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Starring Dale Robertson (30 min) (b-w)
Season 5 (NBC) (1960-61)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: James Beer
references:
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########### Tales of Wells Fargo #############
############# season 5 1960-61 ###############
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NBC Mondays 8:30pm Eastern
39 episodes x 30 min bw
5.01 [129] Tales of Wells Fargo: DAY OF JUDGMENT
05-Sept-1960 NBC Mon
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12554
Guest Cast:
John Dehner ........... Cather
John Lupton ........... Eli Fisher
Doris Dowling ......... Verna
Kit Carson ............ Man
Synopsis:
Jim Hardie is on the trail of a wanted murderer, but another man is on the
trail---and he's following Hardie. [JB]
(Synd. Rerun Sat 24Apr71 WNEW-5 New York, NY 2:30 p.m. EST)
5.02 [130] Tales of Wells Fargo: ANGRY TOWN
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12556 (copyright date 12Sep60)
5.03 [131] Tales of Wells Fargo: DOC DAWSON (1960.09.19)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12553
Edgar Buchanan ................ Doc Dawson
Don Haggerty .................. Joe Haynes
Douglas Spencer ............... Sheriff
5.04 [132] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE KINFOLK (1960.09.26)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12552
Richard Jaeckel ............... Len Lassiter
Dan Riss ...................... Brian Lassiter
Robert Burton ................. Amos
Logan Field
5.05 [133] Tales of Wells Fargo: A STUDY IN PETTICOATS
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12557 (copyright date 17Oct60)
5.06 [134] Tales of Wells Fargo: ALL THAT GLITTERS (1960.10.24)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12558
Ken Lynch ..................... Joe Brass
Barbara Stuart ................ Meg
Robert P. Lieb ................ Sam
Ron Harper .................... Dan
5.07 [135] Tales of Wells Fargo:
RUN FOR THE RIVER
(verified -SC)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12564
07Nov1960 NBC Mon
Directed By Gene Fowler,Jr.
Written By Peter B. Germano
Guest Cast:
Ron Hayes........as Ira Kyle
Bruce Gordon........as Carl Orleans
John Damler........as Marshal Fred Haig
William Boyett........as Burt
Forrest Taylor........as Pop Kyle
Ann Morrison........as Nora Benson
Ingeborg Kjeldsen........as Lily
Synopsis:
While taking outlaw Ira Kyle to stand trial in Santa Fe, Jim Hardie and
his prisoner stop off in the small town of Red Bluff. During their over
night stay, Hardie and Kyle are confronted by the town mayor and some
citizens who want to hang Kyle for a previous crime. [SC]
5.08 [136] Tales of Wells Fargo: LEADING CITIZEN
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12565
14Nov1960 (rebroadcast 24Jul61)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12565
Guest cast:
Wesley Lau .................... Morgan Bates
Robert Carricart .............. Coley Davis
Robert Middleton .............. Bodie Seaton
Carol Ohmart .................. Lydia Canfield
Synopsis:
A missing stage has turned up in the wide-open border town of San
Tomas. Jim Hardie, who has come to investigate, is immediately
drawn into a gunfight with Morgan Bates. The result: Hardie l
oses his gun for disturbing the peace. [RF]
5.09 [137] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE KILLING OF JOHNNY
LASH (1960.11.21)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12566
Jean Allison .................. Francine
Anne Helm ..................... Neil
Dennis Patrick ................ Nevada
Howard Negley ................. Marshal
Rodney Bell ................... L.L. Jones
Mastin Smith .................. King Ferris
Austin Green .................. Preacher
5.10 [138] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE WADE PLACE (1960.11.28)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12561
Robert J. Wilke ............... Mike Ross
Vaughn Taylor ................. Seth Wade
Russell Thorson
5.11 [139] Tales of Wells Fargo: JEFF DAVIS' TREASURE (1960.12.05)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP1267
John Dehner ................... Wade Cather
John McLiam ................... Henry Moore
Leo Gordon .................... Adam Kemper
Lennie Geer ................... Amos Birely
5.12 [140] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE BRIDE AND THE
BANDIT (1960.12.12)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12559
Jan Clayton ................... Ellen Stevens
Dabbs Greer ................... Ben Wilson
Myron Healey .................. Tip Rollins
Ellen Corby ................... Kate Wiggam
Terry Frost ................... Stage Driver
5.13 [141] Tales of Wells Fargo: ESCORT TO SANTA FE (1960.12.19)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12571
Gregory Walcott ............... Kyle Gentry
Alex Montoya .................. Ortega
Linda Lawson .................. Kate Fallon
Stephen Chase ................. Marshal Charfee
5.14 [142] Tales of Wells Fargo: FRIGHTENED WITNESS (1960.12.26)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12568
John Milford .................. Walt Corbin
Michael Burns ................. Billy Matson
Garry Walberg ................. Chris Matson
Penny Edwards ................. Jen Matson
Jason Johnson ................. Sheriff
Robert J. Stevenson ........... Les Watkins
Julian Burton ................. Shattuck
Keith Richards ................ Lee
5.15 [143] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE BORDER RENEGADE (30 min)(bw)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
02Jan61 NBC MOn (rebroadcast 31Jul61)
Starring: Dale Robertson (as Jim Hardie)
Guest Cast:
Ernest Sarracino .............. Felipe Borras
Elaine Davis .................. Carolyn Robbins
John Beradino ................. Virgil McCready
Alberto Morin ................. Manuel
Argentina Brunetti
Synopsis:
After intercepting an illegal shipment of guns. Hardie decides to let
the wagon driver, Virgil McCready, keep his illcit rendezvous - with
Jim Hardie as his traveling companion. [RF]
5.16 [144] Tales of Wells Fargo: CAPTAIN SCOVILLE (1961.01.09)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
William Tannen ................ Keenan
John Craig .................... Murdock
Pat Michon .................... Susan Kellogg
DeForest Kelley ............... Cole Scoville
5.17 [145] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE HAS-BEEN
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
16-Jan-1961 NBC Mon
Guest cast:
Adam West ............... Steve Daco
J. Pat O'Malley ......... Cedric Manning
Charles Tannen .......... Roz Gilmore
Synopsis:
Jim is riding shotgun on a stage which stops in Tubac. One of the passengers
is Cedric Manning, an entertainer, who made his last appearance there with
his late wife. [RF]
5.18 [146] Tales of Wells Fargo: TOWN AGAINST A MAN
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
23-Jan-1961 NBC Mon
Guest cast:
Val Avery ............... Frank "Bully" Armstrong
Casey Tibbs ............. Sheriff Jim Hogan
Lurene Tuttle ........... Mady Armstrong
Synopsis:
Jim is on his way to visit rancher Tony Crandall, who's to be married soon.
When Jim arrives, he learns that Tony has been drowned. [RF]
5.19 [147] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE BAREFOOT BANDIT (1961.01.30)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Tom Hennesey .................. Miller Sledge
John Marshall ................. Lisa Lindsey
Don Harvey .................... Al Wiley
5.20 [148] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE HAND THAT SHOOK THE HAND (30
min)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
06Feb61 NBC Mon
Starring: Dale Robertson
Guest Cast:
Claude Akins .......... John L. Sullivan
Vito Scotti ........... Abber Dabher
I. Stanford Jolley .... Perfesser
Jackie Crowder ........ Cook
Pat O'Malley .......... Doctor
The stage is met by Hardie and the sheriff who've had
word that there's a troublesome brute on board. When Jim
finds the man's been drinking, he hauls him away to sleep it
off. Next morning he finds that the bruiser is none other
than John L. Sullivan en route to a fight. [TA]
5.21 [149] Tales of Wells Fargo: THAT WASHBURN GIRL (1961.02.13)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Jack Nicholson ................ Tom Washburn
Mari Aldon .................... Nora Washburn
John Archer ................... Dean Chase
Anne Whitfield ................ Ruby Coe
Morris Ankrum ................. Jonas Coe
Gene Roth ..................... Sam Hargrove
5.22 [150] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE DIAMOND DUDE (1961.02.27)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Robert Middleton .............. Bodie Seaton
James Millhollin .............. Leroy Finch
Grant Sullivan ................ Beam
Bill Hale ..................... Neilsen
5.23 [151] Tales of Wells Fargo: A SHOW FOR SILVER LODE (1961.03.06)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Patrice Wymore ................ Pearl Harvey
Jerry O'Sullivan .............. Lou Kendall
John Lasell ................... Arthur Phillips
Thomas B. Henry ............... Henry Dobson
5.24 [152] Tales of Wells Fargo: FRAUD (1961.03.13)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Earl Hansen ................... Marshal Saul Williams
Michael Whalen ................ Abel Boyce
Sue Ane Langdon ............... Jessica Brown
Steve Brodie .................. Mayor Walt Lawson
5.25 [153] Tales of Wells Fargo: STAGE FOR YUMA (1961.03.20)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Brad Dexter ................... Bud Pierce
Harry Harvey, Jr. ............. Lew Walter
Joan Evans .................... Kathy Davidson
5.26 [154] Tales of Wells Fargo: PRINCE JIM (1961.03.27)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Norman Leavitt ................ Willy Zane
J. Pat O'Malley ............... Dan Mallory
Gina Gillespie ................ Carol Butler
Kristine Miller ............... Ruth Hudson
5.27 [155] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE REMITTANCE MAN
(1961.04.03)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
David Frankham ................ Noel Briggs
Yvonne Craig .................. Libby Gillette
William Mims .................. Dan Gillette
Ron Soble ..................... Gabe Adams
5.28 [156] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE JEALOUS MAN
10Apr1961 NBC Mon
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Guest cast:
Faith Domergue ................ Kitty Thorpe
Ed Nelson ..................... Andy Thorpe
John Zaremba .................. Henry Thorpe
Synopsis:
Kitty Thorpe told her jail-bound husband Andy that their marriage was all
washed up, and he reacted by threatening to kill her. Now Andy has escaped
from prison, and Kitty asks Hardie to protect her. [RF]
5.29 [157] Tales of Wells Fargo: SOMETHING PRETTY
17Apr1961 NBC Mon
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Guest cast:
Peter Whitney ................. Moose Gilliam
Margo Lorenz .................. Florrie Eaton
Dennis Moore .................. Marshal Buxton
James Seay .................... Banning
Leonard Nimoy ................. Coleman
William Giorgio ............... Ben
Synopsis 1:
While fleeing from the law, a bandit throws a stolen diamond bracelet into the
brush. Moose Gilliam,
the slow-witted town handyman, stumbles upon the valuable gems but is afraid to
tell anyone about them. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Handyman Moose Gilliam found a stolen diamond bracelet, but he is afraid to turn
it in.
(Synd. Rerun Thurs. 29Apr 71 WNEW-5 New York, NY 1:45 a.m. EDT) [JB]
5.30 [158] Tales of Wells Fargo: LADY TROUBLE
24Apr1961 NBC Mon
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Guest cast:
Josephine Hutchinson .......... Agatha Webster
Robert Armstrong .............. Jess Walden
Robert Richards ............... Britt Kobler
Barry Cahill .................. Stu Redmond
Synopsis:
Agatha Webster, wealthy owner of a mining company, arrives in Saddle Ridge
to give the Wells Fargo service there the once-over. She'll award them the
contract for handling her firm's shipments - once Hardie has proven the
company's mettle. [RF]
5.31 [159] Tales of Wells Fargo: MOMENT
OF GLORY (1961.05.01)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Bryan Russell ................. Pete Harris
Eddy Waller ................... Grandpa Bridger
Edith Evanson ................. Grandma Bridger
5.32 [160] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE LOBO (30 min)(bw)
08-May-1961 NBC Mon
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Starring: Dale Robertson (as Jim Hardie)
guest cast:
Jim Davis ..................... Sam Horne
Betsy Hale .................... Hi Walker
David Garcia ......... Bevoe Sawyer
Jeffrey Morris ........ Boyd Sawyer
Synopsis:
Sam Horne, wanted for a Wells Fargo robbery and murder, is wounded in a
gunfight with Boyd and Bevoe Sawyer. Fargo agent Hi Walker hears of
Sam's plight and offers Hardie a huge reward out of his own pocket to bring
Horne in - preferably dead. But Hardie wants to know Horne's side of the
story. [RF]
5.33 [161] Tales of Wells Fargo: RIFLES FOR RED HAND (30 min)(bw)
15-May-1961
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Guest Cast:
Ziva Rodann ................... Leah Harper
Harp McGuire .................. Matt Taylor
Carleton G. Young ............. Captain Rawlings
Edmund Hashim ................. Wing
Stanley Adams ................. Sam Tustin
J. Anthony Hughes ............. Pitt Simes
Synopsis:
Jim Hardie suspects a lady gambler is selling rifles to the Indians.
5.34 [162] Tales of Wells Fargo: GUNMAN'S REVENGE (1961.05.22)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Harry Carey, Jr. .............. Pete Carter
Robert Foulk .................. Sheriff Nolan
Ollie O'Toole ................. Al Willey
Roy Wright .................... Nell Brand
Larrian Gillespie ............. Kathie
Jimmy Gaines .................. Burt
Jenny Lynn .................... Neil
5.35 [163] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE REPENTENT OUTLAW (1961.05.29)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12577
Edgar Buchanan ................ Doc Dawson
Lew Gallo ..................... Maxey
Leonard Bell .................. Sheriff Wills
John Dennis ................... Red
5.36 [164] Tales of Wells Fargo: A QUIET LITTLE TOWN (1961.06.05)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12560
John Dehner ................... Wade Cather
Shirley Ballard ............... Meg Prescott
Bill Henry .................... Dave Prescott
Stephen Courtleigh ............ Judd Sellers
5.37 [165] Tales of Wells Fargo: BITTER VENGEANCE (1961.06.12)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12590
Tom Gilson .................... Joe Snyder
Nina Shipman .................. Jean Martin
Lillian Bronson ............... Sarah Martin
Phyllis Coates ................ Ruby Martin
Richard Hale .................. Ben Martin
Edgar Dearing ................. Jake Snyder
5.38 [166] Tales of Wells Fargo: JOHN JONES (1961.06.26)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP12583
Justice Watson ................ John Jones
Donna Martell ................. Zita Lopez
5.39 [167] Tales of Wells Fargo: THE DOWRY (1961.07.10)
Revue-Overland prod. no. TP (not known)
Lisa Gaye ..................... Michelle Bovarde
Alan Napier ................... Bertram La Tour
Wynn Pearce ................... Roel La Tour
George Chandler ............... Captain Billy
Bob Anderson .................. Constable Willets
(last of the half-hour black & white episodes)
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Summer Reruns on NBC Mondays
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[--] 24Jul61 rerun of 5.06 "Leading Citizen" (first aired 14Nov60)
[--] 31Jul61 rerun of 5.13 "The Border Renegade" (first aired 02Jan61)
########### Tales of Wells Fargo
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