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1. Palms of Glory
First aired: 9/15/1965 Production Code: 5929In this series premiere, the railroad has hired men to force the farmers and ranchers of Stockton off their land. The Barkleys join with the rest of the valley to help fight them off. While at home an angry young man, Heath, shows up claiming to be the deceased Tom Barkley's illegitimate son.
Director: William A. Graham
Guest star: Vincent Gardenia (John Semple), Len Wayland (Sheriff Lyman), Malachi Throne (Crown), Dal McKennon (Abner Wirth), Dennis Cross (Hoak), Arthur Peterson (Swenson), Mel F. Allen (Morgan), Mike De Anda (Ciego)
2. Forty Rifles
First aired: 9/22/1965 Production Code: 6319While preparing for a major cattle drive bunching the Barkley's herd with those of other ranchers, Heath has major difficulties being accepted as a Barkley, especially by the ranch hands. Then when Nick's former commander in the war comes to visit, Heath is suspicious of him, and with good reason. He is there to cause trouble and steal the herd!! Nick ends up getting shot while on the drive and has to be taken to town, leaving Heath in charge of the drive. Heath ends up saving the day, and finally the hands begin to accept him as a true Barkley.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: Walker Edmiston (Spock) , Andrew Duggan (Wallent), John Milford (Barrett), Calvin Brown (Dillard), Douglas Kennedy (McColl), Allen Jaffe (Coda), Lincoln Tate (Schad), Michael Fox (DeKoven), Chuck Bail (Brown)
3. Boots with My Father's Name
Community Score
| 7.8 Good |
Victoria begins to wonder if Tom ever truly loved her, if he could go off and have an affair which produces a child. So she's off to Heath's hometown of Strawberry to find out more about Tom and Leah's (Heath's mother) relationship.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Guest star: John Harmon (Storekeeper) , John Anderson (I) (Matt Simmons), Richard Devon (Phelps), Jeanne Cooper (Martha Simmons), Beah Richards (Hannah Jones)
4. Young Marauders
First aired: 10/6/1965 Production Code: 6301Audra is save by a man who claims to be a mustang hunter, but who's band of mustangers are also extorting protection money from the farmers and ranchers of Stockon. While Audra is smitten with him her brothers are suspicious, and soon find out the truth. Which Audra does as well. . .after she is kidnapped by them.
Director: Paul Wendkos
Guest star: Kevin Hagen (Harry Coleman), Mort Mills (sheriff), J.P. Burns (minister) , Sean Garrison (Lloyd Garner), Buck Taylor (Turk), Virginia Christine (Margaret Coleman), James Patterson (Jamie Drumm), Julie Payne (Francie), Ken Lynch (Jacobson), James Gavin (Graff), Robert Porter (Tobe)
5. The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner
First aired: 10/13/1965 Production Code: 6311Victoria sells land to an old friend, while the Barkley boys are part of a plan to flood it!!!
Director: Arnold Laven
Guest star: Mort Mills (Sheriff), Harlan Warde (Finletter) , Arthur O'Connell (Jubal Tanner), Sheldon Golomb (Chad), Jason Evers (Len Colter), K.L. Smith (Dutton), Ken Mayer (Crowell), Thomas Browne Henry (Chairman), Richard Farnsworth (Bolin), Larry Doyle (Man)
6. Heritage
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
While Heath investigates violence at one of the Barkley mines, he discovers that the miners hate the Barkley's for unkept promises. This discovered they work to set things right before anything else happens.
Director: Paul Wendkos
Guest star: Harry Swoger (bartender), Richard O'Brien (II) (Bryce), J.P. Burns (mourner) , Sherwood Price (Dion O'Doule), Anne Helm (Brydie Hanrahan), Ford Rainey (Murdoch), Richard Hale (II) (Hummel), John McLiam (Paddy), Brendan Dillon (Tim Hanrahan), Bing Russell (Jack Tolliver), Zolya Talma (crone)
7. Winner Lose All
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
Heath falls for a beautiful spanish girl, whose father happens to be involved in a land dispute with the Barkleys! Her father disapproves of Heath because of his illegitamate birth, picturing a much finer bred man for his only daughter. He sets about using the land problems to break them apart.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: Mike De Anda (Ciego), Joe Higgins (referee) , Katharine Ross (Maria Montera), Henry Wilcoxon (Don Alfredo Montera), Karl Swenson (Bert Hadley), Max Kleven (Dave Williams), Gregg Palmer (Mel Coombs), Robert Cabal (Luis), Naomi Stevens (Anjelina), Herb Pacheco (aide)
8. My Son, My Son
First aired: 11/3/1965 Production Code: 6321An old childhood friend of Audra's returns whom she'd like to be involved with. She doesn't know however that he is emotionally disturbed, dangerously so.
Director: Paul Henreid
Guest star: Mort Mills (Sheriff) , Robert Walker Jr. (Evan Miles), Katharine Bard (Mrs. Miles), R.G. Armstrong (Mr. Miles), Ron Nicholas (young man), Gene Pinkerton (ranch hand)
9. Earthquake!
Community Score
| 8.0 Great |
Victoria is in a mission church with a pregnant indian woman, when an earthquake collapses it into a forgotten mine underneath. As if the situation isn't isn't bad enough. . they are also trapped with a man whom Nick had fired and who now has a serious grudge against the Barkleys.
Director: Paul Henreid
Guest star: Audrey Dalton (Ann Snyder), Charles Bronson (Tate), Aliza Gur (Naomi), Wesley Lau (Ralph Snyder), Robert Williams (Joel), William Fawcett (Jeb), Mort Mills (Sheriff), Robert Karnes (Padre), John Craven (I) (doctor)
10. The Murdered Party
First aired: 11/17/1965 Production Code: 6325Jarrod defends a man accused of murder, even though the only witness is his own brother, Heath!!
Director: Virgil Vogel
Guest star: Mort Mills (sheriff) , Clegg Hoyt (Henry Bingham), Warren Oates (Korbie Kyles), Larry D. Mann (Jacob Kyles), Paul Fix (D. A. Greene), Fred Holliday (Emmet Kyles), Paul Potash (Alan Kyles), Walter Woolf King (judge), Jim Boles (barber), Bill Quinn (George Allison), Charles Wagenheim (baggage man)
11. The Way to Kill a Killer
First aired: 11/24/1965 Production Code: 6307When one of Nick's old friends, Mariano Montoya, comes through town on his way to sell his cattle, trouble hits in the form of deadly anthrax. The man's cattle begins to die off and it seems as though they will have to shoot them all, killing as well, Mariano's dreams for the money. Until Eugene tells them of something called immunization, which he believes will work. Mariano isn't so sure however and tells them that to prove it works, the Barkleys must first try it on their own prize bull! The bull collapses and it looks as though it has been killed but then it moves and gets up, it works! Mariano's herd is saved!
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Guest star: Arthur Space (Professor Hawthorne), Read Morgan (Sheriff), Carlos Rivero (Chanter), Pepe Hern (Vaquero), Rodolfo Acosta (Rico), Martin Landau (Mariano Montoya)
12. Night of the Wolf
Community Score
| 8.9 Great |
When Nick is bitten by a rabid wolf, he makes Heath swear not to say a word, and leaves town so his family will not have to witness what will happen to him.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Guest star: Nancy Olsen (Julia Jenkins), Ron Howard (Tommy), Yuki Shimoda (Po Hsien), Ted Gehring (Larsh), Bruce Gibson (Pete), Chubby Johnson (Dr. Borland), Richard Wendley (second doctor), Russell Trent (bartender)
13. The Guilt of Matt Bentell
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
When the Barkleys invite the foreman of their logging operations to dinner, Heath walks in and tries to kill the man on sight. It turns out that the man is Matt Bentell, the warden of violent, horrible Carterson Prison, where Heath was held during the war. A man whom he had sworn to kill if he ever saw him again. The family comes up with the brilliant idea to send Heath up to the logging camp with the man to help with the building of log flumes, and to protect the man whose identity has been brought into the open. Heath ends up saving his life and learns that people can change.
Director: Lewis Allen
Guest star: Paul Sorenson (Strawboss) , Charles Bail (Donlan), John Anderson (I) (Matt Bentell), Martine Bartlett (Cinda Bentell), Anthony Zerbe (Gil Condon), Morgan Woodward (Aaron Condon), Gene Dynarski (Anton Pollick), John Goff (Abe Morley)
14. The Brawlers
Community Score
| 8.5 Great |
A group of Irish immigrants settle down on Barkley land, believing that they bought the land legally. Nick, along with the others at first, believes they are merely squatters. They, however, refuse to believe that the land does not belong to them.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Paul Sorenson (Desk Clerk) , Eleanor Audley (Mother Callahan), Claude Akins (Callahan), Noreen Corcoran (Sharon), J. Pat O'Malley (Grandpa), Ken Lynch (storekeeper), Olan Soule (Telegrapher), Joe Higgins (Passenger), John Harmon (Conductor)
15. Judgement in Heaven
First aired: 12/22/1965 Production Code: 6341Jarrod decides to bring home one of his clients, a young woman named Maybelle, for Christmas. Her accused crime, aiding and abetting her outlaw boyfriend, a boyfriend who recently escaped from jail and is now looking for Maybelle.
Director: Murray Golden
Guest star: Lynn Loring (Maybelle Williams), Nicolas Surovy (Billy Joe Gaines), Ned Wever (Judge Parker), Patrick Culliton (Corey), R. S. Portor (Hayes), Frank Scannell (Dr. Merar), Kay Reynolds (Meg Travis), Kay Stewart (Helen Travis)
16. The Invaders
Community Score
| 8.4 Great |
While out counting cattle Heath comes across a dead animal. When he gets down off of his horse to investigate, he is shot by the same rawhiders who killed the cow. When they realize that he is still alive, they decide to take him back to the ranch for a finder's "reward". Once there they find that all of the other men are gone for at least a week, leaving the house and all within ripe for the picking.
Director: Arnold Laven
Guest star: Michael Greene (Pinto Cade), John Dehner ("Daddy" Cade), Yvonne Craig (Allie Kay), Noah Keen (Dr. Merar), Tom Fadden (Cleek), Claude Hall (Copper), Pat Hawley (Johnson), June C. Ellis (Bessie)
17. By Fires Unseen
First aired: 1/5/1966 Production Code: 6339Nick returns from a trip from San Francisco with a big surprise. . . a fiance!! While he is completely smitten with her, the rest of the family isn't so quickly won over. They see the truth, that she's just not ready to leave behind the life of parties and numerous suitors, to which she has become accustomed.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Guest star: Diane Baker (Hester), Frank Scannell (doctor), King Johnson (lumberjack)
18. A Time to Kill
Community Score
| 6.5 Fair |
Jarrod is happy to see an old law school friend. . until he learns there is a secret service agent on his tail. It seems everywhere he goes counterfeit money follows, and Jarrod is determined to find out what's going on with his old friend.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: Michael Harris (VII) (deputy sheriff) , Mike De Anda (Ciego), Rhoda Williams (Esther), William Shatner (Brett Skyler), Frank Marth (Monroe), James Griffith (Clyde), Jason Wingreen (Ketchie), Robert Cornthwaite (Luther Kirby), Bill Quinn (Hyatt), Army Archerd (bank clerk), Jerry Fogel (train agent)
19. Teacher of Outlaws
Community Score
| 8.0 Great |
Mistaken for the schoolteacher, Victoria is kidnapped by an outlaw who wishes to learn to read.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Guest star: Steve Ihnat (Will Hanley), Pepe Callahan (Julio Gallego), Timothy Carey (Preacher Clegg), Ken Drake (Dr. Briggs), Ken Lynch (sheriff), Harold J. Stone (Sam Beldon), Richard Poston (deputy), Dennis Cross (Bates), Mark Hateley (Johnny)
20. Under a Dark Star
Community Score
| 6.6 Fair |
A guilt ridden Jarrod offers to help a man that he helped to convict of a crime that Jarrod now knows that he did not commit. Even though the man threatened to kill Jarrod at the trial.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Guest star: Richard O'Brien (II) (Yankee), Michael Harris (VII) (deputy) , Albert Salmi (Keeno Nash), Bruce Dern (Jack), Chuck Fransisco (Turpin), Chuck Bail (Catlin), K.T. Stevens (Meg), Robert Whaley (warden), James Shen (bartender), Charles Horvath (guard)
21. Barbary Red
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
While having a birthday drink at The Barbary Red saloon with two of his ranch hands, Nick is shanghaied.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Guest star: Michael Harris (VII) (deputy sheriff), Paul Sorenson (Hap) , Ric Roman (Thug), George Kennedy (Jack Thatcher), Jill St. John (Barbary Red), John Hoyt (Captain Waterman), John Orchard (Banks), Donna Michelle (Molly), Bing Russell (Clint)
22. The Death Merchant
First aired: 2/23/1966 Production Code: 6331Handy Random, the man who killed the man that killed Tom Barkley, comes to Stockton. It's a happy reunion for all but Heath who hates the man, and for good reason. Everywhere he goes he starts range wars to profit from them.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Guest star: Michael Harris (VII) (Sheriff) , James Whitmore (Handy Random), Royal Dano (Ezra Craddock), Jim McMullan (Frank Craddock), Steve Whittaker (Joe Craddock), Pepe Hern (Pedro)
23. The Fallen Hawk
Community Score
| 7.1 Good |
Heath feels that his friend's injury and paralysis is his fault, and ends up being used by the man.
Director: Paul Henreid
Guest star: Harry Swoger (Milt (bartender)) , Marlyn Mason (Nora), Peter Haskell (Ward), Dennis Cross (Keel), Jim Boles (storekeeper), Alexander Lockwood (Dr. Merar), Paul Comi (Mr. Pursey)
24. Hazard
Community Score
| 7.2 Good |
A man comes to the ranch looking for Heath and gets shot by bounty hunters. It turns out he's not a friend of Heath's like he stated, in fact Heath has sworn to kill him himself.
Director: Arnold Laven
Guest star: Mike De Anda (Ciego), Rex Holman (Will Hover) , Dick Cangey (Townsman), Audrey Dalton (Amy Colter), Bert Freed (Judge Ben Colter), Robert Yuro (Gil Anders), Larry J. Blake (Clerk), Lew Gallo (Matt Colter), Alexander Lockwood (Dr. Merar), Frank Marth (Marshall Ollie Lawson), Mort Mills (Sheriff Fred Madden), John Rayborn (Cass Weydon)
25. Into the Widow's Web
Community Score
| 8.2 Great |
Heath's childhood sweetheart Libby suddenly reappears in his life, bringing nothing but trouble.He ends up thrown in jail, accused of the murder of Liberty's drunken husband, by the new D.A. who's out to prove that the Barkleys power and money can't buy everything. It's a race to prove Heath's innocence and save him from a fate at the end of a rope!!
Director: Virgil Vogel
Guest star: Walker Edmiston (Coroner), Michael Harris (VII) (Deputy) , Harlan Warde (Judd Fletcher), Kathleen Nolan (Liberty), David Sheiner (Phil Archer), Ken Lynch (Sheriff), King Donovan (Ambrose), Lewis Charles (Cully Tedrow), Joe Higgins (Fats Mortensen)
26. By Force and Violence
First aired: 3/30/1966 Production Code: 6351When Victoria and Heath head up to the lodge to prepare things for the whole family, their pleasant ride turns into a nightmare. After becoming stuck in a muddy section of road, Heath gets out to help push, only to have the axle break and the heavily loaded wagon fall on him. Unable to free him herself, Victoria sets out to find help. She soon finds that the only person able to help is an escaped convict with bounty hunters on his tail, and no intentions of stopping to help anyone.
Director: Virgil Vogel
Guest star: L.Q. Jones (Cort), Bruce Dern (Harry Dixon), Harry Stanton (Swain)
27. The River Monarch
Community Score
| 7.8 Good |
When a riverboat belonging to the Barkleys, which sank years before taking with it a fortune in government gold, is recovered, the gold is nowhere to be found. Rumors and accusations soon fly, that it was Tom Barkley who stole the gold and sank the boat to cover it up. An investigation follows which seems to prove that Tom was guilty, a fact that could cost the Barkleys their fortune!!!
Director: Sutton Roley
Guest star: J.P. Burns (Anson Gregory) , Curt Conway (Cyrus), Sam Jarvis (Sam Porter), Charles Land (Crum), Katherine Justice (Melanie DeLand), John Rayner (Peter Doolin), Chips Rafferty (Jock)
28. The Midas Man
Community Score
| 8.2 Great |
Audra falls for a man out to make money off the other ranchers in the valley, by taking their land.
Director: Arnold Laven
Guest star: Walker Edmiston (Titus McKelvy), Richard O'Brien (II) (Jace Holman) , Hal Lynch (Ed Mead), Tom Tryon (Scott Breckenridge)
29. Tunnel of Gold
Community Score
| 7.5 Good |
Some men try to dig a tunnel from a general store to the train depot next door, to steal the Barkley's gold shipment.
Director: Virgil Vogel
Guest star: Joe Higgins (Salesman), Don Diamond (Border), Scott Peters (II) (Lou Stone), Malachi Throne (Frank Colder), Warren Stevens (Bert Jason), Jeanne Cooper (Elaine Jason), Paul Trinka (Dave), Charles Wagenheim (Clerk)
30. Last Train to the Fair
Community Score
| 8.9 Great |
While on their way to the fair in Sacramento, Audra is stricken with a severe case of appendicitis. Fortunately there is a doctor on board, unfortunately he is being chased down by men who wish to see him hang.
Director: Virgil Vogel
Guest star: Charles Bail (Mel), Richard Anderson (Travers), Betty Harford (Grace), Charles Horvath (Ford), Karl Swenson (Aaron Moyers), Tim McIntire (Andy Moyers), Ken Mayer (Deakes), Nora Marlowe (Cora Wellman), James McCallion (Charlie Wellman), Hal Lynch (Ab Stullman)
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