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1950s

Nat Pilcher Gunsmoke How To Kill A Woman (11/30/1957) - Nat Pilcher
Season 3, Episode 12
Starring James Arness, Burt Reynolds, Amanda Blake, Dennis Weaver and Milburn Stone
When a man is murdered on a stagecoach, the stagecoach driver thinks that there might be some connection between the stagecoach station manager (Jesse Daggett) and the stagecoach robber (Nate Pilcher). The stagecoach driver asks Matt and Chester to look into this situation for any possible information. Matt and Chester ride out to the stagecoach station. Upon their arrival, Matt finds the stagecoach manager uncooperative and elusive in responding to Matt's investigation. When another group of stagecoach passengers is murdered, Matt makes one last plea to Jesse Dagget to reveal any information about this situation. Dagget remains unresponsive. Matt and Chester later find Jesse Dagget seriously wounded on the prairie. While Dagget is dying, Daggett finally tells Matt that Nate Pilcher had shot him and also tells Matt that he and Nate Pilcher had known one another in the past. He tells Matt that Pilcher had been gunning for Dagget for many years When Matt actually hears the story of what happened between Pilcher and Dagget, Matt begins to understand Pilcher's motives for the stagecoach murders, Matt eventually confronts Pilcher at the stagecoach station.

Deuce * Sugarfoot , "Misfire" (ABC, 12/10/1957) - Salt River Smith
Season 1, Episode 7
Starring Will Hutchins as Sugarfoot, Connie Stevens, James Garner as Brett Maverick
Mercy Preston schemes to use Sugarfoot to dispose of two men who stand between her and the possession of a rich mine. Her sister Patience attempts to help Sugarfoot.

Bannion Trackdown , "The Reward" (CBS, 01/03/1958) - Bannion
Season 1 Episode 13 Starring Robert Culp. (Robert Culp will join Pernell again on Bonanza Episode #72 Broken Ballad which aired October 29, 1961)
Robert Culp stars as Hoby Gilman, an 1870's Texas Ranger. There were 70 episodes.

Count Schoenfeld Shirley Temple Storybook Theater , "Rumplestiltskin" (02/02/1958) - Count Schoenfeld
Season 1, Episode 2
Starring Shirley Temple as Hostess, Shai K. Ophir and Jonathan Harris
Base on the Grimm Brothers fairy-tale. The Miller Hanz Franz has told many that his daughter Elsa, can spin straw into gold. His daughter is kept away by Royal Tax Collector Lord Karsch, and locked in a room in the palace of the King.

Deuce Braden * Sugarfoot , "Man Wanted" (ABC, 02/18/1958) - Deuce Braden
Season 1, Episode 12
Starring Will Hutchins as Sugarfoot, Charles Bronson and Anna-Lisa who also starred with Pernell late on Bonanza episode #44,The Savage.
A friend of Sugarfoot's decides to write to Sweden for a mail-order bride. Convinced that he isn't good-looking enough to attract a young lady, he sends along Sugarfoot's picture instead of his own.

Matt Reynolds Whirlybirds Search for the Unknown Man *Approximate air date (03/10/1958) - Matt Reynolds
Season 2, Episode 6
Starring Kenneth Tobey, Nancy Hale and Craig Hill
After receiving a letter requesting their help, Chuck and P.T. fly to the remote desert mining town in Nevada it was mailed from to investigate. They arrive to discover a town controlled by a mobster and his henchmen, all covering up a kidnapping.

Peter Desire Under The Elms (03/12/1958) - Peter Cabot
114 Mins. Filmed in Black and White
Distributed by Paramount Pictures Corp.
Premiere Information New York opening: March 12, 1958
Also starring, Sophia Loren, Burl Ives, Anthony Perkins and Frank Overton
In 1840, New England farmer Ephraim Cabot constantly harangues his three sons, Peter, Simeon and their younger half-brother Eben, to work harder and be more religious. The three sons all despise their father, who worked their mothers to death, especially Eben, whose mother once showed him where Ephraim hides his gold and made him promise to claim the farm one day, as most of it had been hers when she married Ephraim. One day, Ephraim declares that he needs to ride out to learn God's message for him and urges the younger men to keep working while he is gone. As six weeks pass, the brothers hope that Ephraim, who is seventy-six years old, has died, and Peter and Simeon contemplate their plan to search for gold in California. One night, Eben gets drunk in town and then visits Min, an older widow who often entertains young male visitors. Min welcomes Eben, but he tells her that he is through with "leftovers" and rushes home, where he digs up $600 of Ephraim's buried money. Eben then wakes up Peter and Simeon to tell them the latest gossip, that Ephraim has married a twenty-five-year-old Italian immigrant. The men are infuriated, as they believe that she will now inherit the farm instead of them. Eben offers his brothers the money if they sign over their shares in the farm to him and, believing that he will never inherit it anyway, Simeon and Peter do so. To Read More Visit Turner Classic Movies

General Electric Theater No Hiding Place (04/06/1958) - Phil
Season 6 Episode 26. No Hiding Place was filmed at Republic Studios, West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA.
Also starring Ronald Reagan, Geraldine Page and David Opatoshu
On his way to the bar, Skid Row derelict Vincent encounters the faces of all the people he's harmed, each telling of the bright young man who destroyed his life with alcohol. Shaken by the vision, he vows to give up drink and help his fellow drunkards. A businessman believes in his work and finances his efforts, helping to rescue people throughout the neighborhood.

Maury Travis Have Gun, Will Travel , "Hey Boy's Revenge" (CBS, 04/12/1958) - Maury Travis

Choctaw Neal The Sheepman (05/07/1958) - Choctaw Neal
Starring Glenn Ford and Shirley Maclaine
The Sheepman was touted as a comedy by some of MGM's publicity people. It really isn't, but this western does have its lighthearted moments. Glenn Ford stars as a hard-bitten sheep farmer, running up against the opposition of cattle ranchers. Shirley MacLaine is a no-nonsense frontier girl who becomes the bone of contention between Ford and cattle baron Leslie Nielsen. Ford is able to get a leg-up in the community by humiliating Nielsen's top gun (Mickey Shaughnessy) in public. The range war comes to an end when Ford and Nielsen go one-to-one. Because The Sheepman didn't do well in its initial engagements, MGM reissued the picture under the more aggressive title The Stranger With a Gun.

Johnny Coster *Tombstone Territory "Pick up the Gun" (05/14/1958) Wednesday on ABC at 8:30 - Johnny Coster
Also Starring Pat Conway, Richard Eastham, Fay Spain (Fay Spain starried along side Pernell In quite a few episodes not to mention Bonanza's season 1 episode of 'The Sisters' December 12, 1959) May 12, 1880 - A father objects to Billy Clanton, a drifter, talking to his daughter, Lisa. Although she is attracted to Billy, she finally agrees to marry Johnny Coster, a man of her own people.

Jett Mason Zane Grey Theater , "Utopia, Wyoming" (CBS, 06/06/1958) - Jet Mason 
Season 2, Episode 29
Starring Dick Powell as Host
A clan of Confederates from Georgia looking for a new way of life settle in a deserted Wyoming ghost town that they have named 'Utopia'.

Thorabore Shirley Temple Storybook Theater , "The Sleeping Beauty" (06/08/1958) - Thorabore
Season 1, Episode 8
Starring Shirley Temple as Hostess and Anne Helm
The King and Queen have long wanted a child, and the Black Fairy agrees to help them get their wish. But after a daughter is born to the couple, they provoke the Black Fairy's wrath when they fail to invite her to the child's christening. The Black Fairy then casts a spell over the Princess, foretelling that before the child reaches womanhood, a spindle point will pierce her hand and put her into a deep slumber.

Pau-Puk-Keewis Shirley Temple Storybook Theater , "Hiawatha" (10/05/1958) - Pau-Puk-Keewis
Season 1, Episode 12
Also Starring Shirley Temple as Hostess and Nyra Monsour and John Ericson
A Native American fable set by the shores of the Gitchy Goomy.

Captain Jacques Chavez Northwest Passage - "The Assassin" (11/16/1958) - Captain Jacques Chavez
Season 1, Episode 10
Starring Buddy Ebsen joined Pernell again in Bonanza Episode #14 "The Sisters" December 12, 1959
Kept in a French prison, Col. Clayton is approached with a proposition. Take a message to Rogers and the Colonel will be set free.


Count DeSpard Shirley Temple Storybook Theater , "The Emperor's New Clothes" (11/25/1958) - Count DeSpard 
Season 1, Episode 15
Starring Shirley Temple as Hostess, Eli Wallach and Sebastian Cabot A couple of convincing 'tailors' convinces the vain Emperor that his invisible clothes really exists. Personal Note: One of my all time favorite Pernell episodes. He shows so many sides of his acting ability. In my opinion this is a must see for any Pernell Roberts Fan.

Lew Banning Zane Grey Theatre "The Pressure Point" (12/04/1958) - Lew Banning
Season 3, Episode 9
Starring Walter Pidgeon
Jess Clark becomes blind when his horse breaks his leg in a gopher hole in Top Rock, a small town that wants nothing to do with gunfighters. After a prison break Lew Banning goes after Clark who killed his brother not caring that the old timer is blind now.

Sam Boone Ride Lonesome (02/15/1959) - Sam Boone
Randolph Scott, James Best, Lee Van Cleef, James Colburn and Karen Steele
A man, Randolph Scott, tries to get an outlaw, Lee Van Cleef, by using the outlaw's brother, James Best, as bait. Pernell and James Colburn played Sam Boone and Witt. Also starred Karen Steele. Pernell and Colburn acted together through the years with James Colburn guest starring on many Bonanza episodes, the best of which was episode #56 "The Dark Gate". James Best made some guest appearance on Bonanza the best of which was another Adam Episode #52 "The Fugitive".

O'Hara Cimarron City , "Have Sword, Will Duel" (03/14/1959) - O'Hara
Season 1, Episode 23
Starring George Montgomery and Dan Blocker. Pernell and Dan would soon start filming the show that would cast them as brothers make them go down in Television History as The Cartwrights.
A Russian Grand Duke's fondness for women leads to trouble when he pays a visit to Cimarron City.

Buckskin & Question of Courage Oscar Buckskin A Question of Courage (05/11/1959) - Oscar
Season 1 Episode 37
Starring Tommy Nolan, Sally Brophy and Mike Road
Teacher Ben Newcomb preaches nonviolence---until a ruffian insults his wife.

Abner General Electric Theater "The Stone", (01/18/1959) - Abner,
Season 7 Episode 16. The Stone was filmed at Republic Studios, West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA.
Hosted by Ronald Reagan also starring Tony Curtis, Rita Moreno and Charles Aidman

Fent Lawman , "The Posse" (ABC, 03/08/1959) - Fent Harley
Season 1, Episode 23
Starring Peter Brown, Bek Nelson and John Russell
A posse is formed to find a suspected murderer, and a gunslinger is included in the posse. The other citizens object, but he turns out to be the only one willing to help Dan protect the suspect once they find him. The suspect's wife, meanwhile, makes a confession to Johnny that he must tell Dan Troop before it's too late.

Reverend David Clayton Bronco , "The Belles of Silver Flats" (ABC 03/24/1959) - Reverend David Clayton
Starring Ty Hardin
Bronco is saved from a hired gun by the quick draw of the Reverend Dave Clayton, arousing suspicions that the preacher is really a gunman.

Sergeant Vy One Step Beyond , "The Vision" (ABC 03/24/1959) - Sergeant Vy
Starring John Newland, the host, John Newland, Richard Devon and H.M. Wynant
In the trenches in WWI, soldiers as usual are dying like flies as expected. All of a sudden the French troops drop their arms and walk very serenely away from the front. Hearing of this the generals bring them up on charges of dissertion, a capital crime. Tremaine is the advocate for their case. They don't seem to want to defend themselves for their inexplicable behavior, not in a way that makes sense. While waiting for the fateful morn, he seeks out a bottle of something special that they request as a last toast. Beckoned to the cottage of a little French boy's family, they are set upon by a German who recounts similar stories of walking away from the front all at the same time on the German side. Rushing back to HQ, Tremaine succeeds in staying the sentence at the last moment, as the officers confirm the veracity of the stories, a mystical event.

Actual World War II film footage was used in the battle scenes.

QUOTES from the Host John Newland.
Opening Dialogue
"What you are about to see, is a matter of human record. Explain it, we cannot, disprove it, we cannot, we simply invite you to explore with us the amazing world of the unknown. What you are about to see has haunted the minds of men for forty years. A miracle or a soldier's faith, you decide. At 22:30 hours on the night of November the 14th 1915, something happened in the war darkened skies over Europe. It was seen by a British motor unit here in Flanders. It was by a Russian sentry on the East Prussian front, it interrupted the maneuvers of an Italian infantry company here, it was observed by a reconnassence plane over the English Channel. Thousands of soldiers from all the nations of Europe, ultimately embarked but in the beginning there were only four."

Closing Dialogue
Of everything that happened perhaps the final miracle was the chance meeting of two enemy soldiers because a sergeant wanted a taste of cognac. Within 24 hours similar reports were coming in from all over Europe. Actually no one was ever sure what happened in the sky that dark November night. Ours is one version of the story there are many others, but the one fact to remember is that more than a thousand men did see or sense something. In any event it is a matter of public record that for awhile men could not kill each other. And in the end if all else is false, that is miracle enough.

77 Sunset Strip 77 Sunset Strip , "Abra Cadaver" (ABC 04/17/1959) - Tony Gray
Season 1, Episode 28
Starring Robert Logan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr and Jacqueline Beer
Jeff Spencer goes undercover as a prospective victim of a murder-for-insurance racket.
*Date of episode 5 was 03/03/1958 but there wasn't an exact date on episode 6. They were shown every week. If you have any further information please email.
*Information from Tombstone Territory

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