Wagon Train
The Fourth Season
1)
The Allison Justis Story (19 Oct 1960): Flint kills a horse
thief, who he later learns is the husband of an old girlfriend and the very
respected mayor of the nearby town. GS: Gloria DeHaven, Michael Burns, Edward G.
Robinson, Jr., Gregg Stewart, Ken Hooker, Dan Tobin. (A)
 
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2)
Princess of a Lost Tribe (2 Nov 1960): When Flint and his
companions discover descendants of an Aztec tribe living in a hidden valley,
they are told they aren’t prisoners; they just can’t leave the ancient city.
While there, Flint falls in love with the daughter of the Aztec ruler. GS: Linda
Lawson, Raymond Massey, Ed Mallory, Raymond Greenleaf, Frank Jenks, Chet
Stratton. (A)
 
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3)
The Bleymier Story (16 Nov 1960): Flint is leading a small party
of settlers to their new homesteads in the Dakota Territory when they become
bogged down by rain. One of the settlers, Sam Bleymier, is a fanatic and claims
the torrential rains are an omen of disaster. GS: Dan Duryea, Ellen Willard,
James Drury, John McLiam, Juney Ellis, David McMahon. (A)
 
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4)
The Jane Hawkins Story (30 Nov 1960): Flint finds Jane Hawkins,
who has been shot, and brings her into the nearest town. However, the doctor is
reluctant to treat her, fearing reprisals, since she was shot by the hired gun
of the towns ‘dictator.’ GS: Myrna Fahey, Edgar Buchanan, Kathie Brown,
Sherwood Price, Whit Bissell, Kay Stewart, Nestor Paiva. (A)
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5)
The River Crossing (14 Dec 1960): When a river swells dangerously
, Flint finds himself left with half the wagon train on one side of the
river, stuck between the raging river and a Comanche war party. GS: Michael
Keep, Charles Aidman, X Brands, Robert J. Wilke, Ron Harper, Marshall Reed,
Claudia Bryar, Colette Jackson, Allen Jaffe. (CH)
 
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6)
The Earl Packer Story (4 Jan 1961): Sheriff Bill Strode once
saved Flint’s life, so when he is wounded he asks Flint for help. But Flint is
concerned as to why Strobe is trying to elude bounty hunter Earl Packard, who
has a reputation for always getting his man. GS: Ernest Borgnine, Edward Binns,
Rex Holman, Jane Burgess. (A)
 
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7)
The Prairie Story (1 Feb 1961): As Flint leads the wagon train west
across the hundreds of miles of arid prairie, the toll the trip takes on the
women is revealed. This is a powerful story and one that sees Flint in the role
of the wagon master, after the death of Ward Bond. GS: Beulah Bondi, Jan
Clayton, John Archer, Virginia Christine, Diane Jergens, Mickey Sholder, Ilana
Dowding, Jack Beutel. (CH)
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8)
The Odyssey of Flint McCullough (15 Feb 1961): While scouting, Flint
finds the survivors of an Indian raid and attempts to guide them to
safety. GS: Henry Hull, Michael Burns, Dana Dillaway, Suzi Carnel, Tony Maxwell,
Bryan Russell, Clay Randolph, Laurie Main. (A)
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9)
The Jed Polke Story (1 Mar 1961): Flint finds Jed and Rheba Polke near
death in the desert, but the only doctor on the train refuses to treat Jed. GS:
John Lasell, Joyce Meadows, Willard Waterman, Ron Hayes, Dennis Holmes, Perry
Lopez, Frank Gerstle, Juney Ellis. (A)
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10)
The Nancy Palmer Story (8 Mar 1961): Though her husband Dan is not
popular on the wagon train, Nancy’s charm and acts of kindness to the children
endear her to its members. But when a theft in a nearby town is discovered,
people begin to suspect Dan. GS: Audrey Meadows, Elisha Cook, Jr., Jack Cassidy,
Vivi Janiss, Jeanne Bates, Roger Mobley, Rory Stevens, Harry Lauter, Med Florey,
Bern Hoffman. (A)
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11) The
Christopher Hale Story (15 Mar 1961): Flint meets with Chris Hale, a retired
wagonmaster, who is overcome with grief after his family is massacred by
Indians, to convince him to hire on as the new wagonmaster. In the meantime, the
holding company that owns the wagon train has employed a new wagonmaster, Jud
Benedict, who arrives with four gunslingers to keep order on the train. This
episode, introduced John McIntyre as the new wagonmaster, following the death of
Ward Bond. GS: Lee Marvin, L. Q. Jones, Nancy Rennick, Claire Carleton. (W)
12) The
Jim Bridger Story (10 May 1961): Flint, who is temporarily in charge of the
wagon train, is ordered by an Army General to take the train back into hostile
Indian territory to rescue a trapped cavalry unit. GS: Karl Swenson, John
Doucette, Jackie Russell, Hank Brandt, Barbara Woodell, Nestor Paiva, Francis
DeSales. (W)
13) The
Eleanor Culhane Story (17 May 1961): When Flint visits an old flame, he finds
that she is now the reclusive widow of a notorious gunfighter. As Flint coaxes
her to return to the world, he finds his love for her returning, unfortunately
so does her supposedly dead husband. GS: Felicia Farr, John Lasell, Russell
Thorson, Orville Sherman, Renata Vanni, Hank Patterson. (A)
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14)
Wagon to Fort Anderson (7 Jun 1961): Flint finds Fay and Sue Ellison,
the only survivors of an Indian massacre, but his attempt to lead them to safety
is impeded by two army deserters who try to convince the girls that he’s
really leading them to disaster. GS: Albert Salmi, Carol Rossen, Don Rickles,
Candy Moore, Lou Webb, Hal Needham. (A)
 
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15) The Don Alvarado Story (21 Jun 1961): Flint grants the dying wish of a Spanish nobleman to pose as Don Adriano Alvarado and claim his inheritance for the rest of his family. Along with the deal comes the woman Adriano was supposed to marry. No one had seen Adriano in years, and as luck would have it, Flint had the same red hair Alvarado's "mother" had. GS: Andrea Martin, Vladimir Sokoloff, Michael Forest, Ed Nelson, Ken Terrell, David Faulkner, Jerry Lazarre, Armand Alzamora. (A)
 
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