The Rough Riders

Episode 1

The Murderous Sutton Gang

Thu, Oct 2, 1958 30 mins

While on their way west, the Rough Riders come to the aid of a farmer and his daughter who have been attacked by Sutton and his notorious band of cuthroats.

Episode 2

Breakout

Thu, Oct 9, 1958 30 mins

The Rough Riders discover a Union prison camp which still holds Confederate POWs. It seems that the prison commandant has doctored the camp records so that he can still keep the former Confederates prisoner, even though the war is over. The three try to come up with a plan to free the prisoners.

Episode 3

The Maccabites

Thu, Oct 16, 1958 30 mins

Episode 4

The Duelists

Thu, Oct 23, 1958 30 mins

Episode 5

The Imposters

Thu, Oct 30, 1958 30 mins

The Rough Riders stop to help a young woman collect money from the army for the requisition of her cow, and stumble across a plot to rob the army payroll.

Episode 6

The Governor

Thu, Nov 6, 1958 30 mins

An outlaw gang has kidnapped the governor, and is demanding that an imprisoned member of their gang be released in exchange for the governor.

Episode 7

Blood Feud

Thu, Nov 13, 1958 30 mins

Flagg, Kirby, and Sinclair ride into the middle of a feud between the Maddox and Pearce families.

Episode 8

The Nightbinders

Thu, Nov 20, 1958 30 mins

Episode 9

Shadow of the Past

Thu, Nov 27, 1958 30 mins

Episode 10

Killers at Chocktaw Valley

Thu, Dec 4, 1958 30 mins

Episode 11

The Counterfeiters

Thu, Dec 11, 1958 30 mins

Flagg, Kirby, and Sinclair come across a woman and her wounded brother who are victims of counterfeiters who are buying up government script using fake money.

Episode 12

Strand of Wire

Thu, Dec 18, 1958 30 mins

Telegraph lines are being strung across the West. Someone doesn't want it to be completed. Flagg, Kirby, and Sinclair don't plan to let the line be stopped.

Episode 13

The Electioners

Thu, Jan 1, 1959 30 mins

The three adventurers become involved in a town's election campaign.

Episode 14

The Scavengers

Thu, Jan 8, 1959 30 mins

A woman asks the Rough Riders' help in finding her missing husband. They discover that her husband may have run afoul of a gang that kidnaps men to work on ships headed overseas.

Episode 15

An Eye for an Eye

Thu, Jan 15, 1959 30 mins

The Rough Riders come to the aid of a young couple whose farm is threatened by a family of Southerners intent on avenging their Civil War wounds.

Episode 16

Double Cross

Thu, Jan 22, 1959 30 mins

The rider trio unwittingly saves Belle Starr from pursuing outlaws.

Episode 17

Wilderness Trace

Thu, Jan 29, 1959 30 mins

Episode 18

The Plot to Assassinate President Johnson

Thu, Feb 5, 1959 30 mins

The Rough Riders come across a plot to assassinate President Andrew Johnson. The assassins are led by none other than the notorious Confederate guerrilla and killer William Quantrill.

Episode 19

The End of Nowhere

Thu, Feb 12, 1959 30 mins

Alexander Sugrue is trying to build a Utopia in the west. His son Kenyon taxes the roads and the farmers illegally, supposedly to finance the dream, but he is actually lining his own pockets.

Episode 20

A Matter of Instinct

Thu, Feb 19, 1959 30 mins

Episode 21

Witness Against the Judge

Thu, Feb 26, 1959 30 mins

Episode 22

End of Track

Thu, Mar 5, 1959 30 mins

Episode 23

Death Sentence

Thu, Mar 12, 1959 30 mins

Episode 24

The Double Dealers

Thu, Mar 19, 1959 30 mins

Episode 25

Lesson in Violence

Thu, Mar 26, 1959 30 mins

Episode 26

The Promise

Thu, Apr 2, 1959 30 mins

Episode 27

The Injured

Thu, Apr 9, 1959 30 mins

Flagg, Kirby and Sinclair are bushwhacked in the middle of the scrub lands by a desperadoes, then their horses taken by indians. Sergeant Sinclair is the least injured, and goes on a long, grueling trek across the badlands, fighting off more indians and finally catching up to the gang.

Episode 28

Paradise Gap

Thu, Apr 16, 1959 30 mins

Episode 29

Hired Gun

Thu, Apr 23, 1959 30 mins

When Kirby returns to his hometown he finds it taken over by a strongman and his thugs. Kirby whips the thugs so the strongman brings in a hired gun.

Episode 30

Gunpoint Persuasion

Thu, Apr 30, 1959 30 mins

Episode 31

The Rifle

Thu, May 7, 1959 30 mins

Episode 32

Forty-Five Calibre Law

Thu, May 14, 1959 30 mins

Episode 33

Deadfall

Thu, May 21, 1959 30 mins

Episode 34

The Highgraders

Thu, May 28, 1959 30 mins

Episode 35

The Wagon Raiders

Thu, Jun 4, 1959 30 mins

The Rough Riders look for the murderers of some settlers. Their search takes them to a nearby town.

Episode 36

Ransom of Rita Renee

Thu, Jun 11, 1959 30 mins

Kirby's horse steps in a hole and he is left walking. His friends leave him to try to buy him another horse. Kirby flags a passing stage. The stage is taken over by the Kane Gang who plan to hold a famous opera singer, for ransom.

Episode 37

Reluctant Hostage

Thu, Jun 18, 1959 30 mins

A Marshall is killed trying to bring in a woman who can prevent an innocent man from being hanged. Before he dies the Marshall gives Kirby his badge and asks him to take her in.

Episode 38

The Holdout

Thu, Jun 25, 1959 30 mins

The Rough Riders come to the aid of a young woman who is being threatened by the Association who are willing to murder her to get her horses.

Episode 39

The Last Rebel

Thu, Jul 16, 1959 30 mins

Flag, Kirby, and Sinclair meet an ex-Confederate colonel and his renegade band who plan to loot and pillage the surrounding area.