The Deputy - Season 1

Episodes

Badge For A Day (The Deputy)

Marshal Simon Fry is on the trail of the Ace Gentry gang and has successfully apprehended two members who were secretly transporting supplies to the outlaws. He takes them to Silver City, where he cleverly tricks them into disclosing the location of the gang's hideout. Additionally, he persuades Clay McCord, the local store owner and skilled gunman, to join him in an undercover mission to arrest the remaining members of the gang.

Sep 12, 1959

Season 1Episode 260 min

The Wild Wind

Local teenagers in Silver City become involved with a newcomer named Bull Ward. Ward murders a local sheep rancher and steals the sheep. Clay befriends one of the teenagers and entrusts him with a gold shipment. Both Clay and the boy's older sister are worried that he is heading down the wrong path.

Sep 19, 1959

Season 1Episode 360 min

Back To Glory

Three bank robbers come across a traveling-players' caravan. They shoot the actor-manager and two of them then kidnap Angela, one of the actresses. The third robber, Cowan, stays with the other actress, Lily, and is arrested by Simon Fry. Cowan winds up in the Silver City jail but escapes, steals a horse, and knocks down Fran McCord as he flees. Clay McCord and Herk Lamson track Cowan to a cabin where his two cronies are holed up with Angela. (One of these cronies is dying from a knife wound sustained when he and the other robber fought over Angela.) Clay and Herk arrest Cowan and Clay kills the other robber in a gunfight. Angela is then reunited with Lily.

Sep 26, 1959

Season 1Episode 460 min

Shadow Of The Noose

In Oresburg, Fry apprehends a transient suspected of murdering a pair of individuals outside the town's limits. A contingent of agitated residents of the town expresses intentions of extrajudicial action. Fry is obligated to prevent the mob from carrying out a lynching while conveying the suspect to Prescott, with a stop in Silver City, for legal proceedings. The purpose of the Silver City stop is for Fry to persuade Clay to provide assistance in maintaining order during the journey.

Oct 3, 1959

Season 1Episode 560 min

Focus Of Doom

Marshal Fry arranges for Sheriff Lamson to take a vacation due to concerns that the individual responsible for the deaths of three marshals in the area is en route to Silver City. Simon volunteers to act as bait, but he does not disclose this plan. Consequently, Herk and Clay are under the impression that Herk is being dismissed. Ultimately, Simon, Clay, and Fran encounter the assassin.

Nov 7, 1959

Season 1Episode 1060 min

The Big Four

McCord infiltrates a group of outlaws to inform Fry of their plans. Fry: Henry Fonda. Johnny: Henry Brandon. Curly: Gerald Milton. Billy: Richard Bakalyan. Ike: Charles Fredericks.

Nov 14, 1959

Season 1Episode 1160 min

The Next Bullet

Clay finds a note in a murdered man's pocket that threatens death to Herk Lamson. Marshal Fry is convinced that the crime is linked to a sensational trial held the previous year where a woman was convicted of murdering her husband and her brother's vowed vengeance.

Nov 28, 1959

Season 1Episode 1260 min

The Deal

A gang headed by men named Quincannon and Usher kidnap Fran McCord. They tell her brother, Clay, that to save his sister he must go along with their plan to rob the payroll of a local mine. Clay cooperates, even going so far as to lure Simon Fry out of town on the day of the robbery. Fry, however, sees through Clay's ruses and soon Clay tells him the truth. Together they ride to the mine and in a shoot-out with the gang, Clay kills Quincannon. Usher rides off to the cabin where Fran is being held. Fran has freed herself from her ropes and when Usher enters the cabin, she throws water in his face and hits him in the head with a frying pan. Clay and Fry then arrive to complete the arrest.

Dec 5, 1959

Season 1Episode 1360 min

Land Greed

Emma Gant accuses a neighbor of stealing her cattle and has him jailed. When she accuses another neighbor, Clay's suspicions are aroused. — Vivian Vance plays a determined but irrational ranch woman in ‘Land Greed." She has little trouble in convincing Marshal Fry (Henry Fonda) that she is being victimized by neighboring ranchers who want her property.

Dec 12, 1959

Season 1Episode 1460 min

Man Of Peace

Apaches steal a shipment of repeating-rifles headed for the cavalry at Ft. Donaldson. Simon Fry fears this means war but Clay McCord wants to get the Indians' side of the story and so travels alone to visit Chief Magnus. He learns the Chief is angry because white men have been ambushing Apaches and selling their scalps. McCord promises to deal with the culprits who prove to be an old man named Isbel and his two sons, the bloodthirsty Mordecai and the more sensitive Micah. In the ensuing shoot-out, Micah is killed but McCord, though shot in the leg, manages to arrest Isbel and Mordecai. Chief Magnus is now satisfied and returns the stolen rifles.

Dec 19, 1959

Season 1Episode 1560 min

The Orphans

Fry baits a trap for three killers by fixing a raffle. McCord: Allen Case. Mrs. Bean: Carol Kelly. Timmy: Dennis Rush. Finley: Lane Bradford. Lamson: Wallace Ford. Dillon: Karl Lucas.

Dec 26, 1959

Season 1Episode 1660 min

Backfire

Con Marlowe makes a violent escape from a work-gang at the Arizona Territorial Prison. He heads for Silver City where his wife, Peg, awaits him and where he can find Marshal Lamson, the man he blames for sending him to prison. During an encounter between the two in Peg's hotel room, Marlowe strikes a match to light a cigar and Lamson, thinking Marlowe's drawing his gun, shoots him dead. The bullet strikes Marlowe in the back and when word of this spreads, townspeople turn against Lamson. Marlowe's widow vows to avenge her husband and sends for two gunfighters, Fred Sooley and Len Harbin. Sooley figures this isn't his fight and leaves town but Harbin challenges Lamson in the hotel dining room. Deputy McCord arrives on the scene, Harbin draws his gun to shoot Lamson, and McCord shoots Harbin dead, the bullet entering the gunfighter's back. The townspeople in the dining room agree McCord's actions were justified and McCord uses this incident to prompt the townspeople to reexamine their at

Jan 2, 1960

Season 1Episode 1760 min

Hang The Law

Fry enlists the help of a clergyman's sister to clear McCord of a murder charge. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Blanche: Lillian Bronson. Rev. Cartwright: Willard Sage.

Jan 9, 1960

Season 1Episode 1860 min

Silent Gun

Jan 23, 1960

Season 1Episode 1960 min

The Hidden Motive

While defending the Spencer ranch against rustlers, Deputy McCord shoots and kills ranch-owner Aaron Spencer. Though the shooting seems justified, McCord feels guilty, especially when breaking the news to young Mrs. Spencer. At first she is angry and bitter but later softens and seems to be falling in love with McCord, much to his discomfort. Red Dawson and his rustlers now break into the Spencer home one night, demanding money. (It seems Aaron Spencer, unknown to his wife, was the rustler's secret partner.) McCord arrives in time to arrest the rustlers and Mrs. Spencer decides to join relatives in Canada.

Jan 30, 1960

Season 1Episode 2060 min

Lawman's Blood

Feb 6, 1960

Season 1Episode 2160 min

The Return Of Simon Fry

A man named Kipp has been brought in from San Francisco to get rid of Simon Fry. He ambushes Fry who's driving a buckboard but the buckboard overturns, spills a can of coal oil, and in the ensuing fire, Kipp is burned beyond recognition. His body is mistakenly thought to be Fry's and Clay McCord sadly delivers the eulogy at Fry's funeral. Fry, after revealing himself to an astonished McCord, then disguises himself as a book salesman and goes in search of the man who hired Kipp. Two of this man's thugs, Vic Rufus and Jubba, eventually lead Fry to their boss, Jake Carter. Carter, an old enemy of Fry, has been forcing farmers off their land, knowing that land values will rise sharply after a railroad goes through that area. Fry manages to arrest Carter.

Feb 13, 1960

Season 1Episode 2260 min

Queen Bea

Protection racketeers invade Silver City, planning to replace the small merchants with a chain of stores. Beatrice: Phyllis Avery. Fry: Henry Fonda. Fletcher: Paul Dubov. Briscoe: Kim Spalding. McCord: Allen Case. Fran: Betty Lou Keim.

Feb 20, 1960

Season 1Episode 2360 min

The Two Faces Of Bob Claxton

McCord and Fran try to rehabilitate a teenage thief (Robert Montgomery Jr.). McCord: Allen Case. Fran: Betty Lou Keim. Fry: Henry Fonda. Mike: Bob Hopkins. Pete: Johnny Seven. Solomon: Ron Soble.

Feb 27, 1960

Season 1Episode 2460 min

Lady With A Mission

A suffragette incurs the wrath of male citizens. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Hodges: Carleton Young. Sloan: James Lanphier. Tinny: Tod Griffin.

Mar 5, 1960

Season 1Episode 2560 min

The Border Between

While returning from Mexico with a prison escapee, Marshal Fry and Clay McCord are ambushed by a Mexican landowner whose daughter, Felipa, has been kidnapped by an American miner from Leadville, Evan Sloate. The landowner vows to kill Fry unless McCord can return Felipa. McCord rides to Leadville and is directed to Sloate's mine by Lorrie, Sloate's discarded girlfriend. McCord gets a job in the mine and makes contact with Felipa but their conversation is interrupted by the jealous Sloate. Sloate flogs McCord and orders him off his property but McCord sneaks back and rescues Felipa. Sloate soon catches up with them. Before he can shoot McCord, however, Felipa shoots her kidnapper. The Mexican then gets his daughter back, Fry is freed, and he and McCord resume returning that escapee to prison.

Mar 12, 1960

Season 1Episode 2660 min

Final Payment

A paraplegic seeks revenge on McCord and Fran, whose father he blames for his condition. Groat: Gerald Mohr. McCord: Allen Case. Fran: Betty Lou Keim. Kemmer: Kevin Hagen. Priscilla: Mari Aldon. Doc: Charles Seel.

Mar 19, 1960

Season 1Episode 2760 min

Dark Reward

Local businessmen offer a reward for bank robbers---dead ones. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Rosie: Jean Willes. Ross: Richard Garland. Hawkins: John Dennis. Mrs. Carter: Frances Morris.

Mar 26, 1960

Season 1Episode 2860 min

Marked For Bounty

A bounty hunter stalks Ralph Jenson, who escaped from prison to visit his dying father. Jenson: Ron Hayes. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Harch: Alan Baxter. Judge: Edward Earle. Pete: Raymond Hatton. Miller: Charles Seel.

Apr 2, 1960

Season 1Episode 2960 min

The Truly Yours

A trio of three men, (Coffer, File, and Fancy), rob the bank in Silver City one night after setting fire to Clay McCord's store as a diversion. Clay persues them to a mine but winds up being imprisoned inside a mine tunnel. A family of traveling Gypsies comes across the scene. The two sisters in this family free Clay who then shoots one of the robbers and captures the other two. One of these two knew Clay from childhood and Clay, seeing that the robber isn't all bad, promises to speak up for him at his trial.

Apr 9, 1960

Season 1Episode 3060 min

A Time To Sow

Andy Willis' boyish looks are deceiving---he's a hired killer. Willis: Richard Crenna. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Lucy: Coleen Gray. McCullough: Frank Ferguson.

Apr 23, 1960

Season 1Episode 3160 min

The Last Gunfight

Gunfighter Johnny Dean wants to shed his reputation by settling down in Silver City under the alias ""Roger Enright."" He plans to buy a ranch north of town and marry the local music teacher, Helen Ivers. Trouble arrives in the form of Dan Crawford, a young man who's been trailing Dean and who wants to kill him in a shootout in order to acquire a reputation. Local bully Burt Johnson learns of Crawford's quest and decides to kill Dean himself. To settle which man will get the ""honor,"" Crawford and Johnson play cards. Crawford wins but when Johnson learns Crawford has a reputation for shady card-dealing, he challenges Crawford to a duel on the town's street. Dean tries to avert bloodshed by stepping between them but the men fire anyway and Dean is killed. Deputy McCord checks the body and says it shows only one bullet hole. Each shooter claims to be the one who fired the fatal shot but McCord refuses to settle their dispute, not wanting either man to claim ""credit."" He later confides to Ma

Apr 30, 1960

Season 1Episode 3260 min

Chain Of Action

A man refuses to reveal the location of stolen loot needed to save a boy from blindness. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Scofield: Lee Patterson. Claudia: Bek Nelson. Porter: Francis DeSales.

May 7, 1960

Season 1Episode 3360 min

The Lucifer Urge

Clay investigates the land-grabbing lawyer who murdered his father. The guy who killed Clay's father in a firefight twelve years ago reappears in Silver City and demands that the deputy serve eviction notices on properties with incorrectly filed titles.

May 14, 1960

Season 1Episode 3460 min

Palace Of Chance

McCord uses a gambling-hall hostess to lure her boy friend---a wanted outlaw---to Silver City. Julie: Karen Steele. McCord: Allen Case. Fry: Henry Fonda. Reed: Dennis Cross. Lucille: Irene James.

May 21, 1960

Season 1Episode 3560 min

The X Game

Two cowboys swindle an illiterate farmer. Fry: Henry Fonda. McCord: Allen Case. Huerta: Carlos Rivera. Allison: John Hoyt. Webb: Howard Wendell. Coyle: Tom McKee. Queed: Don Gordon.

May 28, 1960

Season 1Episode 3660 min

The Stand-Off

Frank Eagle escapes from the prison where Chief Marshal Simon Fry had sent him. His goal is to prove to the Marshal that he is more than just an ordinary gunslinger. To accomplish this, he plans to challenge Simon's deputy, Clay McCord, in a contest of endurance.

Jun 11, 1960

Season 1Episode 3760 min