2.1 [40] State Trooper: THE BLACK LEAPER [verified -JB]
17Nov57 copyright date (LP# 12122)
Written by Lawrence Kimble
Directed by Richard Irving
Director of Photography: William Bradford, a..s.c.
Editor: Dick Connors
Guest Cast
Andrea King ........ Florence Storey
Bill Meigs ......... Fred Landry
Joel Ashley ........ Jeffrey Story
Jane Barclay ....... Millie Landry
John Hamilton ...... Oscar
Synopsis:
A fisherman is found dead aboard his boat of a heart attack when he also has a blow to the back of the head.
His wife and her neighbors are among the suspects as Blake investigates the case. [JB]

 2.2 [41] State Trooper: THE TALKING CORPSE (verified -SC)
(copyright date 1Dec57 /LP# 13336)
Directed By Richard Irving
Written By Lawrence Kimble
Guest Cast:
Jeanne Cooper............as Emma Dupenz
Craig Stevens............as Bancroft
Lewis Martin............as Henry Dupenz
Charles Keane............as Ranger Clyde Dorn
Don Kohler............as Frank Mattlock
Synopsis:
The skipper of a Lake Mead sightseeing boat reports to Rod Blake
that one of his passengers was missing when the boat docked. The
skipper tells of the missing man's strange behavior after seeing a
couple who arrived at the dock as the boat pulled away. [TA]
(20Aug60 KTNT-11, Seattle, Washington; Sat 6:00pm)

2.3 [42] State Trooper: THE GANDY DANCERS OF STEPTOE VALLEY
Revue prod. (copyright date 15Dec57 /LP# 13337)
Guest cast:
Laurie Carroll ...... Francesca
Claude Akins ........ Janskey
Sid Cassel .......... Viejo
Synopsis:
Blake's assignment: catch the men who have been looting local mines and mills. [RF]

2.4 [43] State Trooper: THE SOUND OF DEATH
Revue prod. (copyright date 22Dec57 /LP# 12129)
Guest cast:
Roy Engel
Guy Kingsford
Synopsis:
Blake is the key witness in a million-dollar suit against the U.S. Government. [RF]

2.5 [44] State Trooper: THE DANCING DOWAGER
Revue prod. (copyright date 29Dec57 /LP# 12133)
Guest cast:
Noreen Nash ......... Cynthia
Larry Kerr .......... Hayes
Harry Hickox ........ Elder
Paul Keast .......... Grant
Synopsis:
Blake cons a confidence woman. [RF]

2.6 [45] State Trooper: DIAMOND(S) IN THE ROUGH (verified -SC)
(copyright date 3Jan58 /LP# 12125)
Directed By John English
Written By Fenton Earnshaw
Guest Cast:
Sara Shane............as Marilyn Dare
Russ Conway............as Deputy Jim Long
David Mcmahon............as Sheriff Jeff Carney
Ralph Reed............as Eddie Long
Scott Roberts............as MacQuen
Synopsis:
Rod Blake becomes involved in a complex case that includes a
well-known celebrity, a sheriff's deputy, a young-tough biker and a large
sum of stolen jewelry. [SC]

2.7 [46] State Trooper: CABLE CAR TO TOMBSTONE (verified -SC)
(copyright date 12Jan58/ LP# 12126)
Directed By Tom Gries
Written By Lawrence Kimble
Guest Cast:
Ross Elliott............as Det.Wes James/Johnny Henderson
Larry Blake............as Harvey Steen
Ann Morrison............as Mrs.Boger
Harry Hickox............as Sheriff Elder
Dennis Moore............as William Boger
Synopsis:
Three men responsible for a robbery years back, encounter each other
at Hoover Dam. One of the men is a dead ringer for a local deputy sheriff. [SC]

2.8 [47] State Trooper: THE PERILOUS PICNIC (verified -SC)
(copyright date 19Jan58 /LP# 12123)
Directed By John English
Written By Barry Shipman
Guest Cast:
Veda Ann Borg............as Sheila Granville
Thomas P. Dillon............as Lesley Adams
John Dennis............as Burt Granville
Jeanne Bates............as Martha Adams
Sue George............as Sue Adams
Kenneth Patterson............as Mr.Brighton
Harry Hickox............as Sheriff Elder
Synopsis:
While vacationing at a National Park outside of Las Vegas, a wealthy
businessman is extorted by a former employee. The man's wife and daughter
are held hostage in the desolate desert and will be killed if a large sum
of money isn't paid. Rod Blake goes undercover as a photographer, trying
to find the missing woman and apprehend the criminal. [SC] 

2.9 [48] State Trooper: GRUDGE RACE
26Jan58 copyright (LP# 12121)
Written by Fenton Earnshaw
Directed by Tom Gries
Guest Cast
Brian Hutton, John Launer, Mary Munday, Ric Roman, Harry Hickox,
Robert Brubaker, Joe Haworth
Synopsis:
A race boat driver is injured during a test run. Rod Blake is
notified and investigates. His suspects are the owner of the boat,
a mechanic, and another driver. [SC]

2.10 [49] State Trooper: DANGEROUS HONEYMOON (verified -SC)
(copyright date 23Feb58 /LP# 12127)
Directed By John English
Written By Barry Shipman
Guest Cast:
Walter Reed............as William Baxter
Paul Smith............as Jim Sheldon
Sally Fraser............as Nancy Sheldon
Tom Greenway............as Sheriff Bronson
Francis DeSales............as Donald Perry
Oliver McGowen............as Robert Stone
Synopsis 1:
In the case of a mysterious plane crash, the serial number on the
plane's tail gives State Trooper Rod Blake a clue. [JK]
Synopsis 2:
State Trooper Rod Blake and Sheriff Elder are asked to help to
identify the victims of a crash of a private plane near Boulder City, Nevada [UK]
(04Oct62 ITV Tyne-Tees UK, Thur 11.40pm)

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Episodes 50 - 104 listed in Production Number Order
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2.11 [50] State Trooper: THE DOLL WHO COULDN'T SLEEP
Revue prod. no. 1751
9Feb58 [us] copyright date (LP# 13340)
11Oct62 [uk] Tyne-Tees, Thur
State Trooper Rod Blake gets a tip about a Western Union robbery about to be committed in Las Vegas.

2.12 [51] State Trooper: FULL CIRCLE
Revue prod. no. 1742?? (possibly should be 1752)
02Feb58 copyright date (LP# 13339)
Guest cast:
Tom Greenway ......... Bronson
Bartlett Robinson .... Marco
Virginia Gregg ....... Laura
Synopsis:
A man's death proves to have been no accident he was beaten and then put in a demolished auto. [RF]

2.13 [52] State Trooper: DEATH ON WHEELS [verified -DWMcG]
Revue prod. no. 1753
15Feb58 copyright date (LP# 13338)
Written by Fenton Earnshaw
Directed by Stan Shpetner
Director of Photography, Jack Mackenzie
Editor, Budd Small
Set Decorator, James Walters
Sound, George Sawley
Assistant Director, Tom Connors, Jnr.
Art Direction, Don Ament
Guest Cast:
Jeanne Cooper,
Leo Gordon,
Harry Lauter (as Hal Michaels),
Kenneth McDonald
Tom Greenway (as Sheriff Bronson)
Robert Williams (as Paul Stader)
State Trooper Rod Blake is assigned to investigate a series of
highway truck robberies.

  2.14 [53] State Trooper: THE BRIDE WORE BULLETS [verified -JB]
Revue prod. no. 1754
8Sep58 copyright date (LP# 13331)
Written by Lawrence Kimble
Directed by Lawrence Dobkin
Guest Cast
Robert Strauss ...... Steve Lane
Joan Taylor ......... Marietta Beck
Ross Elliott ........ Victor Beck
Betty Lou Gerson .... Bundy Lane
Vermelle McCarter ... Josephine Gilbert
Nick Georgiade ...... Noyak
Synopsis:
A used car salesman's ex-wife who possesses a hot car, is killed by a gunman. Blake later discovers a stolen car racket
and sets up a trap to catch the killer. [JB]

2.15 [54] State Trooper: THE SWEETHEART OF SIGMUND KAYE  [verified -DWMcG]
Revue prod. no. 1755
22Feb58 copyright date (LP# 13527)
Written by Lawrence Kimble
Directed by Stan Shpetner
Director of Photography Jack Mackenzie
?? , Irving Liddell
Editor, Dick Connors
Sound, Harold Hinks
Assistant Director, Tom Connors, Jnr.
Guest Cast:
John Harmon (as Clerk)
Walter Coy (as Doc Brennan)
Cory Allen (as Sigmund)
Norma Eberhard (as Doris Green)
Eddie Parker (as Deputy Jim Daley) [SC]
When the parents of a university coed Doris Greene, disappear,
the girl states that her parents often went off on trips without
warning. [JK]
(Aired 18Oct62 ITV Tyne-Tees TV, NE England UK, Thurs 7:00 pm)

2.16 [55] State Trooper: CRISIS AT COMSTOCK (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1756
11Aug58 copyright date (LP# 14435)
Directed By John English
Written By Barry Shipman
Guest Cast:
Virginia Gregg............as Helen Zomby
Douglas Kennedy............as Harry Goodman
Myron Healey............as Ed Benson
Stanley Farrar............as Mr.Bates
Synopsis:
A middle-aged woman in love finds her life complicated by robbery and death. [JK]

2.17 [56] State Trooper: THE CASE OF THE HAPPY DRAGON (1958) (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1757 (copyright date 13Feb58 /LP# 13528)
Directed By Richard Irving
Written By Lawrence Kimble
Guest Cast:
Marvin Miller............as Sgt.Clarance Wong
Joi Lansing............as Angie
Pat Hogan............as Walter Kam
Chris Alcaide............as Joe Forrest
Francis Tong............as Mei Ling Kam
Norman Leavitt............as Ross Partridge
Harold Fong............as Jung
Recurring Cast:
Alex Campbell ...... as Sheriff Logan of Tonopah
Synopsis:
The body of a Chinese woman kept in a mortuary vault in Tonopah is
stolen and held for ransom. Rod Blake travels to San Francisco's Chinatown to investigate. [SC]

2.18 [57] State Trooper: WILD GREEN YONDER (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1758 (copyright date 16Mar58 /LP# 13526)
Directed By John English
Written By Fenton Earnshaw
Guest Cast:
Angie Dickinson............as Betty Locke
Jan Merlin............as Ben Miller
Don Keefer............as Ed Locke
Bart Burns............as Agent Dent
Doris Singleton............as Mary Jenson
Dale Cummins............as Corporal Craddock
Synopsis 1:
Two men posing as soldiers and a woman decoy steal a federal payroll
from downtown Las Vegas. Rod Blake is called in to investgate. [SC]
Synopsis 2:
State Trooper Rod Blake is assigned to help the Air Force and FBI
recover a large payroll. [JK]
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Guest Cast: from unknown episode - NOT "Wild Green Yonder") supplied by [JK]
Frank Overton (as Berger),
Mary James (as Miss Banf)
George Mitchell (as Torrino)
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2.33 [72] State Trooper: INHERIT A BULLET (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1773 (copyright date 15Jun58 / LP# 13329)
Directed By Boris Sagal
Written By Lawrence Kimble
Guest Cast:
Sara Haden........as Agnes Easton
Carol Leigh........as Jennie
Robert Herrman........as Ross
Anne Sargeant........as Kathrine Baker Easton
Freddy Ridgeway........as Baker Easton
Synopsis:
When a wealthy rancher Allen Easton, is killed in a car crash, his
mother is shocked when she is approached by her son's widow who
claims part of the estate. [JK]

2.34 [73] State Trooper: THE WINNEMUCCA WESKIT (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1774 (copyright date 21Jul58 / LP# 14433)
Directed by John English
Written by Lawrence Kimble
Guest Cast:
Craig Stevens ........ as Johnny Marvin
Jean Byron ........... as Millie
Sallie Brophy ........ as Marie Marvin
Dale Van Sickel ...... as Blainey Bartel
John Mitchum ......... as Deputy Joe Dugan
Synopsis:
A Sheriff's Deputy is killed during a bank robbery in Tonopah. Rod Blake's
investigation leads him to an old friend who manufactures and sells bullet-proof vests. [SC]

2.35 [74] State Trooper: JOKER'S DEAD (1958) (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1775 (copyright date 04Aug58) (LP# 14431)
Directed By Lawrence Dobkin
Written By Barry Shipman.
Guest Cast:
John Stephenson........as Paul Skaggs
Casy Rogers........as Molly Crane
Whit Bissell........as Charles Bowman
Karl Davis........as Big Mike George
Elenore Tanin........as Mrs. Milford
Marian Collier........as The Woman In The Spa.
Recurring Cast:
Robert Armstrong........as Sheriff Andy Anderson.
Synopsis:
Rod Blake investigates the death of a man, known to be a compulsive practical joker, at a Nevada resort. [SC]

2.36 [75] State Trooper: YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1776 (copyright date 28Jul58 /LP# 14432)
Directed By Boris Sagal
Written By Fenton Earnshaw
Guest Cast:
King Calder............as Harvey Evans
Fay Baker............as Norma Evans
Christine White.............as Lucille Drake
Ron Haggerty............as Bob Evans
Read Morgan............as Trooper Gaines
Paul Stader............as Ed Lerner(uncredited)
Recurring Cast:
Robert Armstrong........as Sheriff Andy Anderson.
Synopsis:
A young man is pulled over by a police officer for speeding, outside of Reno,
Nevada. When the officer searches the vehicle, he finds a stolen bracelet.
Rod Blake believes that the young man is innocent. His investigation leads
him to a woman and her boyfriend and the young man's father. [SC]

2.37 [76] State Trooper: SWEET AND GENTLE LTD. (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1777 (copyright date 18Aug58 /LP# 14438)
Directed By John English
Written By Lawrence Kimble
Guest Cast:
Malinda Vickers............as Constance Trayles
Andrea King............as Margaret Dorn
Tol Avery............as Leo Hogue
Tyler McVey............as Sheriff Billings
SYNOPSIS:
THE OWNER OF A VAN AND STORAGE COMPANY IS FOUND DEAD IN THE COMPANY'S
VAULT. THE ONLY CLUES ROD BLAKE HAS IS A PAIR OF SUN GLASSES, A LIGHT
BULB,AND A CROWBAR. [SC]

2.38 [77] State Trooper: WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1778 (copyright date 1Sep58 /LP# 14434)
Directed By John English
Written By Barry Shipman
Guest Cast:
Barbara Baxley............as Zelda
Addison Richards............as Sam Cooley
Chris Alcaide............as Bart
Mike Ragan............as Blinky
Russ Conway (NOT Tyler McVey)............as Sheriff Billings
Jack Daly...........as Dolan
Charles Horvath............as The Roustabout (uncredited?)
SYNOPSIS:
ROD BLAKE GOES UNDERCOVER TO FIND EVIDENCE THAT CONNECTS WORKERS AT
A TRAVELING CARNIVAL AND A SERIES OF BURGLARIES. [SC]

2.39 [78] State Trooper: THE CLEVER MAN (verified -SC)
Revue prod. no. 1779 (copyright date 25Aug58 /LP#14437)
Directed By Lawrence Dobkin
Written By Lawrence Kimble
Guest Cast:
Jacqueline Scott............as Betty Landers
William Swan............as Joe Landers
Frank Wilcox............as Walter Eagles
Barbara Fuller............as Lois Brinkman
Nora Marlowe............as Sarah Brinkman
SYNOPSIS:
AN INSURANCE AGENT'S WIFE ASKS ROD BLAKE TO FIND OUT WHY HER HUSBAND
WITHDREW A LARGE SUM OF MONEY FROM THEIR BANK ACCOUNT, AND GIVING
IT TO A CON-ARTIST. [SC]

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