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Wagon Train Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
37 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
The Stagecoach Story
Wed, Sep 30, 1959 60 mins
Adams, Wooster and Hawks, on a St. Louis-bound stage, are surprised to learn the driver is Flint.
Episode 2
The Greenhorn Story
Wed, Oct 7, 1959 60 mins
Mickey Rooney plays naive Easterner Samuel T Evans, the perfect pigeon for sharpies.
Episode 3
The C.L. Harding Story
Wed, Oct 14, 1959 60 mins
CL Harding, a woman reporter assigned to travel with the train, loses no time in starting a suffrage movement among the wives.
Episode 4
The Estaban Zamora Story
Wed, Oct 21, 1959 60 mins
Ernest Borgnine plays a westward-bound immigrant who is determined to avenge the death of his youngest son.
Episode 5
The Elizabeth McQueeny Story
Wed, Oct 28, 1959 60 mins
Bette Davis stars as Elizabeth McQueeney, who joins the wagon train with a group of girls and the claim that she's heading West to start a school.
Episode 6
The Martha Barham Story
Wed, Nov 4, 1959 60 mins
Flint arrives at an Army post with his Sioux companion and has to face charges that he's turned renegade.
Episode 7
The Cappy Darrin Story
Wed, Nov 11, 1959 60 mins
An elderly riverboat captain and his grandson join the wagon train, only to depart abruptly as they near their destination.
Episode 8
The Felizia Kingdom Story
Wed, Nov 18, 1959 60 mins
Flint is held prisoner at the ranch of Felezia Kingdom.
Episode 9
The Jess MacAbee Story
Wed, Nov 25, 1959 60 mins
Andy Devine plays rancher Jess MacAbbee, who's trying to hide his five beautiful daughters from Flint.
Episode 10
The Danny Benedict Story
Wed, Dec 2, 1959 60 mins
Adams finds Danny Benedict in hostile Indian country, but the boy refuses a ride to Fort Stoneham.
Episode 11
The Vittorio Bottecelli Story
Wed, Dec 16, 1959 60 mins
An Italian duke charms all the wagon-train women---but not the husbands.
Episode 12
The St. Nicholas Story
Wed, Dec 23, 1959 60 mins
The wagon train camps for Christmas Eve, and young Jimmy Sherman wanders away and meets an Indian boy.
Episode 13
The Ruth Marshall Story
Wed, Dec 30, 1959 60 mins
Flint searches for Ruth Marshall, a girl captured by Indians many years earlier.
Episode 14
The Lita Foladaire Story
Wed, Jan 6, 1960 60 mins
Adams looks for the man responsible for the death of a friend's wife.
Episode 15
The Colonel Harris Story
Wed, Jan 13, 1960 60 mins
Flint anticipates a pleasant reunion with two old friends, but when he gets there, he learns the two are on the verge of a senseless fight.
Episode 16
The Marie Brandt Story
Wed, Jan 20, 1960 60 mins
Orobio da Costa wants to know why widow Madie Brant is bitter toward men. Madie: Jean Hagen. Adams: Ward Bond. Matthew: Richard Eyer. Mrs. Taylor: Claudia Bryar. Simon: Ronnie Sorensen. Billy: Johnny Eimen. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 17
The Larry Hanify Story
Wed, Jan 27, 1960 60 mins
Flint promises Larry Hanify's dying father that he'll take care of the boy---though he knows him to be a liar.
Episode 18
The Clayton Tucker Story
Wed, Feb 10, 1960 60 mins
A small party, crossing the desert to rendezvous with the wagon train, must go alone after their scout dies of snakebite.
Episode 19
The Benjamin Burns Story
Wed, Feb 17, 1960 60 mins
Flint searches for a legendary mountain spring to quench a real water shortage. Burns: J. Carrol Naish. Flint: Robert Horton. Kathy: Olive Sturgess. Adams: Ward Bond. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Colter: James Franciscus.
Episode 20
The Ricky and Laurie Bell Story
Wed, Feb 24, 1960 60 mins
Ricky Bell resents the attention his wife gives their infant son. Laurie: June Lockhart. Adams: Ward Bond. Jacob: Theodore Newton. Lizzie: Ann Doran. Mary: Lily Cardell. Stone: Milton Frome. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 21
The Tom Tuckett Story
Wed, Mar 2, 1960 60 mins
Traitor Nat Burkett risks being captured to see a young man who once helped him escape. Adams: Ward Bond. Burkett: Robert Middleton. Miss Stevenson: Josephine Hutchinson. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Elizabeth: Louise Fletcher.
Episode 22
The Tracy Sadler Story
Wed, Mar 9, 1960 60 mins
Tracy Sadler is searching for her son, born while she was in prison. Adams: Ward Bond. Waldo: Elisha Cook. Flint: Robert Horton. Arthur: Eugene Martin. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Forest: Carl Benton Reid.
Episode 23
The Alexander Portlass Story
Wed, Mar 16, 1960 60 mins
Archaeologist Alexander Portlass, searching for Aztec treasure, teams up with an outlaw gang. Flint: Robert Horton. Phelan: Henry Corden. Jupe: Morgan Woodward. Latigo Kid: Sherwood Price. Portlass: Peter Lorre.
Episode 24
The Christine Elliott Story
Wed, Mar 23, 1960 60 mins
Where to hide a dozen boys? That's Christine Elliott's problem as she struggles to conceal 12 runaways from an orphanage director. Christine: Phyllis Thaxter. Adams: Ward Bond. Snipple: Henry Daniell. Flint: Robert Horton. Ayers: Donald Woods.
Episode 25
The Joshua Gilliam Story
Wed, Mar 30, 1960 60 mins
Con man Joshua Gilliam's pitch: he'll become the wagon train's schoolteacher. Gilliam: Dan Duryea. Adams: Ward Bond. Greta: Bethel Leslie. Freda: Irene Tedrow. Sharon: Betsy Brooks. Miller: Pitt Herbert. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Hawks: Terry Wilson.
Episode 26
The Maggie Hamilton Story
Wed, Apr 6, 1960 60 mins
Spoiled Maggie Hamilton has a dangerous fit of temper---and runs off to the hills to sulk. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Hamilton: Les Tremayne. Bass: Frank Wolff. Marie: Sylvia Marriott. Slim: Orville Sherman. Hawks: Terry Wilson.
Episode 27
The Jonas Murdock Story
Wed, Apr 13, 1960 60 mins
Mountaineer Jonas Murdock creates a problem for the wagon train when he defies the no-hunting edict of a local Indian chief. Adams: Ward Bond. Red Hawk: Joe Bassett. Jameson: Lyle Talbot. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 28
The Amos Gibbon Story
Wed, Apr 20, 1960 60 mins
Flint tries to stop Amos Gibbon (Charles Aidman) and his men, who have been taking prisoners and forcing them into slave labor. Tremayne: Arthur Shields. Adams: Ward Bond. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Morton: Bob Hopkins.
Episode 29
Trial for Murder: Part 1
Wed, Apr 27, 1960 60 mins
"Trial for Murder," first of two parts. A wagoner has been clubbed to death and evidence points to a drunkard (Marshall Thompson). Drew: Henry Daniell. Adams: Ward Bond. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Wooster: Frank McGrath. Applewhite: Henry Hull.
Episode 30
Trial for Murder: Part 2
Wed, May 4, 1960 60 mins
Conclusion. A conviction seems certain for confessed murderer Brad Mason, but the defense plans to produce the dead man's wife as a surprise witness. Adams: Ward Bond. Brad: Marshall Thompson. Mark Applewhite: Henry Hull. Hawks: Terry Wilson. Leslie Ivers: Dianne Foster. Drew: Henry Daniell.
Episode 31
The Countess Baranof Story
Wed, May 11, 1960 60 mins
The wagon train is too slow for Countess Olga Baranof, who wants to reach Alaska before its rumored sale by Russia to the United States. Countess Baranof: Taina Elg. Adams: Ward Bond. Flint: Robert Horton. Mrs. Foster: Ann B. Davis. Colonel Vasily: Simon Oakland. Alex Foster: Peter Leeds. Blanche Barton: Ethel Shutta. Marshal: Roy Engel. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 32
The Dick Jarvis Story
Wed, May 18, 1960 60 mins
A young crippled boy becomes jealous when an orphan joins the train.
Episode 33
Dr. Swift Cloud
Wed, May 25, 1960 60 mins
An Indian returning from medical school is rejected by his tribe and by the travelers they've attacked. Dr. Swift Cloud: Rafael Campos. Straight Arrow: Phillip Pine. Adams: Ward Bond. Debbs Hargrove: Brad Morrow. Chief Fire Cloud: Henry Brandon.
Episode 34
The Luke Grant Story
Wed, Jun 1, 1960 60 mins
Friendly Indians find a man dying in the desert and bring him to the wagon train, where his identity remains a mystery. Victoria: Joan O'Brien. Sue: Kay Elhardt. Chris: Laura Shelton. The Rev. Mr. Peters: James Bell. Fay: Wendy Wagner. Mojave Chief: Rodd Redwing. Adams: Ward Bond.
Episode 35
The Charlene Brenton Story
Wed, Jun 8, 1960 60 mins
A baby girl sure has a rough start when she arrives on the stage with her dead mother. Plague is what people think killed her and then Charlie Wooster steps in to try to help - and well, you can imagine where it went from there.
Episode 36
The Sam Livingston Story
Wed, Jun 15, 1960 60 mins
Sam Livingston comes to Carson City with a pet pig, a fortune in gold---and a plot for revenge against the town banker. Cass: Onslow Stevens. Adams: Ward Bond. Abigail: Barbara Eiler. Hotel Clerk: James Lydon. Somers: William Bakewell. Bartender: George Ramsey. Homer: Gerry M. Cohen. Wooster: Frank McGrath.
Episode 37
The Shadrack Bennington Story
Wed, Jun 22, 1960 60 mins
Shadrack Bennington has been a cavalier of the open road, not wanting to be tied down until he joins the wagon train, heading for San Francisco and a future even he couldn't anticipate.