Episode 1
Lost Treasure
50m
A con man comes claiming to be Heath's real father, not Tom Barkley.
Episode credits
Directed by Arthur H. NadelGuest stars Buddy Hackett, Beah Richards, Bruce Dern, John Milford
TV series
The Big Valley
1965TV-PG4 seasons6.2 / 10
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
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The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
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Episode 2
Legend of a General (1)
50m
Part 1, Heath is down in Mexico where an old friend of the family escapes arrest, fleeing to the Barkley ranch. Heath is imprisoned to be held in exchange for the general.
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Guest stars Victoria Vetri, Nehemiah Persoff, Carlos Romero, Don Dillaway, Pepe Hern, John Hoyt, Paul Comi, Robert Karnes
Episode 3
Legend of a General (2)
50m
Nick and Jarrod head to Mexico to break out Heath, who has already broken out and been recaptured.
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Guest stars Victoria Vetri, Carlos Romero, John Hoyt, Paul Comi, Robert Karnes
Episode 4
Caesar's Wife
50m
An old friend of Audra's has a new , very young, stepmother who likes him as more than a son, and is jealous of Audra.
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Guest stars Dianne Foster, Bert Freed
Episode 5
Pursuit
50m
Victoria heads alone into the desert to find a sick indian before he reaches, and infects, his people.
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Guest stars MaKee K. Blaisdell, James Gregory, Malachi Throne
Episode 6
The Martyr
50m
Jarrod defends a Basque sheepherder.
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Guest stars Nico Minardos, Napoleon Whiting, Philip Bourneuf, Joseph Campanella
Episode 7
Target
50m
A candidate for governor, Joshua Hawks, who had been traveling up and down California spreading lies and causing trouble, comes to Stockton.His target this time, The Barkleys, his story, that Tom Barkley stole every inch of land that they own. He chose the wrong family to mess with this time though, because the Barkleys don't lie down for anyone they come out fighting. Against the wishes of his campain manager, the man who fabricated the story, he decides to, foolishly, stay and fight. Jarrod decides not to bring about a libel charge against Hawks, knowing that it would only result in a long drawn out court battle. Instead he asks the senator to form a committee of four men to decide on the case. Hawks cooks up a scheme to murder the committee and blame it on the Barkleys, he even kills his campaign manager when he decides to leave him, after he has found out Hawks' plan. The plan backfires however and Hawks' ends up getting himself killed instead. In the end The Barkleys get the good
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Directed by Arthur H. NadelGuest stars Walter Woolf King, Julie Adams, Strother Martin, James Whitmore, Bill Quinn, Harlan Warde
Episode 8
The Velvet Trap
50m
A woman asks Nick for help, pretending to be on the run from her former outlaw boyfriend. It turns out that she was with him all along, and was merely using Nick.
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Directed by Arthur H. NadelGuest stars Laura Devon
Episode 9
The Man from Nowhere
50m
Jarrod gets amnesia while far from home.
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Guest stars Sheree North, Duane Chase, Anne Seymour, Gregory Walcott, Howard Wendell, Arthur Space, Bing Russell, Robert Karnes
Episode 10
The Great Safe Robbery
50m7.0 / 10
Bumbling thieves hold Victoria and Audra hostage as they try to open a safe at the train station.
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Guest stars Bill Quinn, Warren Oates, Joe Higgins, John Harmon
Episode 11
The Iron Box
50m
While in a strange town, Heath and Nick buy a bull from a man who turns around and has them arrested for stealing it. The sherrif catches up to them while they sit around their campfire, and a fight ensues in which Heath badly burns his leg in the fire. The crooked sheriff takes them to a road gang prison to await trail. . .in a few months!! The cruel warden refuses to allow Heath a doctor and makes him work alongside the others. They soon find out the real reason that innocent drifters are arrested and imprisoned, free work labour for the man whom the Barkley brothers had bought the bull from. Meanwhile, at home Jarrod has found out what has happened to his brothers and heads out after them. Arriving at the prison he demands to see them and when the warden refuses he threatens him with legal action if he is not allowed to see his clients. After he speaks with them he rides off to find the circuit judge. Getting scared that the truth will come out now that he realizes who he's dealing
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Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Yaphet Kotto, Walter Woolf King, Walter Burke, Paul Picerni, Michael Fox, David Sheiner, Frank Marth
Episode 12
Last Stage to Salt Flats
50m
Heath and companions are stranded in the desert, miles from civilization or water!!!!
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Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Norma Crane, Lamont Johnson, Kevin Hagen, Dennis Cross
Episode 13
A Day of Terror
50m
Victoria and Audra are held captive in the church by an outlaw and her sons.
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Guest stars Colleen Dewhurst, Michael Burns
Episode 14
Hide The Children
50m
Nick accompanies a gypsy to her wedding.
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Directed by Arthur H. NadelGuest stars Eve Plumb, Stephen McNally, Chris Alcaide, Celia Lovsky, Louise Sorel, Rita Lynn, Warren Munson, Royal Dano
Episode 15
Day of the Comet
50m
Audra falls in love with a man on the run.
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Guest stars Roberto Contreras, Bradford Dillman, Douglas Kennedy
Episode 16
Wagonload of Dreams
50m
A man tries to get his peaches to market.
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Guest stars Tige Andrews, Karl Swenson, Harlan Warde
Episode 17
Image of Yesterday
50m
An old beau of Victoria's comes to town, but he is not the man she remembers.
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Guest stars Sam Melville, Don Chastain, Dan O'Herlihy, Rosanna Huffman, Richard Farnsworth, K.T. Stevens, Vincent Gardenia, William Fawcett
Episode 18
Boy into Man
50m
15-year-old Lud Akely is determined to take care of his younger siblings without any help from the Barkleys, who are trying to help find the mother who abandoned them.
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Directed by Paul HenreidGuest stars Diane Ladd, Darby Hinton, Bryan O'Byrne, J. Pat O'Malley, John Harmon, Richard Dreyfuss
Episode 19
Down Shadow Street
50m
Victoria witnesses a murder, committed by her godson, and is thrown in a sanitarium to prevent her testimony.
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Guest stars Amzie Strickland, Robert Middleton, Kam Tong, Vic Perrin, Dee J. Thompson
Episode 20
The Stallion
50m
An old ranch hand tries to prove he is still useful, by capturing a wild stallion . . . alone.
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Directed by Paul HenreidGuest stars Brooke Bundy, Jon Lormer, Virginia Gregg, Paul Fix, Harlan Warde
Episode 21
The Haunted Gun
50m
Gunman turned senator Jud Robson comes to Stockton, and soon begins to say he is being stalked. The main problem with his story, he is suspicious of EVERYONE.
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Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Joyce Jameson, Roger Davis, Robert Ellenstein, Jim Hayward, Andrew Duggan
Episode 22
Price of Victory
50m
Nick manages an injured boxer, in his last fight.
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Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Larry Pennell, Ted Eccles, Hal Baylor
Episode 23
Brother Love
50m
A fake faith healer comes to Stockton.
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Guest stars Carolyn Conwell, Robert Goulet, Eve Plumb, Strother Martin
Episode 24
Court Martial
50m
An old war friend of Nick's is being courtmartialed, along with Nick himself!
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Guest stars Henry Jones, Napoleon Whiting, Paul Comi, L.Q. Jones
Episode 25
Plunder!
50m
Heath is sent to protect an evacuated town.
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Directed by Richard LongWritten by William Blinn
Episode 26
Turn of a Card
50m
Heath travels to bring his brothers money for a water pump, but a gambler wants to relieve him of it.
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Written by Gilbert RalstonGuest stars Roberto Contreras, Bing Russell, Joseph Campanella, Don Chastain, John Harmon, Harlan Warde, Joe Higgins
Episode 27
Showdown in Limbo
50m
Heath and company transport a wanted outlaw and must fight off his brother.
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Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars G.D. Spradlin, John Carter, Tom Lowell, L.Q. Jones
Episode 28
The Lady from Mesa
50m
Nick goes to find the daughter of a seriously injured ranch hand, with unexpected results.
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Guest stars Lee Grant, Napoleon Whiting, Douglas Kennedy, Frank Marth, Nora Marlowe
Episode 29
Days of Grace
50m
Heath is wrongfully arrested for attempted rape, and is helped by a nun who used to be his girlfriend.
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Guest stars George D. Wallace, Karen Black, Morgan Farley, Portia Nelson, Bert Freed, Ellen Burstyn
Episode 30
Cage of Eagles
50mfinale
Nick captures an eagle, and a dynamiter causes trouble at a Barkley mine.
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Guest stars Pernell Roberts, Harold Gould, John Pickard, Bing Russell, John Harmon
Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026
More about The Big Valley
Cast
Barbara StanwyckVictoria Barkley
Richard LongJarrod Barkley
Peter BreckNick Barkley
Lee MajorsHeath Barkley
Linda EvansAudra Barkley
Charles BrilesEugene Barkley
Walter Woolf KingJudge
Napoleon WhitingSilasCredits
- Created by
- A.I. Bezzerides, Louis F. Edelman
- Written by
- Paul Savage, Gilbert Ralston, Michael Gleason, Edward J. Lakso, William Blinn, Daniel B. Ullman, Paul Schneider, Carey Wilber, Oliver Crawford
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 112
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ABCUnited States
Themes
1870s19th centuryamerican historyclassic westernfamily dramafrontier westernhistorical drama
