jim
Kevin O'Neal
Ned Glass
Dehl Berti
Arvo Ojala
Harvey Gold
Johnny battles unusual and formidable rivals for the love of
missionary Laura Thompson; Laura's first concern is the frontier's
human flotsam: the old men, cripples, derelicts and feckless town
Indians she is struggling to reach.

2.07 [33] Lancer: Jelly Hoskins' American Dream (1969.11.11)
no. 5108
directed by Christian Nyby
written by Andy White
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Charles L. Freeman
music: Joseph Mullendore
guest stars
Frank Marth
James Griffith
David McLean
George Keymas
Harry Hickok
Mary Jackson
Shannon Farnon
Sentimental old Jelly becomes the laughingstock of cattledom when he
buys a real bovine misfit - a ponderous, humpbacked bull like no one
has ever seen. But for some reason, one of the cattlemen isn't
laughing. If he can't have the gentle beast, then no one else will.

2.08 [34] Lancer: Welcome to Genesis (1969.11.18)
no. 5111
directed by Robert Day
written by Ken Pettus
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Charles L. Freeman.
guest stars
Pernell Roberts ............... Theodore Banning
Richard Carlson ............... Judah Abbott
Joanne Linville ............... Sarah
Teddy Eccles .................. Billy
Bill Zuckert
Nellie Burt
David Macklin
Sundown Spencer
Theodore Banning, a frontier doctor of doubtful ethics and a dubious
future, is jailed for practicing without a license. But Banning is
the best Murdoch can find to treat a badly mauled Jelly and the
long-neglected people of a forgotten mining town.

2.09 [35] Lancer: A Person Unknown (1969.11.25)
no. 5113
directed by William Hale
written by Andy White
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
guest stars
Agnes Moorehead ............... Mrs. Normile
Quentin Dean .................. Lucrece
Ramon Bieri ................... Nevill
Bruce Dern .................... Tom Nevill
A Southern gentlewoman is reduced to farming, but is determined to
improve her daughter's lot. Opportunity knocks when the girl brings
home Johnny, badly wounded and carrying a price on his head for
murder.

2.10 [36] Lancer: Legacy (1969.12.09)
no. 5104
directed by Christian Nyby
written by Jack Turley
guest stars
George Macready ............... Harlan Garrett
Katherine Justice ............. Julie
Dal Jenkins ................... Bill Degan
Teno Pollick .................. Carl Degan
Kathleen Freeman
Jason Wingreen
Eddie Frank
Jack Turley
Harlan Garrett, Scott's maternal grandfather, has come West to
resume a no-holds-barred battle with Murdoch for Scott's affections.

2.11 [37] Lancer: A Scarecrow at Hacket's (1969.12.16)
no. 5115
directed by Marvin Chomsky
written by Sam Roeca
guest stars
Pat Hingle .................... Absolem Weir
Sean Kelly .................... Silas
James Griffith
Ian Wolfe
A dying man, feeling his land accursed, wills it to the devil. Oddly
enough, a claimant shows up, a softly sinister Absolem Weir, a
gentleman with a slightly sulfurous air.

2.12 [38] Lancer: Little Darling of the Sierras (1969.12.30)
no. 5112
directed by Allen Reisner
written by Ken Trevey
guest stars
Cloris Leachman ............... Hester
Don Francks ................... Noah Fletcher
Bayn Johnson .................. Penny Rose
When mining-camp entertainer Penny Rose's father dies, Murdoch tries
to find the fortune she supposedly has inherited, while helping the
little trouper start a new life with her stuffy aunt from San Francisco.

2.13 [39] Lancer: Shadow of a Dead Man (1970.01.06)
no. 5118
directed by Robert Butler
written by Jack Turley
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Ellsworth Hoagland.
guest stars
Lynn Loring ................... Jessamie
Joe Don Baker ................. Hamer
Michael-James Wixted .......... Grady
Harry Swoger .................. Liveryman
Investigating a forgotten piece of property, Johnny finds it
occupied by a rifle-toting woman who claims to be a Lancer and
wants no truck with strangers with good reason, for she is being
sought by a man with an easy smile, and the reflexes of a gunfighter.

2.14 [40] Lancer: Blue Skies for Willie Sharpe (1970.01.13)
no. 5116
directed by Allen Reisner
written by Andy White
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
music: Joseph Mullendore.
guest stars
Keenan Wynn ................... Kansas Bill Sharpe
Clint Howard .................. Willie Sharpe
Alfred Ryder .................. Colonel Andrews
Sam Elliott ................... Cowboy
William Wintersole ............ Businessman
For the sake of young Willie Sharpe, Scott tries to restore luster
to the badly tarnished image of the boy's legendary grandfather.
Once a town tamer, Kansas Bill Sharpe is now the town drunk. He is
also the favorite clown of a sadistic town boss.

2.15 [41] Lancer: Chad (1970.01.20)
no. 5120
produced by Edwin Self
directed by Alan A. Armer
written by Carey Wilber
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Charles L. Freeman
music: Robert Drasnin
guest stars
John Beck ..................... Chad Lancer
Zina Bethune .................. Callie
Mills Watson .................. Buck
Robert Gravage
Entanglements multiply when Johnny helps a brother and sister who
have come from the hills of Kentucky to settle an old family feud.
With a band of desperadoes in deadly pursuit, Johnny slowly
realizes that the girl is falling for him, and that the family they
are seeking is his own.

2.16 [42] Lancer: The Lorelei (1970.01.27)
no. 5102
directed by Christian Nyby
written by Sam Roeca
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Charles L. Freeman
music: Arthur Morton
guest stars
Anthony Eisley ................ Jess Barton
Winifred Coffin ............... Gus Guthrie
Leonard Stone ................. Bertram Ames
Roy Benson .................... Otto Spangler
Arthur Malet .................. the footman
Nina Shipman .................. Millie Barton
Debi Storm .................... Mary Anne
Rick Nyby
All that's gold doesn't necessarily glitter, as Jelly discovers upon
acquiring a gold mine. Profitable mining of the vein requires
blasting that will dam a stream vitally needed by the Lancers.

2.17 [43] Lancer: The Lion and the Lamb (1970.02.03)
no. 5121
directed by Allen Reisner
written by Andy White
guest stars
Andrew Prine .................. Gabe Lincoln
Donna Mills ................... Lucy
Donald Moffat ................. Porter
Ross Hagen .................... Clint
Hal Holmes .................... Spud
Jerry Strickler
John Harmon
Ray Kellogg
Gentle Gabe Lincoln, a sheepherder of Biblical mien, saves Johnny
from a raging bull. In return, the young cowhand offer refuge for
Gabe's sheep on Lancer land - an action that stirs fires of fanaticism
among the neighboring cattlemen.

2.18 [44] Lancer: The Experiment (1970.02.17)
no. 5117
directed by Virgil W. Vogel
written by Herbert Purdum
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Charles L. Freeman
guest stars
Scott Marlowe ................. Billy Kells
Scott Brady ................... Bowman
Richard Peabody ............... Ox
Charles Dierkop
Martin Huston
John McLiam
Ed Bakey
Stanley Adams
Alice Backes
Paul Sorenson
Testing an idea born before its time, Murdoch oversees an experimental
prison farm for first-time offenders. Striving to remain firm, but
fair, he grapples with skepticism from the six sullen convicts, the
hard-nosed guards and hypocritical members of the prison board.

2.19 [45] Lancer: Splinter Group (1970.03.03)
no. 5114
directed by Virgil W. Vogel
written by Sam Roeca
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Charles L. Freeman
guest stars
Ken Swofford .................. Rufus
Tim O'Connor .................. Samuel
Diana Ewing ................... Sarah
William Mims .................. Sheriff Jayson
Jason Wingreen ................ Wilkes
Eileen Baral .................. Tillie
Frances Spanier ............... Mrs. Wilkes
Charles Wagenheim ............. William
Scott goes after supplies to help starving families of miners
fleeing the law. The fugitives are exposed to great danger when the
sheriff learns of their presence, and the foodstuffs turn out to be
contaminated.

2.20 [46] Lancer: Lamp in the Wilderness (1970.03.10)
no. 5123
directed by Michael Caffey
written by Andy White
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
music: Fred Steiner
guest stars
Pippa Scott ................... Rebecca Brown
Manuel Padilia ................ Running Fox
Michael Ansara ................ Curley
Melanie Craig ................. Mary
Mark Tapscott ................. Prospector
George Ostos .................. Dull Knife
Gloria Chavez ................. Running Nose
Ira Angustein ................. Johnny Crow
Murdoch lends a helping hand to a teacher working with Indian
children. Rebecca Brown needs the help as she has no understanding
of the Indian culture, and her classes are being disrupted by an
embittered brave.

2.21 [47] Lancer: The Buscaderos (1970.03.17)
no. 5122
directed by Allen Reisner
teleplay by Ken Trevey
story by Jim Byrnes
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
guest stars
Warren Oates .................. Drago
Brenda Scott .................. Violet
Rex Holman .................... Chapel
David McLean
Joseph Perry
Backed by desperadoes and a Gatling gun, the bandit Drago takes
over the Lancer ranch, intent on stealing local tax monies. Jealous
of his girl friend's one-time love for Johnny Lancer, Drago plans to
humiliate Johnny before her eyes. But Drago picks on Scott by
mistake and vents his long-held fury on him.

2.22 [48] Lancer: Dream of Falcons (1970.04.07)
no. 5124
directed by Don Richardson
written by Carey Wilber
director of photography: Frederick Gately;
film editor: Charles L. Freeman
music: Joseph Mullendore
guest stars
John Beck ..................... Chad Lancer
Harold Gould .................. Otto Mueller
Richard X. Slattery ........... Buck Fanning
Del Monroe .................... 2nd Cowboy
Don Wilbanks .................. 1st Cowboy
Frank Christi ................. Bodyguard
Rick Corey .................... Boy
Chad Lancer, the hillbilly addition to the clan, helps an inventor
give wings to an idea. Despite ridicule and opposition, old Otto
Mueller is determined to test his tomfool notion that man can fly.

2.23 [49] Lancer: Goodbye, Lizzie (1970.04.28)
no. 5119
directed by Allen Reisner
written by Kathleen Hite
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Anthony Wollner
guest stars
Nan Martin .................... Lizzie Cramer
Victor Campos ................. Julio
James Best .................... Clayt
Bill Vint ..................... Mossy
Annette Molen ................. Jenny
Charles Briggs ................ Thede
Murdoch's old friend Lizzie Cramer is making a mighty effort to quit
her outlaw band, but the past, like a shadow, is hard to leave
behind.

2.24 [50] Lancer: The Rivals (1970.05.05)
no. 5106
directed by Christian Nyby
written by Thomas Thompson
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Desmond Marquette
guest stars
Rory Calhoun .................. Buck Addison
Mary Fickett .................. Aggie
Buck Addison, a ruthless land baron, is trying to squeeze out
Murdoch. Addison's interests aren't entirely in land. He also
considers Murdoch a rival in love.

2.25 [51] Lancer: Lifeline (final episode of "Lancer")
(1970.05.19)
no. 5125
directed by Robert Butler
written by Sam Roeca
director of photography: Frederick Gately
film editor: Ellsworth Hoagland
music: George Duning
guest stars
Donald Knight ................. McGovern
Barbara Luna .................. Anna
Peter Palmer .................. Charlie
Stewart Bradley
Arthur Bernard
Jim Burk
The Lancers experience an unnerving brush with the occult. A young
seer's predictions of doom seem to be coming true. Jelly comes down
with a strange sickness, and the cattle start dying like flies.

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