The Manhunter
Set during the Depression. Dave Barrett, a farmer, works as a bounty hunter to help his family.
- 1974-1975
- 1 season
- CBS
- Drama
Set during the Depression. Dave Barrett, a farmer, works as a bounty hunter to help his family.
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1974 - 1975
Episode 0
Pilot
Tue, Feb 26, 1974 55 mins
1934: Ex-marine Dave Barrett returns from army service in China to his family farm outside of Cleary, Idaho. When gangster Frank Clinger and his gang rob the local bank killing a friend of Dave's, he sets out in pursuit.
Episode 1
The Ma Gantry Gang
Wed, Sep 11, 1974 60 mins
Ma Gantry, the iron-willed matriarch of a crime family whose business is robbing trains, and definitely gives Dave a run for his money!
Episode 2
The Man Who Thought He Was Dillinger
Wed, Sep 18, 1974 60 mins
Dave Barrett becomes the "eyes" of a former federal agent blinded in a raid on a gang hideout.
Episode 3
The Baby-Faced Killers
Fri, Sep 20, 1974 60 mins
Dave Barrett's search for a missing farm boy leads to a gang of youthful bank robbers whose hideout is an orphanage and who show surprising skill in planning their crimes.
Episode 4
Death on the Run
Wed, Oct 2, 1974 60 mins
A criminal and his gang spring a member of the gang who's in police custody because he was the one who hid the money from one of their jobs. But the man is shot in the process so they take him to a nearby doctor. Dave brings in his father who was in an accident. The criminal holds them there till the doctor can work on his man. But someone is trying to make sure the man doesn't live.
Episode 5
Trackdown
Wed, Oct 9, 1974 60 mins
A killer bank robber gets away with a strongbox full of gold, but loses it as he heads for his backwoods hideout and an explosive family feud.
Episode 6
Terror from the Skies
Wed, Oct 16, 1974 60 mins
Dave Barrett fights a dangerous battle for his life when he attempts to solve a bizarre cattle-rustling scheme in which helpless cowboys are gunned down from the air and their stock herded by a small plane.
Episode 7
The Doomsday Gang
Wed, Oct 23, 1974 60 mins
Dave Barrett pursues a gang led by a bomb-throwing defrocked minister, when he is hired by a union official to find the real criminals responsible for the murder and robbery for which his men are being falsely accused.
Episode 8
The Deadly Brothers
Wed, Oct 30, 1974 60 mins
A muckraking reporter is captured and tortured into revealing where he has hidden evidence proving state graft payoffs.
Episode 9
The Trunk Murders
Wed, Nov 6, 1974 60 mins
Dave is upset by the murder of a friend from his Marine service and investigates the circumstances. He learns his buddy was involved in a theatrical troupe which is staging a comeback of former star Clara.
Episode 10
Jackknife
Wed, Nov 13, 1974 60 mins
Hired to trap a brutal truck hijacking gang, Dave Barrett takes to driving a big rig, only to find himself on a ride for his life when his brakes are sabotaged.
Episode 11
The Carnival Story
Wed, Nov 20, 1974 60 mins
Dave Barrett's search for the missing daughter of a small town couple takes him to a carnival where he suspects unwary girls are being trapped into white slavery by the owner.
Episode 12
The Lodester Ambush
Wed, Dec 4, 1974 60 mins
Dave Barrett is transporting one of the Hobson brothers to face justice. But in a small town Barrett is ambushed by Hobson''s vicious sibling. Barrett and his prisoner take refuge with the townfolk afraid to help.
Episode 13
A.W.O.L. to Kill
Wed, Dec 11, 1974 60 mins
Dave tracks a boyhood friend, a man who has turned into a desperate killer intent on punishing the men who raped and murdered his wife.
Episode 14
Flight to Nowhere
Wed, Dec 18, 1974 60 mins
A man who was ruined in the stock market crash of 1929 attempts to rejoin the ranks of the well-to-do by heisting a fortune in jade from a jewelry store.
Episode 15
Web of Fear
Wed, Jan 1, 1975 60 mins
A young woman sees the murder of a grand jury witness and becomes a target for the killers.
Episode 16
Day of Execution
Wed, Jan 15, 1975 60 mins
A daring gang, working with military precision, steals an Army tank and kills a good friend of Dave Barrett, who sets out in pursuit unaware the tank is to be used in an epochal jailbreak.
Episode 17
Man in a Cage
Wed, Jan 22, 1975 60 mins
Sent to a brutal prison on trumped-up charges, Dave escapes from the encampment with a fellow prisoner, and they find themselves pursued by the crooked warden and his assistants.
Episode 18
The Seventh Man
Wed, Jan 29, 1975 60 mins
A ghost ship with a crew of murdered men presents Dave Barrett with a bizarre mystery after he sets out in search of a missing seaman and comes under attack from a would-be killer
Episode 19
The Wrong Man
Wed, Feb 5, 1975 60 mins
Barrett goes after a gangster who's life is in danger because of double crossing some of his partners.
Episode 20
The Death Watch
Wed, Feb 19, 1975 60 mins
Barrett investigates when his good friend Paul Tate is critically injured in a blast; he meets a beautiful woman, Liz Butler, who is convinced that the bomb was meant to eliminate her.
Episode 21
To Kill a Tiger
Wed, Feb 26, 1975 60 mins
A flamboyant Governor who's running for re-election hires Dave to protect him from an elusive assassin. The candidate fancies himself as a 'man of the people' and refuses to curtail his personal appearances, making Dave's job all the more difficult.
Episode 22
Trial by Terror
Wed, Mar 5, 1975 60 mins
A psychotic man just out of prison blames Barrett for his incarceration and kidnaps his father James to exact his revenge.