Bearcats!
Mercenaries Johnny Reach and Hank Brackett cruise the American Southwest in 1914 in their Stutz Bearcat in search of action and adventure. They often take dangerous assignments for pay; their fee is usually a blank check, and after the mission, they just fill in whatever amount they think the job was worth.
- 1971-1971
- 1 season
- CBS
- Action & Adventure
Mercenaries Johnny Reach and Hank Brackett cruise the American Southwest in 1914 in their Stutz Bearcat in search of action and adventure. They often take dangerous assignments for pay; their fee is usually a blank check, and after the mission, they just fill in whatever amount they think the job was worth.
Season 1 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 1971
Episode 0
Powderkeg
Fri, Apr 16, 1971 93 mins
A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States. So his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. But one of the passengers, who wrote the letter for their captor, has a suggestion; call Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech, two mercenaries. Which they do. And as expected they do come up with a plan but the President of the Railroad is not sure if it will work.
Episode 1
The Devil Wears Armor
Thu, Sep 16, 1971 60 mins
When Ryker and his gang of outlaws steals and army tank and robs a series of banks along the Mexican border, the bank president hires Hank and Johnny to recover the money, return the tank to the U.S. government and put Ryker and his men out of business permanently. Hank's plan quickly falls apart when his Stutz Bearcat is stolen by the bandits.
Episode 2
Ground Loop at Spanish Wells
Thu, Sep 23, 1971 60 mins
Hank and Johnny are assigned to investigate a series of raids against Mexican towns along the border. They come to suspect that German troops who are disguising themselves as American soldiers are committing these attacks in order to instigate a war between the US and Mexico.
Episode 3
Dos Gringos
Thu, Sep 30, 1971 60 mins
A Mexican revolutionary is in the US raising funds for his efforts to overthrow the Mexican government. The Mexican army sends an officer to the US to kill him.
Episode 4
The Feathered Serpent
Thu, Oct 7, 1971 50 mins
Hank and Johnny travel to a small town that has been taken over by a band of would-be revolutionaries.
Episode 5
The Hostage
Thu, Oct 14, 1971 60 mins
Ex-convict Joe Bascom kidnaps a priest from the town that hanged his father, and demands that the citizens there hang one of their own in return for the priest's life.
Episode 6
Conqueror's Gold
Thu, Oct 28, 1971 60 mins
A female newspaper reporter hires Johnny and Hank to rescue a priest and a group of Indians who are being held hostage at an archaeological dig by thieves who are looking for buried treasure.
Episode 7
Blood Knot
Thu, Nov 4, 1971 30 mins
Johnny and Hank come into a town that is having problems with its oil wells being sabotaged, and the residents are blaming Indians from a nearby village for the damage. The two try to find out who's behind the sabotage before the angry townspeople attack the village and start an Indian war.
Episode 8
Assault on San Saba
Thu, Nov 11, 1971 60 mins
A prison in Texas is taken over by a German military intelligence officer, who believes that the inmates would provide a fertile ground for recruiting saboteurs. Hank and Johnny have to come up with a plan to break into the prison and stop the German.
Episode 9
Bitter Flats
Thu, Nov 18, 1971 60 mins
Johnny and Hank butt heads with a ruthless rancher while searching for a friend's son, who vanished while engaged in a secret mission for the army.
Episode 10
Tiger, Tiger
Thu, Nov 25, 1971 50 mins
Hank puts himself out as bait to catch a mercenary saboteur who is destroying medical supplies being shipped to the Allies in Europe.
Episode 11
The Big Guns
Thu, Dec 2, 1971 60 mins
A renegade army colonel steals some heavy artillery in order to destroy a convoy of explosives headed for England.
Episode 12
The Return of Estaban
Thu, Dec 23, 1971 60 mins
Hank and Johnny call on their old friend Raoul Esteban to help prevent a gang from destroying a mining town.
Episode 13
Man in a Cage
Thu, Dec 30, 1971 60 mins
Hank and a candidate for governor are kidnapped, and Johnny is forced to rely on an ex-convict to help find them.