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Wagon Train Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
The Willy Moran Story
Wed, Sep 18, 1957 60 mins
Adams meets his ex-Civil War commanding officer and offers him a job---if he can stay sober.
Episode 2
The Jean LeBec Story
Wed, Sep 25, 1957 60 mins
Friction develops between the travelers and two new passengers: New Orleans aristocrat Jean LeBec and a girl he's escorting to California.
Episode 3
The John Cameron Story
Wed, Oct 2, 1957 60 mins
John Cameron's flirtatious wife causes no end of trouble when the Tacker brothers join the wagon train.
Episode 4
The Ruth Owens Story
Wed, Oct 9, 1957 60 mins
Ruth Owens' brother kills a man for insulting her, but the remark may have been true.
Episode 5
The Les Rand Story
Wed, Oct 16, 1957 60 mins
There's no red carpet out for Les Rand---he's returning home to avenge the death of his Indian wife.
Episode 6
The Nels Stack Story
Wed, Oct 23, 1957 60 mins
Quiet, mild-mannered Nels Stack is a target for ridicule by those who call him a coward.
Episode 7
The Emily Rossiter Story
Wed, Oct 30, 1957 60 mins
Emily Rossiter decides to remarry for the sake of her young daughter---who strenuously objects.
Episode 8
The John Darro Story
Wed, Nov 6, 1957 60 mins
John Darro has been concealing his past from his son. Then he meets an old acquaintance who can expose it.
Episode 9
The Charles Avery Story
Wed, Nov 13, 1957 60 mins
Accompanied by Flint, army officer Charles Avery rides to deliver a peace treaty to a once-warlike Indian chief. Flint suspects that the treaty isn't Avery's only reason for seeking out the chief.
Episode 10
The Mary Halstead Story
Wed, Nov 20, 1957 60 mins
Agnes Moorehead portrays a mother who's searching for the son she deserted years earlier. Adams: Ward Bond. Ferguson: Vaughn Taylor. Tom: Tom Pittman. Flint: Robert Horton. Tracy: Walter Coy.
Episode 11
The Zeke Thomas Story
Wed, Nov 27, 1957 60 mins
In a small Western town, Zeke Thomas meets his first wife, whom he thought dead. Maggie: Janice Rule. Flint: Robert Horton. Adams: Ward Bond. Violet: K.T. Stevens.
Episode 12
The Riley Gratton Story
Wed, Dec 4, 1957 60 mins
Adams sets out after a con man who swindled members of the wagon train. Adams: Ward Bond. Sarah: Karen Steele. Flint: Robert Horton. Dance-Hall Girl: Jean Carson. McSorley: James Westerfield. John: Gregory Walcott. Paul: Gregg Palmer.
Episode 13
The Clara Beauchamp Story
Wed, Dec 11, 1957 60 mins
The wife of a cavalry officer plots to have her husband transferred back East. Clara: Nina Foch. Colonel Beauchamp: Shepperd Strudwick. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Pearson: Richard Garland. Corporal: Robert Swan. Indian Chief: Monte Blue. Mrs. Hawks: Irene Windust. Mrs. Bixby: Ellen Hardies. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 14
The Julie Gage Story
Wed, Dec 18, 1957 60 mins
High-spirited Julia Gage refuses to admit that she needs a man's help to drive her wagon. Cannon: Robert Sterling. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Jess: Don Megowan. Buck: Jimmie Komack. Grandma: Esther Dale. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 15
The Cliff Grundy Story
Wed, Dec 25, 1957 60 mins
When a man is fatally injured in a stampede, Flint and another man volunteer to stay behind with him. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Cliff Grundy: Dan Duryea. Craig: Russell Johnson. Millard: Harry Harvey Jr. Bartender: Fred Graham.
Episode 16
The Luke O'Malley Story
Wed, Jan 1, 1958 60 mins
Gambler Luke O'Malley, fleeing from a Mexican bandit, joins the wagon train---disguised as a parson. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Martha: Mary Murphy. Kate. Reba Waters. Dan: Carlos Romero. Johnny: Stanley Fara. Hawks: Terry Wilson.
Episode 17
The Jesse Cowan Story
Wed, Jan 8, 1958 60 mins
Jessie Cowan is looking for the wagon train---and the people who killed his parents. Adams: Ward Bond. Deale: James Burke. Flint: Robert Horton. Aunt Dorcas: Olive Carey. Bixby: Malcolm Atterbury. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Troy: Clarence Straight.
Episode 18
The Gabe Carswell Story
Wed, Jan 15, 1958 60 mins
Indian scout Gabe Carswell is torn by conflicting loyalties when his half-breed son decides to lead an Indian attack on the wagon train. Jess: Scott Marlowe. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Yellow Bear: Thomas B. Henry. Wilkes: Norman Willis. Mrs. Wilkes: Sondra Rodgers. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 19
The Honorable Don Charlie Story
Wed, Jan 22, 1958 60 mins
Adams prepares for trouble when a Lothario (Cesar Romero) uses his charms on a member of the wagon train. Adams: Ward Bond. Tottie: Virginia Crane. Molly: Lela Bliss. Flint: Robert Horton. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Hawks: Terry Wilson.
Episode 20
The Dora Gray Story
Wed, Jan 29, 1958 60 mins
Flint learns of an Indian attack in which the victims were killed with bullets and not arrows. Scouting ahead, he soon finds the illegal gun runner who's responsible. Dora Gray: Linda Darnell. Doc: John Carradine. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Lieutenant Borden: Michael Connors. Colonel: Tyler McVey. Sergeant Roderick: Guinn Williams. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 21
The Annie MacGregor Story
Wed, Feb 5, 1958 60 mins
Scottish settlers traveling with the wagon train disturb other members by playing their bagpipes and practicing other customs of their native land.
Episode 22
The Bill Tawnee Story
Wed, Feb 12, 1958 60 mins
A Sioux Indian who fought in the Civil War is traveling with the wagon train---and the other members are afraid of him. Bill Tawnee: Macdonald Carey. Adams: Ward Bond. Leeana: Joy Page. Laverty: Morgan Woodward. Steve Barry: Dee Pollack. Flint: Robert Horton. Norden: John Mitchum. Mrs. Kirk: Edith Evanson.
Episode 23
The Mark Hanford Story
Wed, Feb 26, 1958 60 mins
Mark Hanford bitterly opposes his father's remarriage---and intends to prevent it by any means possible. Ann: Kathleen Crowley. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Hanford: Onslow Stevens. Jake: Paul Fix. Martin: I. Stanford Jolley. Lawyer: Perry Ivins. Running Bear: Steven Ritch.
Episode 24
The Bernal Sierra Story
Wed, Mar 12, 1958 60 mins
A man (Gilbert Roland) searches for two thieves who've stolen a large cache of gold for the Mexican Revolution. Perdita: Charlita Regis. Adams: Ward Bond. Art: James Dobson. Casey: Louis Jean Heydt. Hughie: Lane Bradford. Lorrie: Dorothy Adams.
Episode 25
The Marie Dupree Story
Wed, Mar 19, 1958 60 mins
Passenger Marie Dupree's constant flirting leads to trouble when she turns her attentions to Tonio, a Sicilian immigrant. Marie: Debra Paget. Adams: Ward Bond. Susie: Dorothy Provine. Howard: Robert Lowery. Flint: Robert Horton. Joe: Nicky Blair. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Dupree: Raymond Greenleaf. Hawks: Terry Wilson.
Episode 26
A Man Called Horse
Wed, Mar 26, 1958 60 mins
The wagon train encounters a Britisher who dresses like an Indian and goes by the name of Horse. Horse: Ralph Meeker. Bright Star: Joan Taylor. Adams: Ward Bond. Yellow Robe: Michael Pate. Little Hunter: Anthony Numkena. Flint: Robert Horton. Rising Sun: Jorie Wyler. Lucinda: Jacqueline Mayo.
Episode 27
The Sarah Drummond Story
Wed, Apr 2, 1958 60 mins
Flint seeks lodging at the Drummond home---and finds himself in the middle of a feud.
Episode 28
The Sally Potter Story
Wed, Apr 9, 1958 60 mins
Lovely newcomer Sally Potter causes a bitter rivalry between Joe Trumbull and his nephew Matt (Martin Milner). Joe: Lyle Bettger. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Bennett: King Donovan. Millie: Jocelyn Brando. Billings: Brad Dexter. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 29
The Daniel Barrister Story
Wed, Apr 16, 1958 60 mins
Daniel Barrister refuses medical treatment for his injured wife, but she begs Flint to get her a doctor. Culver: Roger Smith. Flint: Robert Horton. Jenny: Peg Hillias. Adams: Ward Bond. Miller: Allan Lane. Mrs. Miller: Kay Cousins. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Hawks: Terry Wilson.
Episode 30
The Major Adams Story
Wed, Apr 23, 1958 60 mins
Part 1 of two. The wagon train leads Adams to Ranie Webster, an old flame who married someone else. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Hillery: Douglas Kennedy. Bradley: Ben Morris. Mary: Kay Stewart. Mrs. Hawks: Irene Windust. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Thompson: Craig Duncan.
Episode 31
The Major Adams Story: Part 2
Wed, Apr 30, 1958 60 mins
Conclusion. Adams' old flame, now widowed, is reluctant to renew their romance. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Hillery: Douglas Kennedy. Mrs. Hawks: Irene Windust. Bradley: Ben Morris. Mary: Kay Stewart. Thompson: Craig Duncan. Soldier: Bob Bryant. Clerk: Renny McEvoy.
Episode 32
The Charles Maury Story
Wed, May 7, 1958 60 mins
Disguised as Yank soldiers, a band of confederate marauders blend into the wagon train, planning on robbing everyone. They are at first stopped but a member of the train helps the man in charge when she discovers the truth to his identity.
Episode 33
The Dan Hogan Story
Wed, May 14, 1958 60 mins
Adams encounters a fighter he once managed (Jock Mahoney). Marshal: Tom Greenway. Flint: Robert Horton. Ranse: John Larch. Mary: Judith Ames. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 34
The Ruttledge Munroe Story
Wed, May 21, 1958 60 mins
John Drew Barrymore plays the latest addition to the wagon train. Adams: Ward Bond. Ruth: Mala Powers. Guard: Jack Grinnage. Flint: Robert Horton. Masters: William Tannen. Henshaw: Tom Munroe. Hawks: Terry Wilson.
Episode 35
The Rex Montana Story
Wed, May 28, 1958 60 mins
Forrest Tucker plays a fast-talking braggart who joins the wagon train with his Wild West show. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Winslow: James Dunn. Milly: Kristine Miller. Loaitha: Maggie Mahoney. Rodney: Peter Whitney.
Episode 36
The Cassie Tanner Story
Wed, Jun 4, 1958 60 mins
Tough, outspoken Cassie Tanner joins the wagon train---and sets her cap for Major Adams (Ward Bond). Flint: Robert Horton. Harper: Harry Hines. McMasters: George Chandler. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 37
The John Wilbot Story
Wed, Jun 11, 1958 60 mins
Flint fills in for Adams---and soon regrets it: he has to contend with angry travelers who accuse a teacher of being John Wilkes Booth. Wilbot: Dane Clark. Flint: Robert Horton. Pelham: Robert Vaughn. Harriet: Audrey Dalton. Field: Tyler McVey. Adams: Ward Bond. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 38
The Monty Britton Story
Wed, Jun 18, 1958 60 mins
Flint finds a much-needed waterhole but learns---too late---that it is poisoned. Britton: Ray Danton. Betty: Mona Freeman. Cowan: Stacy Keach. Adams: Ward Bond. Sumpter: John Hoyt. Redmond: Claude Akins. Clinton: Walter Woolf King. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Hawks: Terry Wilson.
Episode 39
The Sacramento Story
Wed, Jun 25, 1958 60 mins
Flint accompanies Maxwell Revere to the California ranch he bought sight unseen and finds it's swampland. Julie: Margaret O'Brien. Dora: Linda Darnell. Revere: Harry Stephens. Flint: Robert Horton. Adams: Ward Bond. Grundy: Dan Duryea. Cassie: Marjorie Main. Hawks: Terry Wilson.