Season 1 (Episode 11)

Air Date: 5 December 1962

Writers: John and Ward Hawkins

Director: William Witney

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy)

Guest Stars
Charles Bickford (Tucker McCallum), Burt Brinckerhoff (Dan Flood), Carl Reindel (Bruce McCallum), Russell Thorson (Sheriff Stan Evans), Joan Freeman (Tabby McCallum), Charles Aidman (Sam Hicks), Vivi Janiss (Ivy Flood), Ed Prentiss (Simon Pingree), Pitt Herbert (Emmet Delaney), Russ Bender (Todd), Dan White (Fox), Maurice Manson (Judge Hanson), Katherine Squire (Sophie McCallum)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb does not appear in this episode

Season 1 (Episode 10)

Air Date: 28 November 1962

Teleplay: Douglas Heyes

Story: Irwin R. Blacker

Director: Douglas Heyes

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Steve Cochran (Jamie Dobbs), Claude Akins (Lump), Allen Case (Sheriff Blade), James Brown (Lucky), Russell Thorson (Sheriff Stan Evans), Richard Reeves (Munsy), Raymond Guth (Klotz), William Gordon (Blench), James Anderson (Otie), Hal Hopper (Joe), Leo Gordon (Scratch)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb and Gary Clarke do not appear in this episode

Episode Notes

• Narration by The Virginian at the start of this episode
• Wyoming, 1897
• Business: First Territorial Bank of Flagstop

Season 1 (Episode 9)

Air Date: 21 November 1962

Writer: Samuel Fuller

Director: Samuel Fuller

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Pippa Scott (Molly Wood), Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth)

Guest Stars
Lee Marvin (Martin Kalig), Albert Salmi (Quinn), Warren Kemmerling (Sharkey), Michael Mikler (Cord), Jan Stine (Eddie), Brendan Dillon (Mr. Bemis), Sydney Smith (Drummond), Stuart Nisbet (Nelson), John Zaremba (Stone), Ron Soble (Mungo)

Production Notes

• According to writer and director Samuel Fuller, this was the pilot for the series
• Poem: For Whom the Bell Tolls by John Donne

Season 1 (Episode 8)

Air Date: 14 November 1962

Teleplay: Donn Mullally

Story: Bernard Girard

Director: Maury Geraghty

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Eddie Albert (Kroeger), Denise Alexander (Mildred Kroeger), James McMullan (Jess Kroeger), Robert Colbert (Miles Kroeger), Tom Skerritt (Eric Kroeger), William Phipps (Jock Wheeler), Jerry Summers (Eddie Milford), Quinn Redeker (Daniel Kroeger), Jeff Lerner (Sam), Jimmy Lee Cook (Fred), Leonard P. Geer (Spence)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb does not appear in this episode

Season 1 (Episode 7)

Air Date: 7 November 1962

Writer: Jon Booth

Director: Bernard Girard

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Pippa Scott (Molly Wood), Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth)

Guest Stars
Ray Danton (Lt. Steve Hamilton), Don Durant (Capt. Langhorne), Karl Swenson (Col. Theo. Roosevelt), Judson Pratt (Harry), Bing Russell (Sergeant Eads), Jan Stine (Eddy), Rod Daniel (Billy), Tom Hernandez (The Spanish Officer), Hal Needham (The Man)

Production Notes

• Lee J. Cobb does not appear in this episode
• Spanish American War: 21 April -13 August 1898

Season 1 (Episode 6)

Air Date: 24 October 1962

Writer: Charles Larson

Director: Harmon Jones

Synopsis

Guest Stars
Aldo Ray (Frank Krause), Michael Shaughnessy (Muldoon), Carolyn Kearney (Maxine), Rosemary Murphy (Pearl Krause), Richard Shannon (Sheriff Ed Wilcox), Dan Sheridan (Pilbeam), Barry McGuire (Harry Krause), Robert Patten (Dr. Blaine), Dorothy Neumann (Martha), Dennis Patrick (Cappy Donald)

Episode Notes

• Date: 4 July
• Towns: Denver, Colorado; Casper
• Saloon: Oriental Palace
• Business: Wyoming Freight Transfer

Season 1 (Episode 5)

Air Date: 17 October 1962

Writer: Roland Kibbee

Director: James Sheldon

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Pippa Scott (Molly Wood), Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth), Ross Elliott (The Sheriff)

Guest Stars
George C. Scott (Lilley), Anne Meacham (Mrs. Sarah Lilley), Royal Dano (Molder), John Davis Chandler (Dog), Robert J. Stevenson (Torson), Kay Stewart (Mrs. Harper), Justin Smith (Lemmiker), Walter Mathews (Mr. Harper), Lester Maxwell (Davey), Rick Murray (Luke)

Production Notes

• Poem: The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde (1897)

Season 1 (Episode 4)

Air Date: 10 October 1962

Teleplay: Winston Miller

Story: Richard Jessup

Director: Earl Bellamy

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Pippa Scott (Molly Wood), Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth); Ross Elliott (The Sheriff)

Guest Stars
Ricardo Montalban (Enrique Cuellar), Bill Zuckert (Bernie), Brendan Dillon (Mr. Bemis), Orville Sherman (The Doctor), Jason Johnson (The Workman), George Cisar (George), Martin Eric (The Bartender), Dal McKennon (The Lumberyard Owner)

Production Notes

• First appearance of Ross Elliott as the Sheriff of Medicine Bow

Season 1 (Episode 3)

Air Date: 3 October 1962

Writer: Harold Swanton

Director: Ted Post

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth)

Guest Stars
Jack Warden (Jubal Tatum), Jacqueline Scott (Melissa Tatum), John Anderson (Major Cass), Roger Mobley (Homer Tatum), Hal Bokar (Thody), Ted Knight (Skelly), Lew Brown (Garretson), Arnold Lessing (Mickey), Michael James (Chinook)

Production Notes

• James Drury as The Virginian narrates at the beginning of this episode
• Song: Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe (1861)

Episode Notes

• Town: Benteen
• Location: Medicine Bow Community Church
• Newspaper: The Cheyenne Tribune

Season 1 (Episode 2)

Air Date: 26 September 1962

Teleplay: Morton Fine and David Friedkin

Story: Burt Kennedy

Director: Burt Kennedy

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth)

Guest Stars
Barry Sullivan (Frank Dawson), Tom Reese (Wid), Robert Sampson (Jesse), Parley Baer (The Senator), Jan Stine (Eddie), George Dunn (Biggs), Arnold Lessing (Mickey), Darrell Howe (The 1st Hand), Brendan Dillon (Mr. Bemis)

Episode Notes

• Organisation: Medicine Bow Firemen’s Band

Season 1 (Episode 1)

Air Date: 19 September 1962

Writers: Morton Fine and David Friedkin

Director: David Friedkin

Synopsis

Recurring Actors/Characters
Pippa Scott (Molly), Roberta Shore (Betsy)

Guest Stars
Hugh O’Brian (Paul Taylor), Colleen Dewhurst (Celia Ames), John Larch (Sheriff Neil Brady), Richard Bull (The Doctor), Arnold Lessing (Cowboy Guitarist), Audrey Swanson (The Mother), Tony Maxwell (The Boy), Barry Brooks (The Gravedigger)