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Season 3 (NBC) (1959-60)
(60
min) (b-w)
Starring Ward Bond
& Robert Horton
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: James Beer
references:
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############# season 3 1959-60 ###############
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37 hour-long episodes b&w
NBC Wednesdays 7:30 pm Eastern
starring
Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams - Wagonmaster
Robert Horton as Flint McCullough - Scout
Frank McGrath as Charlie Wooster - Cook
Terry Wilson as Bill Hawks
Many season 3 episodes were aired in the UK
on the ITV network 2 days before the NBC airdate
3.1 [78] Wagon Train:
THE STAGECOACH STORY
30-Sep-1959 NBC Wed
Written by Jean Holloway
Directed by William Witney
Music Score by Jerome Moross
Guest Cast:
Debra Paget ........... Angela deVarga
Clu Gulager ........... Caleb Jamison
Abraham Sofaer ........ Antonio
Lalo Rios ............. Juan
Synopsis:
After a gala night in San Francisco, Maj. Seth Adams and his friends Wooster and
Hawks buy stagecoach tickets to
return to St. Louis. They are disamyed to learn that their driver will be none
other than Flint McCullough. [JB]
3.2 [79] Wagon Train: THE GREENHORN STORY
07-Oct-1959 NBC Wed (Rerun Sun 6Jan63 ABC)
Written by Jean Holloway
Directed by Bretaigne Windust
Music by Conrad Salinger and Albert Woodbury
Guest Cast:
Mickey Rooney ................. Samuel T. Evans
Ellen Corby ................... Aunt Em
Daria Massey .................. Melanie Pumphret
Byron Foulger ................. Humphrey Pumphret
Jerry Hauser
James Burke
Ronnie Dapo
Synopsis:
A young Easterner has signed up to travel with the wagon train. At first Adams
is amused by the dude,
but then he begins to worry---sharpies might try to take advantage of him. [JB]
3.3 [080] Wagon Train: THE C.L. HARDING STORY
14-Oct-1959 NBC Wed
Guest Star:
Claire Trevor ......... C.L. Harding
with:
Jimmy Cash ............ Hoag
John Holland .......... Ellington
Jean Ingram ........... Estrabella
Theodore Newton ....... Buzz
Amzie Strickland ...... Arletta
Synopsis:
A woman newspaper reporter is assigned to travel with Seth Adams' wagon train.
Once aboard the train, the reporter
begins a women's suffrage movement among the wives. [RF]
3.4 [081] Wagon Train: THE ESTABAN ZAMORA STORY
21-Oct-1959 NBC Wed
Written by Halsey Melone
Directed by Bretaigne Windust
Music by Frank DeVol
Guest Cast:
Ernest Borgnine ....... Estaban Zamora
Leonard Nimoy ......... Bernabe
Philip Pine ........... Manuel
Robert Armstrong ...... Roy Daniels
Stuart Randall ........ Sheriff Hixon
James Griffith
David McMahon
Jeanne Bates
Synopsis:
Immigrant Esteban Zamora joins Seth Adams' wagon train to travel west, where his
three sons work for a sheep farmer. [JB]
3.5 [82] Wagon Train: THE ELIZABETH MCQUEENEY STORY
28-Oct-1959 NBC Wed
Written and Directed by Allen H. Miner
Music Score: Jerome Moross
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Star:
Bette Davis ........... Elizabeth McQueeney
with:
Maggie Pierce ......... Roxanne
Robert Strauss ........ Count
Barney Biro ........... Phil
Lynn Bernay
Meg Wyllie
Danielle Aubrey
Marjorie Bennett
John Wilder
Phil Arnold
Joseph Mell
Synopsis:
Elizabeth McQueeney joins Seth Adams' wagon train with a group of lovely young
girls as her charges. [JB]
(Delayed Broadcast Sun 1Nov59 WKBT-8 (CBS) LaCrosse, WI 4 p.m. CST)
3.6 [83] Wagon Train: THE MARTHA BARHAM STORY
04-Nov-1959 NBC Wed
02-Nov-1959 ITV Mon, UK 8:30 pm (shown in UK 2 days before USA!)
Written by Howard Christie and James A. Parker
Adapted by Dale and Katherine Eunson
Directed by James Neislon
Guest Star:
Ann Blyth ............. Martha Barham
With:
Dayton Lummis ......... Major Barham
Read Morgan ........... Curly Horse
Mike Road ............. Capt. Wade Forrest
Warren Oates .......... Silas Carpenter
Larry Blake ........... Chief White Cloud
Mel Pogue ............. Private
David McMahon ......... Dancing Partner
John Damler ........... Orderly
Henry Brandon ......... Black Panther
J.W. Cody ............. Medicine Man
John McKee ............ 1st Lt.
Synopsis:
Flint McCullough tries to warn a fort of an incipient Indian attack, but is
ignored. A hint from an old Sioux Indian
sends Flint McCullough riding non-stop to Fort Hasting to warn the Commander,
Major Barham. But the Major will not
believe that the Sioux are on the warpath, and his daughter, Martha, once
Flint's friend now treats the scout with
resentment. The Major's disbelief leads to tragedy - and Martha soon has cause
to be glad of Flint's help. [UK]
3.7 [84] Wagon Train: THE CAPPY DARRIN STORY
11-Nov-1959 NBC Wed
Written by Stanley Kallis
Directed by Virgil Vogel
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast:
Ed Wynn ....................... Cappy Darrin
Tommy Nolan ................... Tuck Hardy
Rodd Redwing
Robert Burton
Tyler McVey
Bill Foster
Synopsis:
Cappy Darrin, an elderly riverboat captain joins the wagon train with his
grandson Tuck Hardy. As the wagon train
nears Cappy's destination, he and the boy decide to leave the train and strike
out on their own for California. [JB]
3.8 [085] Wagon Train: THE FELIZIA KINGDOM STORY
18-Nov-1959 NBC Wed
Written by Leonard Praskins & Sloan Nibley
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Tonight Starng: Robert Horton
Guest Cast:
Dame Judith Anderson .... Felezia Kingdom
Larry Perron .......... Snare
Jean Allison .......... Angela
Synopsis:
Scout Flint McCullough goes to the ranch of Felizia Kingdom to ask permission
for the wagon train to cross her property.
McCullough disarms a ranch hand who holds a gun on him, but he is being held
captive by the woman. [JB]
3.9 [86] Wagon Train: THE JESS MACABBEE STORY
25-Nov-1959 NBC Wed
23-Nov-1959 ITV Mon, UK (shown in UK 2 days before USA!)
Written by Howard Christie and James A. Parker
Directed by David Butler
Guest Stars:
Andy Devine ................... Jess MacAbbee
Glenda Farrell ................ Belle MacAbbee
with:
Carol Byron ................... Lilly Belle
Marlene Willis ................ Sally Belle
Karen Green ................... Anna Belle Jr
Terry Burnham ................. Mary Belle
Tammy Marihugh ................ Cora Belle
Ray Teal ...................... Jed Culpepper
Bill St. John ................. Jim Culpepper
Synopsis:
By the simple ruse of yelling "Indians" and herding his wife and five daughters
into a cellar everytime a stranger comes
near his ranch, Jess MacAbbee has ensured an easy life. For, if his daughters
never meet anyone, they can't marry and will
continue to work the ranch for him. But Flint's arrival in search of provisions
upsets this neat arrangement and brings
the girls romance they didn't expect. [UK]
3.10 [87] Wagon Train: THE DANNY BENEDICT STORY
02-Dec-1959 NBC Wed
Written by Harold Swanton
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Stars:
Brandon de Wilde ...... Danny Benedict
Onslow Stevens ........ Colonel Benedict
Walter Reed ........... Harrison
Melinda Plowman ....... Prissy
Herbert Lytton ........ Doctor
Synopsis:
Young Danny Benedict is unhappy with the strict military life his father, Col.
Daniel Benedict,
has planned for him. After his father threatens to punish the boy in public,
Danny runs away. [JB]
3.11 [88] Wagon Train: THE VITTORIO BOTTECELLI STORY
16-Dec-1959 NBC Wed
Teleplay by Jean Holloway, Story by Jean Holloway and Howard Christie
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast:
Gustaro Rojo .......... Duke Vitrorio Bottecelli
Elizabeth Montgomery .... Julie Carson
Anthony Caruso ........ Josef
James Lydon ........... Tod
Synopsis:
Vittorio Botticelli attempts to charm some of the wagon train's married women.
Major Adams warns the duke to stop
romancing the women before their angry husbands come after him. [JB]
3.12 [089] Wagon Train: THE ST. NICHOLAS STORY
(Christmas Episode)
23-Dec-1959 NBC Wed
Written by Jean Holloway
Directed by Bretaigne Windust
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast:
Edward Vargas ......... Little Eagle
Robert Emhardt ........ Papa Kling
Johnny Bangert ........ Jimmy Sherman
Elizabeth Fraser ...... Mama Kling
J.M. Kerrigan
Fintan Meyler
Sue Randall
Henry Brandon
Vito Scotti
Kay Stewart
Richard Cutting
Synopsis:
On Christmas Eve, the wagon train stops to make camp. Young Jimmy Sherman
wanders away from the train and
meets Little Eagle, an Indian Boy. [JB]
3.13 [90] Wagon Train: THE RUTH MARSHALL STORY
30-Dec-1959 NBC Wed
28-Dec-1959 ITV Mon, UK (shown in UK 2 days before the USA!)
written by Jean Holloway
directed by Richard Bartlett
Guest Star:
Luana Patten ............. Ruth Marshall
with:
Mike Keene ............... Amos Marshall/Mr. Crushman
Bob Bice ................. Basca
Sam Capuano .............. Fleetfoot, Indian Chief
Buddy Bice ............... Indian brave
Henry Amargo ............. Chief's son
Fred Sherman ............. Ottie, Indian
Synopsis 1:
Deep in Sioux territory, Flint volunteers to search for Ruth Marshall, who
disappeared after an Indian raid on a
wagon train 11 years before. Her father has heard rumours of a white woman
living among the Sioux - regarded almost
as a goddess. Can this be Ruth? [UK - The Viewer]
Synopsis 2:
Scout Flint McCullough agrees to search for a girl who was captured by Indians
many years ago. [RF]
3.14 [091] Wagon Train: THE LITA FOLADAIRE STORY
06-Jan-1960 NBC Wed
Teleplay by Jean Holloway, Story by Helen Cooper
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Guest Cast:
Diane Brewster ........ Lita Foladaire
Tom Drake ............. Dr. Cannon
Kent Smith ............ Jess Foladaire
Richard Crane ......... Clay Foladaire
Evelyn Brent
Jay Novello
Paul Birch
Lurene Tuttle
Stuart Randall
Synopsis:
Along the wagon train trail, Major Adams finds a woman unconscious and near
death. He discovers that she is the wife of
an old friend, Jess Foladare. Later the woman dies, and Adams sets out to find
the person responsible for her death. [JB]
3.15 [92] Wagon Train: THE COLONEL HARRIS STORY (1960.01.13)
13-Jan-1960 NBC Wed
Teleplay by Gene L. Coon, Story by Virgil Vogel and G. L. Coon
Directed by V. W. Vogel
Tonight starring : Robert Horton
Guest Cast:
John Howard ........... Colonel Harris
James Best ............ Bowman Lewis
Nestor Paiva .......... Sergeant Boehmer
Ken Mayer ............. Shegan
Irene Windust
Jacqueline De Wit
Synopsis:
On his way to Fort Harris, scout Flint McCullough is eagerly anticipating a
visit with his old friends. Arriving
at he fort, he discovers that his two close friends are on the verge of a
senseless war with each other. [JB]
3.16 [93] Wagon Train: THE MARIE BRANT STORY
20-Jan-1960 NBC Wed
Teleplay by Milton Krims, Story by Oliver Crawford
Directed by V. W. Vogel
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast:
Jean Hagen ............ Marie Brant
Edward Platt .......... Orobio Da Costa
Richard Eyer .......... Matthew
Claudia Bryant ........ Mrs. Taylor
Ronnie Sorensen ....... Simon
Johnny Eimen .......... Billy
Synopsis:
Wagon train passenger Orobio DaCosta meets a beautiful widow who apparently
distrusts all men and has taught her
teen-age son to hold the weak and helpless in contempt. DaCosta attempts to
learn why the woman is so bitter. [JB]
3.17 [94] Wagon Train: THE LARRY HANIFY STORY
27-Jan-1960 NBC Wed
25-Jan-1960 ITV Mon 8:30 pm UK (shown in UK 2 days before USA!)
Written by Harold Swanton
Directed by Ted Post
Guest Stars
Tommy Sands ................... Larry Hanify
Cindy Robbins ................. Aggie Donovan
with
Gene Roth ..................... Callahan
Wally Moon ???.................... Marshal Kelleher
Orville Sherman ............... Joe Hanify
Olan Soule .................... McBee
Dan Riss ...................... Kelleher
Edith Evanson ................. Mrs. Jurgis
Pierre Watkin ................. Doctor
Joseph Mell ................... Proprietor
Synopsis:
As his dying request, Joe Hanify asks Flint to take his son Larry on to San
Francisco. Flint agrees, but discovers the
boy is in jail on a hold-up charge - and this is only the start of a round of
troubles which threaten to delay the wagon
train. [UK]
3.18 [95] Wagon Train: THE CLAYTON TUCKER STORY
10-Feb-1960 NBC Wed
Teleplay by Thomas Thompson; Story by George Shorling
Directed by Virgil Vogel
Guest Cast:
Jeff Morrow ........... Clayton Tucker
James Best ............ Art Bernard
Dorothy Green ......... Sabrina Tucker
Louis Jean Heydt
Aline Towne
Bobby Beekman
Terry Ann Ross
Dwight Marfield
Robert Hensley
Synopsis:
A small party of travelers are making their way through the desert to a
rendezvous with Major Adams' wagon train.
When their scout dies of a snake bite, the party must rely on one their own
group to lead them over the right trail. [JB]
3.19 [96] Wagon Train: THE BENJAMIN BURNS STORY
17-Feb-1960 NBC Wed
01-Feb-1960 ITV Mon UK (shown in UK before US!)
Produced by Howard Christie
Written by Virgil W. Vogel and Gene L. Coon
Directed by Not Known (possibly Virgil W. Vogel)
guest star:
J. Carrol Naish ............... Benjamin Burns
co-starring
James Franciscus .............. John Colter
Olive Sturgess ................ Kathy Burns
Jack Lambert .................. Frank Owen
Synopsis:
The wagon train is short of water. The situation becomes despearate when a
river, at which they intend to replenish
supplies has dried up. An old-timer, Ben Burns, tells Flint he knows another
watering place nearby. Their efforts to trace
it bring fresh dangers. [UK]
3.20 [97] Wagon Train: THE RICKY AND
LAURIE BELL STORY
24-Feb-1960 NBC Wed
Written and Directed by Allen H. Miner
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast:
June Lockhart ......... Laurie Bell
James Gregory ......... Ricky Bell
Ann Doran ............. Aunt Lizzie
Theodore Newton ....... Jacob
Synopsis:
Ricky Bell is moving West with his family. It is obvious that Ricky is jealous
of the attention that his wife,
Laurie, showers on their infant son. [JB]
3.21 [98] Wagon Train: THE TOM TUCKETT STORY
02-Mar-1960 NBC Wed
Teleplay by Jean Hollway, Based upon "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
Guest Cast:
Robert Middleton ...... Nat Burkert
Ben Cooper ............ Tom Tuckert
Josephine Hutchinson ... Miss Stevenson
Louise Fletcher ....... Elizabeth
Don Keefer
Frank DeKova
Ralph Moody
Frank Wilcox
Synopsis:
A hunted traitor risks capture to see a youth who once helped him escape. [JB]
3.22 [99] Wagon Train: THE TRACY SADLER STORY
09-Mar-1960 NBC Wed
Teleplay by Norman Jolley, Story by Norman Jolley and Eric Norden
Directed by Ted Post
Tonight Starring: Robert Horton
Guest Cast:
Elisha Cook, Jr. ...... Cadge Waldo
Elaine Stritch ........ Tracy Sadler
Carl Benton Reid ...... Fletcher Forest
Eugene Martin ......... Arthur
Ted Mapes
Butch Hengen
Synopsis:
Tracy Sadler's son was born while she was in prison. Once she's given her
release, she joins the wagon train in
search of her son. [JB]
3.23 [100] Wagon Train: THE ALEXANDER PORTLASS
STORY
16-Mar-1960 NBC Wed (31Aug 60 Rerun NBC)
Written by Leonard Praskins and Dick Nelson
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Tonight Starring: Robert Horton
Guest Cast:
Peter Lorre ........... Alexander Portlass
Morgan Woodward ....... Jupe
Sherwood Price ........ the Latigo Kid
Nern Hoffman .......... Bruto
Henry Corden .......... Phelan
Synopsis:
Portlass, an English archaeologist searching for Aztec treasure, teams up with
an outlaw gang. Needing a guide
through the desert, they kidnap Flint McCullough. [JB]
3.24 [101] Wagon Train: THE CHRISTINE ELLIOT
STORY
23-Mar-960 NBC Wed
Written by Jean Holloway
Directed by Bretaigne Windust
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast;
Phyllis Thaxter ....... Christine Elliot
Henry Daniell ......... Mr. Snippie
Donald Woods .......... Phillip Ayers
Kathryn Card .......... Abigail
Harry Harvey, Sr., Don Grady, Todd Farrell, Dennis Rush, Scotty Morrow, Anthony
Maxwell, Bobby Folkerson, Gary Hunley
Synopsis:
Slated for an oprhanage, a dozen boys run off from an agency. [JB]
(Delayed broadcast Sun 27Mar60 WKBT-8 LaCrosse, WI 4 p.m. CST)
3.25 [102] Wagon Train: THE JOSHUA GILLIAM
STORY
30-Mar-1960 NBC Wed
Guest Cast:
Dan Duryea ............ Joshua Gilliam
Bethel Leslie ......... Greta Halstadt
Irene Tedrow .......... Freda
Betsy Brooks .......... Sharon
Pitt Herbert .......... Mr. Miller
Synopsis:
Adams finds con man Joshua Gilliam, who's been beaten and left for dead on the
trail. Gilliam has a proposition:
he'll be schoolteacher in exchange for passage west. [JB]
(Synd. rerun Mon 1Feb 71 WSAU-7 (CBS) Wausau, WI 3:30 p.m. CST)
3.26 [103] Wagon Train: THE MAGGIE HAMILTON
STORY
06-Apr-1960 NBC Wed
Guest Cast:
Susan Oliver .......... Maggie Hamilton
Les Tremayne .......... H.J. Hamilton
Sylvia Marriott ....... Marie Louise Hamilton
Orville Sherman ....... Slim
Frank Wolff ........... Sam Bass
Leonard Nimoy
Synopsis:
Maggie Hamilton, a spoiled young lady passenger, runs off and hides in the
hills. Her idea is to sit and sulk until
someone comes to find her. [JB]
(Synd. Rerun Tues 2Feb 71 WSAU-7(CBS) Wausau, WI 3:30 p.m. CST)
3.27 [104] Wagon Train: THE JONAS MURDOCK STORY
13-Apr-1960 NBC Wed
guest star
Noah Beery, Jr. ....... Jona Murdock
with
Joseph Barnett ........ Red Hawk
Bernardette Withers ...... Alma Hardy
Lyle Talbot ........... Jameson
Gail Bonney
Synopsis 1:
The people of the wagon train, desperate for food are enraged by the refusal of
Indian Chief Red Hawk
to allow them to kill a few deer. The Major Adams catches Jonas Murdock snaring
rabbits.
Synopsis 2:
Mountaineer Jonas Murdock creates a problem for the wagon train when he defies
the no-hunting edict of a local
Indian chief. [JB]
(Synd. rerun Wed 3Feb 71 WSAU-7 (CBS) Wausau, WI 3:30 p.m. CST)
3.28 [105] Wagon Train: THE AMOS GIBBON STORY
20-Apr-1960 NBC Wed
Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Tonight Starring: Robert Horton
Guest Cast:
Arthur Shields ........ Judge Tremayne
Francis J. McDonald ... Tom Duncan
Charles Aidman ........ Amos Gibbon
Bob Hopkins ........... Hank Morton
William Schallert
John Ashley
Darlene Fields
Mickey Finn
John Day
Synopsis:
Amos Gibbon and his men have been taking prisoners wholesale and forcing them
into slave labor. But they've got
the wrong man when they kidnap Flint McCullough. He tries to talk the men into
escaping. [JB]
3.29 [106] Wagon Train: TRIAL FOR MURDER (Part
1/2) 27-Apr-1960 NBC Wed
3.30 [107] Wagon Train: TRIAL FOR MURDER (Part
2/2) 04-May-1960 NBC Wed
Written by Jean Holloway
Directed by V. W. Vogel
Music: Jerome Moross
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast:
Henry Daniell ......... Sir Alexander Drew
Henry Hull ............ Mark Applewhite
Marshall Thompson ..... Brad Mason
Dianne Foster ......... Leslie Ivers
Melinda Plowman ....... Eileen
Murvyn Vye ............ Miller
Connie Gilchrist ...... Molly Cassidy
Dennis Rush ........... David Ivers
With:
John Locke, David Leland, Tom McKee, Tyler McVey, Mary Treen, Claire Carleton,
Ethel Shutta,
Walter Baldwin, William Schallert, Ron Hayes, John Alderson, Del Moore
Part One: Synopsis:
A member of the wagon train is clubbed to death, and overwhelming evidence
points to the guilt of Brad Mason,
a surly, friendless drunkard. [JB]
Part Two: Synopsis:
When Brad Mason was accused of murder, many people wanted to hang him, but Adams
insisted upon a trial for
the condemned man. Then Mason blurted out a confession and his conviction seemed
certain. Now the defense counsel
produces a surprise witness, the dead man's wife. [JB]
3.31 [108] Wagon Train: THE COUNTESS BARANOF
STORY
11-May-1960 NBC Wed
Teleplay by Norman Jolley, Story by Lee Karson
Directed by Ted Post
Tonight Starring: Robert Horton
Guest Cast:
Taina Elg ............. Countess Olga Baranof
Simon Oakland ......... Colonel Vasily
Peter Leeds ........... Alex Foster
Ann B. Davis .......... Mrs. Foster
Roy Engel
Ethel Shutta
Synopsis:
The wagon train is too slow for Countess Baranof, who is in a hurry to reach
Alaska before its rumored sale to
the United States. She urges Flint McCullough to desert and guide her over a
swifter route. [JB]
3.32 [109] Wagon Train: THE DICK JARVIS STORY
18-May-1960 NBC Wed
Guest Cast:
Tommy Nolan ........... Dick Jarvis
Vivi Janiss ........... Mrs. Jarvis
Bobby Diamond ......... Joe Henshaw
Richard Reeves ........ Sam Hulsey
Vaughn Meadows ........ Bully
Synopsis:
Fatherless and crippled, Dick Jarvis is befriended by Major Adams, then a
runaway orphan joins the train,
and Dick sees a threat to his friendship with the major. [JB]
(Synd. rerun Fri 5Feb 71 WSAU-7 (CBS) Wausau, WI 3:30 p.m. CST)
3.33 [110] Wagon Train: THE DR. SWIFT CLOUD STORY
25-May-1960 NBC Wed
09-May-1960 ITV Mon 8:30PM UK (shown in UK before US!)
Directed by Virgil Vogel
Guest Cast:
Rafael Campos ......... Dr. Swift Cloud
Philip Pine ........... Straight Arrow
Brad Morrow ........... Dabbs Hargrove
Henry Brandon ......... Chief Fire Cloud
Francis MacDonald
Dabbs Greer
Synopsis:
On his way back to his father's tribe after studying medicine in China, Swift
Cloud joins the Wagon Train.
He meets resentment from the other passengers, some of whom have been wounded in
a recent raid. [UK]
3.34 [111] Wagon Train: THE LUKE GRANT STORY
01-Jun-1960 NBC Wed
Written by Donald Gordon
Directed by Christian Nyby
Tonight Starring: Robert Horton
Guest Cast:
Donald Woods .......... Luke Grant
Joan O'Brien .......... Victoria Fleming
James Bell ............ Reverend Peters
Marlene Willis ........ Angie
Kay Elhardt ........... Sue
Wende Wagner .......... Fay
Laura Shelton ......... Chris
Rodd Redwing .......... Mojave Chief
Synopsis:
A tribe of friendly Indians bring a dying man to the wagon train. A singer
recognizes him as a preaher
she once knew. [JB]
(Delayed Broadcast Wed 14Jun 60 KFBC-5 (All Networks) Cheyenne, WY 9 p.m. MDT)
3.35 [112] Wagon Train: THE CHARLENE BRENTON
STORY
08-Jun-1960 NBC Wed
Written by Floyd Burton
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast:
Sean McClory .......... Casey
Jean Willes ........... Flo
Raymond Bailey ........ Jim Brenton
Harry Harvey, Sr. ..... Sheriff
A stagecoach arrives in Apache Flats. Among the passengers are a dead woman and
her infant daughter,
still very much alive. [JB]
(Delayed Broadcast Sat 11Jun 60 KCSJ-5 (NBC) Pueblo, CO 9 p.m. MDT)
3.36 [113] Wagon Train: THE SAM LIVINGSTON STORY
15-Jun-1960 NBC Wed
Tonight Starring: Ward Bond (as Major Seth Adams)
Guest Cast:
Charles Drake ......... Sam Livingston
Onslow Stevens ........ Cass Flemming
Barbara Eiler ......... Abigail
James Lydon ........... Hotel Clerk
Anna-Lisa
Synopsis:
Sam Livingston arrives in Carson City with his pet pig, a fortune in gold and a
plot for revenge.
He's out to get the town banker,once his partner in a mining claim. [TA]
Synopsis:
Sam Livingston arrives in Carson City with a fortune in gold, his pet pig---and
a plot for revenge. He's after the
town banker, once his partner in a mining claim. [JB]
(Synd. rerun Thurs 4Feb 71 WSAU-7 (CBS) Wausau, WI 3:30 p.m. CST)
3.37 [114] Wagon Train: THE SHAD BENNINGTON
STORY
22-Jun-1960 NBC Wed
Written by Fred Cassidy
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Songs written by Harry Harris
Tongiht Starring: Ward Bond
Guest Cast:
David Wayne ................... Shad Bennington
Maggie Pierce ................. Jenny
Charles Herbert ............... Winfy
Laurie Mitchell ............... Princess Fatima
Claire Carleton ............... Mrs. Teale
Steven Darrell ................ Robertson
Henry Hunter .................. Dr. Stevens
Synopsis:
On the last lap of a cross country trip, an intinerant medicine man joins the
wagon train. In his wagon is a
remarkable travelling companion, a performing lion. [JB]
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