Death Valley Days - Season 8
Season 8
Network
DatesOct 1, 1959 - Oct 15, 1959
Episodes
Season 8Episode 130 min
Olvera
A Mexican official must decide between his fellow caballeros and his obligations to the U.S. Government during the annexation of California.
Oct 1, 1959
Season 8Episode 230 min
Gates-Ajar Morgan
A man goes too far promoting a phony religious philosophy based on the novel "The Gates Ajar", and must admit the truth if he is to save his friend and benefactor from a lynch mob.
Oct 15, 1959
Season 8Episode 330 min
Sam Kee and Uncle Sam
Sam Kee, ostracized because he's Chinese, finds refuge at a fort after saving a soldier's life. He makes himself useful and befriends Lt. Burke who needs help after Apaches repeatedly steal the payroll. Sam is able to come to the aid of his benefactors.
Oct 29, 1959
Season 8Episode 430 min
The Grand Duke
Russian Grand Duke Alexis is touring the West and the government assigns Buffalo Bill as his guide. The frontiersman objects but ends up bonding with the royal. An encounter with hostile Indians cements the friendship.
Oct 31, 1959
Season 8Episode 530 min
Fair Exchange
Charlie and Phoebe Stoner are having hard times because of his drinking. Major Bullock arrives from the East willing to grubstake Charlie to learn his mining expertise. When valuable items disappear Bullock suspects Charlie but there's a simpler solution.
Nov 13, 1959
Season 8Episode 630 min
The Scalpel and the Gun
Dr. Tom Bell stays out west after the Mexican American War but his belief in himself is gone. When a patient of his dies unexpectedly his medical practice is ruined and he thinks his only choice is to join with criminal elements.
Nov 12, 1959
Season 8Episode 730 min
Indian Emily
After an army skirmish with hostile Indians prisoners arrive at the fort including an ill girl. Mrs. Easton nurses her to health and she adopts the Anglo ways but leaves after falling in love with Tom. She returns only to perform a heroic act.
Nov 26, 1959
Season 8Episode 830 min
Hang 'Em High
Two competing teams race to complete a cross country telegraph line, aiding the Union cause. Also at stake is a bonus so when sabotage takes place suspicions grow. But Hudson learns it's Confederate sympathizers at work.
Nov 26, 1959
Season 8Episode 930 min
Tribal Justice
The son of an Indian chief accused of the murder of a fellow tribesman faces trial.
Dec 10, 1959
Season 8Episode 1030 min
The Little Trooper
The MacArthur family arrive at Ft. Selden their new post in frontier Arizona. In the midst of hostile Apache actions the young Douglas falls under the watchful eye of Norkul who risks everything to protect the future commanding general.
Dec 10, 1959
Season 8Episode 1130 min
Ten Feet of Nothing
During a drunken evening in town, a miner gives a pretty saloon-singer half-interest in his apparently worthless claim, only to learn that the surrounding property contains a vein of valuable ore.
Dec 24, 1959
Season 8Episode 1230 min
Lady of the Press
Mike Ward arrives in Carson City and immediately clashes with newspaper owner Lauri Frick. He establishes a rival paper both working to improve things in frontier Nevada. What Lauri doesn't realize is who her secret contributor is.
Dec 24, 1959
Season 8Episode 1330 min
The Reluctant Gun
When artistic Billy Jackson is threatened by gunslinger Corbett, he shoots him in the back. Famed lawyer Temple Houston is asked to take Billy's case but because the crime took place with many witnesses Houston must work a miracle.
Dec 26, 1959
Season 8Episode 1430 min
His Brother's Keeper
Edwin Booth arrives in Downieville to do a Shakespearean show 6 months after his brother assassinated Lincoln. Town tough Rogan and his cronies try to prevent the performance. It's up to Jeb Hayes to show his son to stand up for what's right.
Jan 9, 1960
Season 8Episode 1530 min
The Devil's Due
A reformed criminal's former partners in crime come calling after robbing a bank.
Jan 21, 1960
Season 8Episode 1630 min
Money to Burn
A vagabond finds stolen riches and becomes a philanthropist.
Jan 22, 1960
Season 8Episode 1730 min
Dogs of the Mist
Steve Hewitt accidentally kills the dogs of miner Tully who had sent a desparate message. Haunted by his mistake he searches for the man while his friends suspect him of hiding a lucrative mine. Steve is guided by mysterious howling.
Feb 6, 1960
Season 8Episode 1830 min
The Wedding Dress
A marshal takes on a mission to retrieve a stolen wedding dress while an outlaw gang runs wild.
Feb 13, 1960
Season 8Episode 1930 min
Shadow on the Window
Lew Wallace is governor of New Mexico territory during Billy the Kid's murderous time in the 1880's. While dealing with threats to his life, worries of his family, he manages to write a novel that would become biblical best-selling Ben Hur.
Feb 18, 1960
Season 8Episode 2030 min
The Battle of Mokelumne Hill
California imposes a monthly tax on immigrant miners in the 1850's gold boom. Most groups grudgingly respond but the French resist violently. Lt. Bradshaw is tasked with enforcement despite his sympathy for the miners.
Feb 19, 1960
Season 8Episode 2130 min
The Strangers
A hate-filled drifter threatens successful rancher John Gaunt and his family.
Mar 3, 1960
Season 8Episode 2230 min
Goodbye Five Hundred Pesos
In the years after California's conquest, an Army commander grapples with hostile citizens.
Mar 3, 1960
Season 8Episode 2330 min
Forbidden Wedding
A couple face opposition to their marriage: the governor of California, whom the woman once rejected.
Mar 17, 1960
Season 8Episode 2430 min
One Man Tank
Prospector "Dutch" Charley Koehn (John Bleifer)searches for gold for many years, but never finds any. He decides to settle down and buys a goat farm...and strikes it rich when he finds gold on the property.
Mar 17, 1960
Season 8Episode 2530 min
Man on the Road
John Raitt plays a drifter who befriends a boy whose father has been jailed for horse theft.
Mar 30, 1960
Season 8Episode 2630 min
The Man Everyone Hated
A general planning to house Indians on a reservation finds himself hated by white men and red men alike.
Apr 1, 1960
Season 8Episode 2730 min
The General Who Disapproved
The going gets rough for a corrupt politician. The governor of Montana has launched a reform campaign.
Apr 8, 1960
Season 8Episode 2830 min
The Million Dollar Pants
The saga regarding the need for and development of blue jeans during the California gold rush by Levi Strauss.
Apr 13, 1960
Season 8Episode 2930 min
Pirates of San Francisco
A sailor, a barmaid and a newspaperman join forces to clean up a lawless city.
Apr 14, 1960
Season 8Episode 3030 min
A Woman's Rights
Bethel Leslie plays America's first female judge, who loses her life savings and her husband in a fight against corruption.
May 1, 1960
Season 8Episode 3130 min
Eagle in the Rocks
Townspeople plan a vendetta when a Mexican outlaw is accused of killing four miners.
May 10, 1960
Season 8Episode 3230 min
Cap'n Pegleg
A vengeful sea captain goes after the sailors he holds responsible for the loss of his leg.
May 12, 1960
Season 8Episode 3330 min
Emma is Coming
A singer wants to chuck it all and go home.
May 24, 1960
Season 8Episode 3430 min
Human Sacrifice
An Indian chief's young widow fights an ancient ritual requiring her to be killed following her husband's death.
Jun 2, 1960
Season 8Episode 3530 min
Pete Kitchen's Wedding Night
Cameron Mitchell plays Pete Kitchen, a stubborn Arizona pig rancher battling Indians on his wedding night.
Jun 7, 1960
Season 8Episode 3630 min
Mission to the Mountains
On a peace mission, a rancher and an Indian meet a prospector who thinks they're after his gold.
Jun 9, 1960
Season 8Episode 3730 min
The Great Lounsberry Scoop
Colonel Lounsberry is selected by General Custer to be the only newspaperman to travel with the troops leaving on a campaign against the Sioux.
Jun 24, 1960
Season 8Episode 3830 min
Somewhere in the Vultures
A former prospector is hired by a young woman to find her fiance, who became lost in the mountains while searching for gold.
Oct 15, 1959
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