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Guide: Johnny Ringo
Synopsis:
The
Cast:
Don Durant as Johnny Ringo
Karen Sharpe as Laura Thomas
Mark Goddard as Cully
Terrence De Marney as Case Thomas
Production
Staff:
Directed
by Howard W. Koch
Writing by Tony Habeeb
Produced by Aaron Spelling
The
Episodes:
Episode Guide By M. Jacquelyn Patterson.
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1-1 THE ARRIVAL--10/1/1959
Ringo
tires of his life as a gunfighter and becomes Sheriff of a lawless
Arizona town known as Velardi. He hires the town drunk as deputy,
who repays Ringo's faith in him when the chips are down.
Guest Star: James
Coburn
Director: Howard
Koch
1-2
CULLY--10/8/1959
A carnival trick shot expert "Kid Adonis" comes to town and his
manager tries to force him into a gun fight with Ringo. Ringo likes
the young trick shooter, but the manager wants to take advantage
of the fact that Ringo may have killed the kid's father.
Guest Star: Bruce
Gordon
Director: Howard
Koch
1-3
THE POSSE--11/5/1959
An
old friend of Ringo's comes to town and asks to be locked up to
escape a lynch mob who accuse him of murder.. Ringo locks the man
up and when the town, stirred up by the lynch mob, attempts to storm
the jail, Ringo learns of the plot to rob the town's bank, using
the excitement at the jail as a cover.
Guest Stars: Richard
Devon, Walter Sande, Carter DeHaven
Director: John
English
1-4
THE HUNTERS--10/29/1959
Guards
from a state prison track escaped convicts with intentions of killing
them rather than capture. Ringo steps in at the last minute and
prevents the ruthless slaughter.
Guest Stars: Paul
Richards, Michael Hinn
Director: Howard
Koch
1-5
A KILLING FOR CULLY--10/22/1959
Cully,
Ringo's young deputy, is forced to kill a man for the first time.
Even though Ringo and others in the town assure him he had no choice,
Cully goes through a tremendous psychological beating as a result
of the shooting.
Guest Star: Bing
Russell
Director: Howard
Koch
1-6
GHOST COACH--11/12/59
A
Civil War Relic in the form of an army wagon with an ominous skeleton
still in the driver's seat turns out to be a Ghost Coach.
Director: John
English
1-7 THE ACCUSED--10/15/1959
Although
acquitted by a jury of a murder charge, a man is hounded by hostile
townspeople despite Ringo's efforts in behalf of the man whom he
believes is innocent.
Guest Stars: Robert
Gist, William Schallert, Ron Howard (uncredited, in his first speaking
role)
Director: Lamont
Johnson
1-8
THE RAIN MAN--11/26/1959
A
man dressed like a character out of the Bible comes to Velardi and
promises to find water for the drought-stricken residents providing
they will pay him in gold. Ringo distrusts the rain man.
Guest Stars: John
Carradine, Ken Mayer, Michael Hinn, Forrest Compton
Director :
Dick Moder
1-9
THE CAT--12/3/1959
An
eccentric millionaire from the East brings a Bengal tiger to Arizona
where he plans to turn the animal loose and then track and kill
it. Ringo warns the man against freeing the animal, but his warning
is ignored.
Guest Stars: Cecil
Kellaway, Archie Duncan
Director:
Frank Baur
1-10
KID WITH A GUN--12/24/1959
Ringo
takes charge of an investigation when a young girl maintains her
father was murdered, despite evidence to the contrary.
Guest Stars:
Vic Morrow, Liza Menzies
Director: Paul
Henreid
1-11
DEAD WAIT--11/19/1959
Seriously
injured in a stagecoach wreck while taking two dangerous escaped
convicts back to Yuma prison, Ringo faces tremendous odds as he
attempts to deliver them on foot, across the desert.
Guest Stars: Peter
Whitney, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Director: Bill
Faralla
1-12
BOUND BOY--12/31/1959
Ringo
goes to the aid of a young runaway boy who seeks refuge in Arizona
after running away from a mean rancher, in whose care he had been
placed by the State.
Guest Stars: Tim
Considine, James Westerfield
Director: Tom
Gries
1-13
THE LIARS--2/4/1960
Ringo,
while aiding a fellow law officer, is arrested for murder and placed
in Death Row with four men awaiting the hangman's noose.
Guest Stars: Wally
Brown, John Larch
Director: Larry
Stewart
1-14
DIE TWICE--1/20/1960
An
outlaw, reported dead and buried, is apparently still active in
crime. When Ringo attempts to exhume the body for investigation,
he makes a startling discovery .
Guest Stars: Gene
Evans, Brett King, Paul Sorenson, Jean Allison
Director: Dick
Moder
1-15
LOVE AFFAIR--12/17/1959
Cully
falls in love with a troubled woman who hides a dangerous past.
Guest Stars: Gloria
De Haven, Gerald Mohr
Director: Don
Taylor
1-16
EAST IS EAST--1/7/1960
A
woman reporter from the East regards the state of the frontier with
contempt, yet is curiously familiar with Velardi.
Guest Star: Debra
Paget
Director:
Larry Stewart
1-17
POSTER INCIDENT--1/14/1960
Politician
Arthur Tobias kills two men and claims self-defense. Ringo is skeptical.
Guest Star: Gene
Raymond
Director: Dick
Moder
1-18
SOFT CARGO--5/5/1960
A
show wagon troupe of women is overdue, and it is feared Comancheros
have taken them. Cully is sent to investigate.
Guest Stars:
Steven Mario, Michael Fox, Diane Cannon, Sally Rodd, Diana Spencer
Director: Dick
Moder
1-19 FOUR CAME QUIETLY--1/28/1960
When
Ringo is forced to kill a prisoner escaping from jail, his outlaw
family comes to town bent on revenge.
Guest Stars: Jay
C. Flippen L.Q. Jones
Director:
Bud
Springsteen
1-20
BORDERTOWN--03/17/1960
After
Case is killed, Ringo trails the murderers to a sinister town straddling
the border, controlled by a powerful saloon owner.
Guest Stars: Ed
Nelson, Paul Carr, Matt Dennis, Joyce Meadows, Robert Burton
Director: Don
Taylor
1-21 THE ASSASSINS--2/18/1960
A
mysterious but charming Russian violinist seeks refuge from old
country assassins in Velardi.
Guest Star:
Akim Tamiroff
Director: David
Rich
1-22 THE RENO BROTHERS--2/25/1960
A
lively pair of brothers try to clear their outlaw reputation. [pilot]
Guest Stars: Jim
Beck, Ben Cooper
Director: Dick
Moder
1-23 MRS. RINGO--2/11/1960
A
beautiful woman causes considerable confusion by announcing she
is married to Ringo. In attempting to learn the truth, Ringo learns
the woman wants him to kill another man.
Guest Star: Mona
Freeman
Director:
Larry Stewart
1-24
THE RAFFERTYS--2/25/1960
A
bounty hunter tracks down a man suspected of an old murder, who
lives in hiding with his two children. He is determined to kill
the fugitive whether he is guilty or not. Ringo hopes to find the
man first.
Guest Star: Lon
Chaney Jr.
Director: Paul
Henreid
1-25 UNCERTAIN VENGEANCE--3/10/1960
Seeking
revenge for the death of his brother, a man forces Ringo into a
pen with a vicious wild bull believing he can escape a murder charge
if the bull kills him.
Guest Stars: Stella
Stevens, Don Dubbins, Sarah Selby
Director: Larry
Stewart
1-26
THE GUNSLINGER--03/24/1960
Shot
in the chest in a gunfight with the brother of an old foe, Ringo
relives his past encounter, while Cully keeps watch for the dead
man's revenge-bent brothers.
Guest Stars: Harry
Dean Stanton, Ralph Moody, Fred Krone
Director: Bob
Leeds
1-27 THE VINDICATOR--3/31/1960
An
escaped convict returns to town to avenge the death of his wife
and in a move to force the sheriff to release the man held for the
killing, kidnaps three members of the suspect's family.
Guest Stars: Paul
Richards, Richard Rust, Robert Griffin, Jean Inness
Director: Bill
Faralla
1-28
THE KILLING BUG--4/28/1960
Ringo
faces a real problem when a wave of killing hits his town shortly
after three laughing strangers ride in. He later learns that most
of the townspeople took sides in an infamous range war several years
before.
Guest Stars: Buddy
Ebsen, Wayne Rogers, Michael Hinn, Joe Perry
Director:
Tom
Gries
1-29
BLACK HARVEST #2357 4/7/1960
Puzzled
by the mysterious disappearance of a visitor and the strange behavior
of an attractive, mute woman, Ringo stumbles upon a madman's diabolical
plans.
Guest Stars: Royal
Dano, Anita Corseaut
Director: Dick
Moder
1-30 JUDGEMENT DAY #2359 4/14/1960
Ringo
deputizes a circuit judge in an attempt to show him first hand the
problems encountered in law enforcement. He gets little understanding
from the judge's wife or the townspeople when the Judge is killed.
Guest Stars: Harry
Townes, Wright King
Director: Dick
Moder
1-31
SINGLE DEBT--5/12/1960
Ringo,
tracking the killers of a Chinese family in the hot desert wastes
of Arizona, suddenly finds himself ambushed by the men he seeks.
Using a diabolical plan for Ringo's demise, the killers leave the
lawman exposed to the desert heat.
Guest Stars: Warren
Oates, Alvy Moore, James Hong
Director: Arthur
Hilton
1-32
THE STRANGER--5/19/1960
Jeffrey
Blake, a stranger from Boston, takes offense at the mistreatment
Lil Blanchard, dance hall girl, gets at the hand of saddle bum Tad
Stuart. Ired, Blake uses his knowledge of karate, the Oriental art
of weaponless combat, to prove his love for Lil.
Guest Stars:
Charles Aidman, Burt Reynolds
Director: Dick
Moder
1-33
THE DERELICT--5/26/1960
Wes
Tymon, whose pregnant wife lies seriously ill, is refused a bank
loan, which could save her life, by the town banker, Cartwright.
Ringo intercedes when Tymon shoots the banker in frustration.
Guest Stars: Martin
Landau, John Anderson
Director: David
Rich
1-34
SHOOT THE MOON--6/2/1960
Bevinetto,
an Italian astronomer, and his daughter attempt to take pictures
of the moon from the top of an Arizona mountain believed sacred
by Yaqui Indians.
Guest Stars: Frank
Silvera, Walter Sande, Theona Bryant
Director: Dick
Moder
1-35
KILLER, CHOOSE A CARD--6/9/1960
Ringo
suspects that Mamie Murphy, a brassy saloon keeper with a heart
of gold, who is about to be hanged for murder, is being framed by
one of five men who testified against her. He attempts a bold ruse
to prove her innocence.
Guest Stars: Lurene
Tuttle, Whit Bissell, William Schallert, Mort Mills
Director: Don
Taylor
1-36
REPUTATION FOR MURDER--6/16/1960
Coffin
Sam, a gunfighter with a notorious record, attempts to goad Ringo
into a fake shoot-out to bolster his reputation.
Guest Stars: Alan
Hale, Richard Easton
Director: Dick
Moder
1-37
CAVE IN--6/30/1960
Clay
Horn, a former sheriff, forces old man Cobb to sell his mine in
order to dupe Ringo into coming after him. Ringo learns Horn wants
him as a riding partner in crime.
Guest Stars: Robert
Culp, Ralph Moody, Lane Bradford, Hank Post
1-38 LOBO LAWMAN (aka Breakdown)--6/23/1960
The
notorious outlaw Juan Garcia is captured and held prisoner in Velardi
when U.S. Marshal Kramer, a man who killed Ringo's uncle, makes
claim on him.
Guest Stars: Karl
Swenson, Rodolfo Hoyos, Robert Carricart, Michael Hinn, Joe Perry
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