Colt .45
Christopher Colt appeared to be a gun salesman, but he was actually a government agent tracking down notorious bad guys. Donald May took the lead for a few episodes as Sam Colt, due to contract disputes.
- 1957-1960
- 3 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure
Christopher Colt appeared to be a gun salesman, but he was actually a government agent tracking down notorious bad guys. Donald May took the lead for a few episodes as Sam Colt, due to contract disputes.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
Judgment Day
Fri, Oct 18, 1957 30 mins
Undercover as a gun salesman, Christopher Colt arrives in Cottonwood, Arizona and meets resistance from a town bully accusing him of cowardice and a young missionary charging him with contributing to the culture of violence in the West.
Episode 2
A Time to Die
Fri, Oct 25, 1957 30 mins
Escorting a prisoner across the desert, Chris is waylaid by the outlaw's cohorts. Now it's a fight for survival when he finds himself without a horse, food or water.
Episode 3
The $3,000 Dollar Bullet
Fri, Nov 1, 1957 30 mins
A wanted man Chris is after gets shot down in a saloon after he shoots another man. Three men then try to claim the reward for the criminal. Chris pretends to be the dead man's friend, but things get tense when someone in town recognizes him.
Episode 4
Gallows at Granite Gap
Fri, Nov 8, 1957 30 mins
Chris captures the notorious outlaw The Comanche Kid in Granite Gap. The townspeople are bound and determined to hang him, but an elderly woman believes that the Kid is her long-long son.
Episode 5
Small Man
Fri, Nov 15, 1957 30 mins
Chris finds a seemingly mild mannered tenderfoot who always wins when he finds himself in a gunfight.
Episode 6
Final Payment
Fri, Nov 22, 1957 30 mins
When the government finds itself in a case of fraud, Chris goes undercover in an attempt to find the culprits and to expose their plot.
Episode 7
One Good Turn
Fri, Nov 29, 1957 30 mins
When bandits raid and terrorize a small Mexican village, Chris comes to help quell the attacks of violence and terror.
Episode 8
Last Chance
Fri, Dec 6, 1957 30 mins
While on a hunting trip with a fellow lawman, Chris encounters a woman who claims to have been a witness to a murder.
Episode 9
Young Gun
Fri, Dec 13, 1957 30 mins
A young man buys a gun from Chris. The only problem with that is he soon learns that the boy is out for retribution against the man who killed his father during a bank job.
Episode 10
Rebellion
Fri, Dec 20, 1957 30 mins
While checking into a secessionist plot, Chis find very little until he finds a mysterious symbol on a Mexican peso, his only clue.
Episode 11
The Gypsies
Fri, Dec 27, 1957 30 mins
Chris attempts to smooth things out between a Lawman and his girlfriend when she runs off with a Gypsy leader.
Episode 12
Sign in the Sand
Fri, Jan 3, 1958 30 mins
Chris joins forces with a government agent to guard an Army payroll shipment.
Episode 13
Mirage
Fri, Jan 10, 1958 30 mins
Chris once again finds himself helping a small Mexican village from Army renegade raiders.
Episode 14
Blood Money
Fri, Jan 17, 1958 30 mins
Chris finds himself in a tight spot when an outlaw agrees to turn himself in provided the reward money goes to his girlfriend who needs the money for a procedure to save her life.
Episode 15
Dead Reckoning
Fri, Jan 24, 1958 30 mins
To learn about a huge robbery plot, Chris goes undercover as an outlaw in hopes of infiltrating the suspected gang.
Episode 16
Decoy
Fri, Jan 31, 1958 30 mins
Mexican outlaws raid cargoes of federal firearms.
Episode 17
Rare Specimen
Fri, Feb 7, 1958 30 mins
Undercover government agent Chris Colt is wounded during a train robbery. A woman passenger uses a piece of needlework to patch up his bullet-torn jacket, and this piece of fabric provides a valuable clue later on.
Episode 18
Mantrap
Fri, Feb 14, 1958 30 mins
A government agent brings down outlaws with help from the celebrated Colt revolver that his father invented.
Episode 19
Ghost Town
Fri, Feb 21, 1958 30 mins
Colt pursues a bank robber in to the ghost town of Something Springs.
Episode 20
The Golden Gun
Fri, Feb 28, 1958 30 mins
Frank Wilson, a notorious gunfighter, arrives in town to see his son, who has changed his name because he's ashamed of his father. It's not long before Frank Sr. is forced to kill a challenger in a gunfight, after which he collapses. It turns out that he's terminally ill and hasn't long to live, and has come to town to leave his son a golden gun and a map to the spot where he has hidden %50,000 in stolen loot.
Episode 21
Circle of Fear
Fri, Mar 7, 1958 30 mins
Chris is forced to be the hero when a stagecoach is attacked by Indians.
Episode 22
Split Second
Fri, Mar 14, 1958 30 mins
Turned into a vicious gunslinger by his wife's murder, a marshal finds the killer.
Episode 23
Point of Honor
Fri, Mar 21, 1958 30 mins
Chris mistakes a female doctor for an outlaw.
Episode 24
The Deserters
Fri, Mar 28, 1958 30 mins
Chris Colt trails a number of deserters from an Army post to learn why they deserted.
Episode 25
The Manbuster
Fri, Apr 4, 1958 30 mins
A bitter young man is tempted to become an outlaw, then he unknowingly aids Chris colt in his search for a gang of bank robbers.
Episode 26
Long Odds
Fri, Apr 11, 1958 30 mins
Chris helps a dismissed sheriff clear his name.