The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
Season 4 episodes
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Rowdy and Hey Soos are robbed by Antonio Marcos. He is leading a revolution against the Texas land grant. Rowdy meets his Dad, who ran out on him and his Ma.
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Directed by Ted PostGuest stars Don C. Harvey, Bert Remsen, Tom Tully, Tyler McVey, Edward Andrews, Carlos Romero, John Pickard
Quince gets a letter. He needs a couple of days off. Jim, Pete, Rowdy and Hey Soos go to Hando Seco. Casey the bartender knocks their drinks out of their hands when he finds out they rode in with Jim. Jim asks Judge Matt Quince how's his niece Joanna. She wants help running away. She's in love with Brad Lyons. He has a murder warrant on his head.
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Directed by Perry LaffertyGuest stars Ralph Bellamy, Dick Wessel, Roy Barcroft, Ray Teal, Robert Donner, Kathie Browne, Anne Whitfield
Indians stampede the herd. The sheriff says it's a 100 Cheyenne headed for Mexico. Pete picks up their trail. Pete asks Rowdy not to tell Favor right away. Little Hawk, the Chief, is the father of Pete's dead wife.
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Directed by George TempletonGuest stars Abraham Sofaer, Sonya Wilde, John Hart
Favor asks sheepherder,Tod Stone, to let the herd pass his flock. He won't. They take the herd over the ridge to the next valley. Tod takes a shortcut and beats them. Rowdy and Collins scatter the flock. Tod the herd. Rowdy fights Tod. Tod falls on his scaling knife. Favor tells Rowdy he's taking Tod and his flock to Twin Hat.
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Directed by Anton LeaderWritten by Charles LarsonGuest stars Don C. Harvey, Richard Basehart, Will Wright, Fred Graham, Hal Baylor, Hardie Albright, James Anderson
Favor finds a circus that is lost. Pascal the owner and clown beats his wife, Jenny, who wants to run away with Dario the other half of her high wire act.
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Guest stars Lawrence Dobkin, Gloria Talbott, Billy Barty
Gilmore tells Favor there's a panic brewing back east. He needs to cut ten days off the drive. Gilmore says don't tell the drovers about the panic. Tom Gwynn ,a fishbreeder, is sick with fever. He's taking shad to California to claim a $10,000 prize.
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Directed by Jus AddissWritten by Charles LarsonGuest stars Don C. Harvey, Richard Webb, Burgess Meredith, Phyllis Coates, Richard Reeves
A woman wanders into camp needing help. She is an actress who one of the men recognizes later. She worked as a Union spy during the war. Although most of the men hate her, one even more so as he was court-martialed due to her.
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Guest stars Charles Aidman, Phyllis Thaxter, George D. Wallace, Harry Lauter, Lyle Bettger
Mushy tells Wish he sees Santa Claus - Mr. Bateman - in Texas in the middle of August. Bateman is lost. He keels over. He, his wife Mag, and their nine-year-old boy, Danny, are on their way to New York. Danny won't last until Christmas.
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Written by Charles LarsonGuest stars John Hart, Ed Wynn, Anne Seymour
The drovers discover peddler Mendel J. Sorkin trying to drive a small herd of cattle all by himself. Mendel wants to sell the herd in a nearby town and use the money to return to his native country.
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Directed by László BenedekGuest stars Vitina Marcus, Don Beddoe, Shelley Berman, George Kennedy
The drover are stopped by fence at Vance Caldwell's ranch and are told they will have to wait until he returns to get permission to pass. But the fence isn't Favor's only problem, his daughters are about to join him on the trail.
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Guest stars Byron Morrow, Candy Moore, Vici Raaf, Paul Richards, Dorothy Green
On a trip to collect a debt, Rowdy sees an elderly woman apparently hounded by thieves. After rescuing her they go to a nearby town where Rowdy is to collect the debt and she awaits a stage. However, she frames Rowdy for multiple thefts.
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Guest stars Josephine Hutchinson, Dan White, Mason Curry, Harry Ellerbe, Frank Maxwell, Frank Wilcox, Everett Glass, Norman Leavitt
A wagon falls on Harve. Rowdy and Favor go for a doctor. Dr. Daniel Pearson, a quack, says he's the only doctor in town. Mrs. James directs them to Dr. Louise Amadon.
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Directed by Jus AddissGuest stars Eduard Franz, Mala Powers, Robert B. Williams, Charles Maxwell
Pete's friend Grey Hawk's son, Wild Horse has escaped and is raiding. General Perry is bringing 500 head of cattle for the indians. Pete is leading Lieutenant Matthew Perry to his father.
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Written by Elliott ArnoldGuest stars John Hart, Walter Pidgeon, Judson Pratt, Anthony Caruso, Eugene Iglesias, Darryl Hickman, William Wellman Jr.
A deaf mute delivers a letter for Rowdy at the camp. Rowdy picks up a guy, Kilo, whose wagon was stolen. They make camp. In the morning, Kilo and the horses are gone. Rowdy walks to a house and enters. The door shuts behind him. Mackie and five others lock Rowdy in a room. Someone shoots at Rowdy from outside. The six are being held prisoner.
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Directed by Tay GarnettGuest stars Lester Matthews, Paula Raymond, Harry Shannon, Rosemary DeCamp, Lane Bradford, Robert F. Simon, Peter Adams
Favor wants to fatten the herd for a week. Another herd is three to five days behind. The trail boss is Ben Wade and all the drovers are old. Charlie Holt , owners representative, comes onto Helen Wade, and vice versa. Two of Wade's cattle have Texas Tick.
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Directed by George TempletonGuest stars John Hart, Coleen Gray, Tod Andrews, Harry Lauter, John Pickard
The herd finally arrives in Abilene, the end of a long, hard drive. While most of the drovers plan to spend their pay painting the town, Favor has a few other ideas. He is going to buy some land and get out of the cattle business. Don Grenfell also has been told to quit due to a bad back. The drovers are all quarantined at Oddity House due to small pox.
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Directed by Anton LeaderWritten by Charles LarsonGuest stars John Hart, Audrey Totter, Bing Russell, John Pickard