Episodes
The Deadly Breed
September 24, 1960
Clay is curious and concerned when Chief Marshal Fry insists on personally handling the investigation into the activities of a pair of swindlers, one of whom happens to be a beautiful young blonde. Clay learns that the young woman is the daughter of woman who spurned his love more than twenty years ago and the deputy fears that Simon may be allowing his personal feelings to cloud his professional judgment.
Meet Sergeant Tasker
October 1, 1960
Clay tries to help a two-fisted but gullible sergeant recover two thousand dollars of Army funds stolen by a beautiful blonde saloon hostess and her two card sharp confederates.
The Jason Harris Story
October 8, 1960
Simon Fry arrests Jason Harris, the marshall of Hondo, for complicity in some robberies. Harris could clear himself but remains silent to protect his guilty wife, Laurie. Laurie's fallen for a man named Johnny Dustin and together they plan to get rid of Harris. Dustin betrays Laurie, however, and Fry and Clay McCord then see to it that the guilty are caught and punished. Fry then offers the exonerated Harris a job in the new town of Yorba Linda.
The Fatal Orge
October 15, 1960
Well-to-do Elmer Jackson is murdered and evidence points to his nephew, Phil, who has fled town. Clay McCord suspects Phil's sister, Martha, knows his whereabouts though she denies this. Clay secretly follows Martha out of town but she knocks him out with a rock to the head and rides on to a cabin where she meets her lover, outlaw Tweed Younger. Tweed killed Elmer Jackson but made it look as if Phil had. Phil's now a prisoner in the cabin. Double-crossing Martha shoots Tweed and is about to kill Phil when McCord arrives on the scene.
Mother And Son
October 29, 1960
Fry has his hands full with a jailed outlaw, and the man's mother, who knows nothing about her son's life of crime. Stanhope: James Franciscus. Mrs. Stanhope: Josephine Hutchinson. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case.
Bitter Root
November 5, 1960
In an isolated shack, a lonely woman harbors a wounded killer on the run. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Hester: Virginia Gregg.
The Higher Law
November 12, 1960
Clay McCord arrests Jack Rivers for assaulting an Indian named Black Wing but Black Wing, distrusting the legal system, refuses to testify against him. Judge Wilkens releases Rivers who is then abducted by Black Wing and taken to an Indian village for some ""Apache justice."" Clay McCord rides out to the village to make sure that ""white man's law"" prevails.
Passage To New Orleans
November 19, 1960
A romantic triangle develops when Fry and McCord are assigned to escort a pretty murder witness to New Orleans. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Lucy: Patrice Wymore. Foreman: Carl Benton Reid.
The World Against Me
November 26, 1960
Sarge befriends a boy who witnessed the murder of his grandfather. Tommy: Dennis Joel. Sarge: Read Morgan. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Boyd: Joseph Bassett. Brewer: Henry Rowland.
Sally Tornado (aka Lady For A Hanging)
December 3, 1960
Fay Spain as convicted murderess Sally Tornado, who is being escorted to execution by McCord (Allen Case). Fry: Henry Fonda. Jipsom: William Fawcett.
The Three Brothers
December 10, 1960
McCord and Sarge suspect three brothers of bank robberies. Fry: Henry Fonda. Martha: Cathy Case. Terry: Minga Mitchell. Suzy: Carmen Phillips. Jay: Jack Ging. Frank: Lew Gallo. Gary: Buzz Martin.
Day Of Fear
December 17, 1960
Townsfolk fear that the outlaw McCord brought in has smallpox. Amy: Mary Tyler Moore. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Collins: Tyler McVey. Landy: Addison Richards. Nathan: Robert Osterloh.
Second Cousin To The Czar
December 24, 1960
A duke challenges McCord to a horse race. Fry: Henry Fonda. Dmitri: Carl Esmond. Sarge: Read Morgan. Farrell: George Wallace. Hawkins: Clancy Cooper. Bartender: Phil Tully.
The Judas Town
December 31, 1960
McCord refuses to be bribed into releasing a cattleman's son. McCurdy: Roy Roberts. Pete: Ed Nelson. Fry: Henry Fonda. Touhy: Duane Cress. Mayor: Ed Prentiss.
Duty Bound
January 7, 1961
Fry has his hands full protecting murder suspects from an Indian attack---and each other. Elston: Ron Harper. Ricker: Frank Maxwell. McCord: Allen Case. Trooper: Pat McCaffrie.
The Lesson
January 14, 1961
The lawmen try to protect schoolteacher Mary Willis from her husband, a wanted outlaw. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Danton: Harry Lauter. Jenkins: Stevan Darrell. Johnny: Kevin O'Neal. Grisby: Fred Kruger.
Past And Present
January 21, 1961
Fry tries to find out why bank clerk Herb Caldwell offered no resistance to robbers. Calico Bill: Murvyn Vye. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Madge: Mary Beth Hughes.
The Hard Decision
January 28, 1961
The Dream
February 4, 1961
Clint Hammer uses strong-arm tactics to convert his inheritance into cash. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Selene: Carolyn Craig. Lawson: John McLain. Mildred: Mary Munday.
Shackled Town
February 11, 1961
McCord and Sarge fall prey to a crooked sheriff and a power-hungry judge. McCord: Allen Case. Sarge: Read Morgan. Denton: Reed Hadley. Smith: Robert Brubaker. O'Brien: Eugene Iglesias.
The Lonely Road
February 18, 1961
Paroled killer Shad Billings returns after five years in prison, hoping to resume cattle ranching with his wife, Meg. While there have been false rumors linking Meg with Marshall Fry, Meg has actually been involved with a mine-guard from Tombstone named Trace Phelan. Fry urges Phelan to clear out but Phelan humiliates the unarmed Billings whom Fry then jails for his own protection. Then, instead of moving on as Fry hopes, Phelan vists the Billings homestead to kidnap Meg who now wants no part of him. Fry follows and guns down Phelan in a shoot-out. Billings and Meg are re-united.
The Challenger
February 25, 1961
To help financially pressed McCord, Sarge agrees to fight a boxing champion for $500. Sarge: Read Morgan. McCord: Allen Case. Titan: Hal Baylor. Collins: Stafford Repp. Dillon: Paul Gilbert. Dan: Don Heitgert.
Edge Of Doubt
March 4, 1961
Richard Chamberlain as a parolee accused of murdering his fiancee's father. McCord: Allen Case. Annie: Floy Dean Smith. Jenner: Bigelow C. Sayre. Lake: George Chandler. Potter: Tommy Jackson. Sarge: Read Morgan.
Two-Way Deal
March 11, 1961
Slade Blatner brings in a young outlaw and demands the reward. The outlaw: Blatner's son. Johnny: Billy Gray. Blatner: Ted de Corisa. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Sheriff: Kenneth MacDonald.
The Means And The End
March 18, 1961
Fry searches for the man who killed the main witness against outlaw Josie Styles. Farley Styles: DeForest Kelley. Josie: Phyllis Love. McCord: Allen Case. Wiley: Robert E. Griffin.
The Example
March 25, 1961
Outlaw Frank Barton, alarmed by his son's desire to emulate him, arranges for his own arrest. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Jeb: Jack Chaplain. Kitt: Rickie Sorenson. Whitey: Reedy Talton. Gabe: Robert C. Ross.
Cherchez La Femme
April 1, 1961
Sarge accidentally kills the son of a powerful rancher while protecting a young woman from his unwanted advances. Unfortunately for Sarge, there were no witnesses to the struggle and the rancher uses his political influence to have a hanging judge appointed for the trial. Clay tracks the frightened woman through Albuquerque into the New Mexican mountains in hopes of bringing her back to serve as a witness as Sarge's trial.
Tension Point
April 8, 1961
Fry tries to protect the Baker family from three gunmen---without revealing that he is a lawman. McCord: Allen Case. Zed: John Marley. Molly: Virginia Christine. Meadows: Jerome Thor. Whip: William Stevens. Mark: Donald Losby.
Brother In Arms
April 15, 1961
McCord's boyhood friend returns with a killer's reputation. Jason: Denny Miller. McCord: Allen Case. Fry: Henry Fonda. Arnold: Lon Chaney. Cabot: Bill Hale. Sarge: Read Morgan.
The Return Of Widow Brown
April 22, 1961
The widow of a lynched man returns to town to claim the farm he left behind.
Spoken In Silence
April 29, 1961
Mike Rogers needs money for an operation on his deaf-mute daughter Laura.
An Enemy Of The Town
May 6, 1961
McCord is besieged by angry townspeople when he closes a profitable tannery. Fry: Henry Fonda. Sarge: Read Morgan. Culp: Whit Bissell. Crockett: Stephen Roberts. Hall: Ray Kellogg.
The Legend Of Dixie
May 20, 1961
Dixie Miller glories in his fame when credited with killing two fugitives. Miller: Stanley Adams. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Logan: Gregory Walcott. Mace: Henry Fleer. Hoak: King Calder.
The Deathly Quiet
May 27, 1961
Two Army deserters turn to crime---with the aid of Gatling guns. Bo Braddock and Con Hawkins trade the Army life for lives of crime—with the aid of some high-powered Gatling guns. The pickings are pretty good around Silver City, especially since Fry and McCord's Sixguns are no match for the Gatlings.
Brand Of Honesty
June 10, 1961
Two former crooks, suspected of robberies, take steps to clear themselves. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Ortega: George Dolenz. Miller: Elisha Cook. Gardner: J. Edward McKinley. Nathans: Robert Osterloh. Clark: Norman Willis.
Lorinda Belle
June 24, 1961
Jason Getty, poisoned by one of his enemies, has two days to live---and find his killer. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Landy: Addison Richards. Croman: Frank Overton.
Lawman's Conscience
July 1, 1961
A deathbed confession frees Albee Beckett, who embarks on a campaign of terror against the people who convicted him. Beckett: Russell Johnson. Rufus: Jason Robards Sr. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Mary: Tracey Roberts. Tanby: Jerry LaZarre. Briggs: Roy Wright.
