Cimarron Strip
Marshal Jim Crown must enforce the law in the strip of land lying between Kansas Territory and Indian territory in the late nineteenth century. He is aided by the Scot, MacGregor, and the photographer, Francis Wilde. Easterner Dulcey has inherited her late father's inn.
- 1967-1968
- 1 season
- CBS
- Action & Adventure
- TV-PG
Marshal Jim Crown must enforce the law in the strip of land lying between Kansas Territory and Indian territory in the late nineteenth century. He is aided by the Scot, MacGregor, and the photographer, Francis Wilde. Easterner Dulcey has inherited her late father's inn.
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
Journey to a Hanging
Thu, Sep 7, 1967 75 mins
Crown leads a posse after Ace Coffin's gang. The posse is endangered by one of its members known as "Screamer" who is only interested in the bounty on Coffin's head.
Episode 2
The Legend of Jud Starr
Thu, Sep 14, 1967 75 mins
Notorious outlaw Jud Starr is rescued by his gang. Under Jud's leadership the outlaws raid the Cimarron Strip and use the Cherokee land as a haven. Marshal Crown captures Starr on the eve of a wedding to an Indian woman and must take his prisoner back to Cimarron with Starr's gang in hot pursuit.
Episode 3
Broken Wing
Thu, Sep 21, 1967 75 mins
When a parson is shot, Crown arrests the son of a prominent rancher. When the preacher recovers and refuses to press charges, a rabble-rousing saloon owner and his gun-toting sidekick try to organize a lynching party.
Episode 4
The Battleground
Thu, Sep 28, 1967 75 mins
When Congress cancels government leases on range land used by the cattlemen, a range war breaks out between the ranchers and would-be settlers.
Episode 5
The Hunted
Thu, Oct 5, 1967 74 mins
Marshall Crown convinces the gunslinging Gauge brothers that they will receive a fair trial if they turn themselves in. A wealthy rancher decides to seek gun justice and hires a pair of bounty hunters to exact retribution.
Episode 6
The Battle of Bloody Stones
Thu, Oct 12, 1967 74 mins
Supposed to depict in a realistic way the battle of Bloody Stones, during which a lot of Indians were slaughtered by the cavalry, a Wild West Show causes turmoil in Cimarron. John Wolf, for instance, the son of an Indian chieftain present during the battle, questions the veracity of the play...
Episode 7
Whitey
Thu, Oct 19, 1967 71 mins
A young outlaw kidnaps Dulcey so that he can avenge himself upon Marshal Crown and the gang leader who double-crossed him.
Episode 8
The Roarer
Thu, Nov 2, 1967 73 mins
A hell-raising cavalryman's escapades cause trouble for both Marshal Jim Crown and his post commander. His destructive exploits lead to violence as he flouts not only the law but a vigilante committee formed to kill him.
Episode 9
The Search
Thu, Nov 9, 1967 90 mins
Marshal Crown manages to miraculously survive being shot twice -- during a failed attempt by two outlaw brothers to free a third, who had been arrested for murder--and going without treatment until a doctor can be located. Dulcey, some Cimarron townsmen (motivated by fear of the outlaw's family and a $500 reward) launch an intensive search for Crown. A picaresque bipolar scavenger/peddler (with two personalities which constantly talk and quibble between themselves) finds Crown, but the only available doctor is a drunkard, now avoided by the locals and considered to be a quack.
Episode 10
Till the End of Night
Thu, Nov 16, 1967 71 mins
While pursuing an escaped prisoner, MacGregor is arrested for murder by an old enemy of Marshal Crown's and is sentenced to be hanged. He escapes from jail with Sarah Lou Burke, another falsely accused prisoner. Crown tries to find the escapees before the vengeful posse can find and kill them.
Episode 11
The Beast That Walks Like a Man
Thu, Nov 30, 1967 72 mins
Marshal Crown tries to prevent the Houston clan from entering the Mocane Valley before it's open for settlement. The Houston's believe they'll have little competition for prime land because of the legend of a malevolent beast thought to lurk in the valley. When the wagon train is destroyed and most of its travelers killed, Marshal Crown and his men search for the culprits not knowing if their quarry is man or beast.
Episode 12
Nobody
Thu, Dec 7, 1967 71 mins
Mobeetie, a cowpoke with a cowbell around his neck, becomes a pain in the neck for Marshall Jim Crown during a heat wave, when a trainload of dynamite is stuck in the middle of Cimarron and the railroad can't move it for a couple of days.
Episode 13
The Last Wolf
Thu, Dec 14, 1967 71 mins
When a band of wolf hunters, whose very success has put them out of business, are becoming a problem for the settlers of the Cimarron Strip. Broke and hungry, they resort to killing cattle for sustenance. Marshal Crown offers them a section of land to homestead, but their leader, Sam Gallatin, believes that the life of an outlaw is preferable to that of a dirt farmer.
Episode 14
The Deputy
Thu, Dec 21, 1967 75 mins
Marshall Crown hires a one-handed gunslinger as a deputy, not realizing the man has assumed the identity of a slain lawman and is intent on avenging himself on members of his former gang who abandoned him after he was wounded in a payroll hold-up.
Episode 15
The Judgement
Thu, Jan 4, 1968 75 mins
Marshal Crown "sentences" a trail boss to the position of Deputy Marshal in a nearby town to run concurrently with the hard-labor sentences his men are serving for various crimes. A vindictive judge releases the hardcases hoping they will cause trouble for their former boss.
Episode 16
Fool's Gold
Thu, Jan 11, 1968 71 mins
Marshal Crown and his posse thwart a payroll robbery and capture or kill all the entire outlaw gang. The leader is sentenced to ten years in territorial prison, but Crown can't gather enough evidence to charge the youngest member. When the youth decides to stay in Cimarron, the marshal arranges for him to work with an reclusive horse trainer and the youngster takes to both the job and his new boss. His new loyalty is put to the test when the gang leader escapes from jail and returns to Cimarron seeking revenge.
Episode 17
Heller
Thu, Jan 18, 1968 74 mins
Marshal Crown is shot while pursuing a murderous gang of outlaws who prey on isolated Indian villages. He is found, hidden and nursed back to health by Heller, a young woman who was raised by Indians but now works for the outlaw gang. Crown and Heller escape to Cimarron, but are pursued by the outlaws who want to punish Heller for her treachery.
Episode 18
Knife in the Darkness
Thu, Jan 25, 1968 73 mins
Marshal Crown, during the course of a hauntingly foggy night, hunts for a killer who is butchering his victims. Francis tells Crown about how police in London were unable to solve a similar set of killings earlier that year -- by someone who called himself Jack the Ripper.
Episode 19
The Sound of a Drum
Thu, Feb 1, 1968 70 mins
Sergeant Clay Tice a free-wheeling cavalry veteran, clashes with his Sergeant-Major Chambers, a by-the-book disciplinarian. When the Sergeant-Major catches Tyce courting Dulcey at the Wayfarers Inn instead of searching for rustlers with his cavalry patrol, the junior non-com is given a choice of resigning or facing court-martial. Tyce resigns, then rounds up several malcontents from his old troop and stages a kangaroo-court in the Wayfarers Inn with Chambers as the defendant.
Episode 20
Big Jessie
Thu, Feb 8, 1968 75 mins
While escorting a man to his trial in New Mexico, Crown is attacked by a pair of outlaws and stripped of his badge and identification. While chasing the escapee, the pursuer becomes the pursued when a vengeful posse and a grizzled bounty hunter mistake Crown for a killer.
Episode 21
The Blue Moon Train
Thu, Feb 15, 1968 73 mins
An ex-convict kidnaps Francis and forces Marshal Crown to assist him rescue a number of prisoners being shipped to federal prison on a special train.
Episode 22
Without Honor
Thu, Feb 29, 1968 71 mins
Crown tries to help Major Covington capture his son, an expert with dynamite, who has deserted the army and joined a band of murderous marauders.
Episode 23
The Greeners
Thu, Mar 7, 1968 71 mins
A homesteading family see two men being violently dragged by four horsemen and later see the two men lynched from a tree. Deciding they don't want to get involved in another town's troubles, the family members refuse to identify the killers until one of the men tries to blackmail the lynchers' ringleader.
