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Rescue 8 Season 2 Episodes

Season 2 Episode Guide

34 Episodes 1959 - 1960

Episode 1

Suitcase Fireman

Wed, Sep 23, 1959 30 mins

Chased by a gunman, a man falls onto a steel girder---next to a roaring furnace. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Jackson: Brett King. Gander: Richard Benedict.

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Episode 2

The Rock Prison

Wed, Sep 30, 1959 30 mins

While exploring a cave, a boy falls into a shaft too narrow for rescuers to enter. Rusty: William Bakewell. Will: Robert Crosson. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries.

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Episode 3

Fool's Gold

Wed, Oct 7, 1959 30 mins

Robbers drop an unconscious watchman into a maze of pipes leading to a grain elevator. Wes: Jim Davis. Manuel: Peter Brocco. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Freddy: Marc Cavell.

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Episode 4

Paid in Full

Wed, Oct 14, 1959 30 mins

Barney Carter pushes blackmailers off a cliff onto a narrow ledge. Barney: Tom Brown. Wes: Jim Davis. Guzik: Joseph Ruskin.

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Episode 5

Dangerous Salvage

Wed, Oct 21, 1959 30 mins

A seaman battles to save his son's life after a shipboard explosion. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Jake: Rusty Lane.

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Episode 6

3 Mile Bomb

Wed, Oct 28, 1959 30 mins

Wes and Skip work to free a driver from his overturned truck---which is leaking deadly gas. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Joe: Walter Sande.

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Episode 7

Not for Glory

Wed, Nov 4, 1959 30 mins

Wes is injured in a fall when a rope holding him slips from Skip's hands. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Captain: Bruce Bennett.

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Episode 8

Forced Landing

Wed, Nov 11, 1959 30 mins

A tyrannical father is bitten by a rattler---and the only one who can help is his son. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Jerry: Ralph Dumke. Steve: Ralph Votrian.

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Episode 9

Smashout

Wed, Nov 18, 1959 30 mins

A convict escapes from prison---with Wes and Skip as hostages. Wes: Jim Davis. Landers: Dean Stanton. Skip: Lang Jeffries.

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Episode 10

Runaway

Wed, Nov 25, 1959 30 mins

A runaway boy retreats to the woods---where he meets an escaped lion. Grandpa: Ralph Moody. Wes: Jim Davis. Billy: Lee Aaker.

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Episode 11

The Third Strike

Wed, Dec 2, 1959 30 mins

Hit by a baseball, a player suffers amnesia---and frightening personality changes. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries.

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Episode 12

Pitfall

Wed, Dec 9, 1959 30 mins

A teenager gets his leg caught in a gas tank's giant rollers. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Mary: Linda Rand. Wayne: Joel Crothers. Patty: Nancy Rennick.

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Episode 13

Heat Wave

Wed, Dec 16, 1959 30 mins

Two men are trapped above a vat of acid---that's about to explode. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Carbo: Barry Cahill.

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Episode 14

The Birdman

Wed, Dec 23, 1959 30 mins

Suffering from a broken jaw, an air-crash victim can't tell Wes about a second victim---left dangling on a cliff. Wes: Jim Davis. Professor: Robert Cornthwaite.

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Episode 15

The Collision

Wed, Dec 30, 1959 30 mins

After a collision, a young woman is left crushed behind the steering wheel. Wes: Jim Davis. Ron: Jack Hilton. Ann: Nancy Marshall.

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Episode 16

Leap for Life

Wed, Jan 6, 1960 30 mins

Wes and Skip help Indian fire fighters battle a forest blaze. Charlie: Jay Silverheels. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries.

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Episode 17

The Squatters

Wed, Jan 13, 1960 30 mins

Rescuers search for a madman setting traps in the woods...for human beings. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jefferies.

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Episode 18

Backfire

Wed, Jan 20, 1960 30 mins

A publicity man's risky scheme leaves him trapped in a car teetering above a deep precipice. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Larry: Dan Tobin. Marty: Roy Engel.

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Episode 19

High Explosive

Wed, Jan 27, 1960 30 mins

Wes rescues a spoiled rich boy (Richard Chamberlain) whose escape from police ended in a crack-up. Wes: Jim Davis. Randolph: John Hubbard. Skip: Lang Jeffries.

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Episode 20

Add a Pinch of Death

Wed, Feb 3, 1960 30 mins

Although a second blast is expected, Wes goes in after two men trapped in a lab explosion. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Max: Robert Boon.

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Episode 21

Ten Minutes to Doomsday

Wed, Feb 10, 1960 30 mins

A construction site is rocked by a series of mysterious explosions. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Gomez: Ken Mayer.

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Episode 22

The Square Triangle

Wed, Feb 17, 1960 30 mins

A man falls during a fight over his fiancée and is precariously suspended on a rotted pier. Wes: Jim Davis. Newcomb: Les Tremayne. Vince: William Kendis. Lucy: Marian Wright.

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Episode 23

Ti-Ling

Wed, Feb 24, 1960 30 mins

A Chinese girl is buried under rubble after an explosion in her father's restaurant. Wes: Jim Davis. Jimmy: James Hong. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Kim: Judy Dan.

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Episode 24

Lifeline

Thu, Mar 3, 1960 30 mins

Wes and Skip race through a storm to repair a lighthouse and rescue its keeper. Evan: Tom Middleton. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Cappy: Charles Irwin.

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Episode 25

High Lonely

Thu, Mar 10, 1960 30 mins

A watchman is left dangling at the top of an airplane-warning tower. Wes: Jim Davis. Ernie: Johnny Seven. Dan: Syd Saylor.

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Episode 26

Comeback

Thu, Mar 17, 1960 30 mins

A retired actor is trapped on the tottering top floor of his mansion. Woodward: Robert Warwick. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries.

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Episode 27

Quicksand

Thu, Mar 24, 1960 30 mins

While fleeing gunmen, a man (Dabbs Greer) is buried in a landslide. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries.

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Episode 28

Breakdown

Thu, Mar 31, 1960 30 mins

Emotionally disturbed Danny Tilford (Robert Redford) causes his garage to collapse---on himself. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Mrs. Tilford: Sara Selby.

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Episode 29

School for Violence

Thu, Apr 7, 1960 30 mins

A high-school principal is attacked by a gang of young hoodlums. Wes: Jim Davis. Justin: Bill Erwin. Jess: George Brenlin.

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Episode 30

The Devil's Cavern

Thu, Apr 14, 1960 30 mins

A man falls into a cavern---and the only available help is his dog. Wes: Jim Davis. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Woodruff: William Fawcett.

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Episode 31

13 Stories Up

Thu, Apr 21, 1960 30 mins

Workers are trapped between floors in an elevator in a burning building. Wes: Jim Davis. Norris: Walter Coy. Skip: Lang Jeffries.

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Episode 32

Deep Danger

Thu, Apr 28, 1960 30 mins

Running from a burglar, a woman falls into an abandoned well left by an oil-drilling team. Wes: Jim Davis. Helen: Constance Dane. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Mike: William Phipps. Reed: Leo Needham.

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Episode 33

I Don't Remember

Thu, May 5, 1960 30 mins

A cornered robber falls from a catwalk and is left dangling 50 feet above the ground. Wes: Jim Davis. Hal: Don Devlin. Skip: Lang Jeffries. Hawkins: Dick Ryan.

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Episode 34

Second Team

Thu, May 12, 1960 30 mins

Skip (Lang Jeffries) rebels when a new man replaces Wes as his chief. Wes: Jim Davis. Leeds: Robert Karnes. Foreman: Len Hendry.

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