Gunslinger
1961 · 1 season · 12 episodes · Ended · CBS
Western, Drama
TMDB 6.3 · 3 votes
Gunslinger was a Western television series starring Tony Young that aired on the CBS television network from February 9 until May 18, 1961 on Thursdays from 9 to 10 p.m. EST. The series theme song was sung by Frankie Laine. Young played Cord, a young gunfighter who works undercover for the local army garrison commander, acting as a secret law enforcement agent in the territory. The series lasted for only twelve episodes. Gunslinger was the successor to Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.
Episodes
- S01E01The Border Incident1961-02-0960m
Cord, working undercover for the army, hunts down a former officer charged with starving and torturing prisoners of war.
- S01E02The Hostage Fort1961-02-1660m
- S01E03Appointment In Cascabel1961-02-2360m
Fort Scott offers a reward for Mexican bandit Manuel Garcia, who kidnaps Amby and asks for ransom equal to what Fort Scott is offering.
- S01E04The Zone1961-03-0260m
The shifting Rio Grande around an island leaves ambiguity as to what nation — the US or Mexico — has authority. The lawless take advantage and stay.
- S01E05Rampage1961-03-1660m
- S01E06The Recruit1961-03-2360m
Missing Confederate silver puts Cord on the trail.
- S01E07Road of the Dead1961-03-3060m
The Army sends Cord and McGuire to investigate a case of mass death-by-drowning.
- S01E08Golden Circle1961-04-1360m
Cord is assigned to accompany Jed Spangler, who has just been released from Yuma prison. The authorities hope Jed will try to recover the loot he stole during the Civil War. Cord wants payback for a friend Jed killed.
- S01E09The Diehards1961-04-2060m
A patrol led by Murdock is ambushed and several are slain under murky circumstances. Cord decides to investigate.
- S01E10Johnny Sergeant1961-05-0460m
- S01E11The Death of Yellow Singer1961-05-1160m
After killing a Native American leader, a young Navajo woman refuses to defend herself.
- S01E12New Savannah1961-05-1860m
After the war, a group of Southern women attempt to establish a cotton plantation in the Arizona Territory.
