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Starring:
Wayde Preston
(as Chris Colt)
Season 2 (ABC) (1958-59)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Sal Crisanti [SC], Hugh McCauley [HMcC] Rina Fox, Heikocleef, Dr. Kimble,
James Beer
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
################## Colt 45 ###################
############# season 2 1958-59 ###############
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13 NEW episodes plus many reruns from season 1
ABC Sundays 9:00pm
[--] 26Oct58 ABC Sun - Rerun of #1.05 "Small Man" (first
aired 15Nov57)
[--] 16Nov58 ABC Sun - Rerun of #1.08
"Last Chance" (first aired 06Dec57)
[--] 15Feb59 ABC Sun - Rerun of #1.22 "Split Second" (first aired 14Mar58)
[--] 01Mar59 ABC Sun - Rerun of #1.24 "The Deserters" (first aired 28Mar58)
[--] 08Mar59 ABC Sun - Rerun of #1.25 "The Manbuster (first aired 04Apr58)
2.01 [27] Colt 45: THE ESCAPE
05-Apr-1959 ABC Sun
Directed by Lee Sholem
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Adam West ............... Sgt. Ed Kallen
Myrna Fahey ............. Sue
Peter Miles
Robert Griffin
Bern Hoffman
Sandy Kenyon
Synopsis:
Chris Colt apprehends Sgt. Ed Kallen, wanted for trial by the Army. After Colt
turns his prisoner over to the Army
he falls victim to a pretty girl’s scheme to free the sergeant. [JB]
2.02 [28] Colt 45: DEAD AIM (verified -SC)
12Apr59 ABC Sun (rebroadcast 12Jul59)
Directed By Lee Sholem
Teleplay By Wells Root/Story By Sid Harris
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
John Doucette .......... as Lou Gore
Bing Russell ........... as Jed Coy
Jaclynne Greene ........ as Millie
James Maloney .......... as Dr. Clark Lingle
Michael Hinn ........... as Sheriff Hough
Norbert Schiller ....... J.W.Stols
Ken Osmond ............. as Tommy
Tracking down a bandit, Chris Colt comes upon Lou Gore, a bounty
hunter. [RF]
2.03 [29] Colt 45: THE MAGIC BOX
19-Apr-1959 ABC Sun
Directed by George Waggner
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Vaughn Taylor ........... Oliver Pate
Michael Carr ............ White Wolf
Dan Sheridan ............ Babcock
Barbara Stuart .......... Belle
Maurice Manson .......... Brady
Synopsis:
Chris Colt believes that an Indian youth is not guilty of the crime in which he
will soon be hanged.
Colt enlists the assistance of a photographer named Oliver Pate to try to prove
the Indian boy’s innocence. [JB]
2.04 [30] Colt 45: THE CONFESSION
26Apr59 ABC Sun (rebroadcast 29Jul59)
Directed by Harold Daniels
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Dallas Mitchell ............... Joe Donnelly
Dorothy Provine ............... Ann Donnelly
Charles Aidman ................ Arthur Sibley
Don C. Harvey ................. Sheriff Clinter
Synopsis 1:
When a stagecoach carrying a secret $50,000 gold shipment is robbed, Chris
suspects that someone in the town leaked
out the information
about the shipment. Then surprisingly a down on his luck homesteader confesses
to the robbery.
Chris has to sort out who is telling lies
and who is really responsible for the robbery. [HMcC]
Synopsis 2:
Chris Colt becomes suspicious of rancher Joe Donnelly's willing
confession of a stagecoach robbery. [RF]
2.05 [31] Colt 45: THE MAN WHO LOVED LINCOLN
3May59
Director Arthur Ripley
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Robert McQueeney .............. Edwin Booth
Hugh Sanders .................. Jameson
Roxane Berard ................. Adah Menken
Donald Buka ................... David Belasco
Allen Case
Synopsis:
When actor Edwin Booth the brother of John Wilkes Booth (who shot Abraham
Lincoln) arrives in Virginia City to give
a performance,
he encounters a lot of hate and hostility. After someone then tries to kill
Booth, Chris has to protect him
until the culprit
is found. Wayde Preston spends most of this episode in White
tie and tails. [HMcC]
2.06 [32] Colt 45: THE SANCTUARY
10-May-1959 ABC Sun
Directed by Jodie Copelan
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Lyle Talbot ............. Sheriff Clyde Chadwick
Harry Lauter ............ Johnny Tyler
Andra Martin ............ Lorelei Chadwick
Van Williams ............ Tom Rucker
Synopsis:
A killer sought out by Chris Colt hides out in a small town, aided by the paid
cooperation of the sheriff.
Without the lawman’s help, Colt tries a little game in order to get his
prisoner. [JB]
2.07 [33] Colt 45: THE SAGA OF SAM BASS
17May59
Directed by William J. Hole, Jr.
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Alan Hale, Jr. ................ Sam Bass
Ann Doran ..................... Liz Sawyer
House Peters, Jr. ............. Sheriff
Mickey Simpson ................ Bass's Cohorts
Ken Clark, Jr. ................ Bass's Cohorts
Synopsis:
Chris gets himself put into jail with famous outlaw Sam Bass
(Alan Hale Jr.) and helps him to escape in the hope that he will
lead him to $50,000 the outlaw has hidden. But things start to
get complicated when Chris finds out Bass has a little daughter
and that two former members of the Bass gang are looking for the
money as well. [HMcC]
2.08 [34] Colt 45: AMNESTY
24May59
Directed by William J. Hole, Jr.
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Robert Conrad ................. Billy the Kid
Willis Bouchey ................ Governor Wallace
Wayne Heffley ................. Pat Garrett
Barbara Darrow
Synopsis:
Governor Wallace asks Chris to go and find Billy The Kid (Robert Conrad)
and offer him a pardon. But sheriff Pat Garrett is not
too pleased about it. [HMcC]
2.09 [35] Colt 45: THE PIRATE
31-May-1959 ABC Sun
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Neil Hamilton ........... Captain Johnson
Patti Kane .............. Gilda
Lance Fuller ............ Orin Mason
Robert Foulk ............ Bosun Boggs
Synopsis:
Chris Colt is sent by the Government to regain federal money stolen by seafaring
Captain Johnson.
On board the captain’s ship, Colt finds himself prisoner outside of American
territorial waters. [JB]
2.10 [36] Colt 45: LAW WEST OF THE PECOS
07-Jun-1959 ABC Sun
Written By John Tucker Battle [SC]
Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Frank Ferguson .......... Judge Roy Bean
Lisa Gaye ............... June Webster
William Lally ........... Sergeant Webster
Douglas Kennedy ......... Jay Brisco
Jack Lambert
Synopsis:
Chris Colt attempts to clear an innocent man accused of stealing an Army
payroll, and finds himself jailed on a phony charge. [JB]
2.11 [37] Colt 45: DON'T TELL JOE
14Jun59
Directed by NOT KNOWN
Guest Cast:
Adam West ..................... Marshal Joe Benjamin
James Anderson ................ Shift Wilson
Mary Webster .................. Martha
Charles Fredericks ............ Ollie Blaine
2.12 [38] Colt 45: RETURN TO EL PASO
21Jun59
Directed by Lee Sholem
Guest Cast:
Robert Lowery ................. Richard Delgado
Paul Picerni .................. Jose
Kasey Rogers .................. Jessica Delgado
James Lydon ................... willy
2.13 [39] Colt 45: NIGHT OF DECISION
28-Jun-1959 ABC Sun (Rerun 27Sep59 ABC Sun)
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Starring: Wayde Preston (as Chris Colt)
Guest Cast:
Edith Evanson ........... Ma Thorpe
Leonard Nimoy ........... Luke Reid
Dallas Mitchell ......... Ben
Jory Raymond
Synopsis:
Chris colt, held hostage by Ma Thorpe and Luke Reid, tries to talk Ma into
setting him free and letting him
apprehend her son, Ben, who is wanted by the law. [JB]
[--] 12Jul59 ABC Sun - Rerun of #2.02 "Dead Aim" (first aired 12Apr59)
[--] 29Jul59 ABC Sun - Rerun of #2.04 "The Confession" (first aired 26Apr59)
[--] 27Sep59 ABC Sun - Rerun of #2.13 "Night of Decision" (first aired 28Jun59)
################## Colt 45 ###################
############## end of season 2 ###############
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