CTVA US Western - "Daniel Boone" (TCF/NBC) Season 6 (1969-70)

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Starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone
Season 6 (NBC) (1969-70)
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################# Daniel Boone ###############
############## season 6 1969-70 ##############
###############
(final season) ###############
NBC Thursdays 7:30 PM ET
26 episodes - Color
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)

6.01 [140] Daniel Boone:
A VERY SMALL RIFLE (#5006)
Original Air Date: 18-Sep-1969
Written by Melvin Levy and Thomas P. Levy
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Roger Miller.............Jonny Appleseed
Eddie Little Sky.............Eagle
Johnny Jensen.............Sandy
Armando Silvestre.............Gabriel
Kevin Hagen.............Bart Wallace
Warren Vanders.............Ben
Mark Miranda.............Wa-Thoa
William Smith.............Amos Martin
Anne Seymour.............Corn Woman
Brian Nash.............Lige
While planting apple seeds around Boonesborough, Jonny Appleseed acts as
peacemaker between the settlers and the Cherokee after a young Cherokee is
accidentally shot by a young settler.

6.02 [141] Daniel Boone:
THE ROAD TO FREEDOM (#5001)
Original Air Date: 02-Oct-1969
Written by Frank Moss and Virginia Brooks
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Guest Cast:
Floyd Patterson.............George Hill
George Spell.............Jimmy Hill
Warren Vanders.............Ben
Jim Davis.............Rafe Carson
Roy Jenson.............Crane Hawkins
John Milford.............Jud Baker
Israel helps a slave and his son escape from their owners, eventually winning their freedom.

6.03 [142] Daniel Boone:
BENVENUTO...WHO? (#5003)
Original Air Date: 09-Oct-1969
Written by Walter Black
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Jimmy Dean.............Josh Clements
Guest Cast:
Marj Dusay.............Eugenie
Leon Askin.............Roquelin
Richard Kiel.............Le Mouche
Walter Burke.............Hamel
Aram Katcher.............Thibaud
Daniel and Josh become involved with a beautiful French woman who has hidden a
stolen diamond inside Josh's guitar to keep her partners-in-crime from finding it.

6.04 [143] Daniel Boone:
THE MAN (#5013)
Original Air Date: 16-Oct-1969
Written by Jack Guss
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper (entry)
Guest Cast:
George Backman.............Addison
Gene Evans.............Stark
Kevin O'Neal.............Webster
Ray Harden.............British Sergeant
Daniel must disable a British cannon which threatens an American detachment
which will be coming up river. He enlists the help of Gabe Cooper, a former
slave and now the Tuscaroran Chief Canawahchaquaoo, who reluctantly agrees to help.

6.05 [144] Daniel Boone:
THE PRINTING PRESS (#5005)
Original Air Date: 23-Oct-1969
Written by Lionel E. Siegel
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Guest Cast:
Fredd Wayne.............Benjamin Franklin
Peter Bromilow.............Captain Thurlow
Kilmethe Laurie.............Sally
Woodrow Parfrey.............Quartermaster Owens
Alan Caillou.............Sergeant Ridley
Jack Bannon.............Corporal Smythe
James Wainwright.............Cully (recurring)
Daniel Nichols.............Walt
Lindy Davis.............Zeke
Edward J. Kelly.............Dragoon Guard
Wadsworth Taylor.............Dragoon Tillson
Daniel and Israel are in Philadelphia to trade for much-needed supplies, but
the British have decreed that supplies can only be bought with currency. While
Daniel makes plans to steal the supplies, his friend Benjamin Franklin makes
counterfeit pound notes, and Israel questions their use of such unethical and illegal methods.

6.06 [145] Daniel Boone:
THE TRAITOR (#5004)
{Note: This is the second of two different episodes with the same title.
The first is episode #095, production #1410}

Original Air Date: 30-Oct-1969
Written by David Duncan
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Guest Cast:
Jill Ireland.............Angela
Ed Flanders............. Col.Lackland
Richard Devon.............Many Lives
John Orchard.............Perkins
Robert Cornthwaite.............Carleton
Walter Scott.............British Soldier
Ivor Barry.............Hamilton
Ed Long.............Grayson
James Wainwright.............Cully (recurring)
Daniel must guide the wife of the British commander of Ft. Detroit to a
rendezvous with her husband, who says he plans to surrender the fort to the Continental Army.

6.07 [146] Daniel Boone:
THE GRAND ALLIANCE (#5010)
Original Air Date: 11-13-69
Written by Judith Barrows
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Rosey Grier.............Gabe
Jimmy Dean.............Josh Clements
Guest Cast:
Armando Silvestre.............Captain Torres
Carlos Rivas.............Sgt. Ortega
Hugo Fargo.............Lieutenant
Joel Fluellen.............Joselito
Cesar Romero.............Admiral Alejandro Buenaventura
Abel Fernandez.............Sentry
Tom Hernandez.............Surgeon
Josh and Gabe help a Spanish pirate, who holds a grudge against the Spanish
government, foil a planned invasion of United States territory by Spain.

6.08 [147] Daniel Boone:
TARGET BOONE (#5007)
Original Air Date: 20-Nov-1969
Written by N. Bernard Fox and D.D. Beauchamp, from a story by N. Bernard Fox
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Will Geer.............Adam
Kurt Russell.............Nathan
Ron Soble.............Robert
Jack Garner.............Storekeeper
Ian Wolfe.............Judge
Richard Webb.............Bryant
Lee Jay Lambert.............Gordon
Phil Donati.............Foreman
Daniel is being hunted by Adam Jarrett and his sons who are seeking vengeance
for the death of Adam's wife in a river boat accident which involved a boat on
which Daniel was a passenger.

6.09 [148] Daniel Boone:
A BEARSKIN FOR JAMIE BLUE (#5009)
Original Air Date: 11-27-69
Written by Frank Chase
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Christopher Connelly.............Jamie Blue
Charles Dierkop.............Dokker
Joanna Cameron.............Kellie
Don Nichols.............Walt
Randy Eccles.............Dink
James Gosa.............Edwards
Bernard Fox.............Carruthers
Jamie Blue, a young endentured servant who was born in prison and hardened by
a lifetime of poverty, is befriended by the Boones, who try to show him that
there are people in the world who are worth of his trust.

6.10 [149] Daniel Boone:
THE CACHE (#5002)
Original Air Date: 04-Dec-1969
Written by Irve Tunick
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Jimmy Dean.............Josh Clements
Guest Cast:
James Doohan.............Macfarland
Alex Carras.............Williams
Vaughan Taylor.............Judge Qualey
John Kellogg.............Swanson
Robert Sorrells.............Hogan
James Gavin.............Carey
Richard Peabody.............Dawson
Luana Patten.............Lucy
Ted White.............Middleton
Josh is accused of poaching and murder when a trapper is found knifed near Josh's camp.

6.11 [150] Daniel Boone:
THE TERRIBLE TARBOTS (#5008)
Original Air Date: 12-11-69
Written by Harold Medford
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Strother Martin.............Tarbot
Anthony Costello.............Shadrach
Zalman King.............Meshach
James Wainwright.............Cully (recurring)
William Traylor.............Tom Stoneman
When Solomon, Shadrach, and Meshach Tarbot steal the chest of Army gold that
Daniel and Gabe are transporting, they also take Israel as hostage.

6.12 [151] Daniel Boone:
HANNAH COMES HOME (#5011)
Original Air Date: 12-25-69
Written by Harry Basch
Directed by Fess Parker
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Mary Fickett.............Hannah
Ford Rainey.............Jonas
Teddy Eccles.............Jason
William O'Connell.............Pickering
William Smith.............Amos
Ted De Corsia.............Chief Ankara
Ted White.............Aweetok
Hannah, a white woman captured by Indians in a raid 15 years before, returns
to her husband in Boonesborough. Their reunion is complicated by the presence
of Hannah's half-Indian son, who wants no part of the white man's world.

6.13 [152] Daniel Boone:
AN ANGEL CRIED (#5014)
Original Air Date: 08-Jan-1970
Written by Martha Wilkerson
Directed by Fess Parker
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Jimmy Dean.............Josh Clements
Guest Cast:
Mariette Hartley.............Sister Cecilia
Carlos Rivas............. Chief Tall Fire
Synopsis 1:
Josh and Sister Cecilia, a Catholic nun who is the only survivor of an Indian
massacre, work together to stay alive in hostile Indian territory.
Synopsis 2:
Trapped in Indian country, Josh tries to help a nun (Mariette Hartley) who survived a massacre.

6.14 [153] Daniel Boone:
PERILOUS PASSAGE (#5017)
Original Air Date: 15-Jan-1970
Written by Lee Karson
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Guest Cast:
Gloria Grahame.............Molly
John Davidson.............Sam Weaver
Liam Sullivan.............Colonel Trevelyan
James Doohan.............Fletcher
Alan Caillou.............Sergeant Pickens
Ted Gehring.............Pettigrew
Henry Oliver.............Dunfee
John Orchard.............British Corporal
Walter Maslow.............Tory Corporal
Claude Johnson.............Tory Ranger
Richard Peel.............British Sergeant
Ralph Montgomery.............Ruskin
Ron Heller.............Tory Private
Dick Butler.............British Corporal #2
Synopsis 1:
Daniel and Gabe's journey homeward from behind British lines is made even more
dangerous when it becomes obvious to them that someone has been informing the
British of their route, including the location of formerly secure rest stops.
Synopsis 2:
Unaware their companion (John Davidson) is a spy, Boone and Gabe follow an
undercover route to escape British troops.

6.15 [154] Daniel Boone:
THE SUNSHINE PATRIOTS (#5019)
Original Air Date: 01-22-70
Teleplay by Jack Guss and Ricky Husky, from a story by Jack Guss and Merwin
Gerard
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Jimmy Dean.............Josh Clements
Guest Cast:
Gail Kobe.............Letitia
Ian Ireland.............Colonel Percy
Laurie Main.............Sir Samuel Peacham
Isabel Sanford.............Maybelle
Raoul Franck.............Rochambeau
Jack Bannon.............Lieutenant Poole
Michael Keep.............Magwa
Dick Winslow.............Sir Samuel Tawney
Nels Nelson.............General Partridge
Harold Ayer.............Butler
Gabe and Josh blunder their way to success in a mission given to them by General Washington.

6.16 [155] Daniel Boone:
MAMA COOPER (#5022)
Original Air Date: 02-05-70
Written by Lionel E. Seigel
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Guest Cast:
Ethel Waters.............Rachel
Tyler McVey.............Preacher Potter
Jean Howell.............Norma Del Carruther
Michael James-Wixted.............Emmanuel
Sidney Clute.............Otto Schmidt
Sue Hirdler.............Mrs. Schmidt
Timothy Carey.............Wibberly
Louise Arthur.............Mrs. Pritchard
Roy Engel.............Dr. Ramsey
William Conklin.............Mecom
Sam Laws.............Cuffee
Jordan Rhodes.............Teddy
After being separated from his mother since his childhood, Gabe finds evidence
that she still lives. He vows to find her and buy her freedom.

6.17 [156] Daniel Boone:
BEFORE THE TALL MAN (#5015)
Original Air Date: 02-12-70
Written by Albert Beich and William Wright
Directed by George Marshall
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Marianna Hill.............Nancy Hanks
Burr DeBenning.............Tom Lincoln
Harlen Warde.............Nicholas Burns
Tony Gange.............Denton
Tim Weldon.............Foxy
Hot tempered Tom Lincoln, wants nothing to do with Nancy Hanks, who has had
dreams that she will marry him and give him a son who is destined to be a great leader.

6.18 [157] Daniel Boone:
RUN FOR THE MONEY (#5016)
Original Air Date: 19-Feb-1970
Written by Walter Black
Directed by Chris Nyby
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Jack Albertson............. Shem Sweet
Peter Mamakos.............Indian Chief
Ji-Tu Cumbuka.............Linus Hunter
Ted Gehring.............Brooking
Dino Washington.............Lucas Hunter
Henry Kingi.............Straight Arrow
James Minotto.............Walt
James Wainwright.............Cully (recurring)
Dorothy Konrad.............Mrs. Putnam
Bob Adler.............Abram
William Walker.............Ephraim
Robert Kline.............Jolly
It's time for the annual footrace between the settlers and the Indians, and
Cincinnatus believes he has a sure winner in the fleet-footed slave, Lucas
Hunter, until he learns that Lucas' brother, Linus, will be running for the Indians.

6.19 [158] Daniel Boone:
A MATTER OF VENGEANCE (#5018)
Original Air Date: 03-24-70
Written by Irve Tunick from a story by Al Ramus and John Shaner
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Linda Marsh.............Amy
David McLean.............Smith
James McMullan.............Mason Pruitt
Ramon Bieri.............Hanker
Bob Anderson.............Wilson
Pete Logan.............William
Mason's need for vengeance against the man whom he believes killed his parents
leads to trouble when he is convinced that a visitor to Boonesborough is the killer.

6.20 [159] Daniel Boone:
THE LANDLORDS (#5012)
Original Air Date: 05-Mar-1970
Written by Melvin Levy
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Lloyd Bochner.............Churchill James
Victor French.............Ess
Med Flory.............Bingen
Robert Cornthwaite.............Sir Ives
James Wainwright.............Cully (recurring)
Natalie Core.............Grace Cowles
William Plaugher.............Carl Cowles
Pete Logan.............Hart
Robert Adler.............
Tom Drury.............Settler
William Walker.............
William Smith.............Amos
Walter Reese.............Proprieter
Ess and Bingen mistake someone else's cache of furs for their own, and then
are swindled by a man who claims ownership of Boonesborough and sells them the deed.

6.21 [160] Daniel Boone:
READIN', RITIN', AND REVOLT (#5024)
Original Air Date: 03-12-70
Written by Lee Karson
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Guest Cast:
Tony Davis.............Little Hawk
William O'Connell.............Pickering
Arthur Batanides.............Chief Tekwatana
Billy Corcoran.............Joe Higbee
Rory O'Brian.............Jonathan
Johnnie Daniels.............Baxter
Walter Maslow.............Mr. Higbee
William Walker.............Mr. Horner
Toni Gilman.............Mrs. Gray
James De Closs.............Mr. Gates
Maureen Crow.............Mrs. Jones
Ceil Cabot.............Mrs. Williams
Stafford Morgan.............Mr. Talbot
The children of Boonesborough want Schoolmaster Pickering to teach them about
Indian culture, an idea that is opposed by Pickering and the childrens' parents.

6.22 [161] Daniel Boone:
NOBLESSE OBLIGE (#5023)
Original Air Date: 03-26-70
Written by David Duncan
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Philip Proctor.............Bernard
Virginia Christine.............Mrs. Brewster
Murray MacLeod.............Edgar
David Watson.............Prince Louis
Elizabeth Bauer.............Virginia Brewster
Eddie Quillan.............Proprietor
Jane Dulo.............Mrs. Pepper
Victoria Vetri.............Susan Pepper
Sonny Klein.............Drunk
Ted White.............Stagecoach Driver
Tim Levy.............Companion of Driver
Barbara E. Fuller.............
Jeanne Adams.............Young Lady
The exiled Prince of France, weary of being treated to a royal reception
wherever he goes, convinces his chef to trade places with him during their visit to Boonesborough.

6.23 [162] Daniel Boone:
THE HOMECOMING (#5021)
Original Air Date: 04-09-70
Written by Melvin Levy
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
David Opatashu.............Tamenund
Sidney Clute.............Pasco
Bart Burns.............Boron
Bob Anderson.............Amos
William Plaugher.............Oxy James
An old man, finding that he is the last of the Piqua tribe that once lived in
the area that is now Boonesborough, plots to avenge the deaths of his people
by destroying the white settlers.

6.24 [163] Daniel Boone:
BRINGING UP JOSH (#5026)
Original Air Date: 04-16-70
Written by Jack Guss
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Rosey Grier.............Gabe Cooper
Jimmy Dean.............Josh Clements
Guest Cast:
Jodie Foster.............Rachel
Ty Wilson.............Billy
Lori Saunders.............Mary
Michael Henry.............Creole Jim
Foster Brooks.............Stranger
Loretta Leversee.............Abigail
Stafford Morgan.............Seth
Larry Shriver.............Friend
Neal Nixon.............Clem
Kathleen Crow.............First Woman
Keith Brock.............Hoag
Barney Rosenzweig.............Trapper
Josh becomes foster father to two orphaned children. The Widow Spoon, who has
set her cap for Josh, insists that he cannot raise little Rachel and Billy properly without a wife.

6.25 [164] Daniel Boone:
HOW TO BECOME A GODDESS (#5020)
Original Air Date: 30-Apr-1970
Written by Melvin Levy and Dan Bullock, from a story by James Byrnes and Melvin
Levy
Directed by William Wiard
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Paul Mantee.............Atawa
Ruth Warrick.............Wise Woman
Victor French.............Ess
Med Flory.............Bingen
Walter Coy.............Chief Blackfish
Anakorita.............Dawn
Frank Orsatti.............Tupi
Henry Calia.............Israbi
Rebecca, with unwelcome assistance from Ess and Bingen, is mistaken for a
red-haired goddess by the Onondaga.

6.26 [165] Daniel Boone:
ISRAEL AND LOVE (final episode) (#5025)
Original Air Date: 05-07-70
Written by Melvin Levy
Directed by Nathan Juran
Produced by Barney Rosenzweig
Starring: Fess Parker (as Daniel Boone)
Patricia Blair.............Rebecca
Darby Hinton.............Israel
Dallas McKennon.............Cincinnatus
Guest Cast:
Tim O'Connor.............Secord
Robin Mattson.............Brae
Len Wayland.............Simon
Sidney Clute.............Pasco
Norman Leavitt.............Starkie
Cameron Clarke.............Pasco, Jr.
Israel falls in love with the Brae, the daughter of a woodcarver who has lost
his inspiration to carve and who has turned to drinking to drown his sorrows.

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