The Virginian Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

The Virginian: Season 9

The Virginian: Season 8 (1969 - 1970)

  • Season 8 Episode 24: Holocaust

    An agent (Tony Franciosa) for Eastern interests begins to split the Cattlemen's Association, to grab land; guests Harold J. Stone, Sean McClory.

  • Season 8 Episode 23: Rich Man, Poor Man

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 8 Episode 22: Sins of the Fathers

    Clay awaits a showdown with a young gunslinger (Robert Lipton), hired as a Shiloh ranchhand, who blames his father's death 20 years earlier on Grainger and refuses to listen to any explanation.

  • Season 8 Episode 21: A King's Ransom

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 8 Episode 20: No War for the Warrior

    Jim's life is endangered after an Indian (Charles Robinson) running from authorities hides out with the Shiloh wranglers on a cattle drive; guests Henry Jones, Charles Aidman.

  • Season 8 Episode 19: A Time of Terror

    A family (Shelly Novack, Phillip Alford, Pamela Murphy) takes over Shiloh at gunpoint, then lures the Graingers' friend (Joseph Cotten), a Congressional candidate, to the ranch for revenge.

  • Season 8 Episode 18: Train of Darkness

    A clan avenging the death of kin targets a former gunslinger (Dennis Weaver) and his bride (Charlotte Stewart); guests Gerald O'Loughlin, John Larch.

  • Season 8 Episode 17: The Shiloh Years

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 8 Episode 16: Nightmare

    A newly married woman (Joan Crawford) faces many problems, including a murder charge, after her husband's (Michael Conrad) injury sets off a bid for power in his company; guest Warren Kemmerling.

  • Season 8 Episode 15: You Can Lead a Horse to Water

    A stagecoach robbery interferes with the plans of a Southern belle (Elizabeth Hubbard) who is traveling to Clearwater to marry her childhood sweetheart (Anthony Eisley); guest Strother Martin.

  • Season 8 Episode 14: Black Jade

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 8 Episode 13: A Woman of Stone

    A long-time captive (Bethel Leslie) of an Indian tribe returns to the husband (Charles Drake) who deserted her during a raid, only to find her desire for revenge could destroy her daughter's wedding.

  • Season 8 Episode 12: Journey to Scathelock

    Jim heads to Canada on the trail of a saloon girl (Anne Helm) and her con-man boyfriend (Burr De Benning) who disappeared from Shiloh with $4,000; guests Frank Campanella, Lawrence Dane.

  • Season 8 Episode 11: A Touch of Hands

    Trampas agrees to marry a childhood friend (Belinda Montgomery), back from finishing school, despite her father's (Michael Constantine) wishes.

  • Season 8 Episode 10: Home to Methuselah

    An aging sheriff (John Anderson) arrives to visit old friend the Virginian, then invites him on a hunting trip that is actually a cover for tracking the last of a desperate band of bank robbers.

  • Season 8 Episode 9: The Bugler

    After being whipped, an Army private (Michael Burns) deserts the post commanded by his father (Morgan Woodward) and is found unconscious and injured on Shiloh property; guest Alan Hale.

  • Season 8 Episode 8: The Substitute

    A bounty hunter (Gregg Palmer) waylays Trampas then takes him to a town where he is mistakenly identified as the killer of a beloved local doctor; guests Dennis Cooney, Beverlee McKinsey.

  • Season 8 Episode 7: A Love to Remember

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 8 Episode 6: The Runaway

    A boy (Johnnie Whitaker) fleeing a reform-school operator (Peter Whitney) shelters at Shiloh Ranch while the Virginian and Trampas try to find his father (Guy Stockwell).

  • Season 8 Episode 5: The Family Man

    Jim delivers the baby of a woman (Darleen Carr) whose fugitive husband has run out on her, then cares for her and her property in addition to his responsibilities at the ranch.

  • Season 8 Episode 4: The Power Seekers

    Clay discovers politics' unsavory side when he runs against an ambitious opponent (Andrew Prine) for the territorial legislature; guests Barry Sullivan, Dana Elcar, John McLiam.

  • Season 8 Episode 3: Halfway Back From Hell

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 8 Episode 2: A Flash of Darkness

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 8 Episode 1: Long Ride Home

    A roving cowboy (Leslie Nielsen) attempts to recoup money from a con man, while his sidekick (Tim Matheson) begins to prefer ranch life; guest Lonny Chapman.

The Virginian: Season 7 (1968 - 1969)

  • Season 7 Episode 26: The Stranger

    Despite evidence to the contrary, the Virginian believes in the innocence of an itinerant cowboy (Shelly Novack) accused of injuring a rancher and killing a ranch foreman; guest Lorraine Gary.

  • Season 7 Episode 25: Fox, Hound & the Widow McCloud

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 7 Episode 24: Girl in the Shadows

    A vaudevillian (Jack Albertson) arrives in town and arranges coincidences that indicate his mind reader daughter (Brenda Scott) is Clay's long-lost niece; guest Greg Mullavey.

  • Season 7 Episode 23: Storm Over Shiloh

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 7 Episode 22: Incident at Diablo Crossing

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 7 Episode 21: Eileen

    Concerned about marriage plans, a father sends his daughter (Debbie Watson) to Shiloh for the summer, but her fiance hires on incognito as a ranchhand.

  • Season 7 Episode 20: The Land Dreamer

    A foreclosed farmer (James Olson) becomes the target of a lynch mob after killing an unscrupulous investor (Don Francks); guests Cloris Leachman, Ford Rainey, John Daniels.

  • Season 7 Episode 19: The Ordeal

    A wealthy Bostonian sends his spoiled son (Robert Pine) to the ranch to acquire some character, only to have the young man's pranks endanger lives.

  • Season 7 Episode 18: The Price of Love

    A young cowboy (Peter Duel) tries to repay past kindnesses by using a gun to settle a land dispute with a neighbor (James Gregory); guest Skip Homeier.

  • Season 7 Episode 17: Crime Wave in Buffalo Springs

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 7 Episode 16: Last Grave at Socorro Creek

    A cattle thief (Steve Ihnat) thinks he can get away with a robbery by blaming and then lynching an innocent man, but is unaware of the Virginian's zealous devotion to the victim's family.

  • Season 7 Episode 15: Death Wait

    A vengeful father (Harold J. Stone) and his gunslinger son (Murray MacLeod) don't believe David killed another son in self-defense; guests Conlan Carter, Sheila Larken.

  • Season 7 Episode 14: Stopover

    The moment he steps from the stagecoach, a gunslinger (Herb Jeffries) has everyone wondering who he is after; guests Jay C. Flippen, John Kellogg, John McLiam.

  • Season 7 Episode 13: Big Tiny

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 7 Episode 12: Nora

    Clay's old friend (Anne Baxter) and her Army-officer husband (Hugh Beaumont) cut short a visit after Indians kill a soldier; guest Tim McIntire.

  • Season 7 Episode 11: The Mustangers

    An aging bronco buster (James Edwards) who wants to send his son (Chuck Daniel) to school in Texas turns to a horse thief (Don Knight) to get the necessary money; guest Grace Lee Whitney.

  • Season 7 Episode 10: Dark Corridor

    The Virginian finds a young woman (Judy Lang) on the trail, unconscious after a fall from a horse, who awakens suffering from amnesia and a mysterious fear; guest Paul Winchell.

  • Season 7 Episode 9: The Storm Gate

    While visiting in a Nebraska town, Trampas comes into conflict with a childhood friend (Burr De Benning), an engineer who has gotten the town's cooperation to build an irrigation dam; guest Susan Oliver.

  • Season 7 Episode 8: Ride to Misadventure

    The Virginian teams with a bounty hunter (Joseph Campanella) to find the gang responsible for robbing gold and cattle vaccine from the Medicine Bow stage; guest Katherine Justice.

  • Season 7 Episode 7: The Heritage

    A Shoshone woman (Buffy Sainte-Marie) educated in Boston confesses to Clay her fears about returning to a humble reservation life; guest Jay Silverheels.

  • Season 7 Episode 6: Image of an Outlaw

    An innocent ranchhand is mistaken for a wanted criminal (Don Stroud in a dual role), and later sees advantages in assuming the fugitive's identity; guest Sandy Kenyon.

  • Season 7 Episode 5: Wind of Outrage

    A childhood friend of a French-Indian innkeeper (Ricardo Montalban) urges him to return to Canada and lead a revolution; guest Lois Nettleton.

  • Season 7 Episode 4: Vision of Blindness

    An ex-convict (John Saxon) seeking to take revenge on Trampas for his brother's death finds Elizabeth, left blinded and helpless after a stagecoach accident; guests Ben Johnson, the Irish Rovers.

  • Season 7 Episode 3: The Orchard

    A rancher (Burgess Meredith) trying to rebuild a herd deals with one son's (Brandon de Wilde) advice to farm and the other's (Ben Murphy) irresponsibility; guests Tyne Daly, William Windom.

  • Season 7 Episode 2: Silver Image

    An oil speculator (Donald Barry) threatens the livelihoods of local cattle ranchers by offering a widow (Geraldine Brooks) a handsome price for land adjacent to Shiloh; guests James Daly, Bob Random.

  • Season 7 Episode 1: The Saddle Warmer

    A former medical student (David Hartman) drifting west feels responsible for a broken leg suffered by Trampas and offers to take the ranchhand's place until he recovers; guests Ralph Bellamy, the Irish Rovers.

The Virginian: Season 6 (1967 - 1968)

  • Season 6 Episode 26: Seth

    While hunting for a steer-killing cougar, Trampas offers food and shelter to a half-starved boy (Michael Burns), who hesitates over accepting or remaining in the hills to rendezvous with an outlaw gang.

  • Season 6 Episode 25: The Decision

    At his wife's insistence, a lawman (Kenneth Tobey) gives up his badge then discovers that his replacement (Steve Carlson) is just not up to the job; guests Ben Murphy, Lawrence Dane.

  • Season 6 Episode 24: Handy Man

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 6 Episode 23: Stacey

    A buggy accident leaves Stacy's arm paralyzed, and he sinks into self-pity after an operation apparently fails and his girlfriend (Lee Kroeger) abandons him; guest John Bryant.

  • Season 6 Episode 22: The Crooked Path

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 6 Episode 21: Hell Wind

    A sandstorm drives Trampas, Elizabeth and others (Ford Rainey, Patricia Crowley, Woodrow Parfrey, Kiel Martin) to an abandoned house, where stolen gold is found.

  • Season 6 Episode 20: Good-Hearted Badman

    Elizabeth and Holly care for a wounded outlaw (Peter Duel), who faces a dilemma when his recovery means either being turned over to the authorities or facing a pursuing bounty hunter; guest Anthony Zerbe.

  • Season 6 Episode 19: The Gentle Tamers

    Three convicts (Anthony Call, Darwin Joston, Don Pedro Colley) come to work at the Shiloh Ranch as part of an experimental parole program; guests Wesley Lau, James Griffith.

  • Season 6 Episode 18: With Help From Ulysses

    A shaggy dog named Ulysses must help Trampas decide which of two saloon girls (Barbara Rhoades, Jill Donohue) is really the niece of a dying prospector (J. Pat O'Malley); guests Hugh Beaumont, June Vincent.

  • Season 6 Episode 17: Jed

    An itinerant gunslinger (Steve Ihnat) hires on with a who aims to begin a range war over two homesteaders, then goes to work as a spy among the opposing forces at Shiloh; guest Brenda Scott.

  • Season 6 Episode 16: Death Wagon

    An outlaw (Tim McIntire) with scarlet fever forces captured Holly and Elizabeth to help him evade his Army escorts (Albert Salmi, Michael Constantine).

  • Season 6 Episode 15: The Fortress

    A Canadian cattle buyer (Leslie Nielsen) who owns his own city pays the Virginian $100,0000 then has his henchmen rob the local bank, rendering the Virginian's bank draft worthless.

  • Season 6 Episode 14: A Small Taste of Justice

    The shooting of an old girlfriend's (Susan Oliver) daughter (Eve Plumb) convinces the Virginian to stop a rich rancher's spoiled son (Peter Brown) who has been terrorizing a town; guest John Lupton.

  • Season 6 Episode 13: Execution at Triste

    After a fortuneteller predicts death, Trampas and two other Shiloh hands face a gunslinger as they pass through a doomed town after delivering cattle to an Army base; guests Robert Lansing, Sharon Farrell.

  • Season 6 Episode 12: Barren Ground

    The Virginian faces mixed reactions from the father (Jay C. Flippen), sister (Collin Wilcox) and vengeful brother (Bryon Mabe) of a young outlaw he was forced to kill in self-defense.

  • Season 6 Episode 11: To Bear Witness

    Trampas' investigation of a doctor's (Malachi Throne) possible involvement in a murder makes the Shiloh ranchhand the victim of insults, a drugging and a beating; guests Joanna Moore, William Windom.

  • Season 6 Episode 10: Paid in Full

    An aging ranchhand (James Whitmore), having refused property as reward for saving Trampas, later becomes a stable worker; guests Don Stroud, Douglas Kennedy.

  • Season 6 Episode 9: A Bad Place to Die

    The staff of Shiloh Ranch conducts a hurried investigation in an attempt to save Trampas, awaiting execution on a murder charge; guest Victor Jory.

  • Season 6 Episode 8: Bitter Autumn

    A Texan's brother accidentally shoots a woman (Virginia Gregg) in Medicine Bow and becomes the target of her husband (John Anderson), a former marshal; guest Jeanette Nolan.

  • Season 6 Episode 7: Ah Sing vs. Wyoming

    An alcoholic lawyer (Edmond O'Brien) is prodded into fighting prejudice and the bottle to defend a Chinese immigrant who has been denied his legal rights; guests Lloyd Bochner, Jill Donohue.

  • Season 6 Episode 6: Masquerade

    Medicine Bow helps a timid banker (David Hartman) convince his father (Lloyd Nolan), a retired Idaho sheriff Idaho, that he carries on the tradition; guest Diana Muldaur.

  • Season 6 Episode 5: Johnny Moon

    An injured Canadian mountie (Tom Bell) refuses to give up his pursuit of a wanted man (Ben Johnson), although out of his jurisdiction into Wyoming; guest Bo Hopkins.

  • Season 6 Episode 4: Star Crossed

    Ryker tries to help him a lawless friend (Tom Tryon) reform, only to have his efforts foiled by a blackmailer (Kiel Martin); guest Lisabeth Hush.

  • Season 6 Episode 3: Lady From Wichita

    Two Wichita saloonkeepers (Joan Collins, Rose Marie) inherit property and arrive intending to be proper members of society; guest Harry Lauter.

  • Season 6 Episode 2: Deadly Past

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring Lee J Cobb and Doug McClure

  • Season 6 Episode 1: The Reckoning

    The Virginian, Clay and Elizabeth go to buy cattle in a Texas border town, where outlaws snatch Elizabeth away to Mexico; guest Charles Bronson.

The Virginian: Season 5 (1966 - 1967)

  • Season 5 Episode 29: The Strange Quest of Claire Bingham

    After reading about the arrest of an outlaw (Andrew Prine) in Medicine Bow, a young Kansas City woman (Sandra Smith) arrives to search for her long-lost brother.

  • Season 5 Episode 28: Lady of the House

    Western drama about the men of the Shiloh ranch and the people of nearby Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 5 Episode 27: Girl on the Pinto

    Despite warnings from the girl's foster parents, Trampas insists on courting a troubled, beautiful young woman (Valora Noland); guests R.G. Armstrong, Warren Stevens, Sandy Kenyon.

  • Season 5 Episode 26: A Welcoming Town

    After hearing a woman (Jocelyn Brando) is hastily selling her farm, Trampas investigates and uncovers the truth about a man who was killed for a crime he didn't commit; guests Robert Fuller, Kent McCord.

  • Season 5 Episode 25: Bitter Harvest

    The Virginian steps in to help a farmer (John Lupton) called cowardly by his family when he refuses to raise arms against a rancher trying to drive him from his land; guest Whitney Blake.

  • Season 5 Episode 24: Nightmare at Fort Killman

    Stacey Grainger is waylaid by a pair of malicious soldiers working for corrupt army sergeant Joe Trapp. Taken to the Fort Killman compound, Stacey attempts to prove that he isn't an Awol trooper, while attempting to reveal a plot to frame him for the murder of one of the men who kidnapped him

  • Season 5 Episode 23: Doctor Pat

    A woman physician (Jill Donohue) comes to Medicine Bow and must battle the prejudices of her colleague and townspeople; guests Mari Blanchard, Donald Barry.

  • Season 5 Episode 22: Melanie

    Romance blossoms between Trampas and a wealthy, spoiled Chicago woman (Susan Clark) visiting the West with her father (Victor Jory), who is looking to buy a ranch near Medicine Bow.

  • Season 5 Episode 21: Without Mercy

    Murder is one of the unfortunate events that results from Stacy's determined courtship of a young woman (Katherine Walsh) whose father (James Gregory) objects to the match; guests Lonny Chapman, Lorraine Gary.

  • Season 5 Episode 20: The Gauntlet

    The nameless hero is captured by a wily rustler while on the road in Texas, and becomes embroiled in a wife's plot to leave her hard-nosed and ruthless rancher husband. Western drama starring James Drury

  • Season 5 Episode 19: The Modoc Kid

    The Graingers are left at the mercy of a posse of bank robbers on the run from Sherrif Abbott while Shiloh's ranch hands are away on a trail drive. With one of their number severely wounded, the group's leader, the Modoc Kid, attempts to lure Dr Hinton to the ranch without alerting Abbott to his whereabouts. Guest starring Harrison Ford, John Saxon, Harry Carey Jnr and Gene Ellis

  • Season 5 Episode 18: Requiem for a Country Doctor

    The Virginian learns Stacy will be hanged for the murder of a doctor who operated an orphanage; guests Debbie Wason, Cloris Leachman, Coleen Gray.

  • Season 5 Episode 17: Yesterday's Timepiece

    A peddler's watch points to a wealthy girl, an Indian reservation and perhaps to the killer of Stacy's father; guest Andy Devine, Pat O'Brien.

  • Season 5 Episode 16: Sue Ann

    A young woman (Patty Duke), housekeeper to her father and brothers, goes west for adventure but ends up as a saloon waitress in Medicine Bow; guests Paul Carr, Tim McIntire.

  • Season 5 Episode 15: Vengeance Trail

    Western drama following the continued adventures of the heroic foreman of Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming

  • Season 5 Episode 14: The Girl in the Glass Mountain

    Cow hand Howie Sheppard takes part in his last cattle drive at Shiloh, intent on winning the hand of Donna Maguire and settling down, but must first prove his honourable intentions to his sweetheart's father, a stern-faced and wealthy shop owner. Western drama starring Tom Tryon

  • Season 5 Episode 13: Long Journey Home

    A bank robber (Pernell Roberts) quits after an unprofitable heist and returns home, only to rival the Virginian for his son's affections.

  • Season 5 Episode 12: Linda

    The hero gets involved with an actress - until he discovers she is a courier for a gang of thieves, leaving him stuck between her and the law

  • Season 5 Episode 11: Beloved Outlaw

    Elizabeth bids successfully for an untamed white colt, then sets out to train the animal to race at an upcoming county fair.

  • Season 5 Episode 10: High Stakes

    When a murderer retreats from justice to a town controlled by his villainous brother and his vicious band of outlaws, the Virginian risks life and limb posing as a fellow criminal to track down and capture the fugitive fugitive. Western drama, starring James Drury

  • Season 5 Episode 9: Dead-Eye Dick

    Lucy Hammond and her attractive daughter Marjorie arrive in Medicine Bow, much to the delight of Tom Foley's teenage son Bob. However, when Marjorie becomes infatuated with the Virginian, Bob feels spurned and abandons his ambition to become a lawyer in favour of learning to be a seasoned cowboy, a vocation which he proves to be woefully inept within

  • Season 5 Episode 8: Trail to Ashley Mountain

    Trampas, aided by a local citizen (Martin Milner), pursues a man (Steve Carlson) he believes committed a murder for which an innocent man has been jailed; guests George Kennedy, Jackie Coogan.

  • Season 5 Episode 7: The Outcast

    Elizabeth feels attracted to a temporary ranch hand. Stacy is not best pleased at the situation, although if she knew that Ryan is a fugitive her mood would deteriorate

  • Season 5 Episode 6: The Challenge

    A trouble-plagued homesteader (Dan Duryea) acquires more problems when Trampas, suspected of murder and suffering from amnesia, stumbles onto the farm seeking refuge; guests Michael Burns, Ed Peck.

  • Season 5 Episode 5: Jacob Was a Plain Man

    A deaf man signs on to work at Shiloh, prompting the other ranch hands to pry into his past. Upon discovering that the newcomer is wanted for murder, his colleagues turn on him, threatening his safe refuge among them. Classic western drama, starring James Drury

  • Season 5 Episode 4: An Echo of Thunder

    Trampas draws a blank questioning locals who offer him a hostile greeting while he attempts to investigate the murder of an old friend. Western drama starring James Drury and Doug McClure

  • Season 5 Episode 3: The Captive

    A young white woman (Susan Strasberg), captured by Trampas during an attempted cattle raid, refuses to admit she is not an Indian or that she was abducted years earlier.

  • Season 5 Episode 2: Ride to Delphi

    The Virginian is arrested and tried for murder when he investigates the disappearance of cattle; guests Bernie Hamilton, Angie Dickinson, Harold J. Stone, Warren Oates.

  • Season 5 Episode 1: Legacy of Hate

    A bitter widow (Jo Van Fleet) revives a 25-year-old feud when she learns the identity of Shiloh's new owner (Charles Bickford); guest Jeremy Slate.

The Virginian: Season 4 (1965 - 1966)

  • Season 4 Episode 30: Mark of a Man

    Drifter Johnny Younce's luck finally seems to be changing when he finds love in Medicine Row, but his girlfriend's father, the powerful merchant Eben McDevitt, is determined to stop him settling down. However, when he tries to run the drifter out of the town by getting him fired, the businessman goes too far

  • Season 4 Episode 29: A Bald-Faced Boy

    Randy's rowdy family arrives in town to protect him from a a vengeful former convict who belongs to a family embroiled in a feud with the Bentons; guests Andrew Prine, Royal Dano, Andrew Duggan.

  • Season 4 Episode 28: No Drums, No Trumpet

    A bitter former marshal makes plans to gun down the men responsible for a controversial trade agreement between the US and Mexico, and Morgan Starr realises he is the only one who can foil the assassination attempt

  • Season 4 Episode 27: That Saunders Woman

    The women of Medicine Bow reject a former saloon girl (Sheree North) trying to start a new life and business after serving time for murder, especially after a local citizen is found dead; guest Liam Sullivan.

  • Season 4 Episode 26: The Wolves in Front, the Jackals Behind

    A man turns down a business venture with his friend in Montana so he can be close to a local girl, but someone else is also vying for her affections

  • Season 4 Episode 25: Return of Golden Tom

    A killer is released from prison and returns to Medicine Bow, after serving 35 years for shooting three members of a posse. His return creates emotional problems for his abandoned daughter and the brother of one of the men he murdered

  • Season 4 Episode 24: One Spring Like Long Ago

    When the buffalo return, an Indian chief believes an old prophecy has come true and his tribe can be free of the settlers' rule. He leaves the reservation in search of the animals, unaware he is being tracked by a bounty hunter

  • Season 4 Episode 23: Ride a Cock-Horse to Laramie Cross

    Trampas becomes guardian to two children who are being sought by their grandfather, a Mexican landowner known as El Supremo. While trying to take the youngsters to their American mother in Laramie, he encounters a female card dealer, armed mercenaries and a Sioux war party

  • Season 4 Episode 22: A Harvest of Strangers

    A group of heavily armed men arrives in Medicine Bow and begins a mysterious vigil; guests John Anderson, Fabrizio Mioni, Jan Shepard, John Dehner, Val Avery.

  • Season 4 Episode 21: Morgan Starr

    Judge Garth is appointed the territorial governor of Wyoming, and overlooks the Virginian when he asks a man named Morgan Starr to run Shiloh ranch

  • Season 4 Episode 20: The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All

    Jennifer overrides a family's objections and tries to open up an emotionally withdrawn girl (Stacy Maxwell) who has witnessed a murder; guests Lou Antonio, Angela Clarke, Anthony Caruso.

  • Season 4 Episode 19: Chaff in the Wind

    The head (Ed Begley) of a family of drifters urges his cardsharp son (Tony Bill) and saloon-girl daughter to pose as respectable citizens while at Shiloh Ranch; guest Lonny Chapman.

  • Season 4 Episode 18: Long Ride to Wind River

    Storekeeper Benjy Davis is sentenced to death for the murder of a man who sexually assaulted his wife. However, the prisoner maintains he was framed, and the Virginian sets out to prove his friend's innocence

  • Season 4 Episode 17: Men With Guns

    Trampas and Randy travel to New Hope where they will pick up horses from a wealthy land owner, who they discover to be evicting settlers from land that he has sold to them

  • Season 4 Episode 16: Nobody Said Hello

    An ex-Confederate officer (James Whitmore), imprisoned for 20 years for mistreating prisoners, arrives in Medicine Bow and fans the hatred of one of his former victims (Peter Whitney).

  • Season 4 Episode 15: Blaze of Glory

    A rancher (Leif Erickson) facing forclosure trades shelter and medical help for an injured thief's loot; guests Joan Freeman, Karl Swenson.

  • Season 4 Episode 14: Letter of the Law

    A railroad detective (Simon Oakland) hounds a former train-robbery suspect (James Best), refusing to believe in the man's innocence even though he was cleared in court; guests Ron Soble, David McLean.

  • Season 4 Episode 13: The Horse Fighter

    A veteran cowboy (Harry Guardino) finds planning a payroll robbery at Shiloh difficult when he forms a friendship with Randy and a wild stallion brings back his pride at being a top bronc buster.

  • Season 4 Episode 12: The Laramie Road

    Enforcing the law may force Ryker to shoot at his friends who have formed a lynch mob; guests Leslie Nielsen, Harold J. Stone, Claude Akins.

  • Season 4 Episode 11: The Dream of Stavros Karas

    A widower who sends for a new wife to care for his house and children gets a pleasant surprise when an attractive young woman arrives

  • Season 4 Episode 10: Beyond the Border

    A lonely saloon girl (Joan Staley) risks her outlaw boyfriend's (Michael Forest) wrath when she tends the Virginian, who has fallen seriously ill during a trip through Mexico.

  • Season 4 Episode 9: Show Me a Hero

    Trampas accidentally injures his horse while stopping a runaway wagon, and the animal needs time to recover. Fortunately, the rancher is offered a place to stay by a local man

  • Season 4 Episode 8: Nobility of Kings

    The Cattlemen's association faces a rebellious rancher in the form of Ben Justin, who is determined to succeed whatever it takes, and is infuriated by his family's befriending the Virginian

  • Season 4 Episode 7: Jennifer

    Garth's niece (Diane Roter) befriends and is later betrayed by a young cowboy (James MacArthur) who killed a bounty hunter (Hal Needham).

  • Season 4 Episode 6: Ring of Silence

    Ryker risks the lives of stagecoach passengers (Joyce Van Patten, Royal Dano, John Hoyt) to protect a murder suspect (Earl Holliman) from a vengeful Mexican (Joe DeSantis).

  • Season 4 Episode 5: The Awakening

    Destitute former minister David Henderson, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, arrives in Medicine Bow as a dispute breaks out at a local mine over safety issues

  • Season 4 Episode 4: The Claim

    Aiming to make his fortune at gambling and goldmining, Trampas quits his job at the ranch and joins forces with a happy-go-lucky thrillseeker (William Shatner); guest Strother Martin.

  • Season 4 Episode 3: A Little Learning

    Former convict Bert Kramer arrives in Medicine Bow in search of his estranged wife, who has taken up the post of schoolteacher in the town. Upon suspecting his former spouse of an affair with one of the local men, Kramer connives with a local barber to ambush and kill her supposed lover - resulting in a confrontation that leaves one man dead and another with blood on his hands

  • Season 4 Episode 2: Day of the Scorpion

    A stubborn Australian sheepherder (John Anderson) demands a life for a life after his son is accidentally killed during a fight with the Virginian; guests John McLiam, Sean McClory, Harold Gould.

  • Season 4 Episode 1: The Brothers

    Emmett Ryker and four soldiers are forced to chase down a man who breaks his brother out of jail because he believes him to be innocent, but the escapees are stopped in their tracks when they are attacked by the Sioux

The Virginian: Season 3 (1964 - 1965)

  • Season 3 Episode 30: We've Lost a Train

    A series of misadventures plagues Trampas as he travels to Mexico on Shiloh business; guests Neville Brand, Peter Brown, William Smith, Philip Carey, Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming, Ida Lupino.

  • Season 3 Episode 29: Showdown

    Sibling marshals (Michael Ansara, Leonard Nimoy) warn the Virginian against completing a cattle deal with the head (Peter Whitney) of a rambunctious Arizona family; guests Tom Skerritt, Dabbs Greer.

  • Season 3 Episode 28: The Old Cowboy

    When an old man called Murdoch and his grandson arrive in Medicine Bow, Trampas offers them a job, but the young boy's admiration of Trampas causes problems in the relationship. However, Murdoch proves his worth and soon gains the admiration of everybody, and most importantly of all, his grandson

  • Season 3 Episode 27: Farewell to Honesty

    When wanted man Major Ralph Forrester is murdered in the town of Honesty, the Virginian finds himself accused of the murder. Assisted by lawyer John Harrison, Deputy Ryker arrives in town to help solve the case and clear his friend's name

  • Season 3 Episode 26: Dangerous Road

    After escorting a murder suspect to stand trial at Coulter Junction, Trampas decides to extend his stay to investigate the suspicious death of the local sheriff. Western drama, starrting Doug McClure

  • Season 3 Episode 25: Timberland

    A cowhand (Martin Milner) courts a logging boss's daughter (Joan Freeman), threatening any compromise in a dispute between timbermen and ranchers; guests Arch Johnson, William Smith.

  • Season 3 Episode 24: The Legend of a Lawman

    Randy Benton is framed for a $50,000 robbery robbery while in Cobb's Run, Kansas, prompting the hero to track down the criminals when his friend is sentenced to be hanged

  • Season 3 Episode 23: Shadows of the Past

    Ryker dodges two vengeful brothers (John Milford, James Beck) and tries to figure out why a beautiful woman (Marilyn Erskine) is marrying a shy storekeeper (Jack Warden).

  • Season 3 Episode 22: You Take the High Road

    Newcomer Mark Shannon is due to pass near to Medicine Bow with his cattle but when word gets out that the herd may be suffering from Spanish fever he is faced by the angry residents. They demand he takes a detour, but he argues the trip could have a disastrous effect on his livestock due to the recent drought

  • Season 3 Episode 21: A Slight Case of Charity

    Trampas visits Albuquerque to collect money for the cattlemen's association, but encounters a woman named Charity, who steals some of the cash before heading to Rancho Valdez. When the rancher catches up with the thief, however, he discovers she too has been robbed, so the pair set off to find the man in question. Drama, starring Kathryn Hays and Doug McClure

  • Season 3 Episode 20: Lost Yesterday

    A woman who survived a gang attack travels to Medicine Bow along with the Virginian - but she is searching for illicit gold hidden by her late husband. Clara starts a romance with the hero, but the past comes back to haunt her when she is discovered by the thieves

  • Season 3 Episode 19: Six Graves at Cripple Creek

    Emmett Ryker seeks revenge when he learns a man named McMasters, who killed two of his friends, is still alive. He travels to Deadwood with Lucille Carver to track down the murderer - but the young woman is in for a shock

  • Season 3 Episode 18: Hideout

    Betsy Garth finds a young man and his father living in solitude in the mountains. The reason for their secret existence is uncovered when Betsy is bitten by a snake and one of the men is forced to take her to town for medical treatment

  • Season 3 Episode 17: Two Men Named Laredo

    Worker Eddie Laredo is hired to help drive cattle from Cheyenne to Shiloh, but the literature-lover is soon picked on by the locals. When two of the vindictive townspeople, Bojo Sanders and Molly Weems both meet untimely deaths within a short space of time, the new man is quickly suspected of their murders

  • Season 3 Episode 16: Hour of the Tiger

    A landslide blocks the pass to the railway line, leaving no way for cattle to reach the trains except by crossing the property of Junius Antlow. Unfortunately, the man is a sworn enemy of Judge Garth and refuses permission for the new route. He also tries to sabotage Big Jim Lafferty's attempts to clear the pass using Chinese labour, an act which leads to tragedy. James Drury stars, with Tom Tully and Leo Gordon

  • Season 3 Episode 15: Man of the People

    Settlers cause trouble in Medicine Bow by camping on land they claim was promised to them, which Judge Garth and others maintain is leased from the government to be used for grazing cattle. Drama, starring James Drury and Lee J Cobb

  • Season 3 Episode 14: The Payment

    Ryker's stepfather Abe Clayton arrives in town following his release from jail. He claims to have changed his ways, but it soon becomes clear he is plotting something and is in fact recruiting gang members in preparation for another job. Drama, starring James Drury, Clu Gulager and Lloyd Nolan

  • Season 3 Episode 13: Portrait of a Widow

    Chicago conman Charles Boulanger poses as an artist to escape to Medicine Bow, promising to paint the portrait of Maggie Mencken, a widow and friend of Judge Garth. Upon arrival, he finds a valuable work of art in her house, and strikes up a romance with his unsuspecting victim, planning to copy the painting and sell the original to pay his gambling debts. Starring James Drury and John Gavin

  • Season 3 Episode 12: A Gallows for Sam Horn

    Widower Sam Horn clashes with Colonel John Briscoe of the railway company over the valuation placed on his land when it was seized as a right of way. The military man faces another problem with his son regarding a widowed mother named Peg Dineen, who is also the object of Sam's affections. Drama, starring James Drury, with John Lupton, Edward Binns and Laurel Goodwin

  • Season 3 Episode 11: All Nice & Legal

    Lawyer Victoria Greenley arrives in Medicine Bow to establish a practice, but encounters hostility from locals who feel the legal profession is not a suitable job for a woman. Despite his initial reluctance, the Virginian asks her to represent him in a forthcoming court case, and her success leads to the possibility of romance between the pair. Drama, starring James Drury and Anne Francis

  • Season 3 Episode 10: Return of a Stranger

    A low-grade silver mine is revived by Charlie Ryan, one of Judge Garth's old friend's, but when payments are missed and contracts not fulfilled Charlie's son resorts to desperate measures to save it. Judge Garth and the locals become increasingly worried when cattle die, causing conflict all round

  • Season 3 Episode 9: The Girl From Yesterday

    The Marshal suspects a notorious gang of plotting a massive gold robbery, so Steve agrees to go undercover with them by befriending an old flame connected with the crooks. However, once he's in, his new bad boy behaviour upsets the Virginian and the ranch hands, who have no idea about his mission, and before long he finds himself in mortal danger

  • Season 3 Episode 8: A Father for Toby

    Ex-convict Jim Shea tries to find his son Toby Shea - an orphan who has befriended Trampas, but after leaving prison is trailed by two ex-partners seeking some missing cash

  • Season 3 Episode 7: Big Image ... Little Man

    Millionaire Paul Leland is shoved from a train by a disgruntled employee and finds himself travelling across the desert with a group of cattle herders. Despite upsetting several members of the crew and other former employees along the way, he arrives in Seattle a changed man

  • Season 3 Episode 6: The Brazos Kid

    Journalist Samantha Frye arrives in Medicine Bow to start her new job with the local newspaper, despite a reputation for dangerous exaggeration. In a series of articles, she unwittingly implies the Virginian is the Brazos Kid, a legendary outlaw long believed dead, causing men to come to the town seeking justice or vengeance on the cowboy

  • Season 3 Episode 5: Felicity's Spring

    The men of Medicine Bow are smitten with new schoolteacher Felicity. The Virginian proposes to her - but her family's secrets put an end to his plans

  • Season 3 Episode 4: The Hero

    Trampas suspects a writer (Steve Forrest) doing a story on possible senatorial-candidate Garth may be working with a lawyer (Warren Stevens) to threaten the jurist with blackmail.

  • Season 3 Episode 3: Black Stallion

    When an escaped wild stallion becomes injured after killing a handler, an alcholic horse-trainer is called upon to help it back to full fitness, and save it from being put down

  • Season 3 Episode 2: Dark Challenge

    A rancher (Victor Jory) looking to buy a husband for his crippled daughter (Katharine Ross) offers Trampas a foreman's job and half-interest in the spread; guest Chris Robinson.

  • Season 3 Episode 1: Ryker

    Hagen invites a mercenary ex-lawman named Emmett Ryker to Medicine Bow, hoping to use him as muscle when he tries to evict a rancher from one of his properties. The new arrival initially refuses to get involved, but when the rancher is killed he finds himself accused of the crime, and joins forces with Trampas in a bid to clear his name. James Drury stars, with Clue Gulager and Leslie Nielsen

The Virginian: Season 2 (1963 - 1964)

  • Season 2 Episode 30: A Man Called Kane

    Randy's discovery of gold coins hidden in a cave on brings visitors to the Shiloh Ranch -- a government agent seeking Civil War loot and Randy's long-lost brother, who is wanted for murder.

  • Season 2 Episode 29: Dark Destiny

    An outlaw's (Robert Wilke) tomboy daughter (Brenda Scott), placed in the Virginian's care, is torn between her devotion to injured Randy and her desire to help her father escape from jail.

  • Season 2 Episode 28: A Bride for Lars

    Trampas is given the responsibility of accompanying a wealthy rancher's bride to Laramie, but during their travels they encounter Indians, cattle drovers and a mysterious man

  • Season 2 Episode 27: The Long Quest

    A widow (Patricia Breslin) may lose her adopted son when a woman (Ruta Lee) plans to sue for custody of the boy, heir to a fortune; guest Joseph Campanella.

  • Season 2 Episode 26: The Secret of Brynmar Hall

    Betsy Garth is invited to a mansion to mark the second anniversary of a young woman's death in a fire, but a series of mysterious events and the presence of a masked spy soon lead to tragedy

  • Season 2 Episode 25: Rope of Lies

    Steve takes a job as foreman at a ranch owned by a beautiful woman (Diana Millary), who has plans for the unsuspecting wrangler that involve a confrontation with her violent former lover.

  • Season 2 Episode 24: Walk in Another's Footsteps

    The hero tracks down three bank robbers responsible for murdering his friend Dan Grant. He apprehends two of the criminals in Montana, but pursues the third to a farmstead where he becomes romantically involved with the owner, before the inevitable showdown begins

  • Season 2 Episode 23: The Intruders

    An outlaw (Darrin McGavin) and his men seize Shiloh and lie in wait for a chief (Iron Eyes Cody) and a general coming to negotiate a treaty; guest David Carradine.

  • Season 2 Episode 22: Smile of a Dragon

    The hero sets out to prove that his friend Mary Ann Martin is the mother of a boy who a detective's client claims is really her son. The situation ends up at a judicial hearing, where a series of surprising events unfold

  • Season 2 Episode 21: A Matter of Destiny

    A ruthless businessman arrives from Chicago after purchasing a ranch near Medicine Bow. His methods are controversial, and he becomes the target of a hired assassin. Drama, starring James Drury, with Peter Graves and Doug McClure

  • Season 2 Episode 20: First to Thine Own Self

    A drifter is accused of murdering Silas after he revealed gold has been found near Medicine Bow, but Betsy Garth and the Virginian help expose the actual killers

  • Season 2 Episode 19: The Drifter

    Flashback recalling the hero's arrival in Shiloh. The Virginian begins working for Miles Peterson, whose foreman Hugh Stager plots to gain control of the ranch by romancing the owner's daughter

  • Season 2 Episode 18: The Thirty Days of Gavin Heath

    Former British soldier Gavin Heath is attacked by an apparently rabid dog on his return to Medicine Bow and, believing he only has days to live, he is forced to confront his past

  • Season 2 Episode 17: Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones

    After discovering a gold vein, J Jimerson Jones sets off to Chicago to enjoy his fortune, and meets up with Judge Garth and Betsy. During his stay he meets a hotel maid, but becomes a target of several con artists who hope to steal his new found-fortune

  • Season 2 Episode 16: Roar From the Mountain

    A Shiloh ranchhand is killed by a cougar, and Steve Hill uses his hunting experience to track the animal into the mountains, where he meets a couple with a tale to tell. Western drama, starring Gary Clarke, Joyce Bulifant and Jack Klugman

  • Season 2 Episode 15: The Invaders

    Garth's friend (Ed Begley) attempts to force ranchers out, and turns violent after his daughter (Beverly Owen) disappears with Trampas.

  • Season 2 Episode 14: Man of Violence

    Trampas' uncle is murdered by Wismer and Judson, so he tracks the killer - but is forced to illegally enter Apache territory where he is joined by the wife of one of the criminals and an army doctor attempting to escape a court martial

  • Season 2 Episode 13: Siege

    When Trampas uses his poker winnings to repay debts in New Mexico, he encounters the group of comancheros who murdered his old friends and hands them over to trial. However, their leader Pedro threatens the locals until the marshall is forced to release his men - leaving Trampas open to the gang's retaliation

  • Season 2 Episode 12: A Time Remembered

    An opera performer shoots her husband and manager in Medicine Bow, claiming he was a stranger who tried to force himself upon her. However, when Sheriff Abbott discovers the true identity of the victim, Judge Garth is forced to defend the singer in court

  • Season 2 Episode 11: The Fatal Journey

    Newspaper editor Molly Wood is murdered after calling for the president to deploy the army to rid the area of outlaws, and the Virginian forms a posse to seek out the culprits. Before long, however, the other members lose interest, leaving the hero to exact revenge on his own

  • Season 2 Episode 10: Stopover in a Western Town

    A bored young woman (Joan Freeman), stranded in Medicine Bow with her mother, decides to pass the time by seducing the Virginian.

  • Season 2 Episode 9: Run Quiet

    Steve Hill befriends a dishevelled deaf mute named Judd who is subsequently accused of the murder of a gambler and flees the town. He is taken in by spinster Ruth Ferris and falls in love with her, while the real culprits are tracked down

  • Season 2 Episode 8: A Portrait of Marie Valonne

    The Virginian falls for a mysterious woman who disappears after he comes under attack. While attempting to track her down, he comes up against Johnny Madrid and a group of corrupt politicians. Despite the help of a local police detective, he fails to trace her and is left with only his memories and a faded picture

  • Season 2 Episode 7: Brother Thaddeus

    A one-time criminal who is living a new life as a monk is locked up as an accomplice to a train robbery carried out by a former companion. He manages to escape, and recruits Trampas to track down the gang responsible

  • Season 2 Episode 6: It Takes a Big Man

    Judge Garth does a favour for old friend Wade Anders, by taking the rancher's son to train at Shiloh and cure him of some personal problems. With the Virginian away, a run-in with acting foreman Trampas ends in a tragic showdown between the young man and the experienced gunslinger

  • Season 2 Episode 5: The Evil That Men Do

    Judge Garth paroles ex-criminal Matthew Cordell to work on his ranch, and Betsy soon begins to show an avid interest in the new worker. However, trouble occurs when one of the former prisoner's friends shows up with plans to carry out a robbery

  • Season 2 Episode 4: A Killer in Town

    A bounty hunter (Broderick Crawford) fingers Trampas as a homicide suspect, forcing the ranchhand to confess to Garth that he once fell in with a group wanted for murder and robbery.

  • Season 2 Episode 3: No Tears for Savannah

    The Virginian must stall the execution of an old flame (Gena Rowlands) convicted of murder, so Garth has time to prove his theory of conspiracy; guests Everett Sloane, Vaughn Taylor, Joanna Moore.

  • Season 2 Episode 2: To Make This Place Remember

    Judge Garth agrees to help an old friend after he learns her son was killed by a lynch mob rather than an accident involving a horse. An acquaintance of the judge, Frank Sturgis, had led the group of 13 men who believed the man had beaten a woman to death for rejecting his advances

  • Season 2 Episode 1: Ride a Dark Trail

    Trampas recalls how he came to the Shiloh Ranch as a angry young ranchhand bent on avenging the death of his father (Sonny Tufts), a shiftless gambler killed by Garth in self-defense.

The Virginian: Season 1 (1962 - 1963)

  • Season 1 Episode 30: The Final Hour

    Local residents are up in arms when Garth allows a group of Polish immigrants to begin mining operations on the Shiloh Ranch; guests Don Galloway, Jacques Aubuchon.

  • Season 1 Episode 29: Run Away Home

    An angry farmer (Karl Swenson) who has lost his savings in a bank closure sets out to get revenge on the Virginian, who withdrew $40,000 minutes before it failed.

  • Season 1 Episode 28: Mountain of the Sun

    When a group of missionaries encounter trouble with their dishonest guide, the Virginian manages to save them. However, they refuse to give up their quest to reach Mexico, so he joins them - and soon finds himself falling in love

  • Season 1 Episode 27: Strangers at Sundown

    Judge Garth, Betsy and a stage coach full of passengers are ambushed by a gang, who demand they surrender a man on board who once betrayed them, leaving the hostages with a difficult decision

  • Season 1 Episode 26: Echo From Another Day

    Trampas' jailbird friend Sam Harder returns to Medicine Bow - hotly pursued by a former partner in crime, who is convinced he knows the whereabouts of a cache of stolen loot. Western adventure, with Lee J Cobb and James Drury

  • Season 1 Episode 25: A Distant Fury

    A greedy woman (Ida Lupino) wants Steve to execute a recently released robber (Howard Duff) so she won't have to share the loot with him.

  • Season 1 Episode 24: The Golden Door

    Betsy Garth and Trampas discover the body of a neighbour, and a Latvian immigrant is accused of the murder when it's discovered he has the man's rifle. Judge Garth defends Karl Rilke in court as he believes it is the victim's son who is the criminal

  • Season 1 Episode 23: The Money Cage

    A con-man comes to Medicine Bow and sets about wooing Lydia Turner, the daughter of a bank owner, in a bid to persuade her father and Judge Garth to invest in a bogus oil scheme. However, his plot encounters problems when he discovers his feelings for Lydia

  • Season 1 Episode 22: Vengeance Is the Spur

    A mysterious woman asks the Virginian to take her to meet ex-foreman of Shiloh Michael O'Rorke, who she believes is helping her husband evade the police. However, when it turns out the woman is not who she claims, trouble ensues

  • Season 1 Episode 21: The Small Parade

    A vegetarian falls foul of vengeful cattle ranchers who suspect him of murder, and needs help from the Virginian and Trampas. Western adventure, with Lee J Cobb and James Drury

  • Season 1 Episode 20: If You Have Tears

    A friend (Britt Lomond) accused of murder asks the Virginian to prove the man's widow (Dana Wynter) is a more logical suspect in the crime; guests Nancy Sinatra, Robert Vaughn, John Milford.

  • Season 1 Episode 19: The Man Who Wouldn't Die

    Garth threatens a transport company with legal action as they keep delaying building the railway. The firm send a spy to watch the judge but he falls in love with her. Matters become more complicated when he shoots a man in self-defence, he can convince no one the man is dead

  • Season 1 Episode 18: Say Goodbye to All That

    Trampas is forced to shoot Big John Belden in self defence, but he is left disabled and encourages his mild-mannered son to exact revenge. Trampas is afraid he might have to kill him, but the encounter is interrupted by a ferocious bear

  • Season 1 Episode 17: The Judgement

    Henry Garth's career was brought to an end when he sentenced a murderer to death and refused to back down when the perpetrator's family began intimidating the locals. Flashbacks are used to recount the events that put the former judge where he is today

  • Season 1 Episode 16: The Exiles

    Judge Garth is forced to shoot a man in self-defence, but the only person who can back him up flees the scene. The Virginian trails the man to Montana and along the way befriends an aspiring saloon singer. However, he is then faced with the problems of protecting her when she receives threats, and luring the witness back to Wyoming

  • Season 1 Episode 15: Duel at Shiloh

    Steve's friend (Brian Keith), an itinerant cowboy, incites a rancher (Geraldine Brooks) to wage war if Garth and his neighbors erect fences; guest DeForest Kelley.

  • Season 1 Episode 14: Man From the Sea

    A former sailor (Tom Tryon) seeking a wife falls for a beautiful woman (Carol Lynley) whose relationship with her plain twin sister (Shirley Knight) hides a sinister secret.

  • Season 1 Episode 13: The Accomplice

    A woman (Bette Davis) identifies Trampas as a bank robber in order to extort $10,000 from the actual thief; guests Lin McCarthy, Harold Gould.

  • Season 1 Episode 12: 50 Days to Moose Jaw

    A runaway farm boy (Brandon de Wilde) who learns how to be a cowpoke by observing a veteran hand (James Gregory) during a cattle drive.

  • Season 1 Episode 11: The Devil's Children

    A rancher's rebellious daughter frames a friend when her attempt to burn down the Shiloh barn fails, leading to a confrontation between the Virginian and her doting father. Western, starring James Drury and Charles Bickford

  • Season 1 Episode 10: West

    Trampas falls in with a gang of older cowboys who still believe in the good old days of the lawless Wild West, but their actions soon land the impressionable young ranch hand in jail for a saloon brawl. However, he doesn't learn his lesson, and on his release he joins them on a money-making venture out west, where they soon get onto the wrong side of a gang of real crooks after inadvertently foiling their plot to rob a bank. Doug McClure stars, with guest appearances by Steve Cochran, Claude Akins, Hal Hopper, William Gordon and James Anderson

  • Season 1 Episode 9: It Tolls for Thee

    Judge Garth is kidnapped by Martin Kalek and his gang for a ransom, but when the money is paid they refuse to give up the hostage until they are able to escape to Idaho

  • Season 1 Episode 8: Impasse

    The Shiloh ranchers encounter a tough widower living in the mountains who claims he owns the wild horses they are rounding up to sell to the army. When the Virginian refuses to hand them over, their adversary goes to great lengths in an effort to keep the animals. To complicate matters, his children urge him to find a solution to suit everyone

  • Season 1 Episode 7: Riff-Raff

    When Trampas rides to San Antonio to join Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Steve and the Virginian follow in an attempt to bring him back. However, they soon sign up despite a history of conflict. In Cuba, the three soldiers seize the weapons of snipers and a hidden cannon

  • Season 1 Episode 6: Big Day, Great Day

    Judge Garth meets an old wrestling buddy intent on settling a score with his arch enemy before marrying his long-time sweetheart, while Steve and Trampas become love rivals. Starring Lee J Cobb, Doug McClure and James Drury

  • Season 1 Episode 5: The Brazen Bell

    Murderers who have escaped from prison take children hostage at the local school - testing the courage of a new teacher who still feels guilty about a tragic accident in his past

  • Season 1 Episode 4: The Big Deal

    Judge Garth faces difficulties when the land he leases to drive his cattle herd between seasonal ranges is inherited by Enrique Cuellar - but, an unexpected event prevents confrontation

  • Season 1 Episode 3: Throw a Long Rope

    The Virginian defends a poor homesteader (Jack Warden) against attacks by Judge Garth and an ex-Army officer (John Anderson); guest Ted Knight.

  • Season 1 Episode 2: Woman from the White Wing

    Carrying a secret that could destroy Garth's relationship with his daughter, a former friend (Barry Sullivan) of the judge's arrives at Shiloh Ranch; guests Tom Reese, Parley Baer.

  • Season 1 Episode 1: The Executioners

    Tom Newcombe is hanged for murder because teacher Celia Ames refused to give him an alibi, and her odd behaviour with a stranger prompts the sheriff to become suspicious