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U.S. Marshal Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

38 Episodes 0 - 1959

Episode 1

The Fugitives

Sat, Oct 11, 195830 mins

Two dangerous fugitives leave a trail of murder and mayhem in their wake as Morgan tracks them down.

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Episode 2

The Reservation

Sat, Oct 18, 195830 mins

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Episode 3

Sentenced to Death

Sat, Oct 25, 195830 mins

Morgan transports Matt Bonner to the federal penitentiary after he is sentenced to death for murdering three men during a hold-up attempt. His two accomplices, who are still at large, arrange for a gun to be delivered to him in prison and Bonner attempts to shoot his way out to the waiting getaway car.

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Episode 4

Wishing Well

Sat, Nov 1, 195830 mins

A band of mail-train thieves out on parole return to their criminal ways.

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Episode 5

Cop Hater

Sat, Nov 8, 195830 mins

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Episode 6

The Arraignment

Sat, Nov 15, 195830 mins

A Deputy U.S. Marshal asks for a day off to discuss wedding plans with his fiancée and her parents and Marshal Morgan agrees to arrange for a change in the arraignment date of a pair of bank robbers to accommodate him. The crooks won't cooperate with the lawman's wedding plans by attempting to escape custody on two separate occasions.

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Episode 7

Seventh Stranger

Sat, Nov 22, 195830 mins

Marshal Morgan and his men try to protect an escapee from behind the Iron Curtain from communist assassins sent to murder him.

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Episode 8

The Fence

Sat, Nov 29, 195830 mins

When a Tuscon diamond dealer kills a robber in self defense, Frank doesn't buy his story and starts digging deeper.

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Episode 9

The Stool Pigeon

Sat, Dec 6, 195830 mins

Morgan's attempt to break up a narcotics ring has tragic consequences when one of his deputies is killed during a drug bust. The marshals manage to arrest two of the crooks, one of whom is persuaded to turn state's evidence. Before the man can testify, though, one of the gang's hitmen shoots him on the steps of the courthouse. Morgan hopes that the dying gangster will provide him a lead to track down the gang's leader.

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Episode 10

Check Artist

Sat, Dec 13, 195830 mins

When Deputy Johnson is accused of passing a bad check, Morgan discovers that a clever forger is creating false identities and passing bogus paper across Southern Arizona. With the help of the U.S. Postal Inspectors, the U.S. Marshal tries to bait a trap for the criminal.

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Episode 12

The Champ

Sat, Dec 27, 195830 mins

A washed up boxer (Michael Landon) falls in with a pair of hoodlums.

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Episode 13

Inside Job

Sat, Jan 3, 195930 mins

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Episode 14

Gold Is Where You Find It

Sat, Jan 10, 195930 mins

News of a gold strike in Cochise County has the residents very excited, but Captain Joe Silva of the Apache Tribal Police is skeptical, the more so when a member of his tribe who tipped him is found murdered. Morgan learns from an old sourdough that the gold being displayed is the wrong color for an Arizona strike; he also checked the old mine recently to determine if there was any hope of finding profitable ore and struck it off as a waste of time and money. When the Sheriff learns of gold bars being stolen in Mexico, he suspects that the miners may be using the mine as a front for a gold smuggling operation

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Episode 15

The Diner

Sat, Jan 24, 195930 mins

Two prisoners who escaped from a Utah penitentiary arrive in Tucson looking for an ex-convict who owes them $600. They stumbled upon a parolee working in the diner who divulges the information just as Marshal Morgan and a deputy walk into the restaurant, when both lawmen are wounded in the ensuing shootout. Morgan trails the men to the home of the ex-con where the escapees have taken the man's wife as a hostage.

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Episode 16

Pursuit

Sat, Jan 24, 195926 mins

A disturbed army recruit shoots two fellow soldiers and forces another soldier and his girlfriend to provide escape transportation. Marshal Morgan and his men attempt to rescue the hostages and capture the trainee before he can harm others.

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Episode 17

The Threat

Sat, Jan 31, 195930 mins

Wealthy man receives a threatening letter demanding payment for the life of his daughter. This is the typical hostage situation except that the daughter is never actually kidnapped.

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Episode 18

Mass Escape

Sat, Feb 7, 195930 mins

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Episode 19

A Matter of Friendship

Sat, Mar 14, 195930 mins

Two gunmen, escapees from Leavenworth Prison, hideout in a small Arizona town near the Arizona border after hiding their getaway car. As Marshal Morgan and his men close in, one of the criminals threatens his sister with scandal if she doesn't provide transportation to the Mexican border for he and his partner.

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Episode 20

Grandfather

Sat, Feb 21, 195930 mins

While being interviewed for a book about outstanding American lawmen, Marshal Morgan tells the author about how his grandfather, Dallas Stoudenmire, was picked at random to serve as to the town marshal of Dallas, Texas and was credited with bringing law and order to that wide open town in the latter half of the 19th Century.

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Episode 21

Mechanic

30 mins

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Episode 22

The Promise

Wed, Feb 4, 202630 mins

An angry young man jumps bail in Utah and heads for his home in Arizona to the only person he trusts - his mother - who suffers a heart attack when she learns of his activities. Marshal Morgan promises her that he'll bring in her son alive, but this could prove to be a tall order after the young man goes on a crime spree that include running over a highway policeman and shooting a sheriff.

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Episode 23

Episode #1.23

30 mins

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Episode 24

Episode #1.24

30 mins

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Episode 25

Episode #1.25

30 mins

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Episode 26

Armored Car

Sat, Apr 4, 195930 mins

An armored car containing over $300,000 is stolen in a robbery executed with military precision. Morgan is stymied when the truck disappears before hitting any of his roadblocks. His only clue is the burn a secretary receives when she accidentally grabs a car's hot tailpipe while hiding from bullets whizzing overhead

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Episode 27

Episode #1.27

30 mins

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Episode 28

The Third Miracle

Sat, Apr 18, 195930 mins

Marshal Morgan orders the arrest of Ed Martin based a tip that part of the loot from a bank robbery would be found in his desk. When a member of Martin's church pleads with Morgan to reopen the case, the lawman starts digging deeper into the alibis of the other possible perpetrators and uncovers interesting new evidence.

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Episode 29

Good Indian

Wed, Feb 4, 202630 mins

Apache and Pima Indian families accuse each other of rustling cattle from their respective ranches. The situation is exacerbated when a boy and girl from different tribes fall in love with each other. Marshal Morgan must find the culprits before an all-out range war breaks out with the two lovers caught in the crossfire.

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Episode 30

Episode #1.30

30 mins

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Episode 31

Episode #1.31

30 mins

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Episode 32

Episode #1.32

30 mins

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Episode 33

Man Hunt

Wed, Feb 4, 202630 mins

A soldier breaks loose from U.S. Marshal custody. The soldier is an Indian and heads for the reservation, where Morgan must hunt him down.

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Episode 34

Maryjo Is Missing

Sat, May 30, 195930 mins

Two men are talked into kidnapping Mary Jo by her husband, but think she's really a television/movie star and hold her for $50,000.

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Episode 35

Episode #1.35

30 mins

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Episode 36

The Kidnapper

Wed, Feb 4, 202630 mins

An escaped prisoner kidnaps a wealthy businessman's daughter and holds her for ransom.

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Episode 37

Episode #1.37

30 mins

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Episode 38

Deer Hunt

Sat, Jun 27, 195930 mins

When Frank and friend Chris go deer hunting, another hunter shoots Chris. Initially, the shooting appears to be an accident, but it quickly becomes apparent that something more sinister is going on.

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Episode 39

R.I.P.

Sat, Jun 6, 195926 mins

A trio of criminals try to off one of their own but leave him paralyzed by the roadside. Later, Ferguson is kidnapped by the trio as they try to escape to Mexico.

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