Wagon Train
The First Season
- Wagon
Train Episodes – Starring Robert Horton
- (CH= Available from Columbia House; A= Available
Tape; W= Still Wanted)
 
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1)
The Jean LeBec Story (25 Sept 1957): While escorting a
friend’s daughter to San Francisco, a New Orleans man is forced to kill
the son of a powerful St. Joe businessman, who then refuses to sell supplies to
the Wagon Train unless the killer is turned over to him. Flint helps the
man escape. This episode introduced "Flint McCullough." GS: Ricardo
Montalban, Joanna Moore, Grant Withers, Bill
Phipps. (A)
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2)
The John Cameron Story (2 Oct 1957): John and his
flirtatious wife Julie are traveling west to start a new life. When three
brothers join the train, Julie’s attention to them results in her
kidnapping. Flint helps John track them down. GS: Michael Rennie, Carolyn
Jones, Claude Akins, William Boyett, Henry Wills, Francis J. McDonald. (CH)
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3)
The Les Rand Story (16 Oct 1957): After being
released from prison, Les Rand returns to his home town to avenge the
death of his Indian wife. He believes the person responsible is his
father, the towns only doctor. Flint is also in town looking for the
doctor to attend a seriously injured Chuck Wooster back on the train. GS:
Sterling Hayden. (CH)
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4) The Emily Rossiter Story (30 Oct 1957): When her husband was killed on the way to California, Emily was forced to remarry to provide a home for her daughter. Her second husband, however, is the leader of a band of thieves who have robbed the Wagon Train. Flint must track them down. GS: Mercedes McCambridge, Susan Oliver, John Dehner, Bill Phipps, Robert McQueeny. (A)
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5)
The Charles Avery Story (13 Nov 1957): Avery, a
Cavalry Lt. who has hated the Lipon Indians ever since his father was killed
by their chief, is carrying a peace treaty to them, along with the chief's
returning daughter. Flint must be ready to defend him or kill him if his
actions endanger the treaty. GS: Farley Granger, Chuck Conners, Susan
Kohner, Bing Russell, Mack Williams, Nico Minardos, Henry Brandon, Abel
Fernandez. (CH)
6)
The Zeke Thomas Story (27 Nov 1957): Zeke and his
wife Maggie are stranded with the Wagon Train when the leaders in a small
town refuse to supply the train with water. While in town with Flint, Zeke
encounters his first wife, whom he had presumed dead. GS: Gary Merrill,
Janice Rule, K.T. Stevens. (CH)
7)
The Clara Beauchamp Story (11 Dec 1957): When the
colonel of a frontier fort invites the Indian chief of a local tribe to the
fort in the hopes of averting a war, the chief is insulted by the colonel’s wife, who desperately wants to return east. With war
inevitable, Flint asks for protection for the Wagon Train. GS: Nina Foch,
Shepperd Strudwick, Richard Garland, Robert Swan, Irene Windust, Ellen
Hardies, Robert Roark, John Merrick, Monte Blue, Mike Ragan, Will White. (A)
8)
The Cliff Grundy Story (25 Dec 1957): When Cliff, an
old friend of Flint’s who has joined the train, is trampled by a
buffalo, Flint volunteers to stay with the dying man. Also volunteering to
stay is another member of the train who only wants to learn the location
of Cliff’s gold mine. GS: Dan Duryea, Russell Johnson. (A)
9)
The Gabe Carswell Story (15 Jan 1958): Frontier legend Gabe
Carswell, an adopted Arapaho for 30 years, joins the wagon train with his
half-Indian son, Jess. But the boy prefers his Arapaho name, Little Elk,
and hopes to become a warrior by killing Flint. GS: James Whitmore, Scott
Marlowe, Thomas B. Henry, Sondra Rodgers, Norman Willis. (CH)
10)
The Dora Gray Story (29 Jan 1958): While investigating an
Indian raiding party armed with rifles, Flint tangles with a gunrunner, a
corrupt army officer, and a woman named Dora, who may kill him or save his
life. GS: Linda Darnell, John Carradine, Dan Blocker. (CH)
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11) The
Mark Hanford Story (26 Feb 1958): When his father betrays Mark
Hanford’s Indian mother, the young man kidnaps a woman from the wagon
train who is planning to become his father’s new bride. Flint must try
to stop the angry father from causing a war with the tribe. GS: Tom Tryon,
Onslow Stevens, Kathleen Crowley, Paul Fix, I. Stanford Jolley, Perry
Ivins, Steven Ritch, Susan White, Frances Morris, Charles Stevens. (CH)
12) The
Sarah Drummond Story (2 Apr 1958): Flint seeks shelter at the
Drummond ranch and becomes involved in a feud between the Drummonds and
their bigoted neighbors. GS: June Lockhart, William Talman, Gene Evans,
Debby Hengen, Claudia Drake. (A)
13) The
Daniel Barrister Story (16 Apr 1958): When Barrister’s wife is
critically injured in an accident, he will not allow any treatment except
for prayer. Finally the woman herself asks for a doctor and Flint rides
out to find one. GS: Charles Bickford, Roger Smith, Peg Hillias, Allan
Lane, Kay Cousins, Sarah Shelby, Arthur Space, Anthony Lawrence. (CH)
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14) The
Charles Maury Story (7 May 1958): Seth and Flint are worried about a
possible attack from a renegade band of former Confederates, so they are
only too glad to accept the offer of protection from a troop of Union
soldiers. However, they soon become suspicious of their intentions. GS:
Charles Drake, Wanda Hendrix, George Keymas, Steve Rowland, Frieda
Inescort. (A)
15) The
Cassie Tanner Story (4 Jun 1958): Flint rescues Cassie Tanner, an
independent, outspoken woman who is heading west alone, from an Indian
attack and persuades her to join the wagon train. When Cassie meets the
Major, she decides he is the man for her. GS: Marjorie Main, George
Chandler, Harry Hines. (A)
16) The
John Wilbot Story (11 Jun 1958): After an argument concerning who
works harder, Flint and the Major decide to switch jobs temporarily . GS:
Dane Clark, Robert Vaughn, Audrey Dalton, Tyler McVey, Virginia Aldridge,
Tharon Crigler, Roy Engel. (A)
17)
The Monty Britton Story (18 Jun 1958): Major Adams finds
Flint returning to the wagon train on foot and delirious after finding a
poisoned waterhole. The train's only hope of finding water is to send
someone to an army post, but the only person other than Flint who knows
the way is a former army officer who refuses to go. GS: Ray Danton, Mona
Freeman, Claude Akins. (A)
 
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18)
The Sacramento Story (25 Jun 1958): When the wagon train
finally reaches Sacramento, Flint accompanies a dying man and his daughter
to the ranch land he had bought years before. When Flint discovers the
land is now a swamp, he shows the man a fertile valley instead and then
sets out to find the swindler. GS: Margaret O’Brien, Dan Duryea, Linda
Darnell, Marjorie Main, Harry Stephens, George Chandler, Roscoe Ates. (CH)
