Trackdown
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves, and other evil-doers.
- 1957-1959
- 2 seasons
- CBS
- Action & Adventure
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves, and other evil-doers.
Season 2 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1958 - 1959
Episode 1
Killer Take All
Fri, Sep 5, 1958 30 mins
Hoby investigates the murder of a well known rancher who led a double life as a notorious gambler.
Episode 2
Outlaw's Wife
Fri, Sep 12, 1958 30 mins
Abigail Wilson Duke arrives in her home town of Porter, Texas where Hoby Gilman (Robert Culp) is the presiding sheriff. Her husband, whereabouts unknown, is wanted for murder and she informs townspeople that she's in Porter to escape him, but it's not that simple.
Episode 3
Chinese Cowboy
Fri, Sep 19, 1958 30 mins
The town hoodlums make life miserable for Porter's new Chinese launderer.
Episode 4
The Set Up
Fri, Sep 26, 1958 30 mins
Henrietta's new gentleman friend is only using her to setup an alibi for a bank robbery.
Episode 5
A Stone for Benny French
Fri, Oct 3, 1958 30 mins
Hoby tracks down Benny French who was the only member of the Morgan Larker gang who escaped from the bank robbery.
Episode 6
Trapped
Fri, Oct 10, 1958 30 mins
Hoby is held prisoner in a shack during a blizzard by the wife of husband and wife outlaws to care for her sick husband.
Episode 7
Matter of Justice
Fri, Oct 17, 1958 30 mins
One of the outlaws who held up the Butterfield stage depot has been caught and is awaiting trial and hanging. Hoby is called in to protect the town of Talpa. The prisoner claims his outlaw gang will kill the witnesses and destroy the town.
Episode 8
Tenner Smith
Fri, Oct 24, 1958 30 mins
The town of Porter is threatened to be shot up by a trail hand and his friends looking for revenge against a card shark who won his money and shot him in a fair fight.
Episode 9
The Avenger
Fri, Oct 31, 1958 30 mins
Lance Garth is accused of stealing the payroll from Banning Mining but he is shot and killed before the money is found.
Episode 10
The Schoolteacher
Fri, Nov 7, 1958 30 mins
The Schoolteacher, Jim Martin, is being forced out of town by the town bully, Quince Flanders, who does not want the children to have an education.
Episode 11
Deadly Decoy
Fri, Nov 14, 1958 30 mins
Stranger Ed Teller brings a body into Crater Junction saying it is Cass Desmond who he killed in self-defense and claims the $1,000 reward. Hoby accompanies Ranger Stan Elliott (the only person who can identify the body) to Crater Junction.
Episode 12
Sunday's Child
Fri, Nov 21, 1958 30 mins
Gambler Joe Sunday comes to Porter with a court order to take possession of his baby daughter from her mother Cindy who plays the piano in the saloon. Hoby has to enforce the order over the objections of Henrietta and the whole town.
Episode 13
Day of Vengeance
Fri, Nov 28, 1958 30 mins
Henrietta tells Hoby that she just received word that murdering convict Jack Summers has been released and is returning to Porter to kill somebody to avenge his brother's death and Hoby has to stop him.
Episode 14
Three-Legged Fox
Fri, Dec 5, 1958 30 mins
Five over age 50 tough and scruffy looking men slowly ride into town. While Sheriff Vernon Croft watches, 3 of the men take positions outside the Coleman Citizens Bank while two go in and then come and carefully leave town.
Episode 15
The Kid
Fri, Dec 12, 1958 30 mins
Hoby stakes out a hotel hallway waiting for a burglar and then shoots somebody running away who refuses to stop only to find out it was a 16 year old boy.
Episode 16
Guilt
Fri, Dec 19, 1958 30 mins
Ranger Jim Perkins got drunk and killed a boy in cold blood 3 years ago and was given life in prison. Hoby makes a surprise announcement that Jim is returning by stage tonight and that makes 2 men in town very afraid.
Episode 17
Every Man a Witness
Fri, Dec 26, 1958 30 mins
Sheriff Alvin Fremont and a mob take prisoner Char Lopez out of jail and threaten to lynch him unless he confesses. The horse bolts and Lopez is hanged. Hoby is sent in to investigate who was responsible.
Episode 18
McCallin's Daughter
Fri, Jan 2, 1959 30 mins
Youngster Debby McCallin comes to town and asks Hoby to stop her father Bart McCallin from committing a robbery.
Episode 19
Bad Judgment
Wed, Jan 28, 1959 30 mins
Rafe Borden is trying to frighten Charley Wagner and his family so he will not testify at the trial tomorrow against Rafe's brother Lute who would be hanged if convicted of murder. Sheriff Whittaker asks Hoby if he can do something to help.
Episode 20
Terror
Wed, Feb 4, 1959 30 mins
Doc Calhoun and Hoby deal with an outbreak of typhoid fever in town.
Episode 21
The Feud
Wed, Feb 11, 1959 30 mins
Elderly and dying Maude Turley has her boys bring her back to Porter to die and be buried next to her husband after being run out of town 17 years ago by the Corbett's. Hoby tries to keep the two families from killing each other.
Episode 22
The Samaritan
Wed, Feb 18, 1959 30 mins
Hoby finds a man on the trail with his leg caught in a bear trap and releases him. The man then knocks Hoby out, steals his horse and gun and leaves him caught in the bear trap.
Episode 23
The Gang
Wed, Feb 25, 1959 30 mins
On his way back to Porter, Hoby meets Frank on the road. Frank is dying and warns him of trouble in Porter. Riding into Porter, Hoby learns the Hastings Gang has treed the town.
Episode 24
The Threat
Wed, Mar 4, 1959 30 mins
A smiling stranger wearing a 3-piece suit and bowler hat barges into the bank manager's office carrying a package under his arm and threatens to blow the town of Porter off the face of the Earth in one hour unless he is given $10,000.
Episode 25
Hard Lines
Wed, Mar 11, 1959 30 mins
Joker Wells, who was a traitor with the Confederate Army, returns to his home town of Porter. Everybody wants Hoby to run him out of town, especially Ed Crow, who blames Joker for the loss of his arm in the war.
Episode 26
Fear
Wed, Mar 18, 1959 30 mins
Ambrose Hooker and his 3 brothers are bullying Joe the Bartender and saloon owner Tenner Smith. Hoby walks in and Ambrose goads his kid brother Little Beamer to draw on Hoby and Hoby kills him. Now Abrose wants revenge.
Episode 27
Stranger in Town
Wed, Mar 25, 1959 30 mins
Henrietta Porter receives a letter from Harry Keller who was just released from prison warning the town of Porter to stay away from Hoby because Harry is coming to kill Hoby in revenge for killing his brother. Making things worse, Hoby doesn't even know what Keller looks like.
Episode 28
The Protector
Wed, Apr 1, 1959 30 mins
Hoby shows a wanted poster for Frank Wilson to the Sheriff of Blanton who lies and says he never heard of him (because he knows his daughter is in love with Frank).
Episode 29
False Witness
Wed, Apr 8, 1959 30 mins
A strange girl arrives in Porter and tells Hoby that she knows that Joe Corbett is innocent of murder even though he was convicted and sentenced to hang because she was a witness and saw somebody else do it.
Episode 30
The Trick
Wed, Apr 15, 1959 30 mins
Tully Saxon knocks on the door to Tenner Smith's office in the saloon. When Tenner opens the door, he is surprised to see someone he had not seen in 8 years. Tully tells Tenner he will kill him before he leaves town.
Episode 31
The Eyes of Jerry Kelso
Wed, Apr 22, 1959 30 mins
When traveling salesman Emanuel Brock is found shot to death in his hotel room, Hoby has to figure out who did it.
Episode 32
Gift Horse
Wed, Apr 29, 1959 30 mins
Two old men (Zack and Levi) tell Ralph that they are his long lost uncles but Hoby thinks something about the two men rang sour.
Episode 33
The Vote
Wed, May 6, 1959 30 mins
A man and a woman came to Porter bringing with them the idea of "Give Women the Vote".
Episode 34
The Unwanted
Wed, May 13, 1959 30 mins
Hoby is called to the town of Glenville who are afraid that a group of religious people who moved in outside of town are practicing witchcraft and are causing bad luck.
Episode 35
Toss Up
Wed, May 20, 1959 30 mins
Naomi Wallace tells Hoby that her husband Paul has hired gunman Billy McCall to protect him from her brother Gary who blames Paul for killing Gary's father.
Episode 36
Inquest
Wed, Sep 2, 1959
Hoby is helping Sheriff Lee look into a murder. But the widow, the doctor and even the sheriff have motives with none helpful in finding the killer.
Episode 37
Back to Crawford
Wed, Sep 9, 1959 30 mins
Hoby returns home to Crawford to help his sister Nora after she sends him a telegram that somebody has been threatening her and because he gets a telegram from town drunk Fred Sales to come home quick because his sister is going to die.
Episode 38
Blind Alley
Wed, Sep 16, 1959 30 mins
Rufus Cole shoots Mike Hardesty off his horse on the trail. Hoby who had been trailing Rufus for six weeks comes along to save Mike but he has lost his sight.
Episode 39
Quiet Night in Porter
Wed, Sep 23, 1959 30 mins
Chad Winter, the owner of the general store, finds an old woman in his store after closing then two men walk in and shoot him. Hoby has to find out who killed him.
