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1. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: A State of Siege (1961)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Finding himself delayed in New Mexico, Bart decides to visit a recent acquaintance at a nearby hacienda. However, the hospitality he expected quickly turns dangerous when the hacienda is ... See full summary »

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Jack Kelly, Lisa Gaye, Joe De Santis, Raoul De Leon

Votes: 64

2. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: Behan's Double Game (1960)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Earp learns Old Man Clanton is moving some of his stolen silver. Earp catches two of the gang and silver but in Tombstone Sheriff Behan releases the men saying they escaped. It is time for a showdown between Earp and Behan over the issue.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Douglas Fowley, Morgan Woodward, Lash La Rue

Votes: 40

3. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: Don't Get Tough with a Sailor (1960)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Earp must contend with Capt. Rowland, retired naval officer, who runs his own legal system on his property including a jail. When Sheriff Behan releases two horse thieves Rowland turned over to Earp, Rowland decides Behan needs jail time.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Douglas Fowley, Morgan Woodward, Trevor Bardette

Votes: 42

4. Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode: The People's Friend (1960)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

Bart thwarts an assassination attempt on a local politician. With the wounded man unable to run for election, Bart is drafted to take his place on the ballot as a candidate for the Reform ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Jack Kelly, Merry Anders, R.G. Armstrong, Walter Sande

Votes: 76

5. The Gazebo (1959)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Thriller

TV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, John McGiver

Votes: 2,228

6. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: Death in the Dragoons (1959)

Western

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Stars: Rayford Barnes, Hal Baylor, H. Tom Cain, Jean Dean

7. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: The Hellion (1959)

26 min | Western

A young man, recently found not guilty of being a thief, is framed for the murder of his girlfriend by a romantic rival.

Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Doug McClure, Ann Daniels

8. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: How to Be a Sheriff (1959)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

A new Sheriff is elected urged by his family and girl friend to run. He thinks the job is serving papers while the dangerous part will be handled by Earp. The new sheriff learns differently when he is given papers to evict outlaw brothers.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Morgan Woodward, Rand Brooks, Peggy Stewart

Votes: 32

9. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: Lineup for Battle (1959)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

When a man rides into Tombstone with three bullets in him, Earp decides to go alone to arrest Old Man Clanton for stealing the man's horses. A concerned Nellie asks Doc to accompany Wyatt. Emma Clanton shows her feelings for Earp.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Douglas Fowley, Randy Stuart, Carol Thurston

Votes: 44

10. Jefferson Drum (1958–1959)

30 min | Western

A widower with a young son starts a newspaper in a wild Western town.

Stars: Jeff Richards, Eugene Mazzola, Cyril Delevanti, Robert Stevenson

Votes: 31

11. Jefferson Drum (1958–1959)
Episode: The Cheater (1958)

30 min | Western

Charles McGowan comes to Jubilee, he is a card-sharping preacher. Jefferson Drum, the incorruptible and slightly dense newspaper editor, is suspicious.

Stars: Jeff Richards, Eugene Mazzola, Cyril Delevanti, Robert Stevenson

12. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: Cattle Thieves (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Earp and Judge Tobin are forced to enforce a rustling law they think is too strict. A group of five ranchers have filed a complaint against another rancher but all of them have been guilty. Even Shotgun Gibbs is accused of stealing Roscoe.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Morgan Woodward, Dorothy Green, John Hubbard

Votes: 39

13. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959)
Episode: River Chase (1958)

30 min | Family, Western

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Director: Fred Jackman Jr. | Stars: Lee Aaker, James Brown, Joe Sawyer, Rand Brooks

14. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)

TV-14 | 60 min | Western

Agent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.

Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest

Votes: 1,236

15. Maverick (1957–1962)

TV-14 | 60 min | Western

Bret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game.

Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore, Lane Chandler

Votes: 3,630

16. A Hatful of Rain (1957)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama

A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 1,497

17. 26 Men (1957–1959)

30 min | Western

True stories of the Arizona rangers around 1900.

Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Hal Hopper, Jack Riggs

Votes: 129

18. The Unholy Wife (1957)

Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A gold-digger floozy marries a wealthy wine producer but she secretly takes a young lover with whom she conspires to murder her husband for his fortune.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi

Votes: 630

19. Fury (1955–1960)
Episode: The Feud (1957)

30 min | Drama, Family, Western

Joey gets caught in the middle of a ranchers feud. Mr. Hayes (Francis McDonald) and Mr. Brennan (Paul Burns) used to be friends and partners, but now they're enemies. Jim and Pete work to ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Peter Graves, Bobby Diamond, William Fawcett, Francis McDonald

Votes: 9

20. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: Call Me Your Honor (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Mayor Hoover declines to run for mayor, so Judge Tobin with Earp's support asks Jim Kelley to run against Slip Madigan. The key issue in the election is the retention of Earp as marshal. Earp decides to resign to ensure Kelley's election.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Paul Brinegar, Damian O'Flynn, Ralph Sanford

Votes: 45

21. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: Command Performance (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Buffalo Bill Cody and Ned Buntline bring a German Prince through Dodge City. They ask Earp to help fake a robbery to provide excitement for the Prince. He agrees but three outlaws unwittingly turn the incident into a real kidnapping.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Lloyd Corrigan, Ray Kellogg, Steve Rowland

Votes: 42

22. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: Woman Trouble (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

A group of thieves posing as True Lighter missionaries are stopped outside Dodge City. The leader wants Jennie Brandt to court Earp to learn the time of a Wells Fargo gold shipment. She reluctantly does the job but falls for Earp doing it.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Paul Brinegar, Mason Alan Dinehart, Nancy Hadley

Votes: 39

23. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode: Man in the Box (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Western

Jim Hardie and Wells Fargo agents set a trap for the notorious Stillwell gang, but the outlaws manage to outwit the detectives and escape with five thousand dollars. Now all the detectives can do is hope the marked bills appear.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Dale Robertson, Beverly Wills, Bobby Jordan, Lane Bradford

Votes: 64

24. Tension at Table Rock (1956)

Passed | 93 min | Western

A reluctant gunslinger tires of having to defend himself at every cow town he visits, so he adopts an alias and continues his wandering. At an outpost run by a father and young son, he gets... See full summary »

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell, Billy Chapin

Votes: 688

25. Backlash (1956)

Passed | 84 min | Drama, Western

Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire

Votes: 1,877

26. Back from Eternity (1956)

Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama

After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk

Votes: 1,638

27. Bundle of Joy (1956)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan

Votes: 1,417

28. The Rawhide Years (1956)

Approved | 85 min | Western

Dishonest riverboat gambler Ben Matthews is blamed for a murder he didn't commit and must find the real killer before the lynch mob finds him.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Arthur Kennedy, William Demarest

Votes: 852

29. Chevron Hall of Stars (1956)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

A syndicated anthology television series. It was produced by Four Star Productions, and some of the episodes were intended as pilots for potential series. At least one episode was devoted ... See full summary »

Stars: Don Taylor, James Whitmore, Don Rickles, Ted de Corsia

Votes: 33

30. Perils of the Wilderness (1956)

Approved | 248 min | Action, Drama, Family

US Deputy Marshal Dan Lawson teaming up with RCMP Sergeant Gray to go undercover and capture the nefarious smuggler Bart Randall. Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, is ready to ... See full summary »

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Dennis Moore, Richard Emory, Evelyn Finley, Kenneth MacDonald

Votes: 24

31. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode: A Wise Calf (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Bill Slocum is accused by Duke Wilson of rustling. They take him in Wichita with plans to lynch him outside town but Earp stops them. Slocum is put on trial while Earp does some investigation which produces a major surprise for the jury.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, William Henry, Tom Brown, Don Haggerty

Votes: 50

32. Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–1959)
Episode: The Man from Sundown (1956)

30 min | Family, Western

A young man witnesses a payroll robbery and murder and agrees to testify against the outlaw who committed the crime. During the trial, the witness is murdered and the outlaw is acquitted. ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Willard Parker, Harry Lauter, Allan Nixon, Eddie Parker

33. Chevron Hall of Stars (1956)
Episode: The Tough Haul (1956)

Comedy, Drama, Western

A truck driver who is asked to give a sick girl a ride to town discovers that he has a narcotics hijacker on his hands.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Eddie Baker, Trevor Bardette, Mary Castle, Russ Conway

34. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Loosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order.

Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Jimmy Noel, Ethan Laidlaw, Bill Coontz

Votes: 1,116

35. Fury (1955–1960)

30 min | Drama, Family, Western

A horse and the boy who loved him.

Stars: Peter Graves, William Fawcett, Bobby Diamond, Highland Dale

Votes: 576

36. The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956)

30 min | Western

The exploits of Champion, a wild stallion who befriends twelve year-old Ricky North in the American Southwest in the 1880's. Although Ricky, who lived on his Uncle Sandy's ranch, had a ... See full summary »

Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Blaze

Votes: 178

37. The Prodigal (1955)

Approved | 112 min | Drama, Mystery

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton

Votes: 746

38. Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–1959)

30 min | Family, Western

Typical western with a twist. The two stars appeared as Texas Rangers but in a different scenario each program. One week, they might be Rangers in the 1840s and the next week they would be ... See full summary »

Stars: Willard Parker, Harry Lauter, William Boyett, Stanley Andrews

Votes: 115

39. Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1955– )

30 min | Drama

Based on Lloyd C. Douglas's 1939 novel of the same title, the widowed Dr. Hudson lives with his daughter and housekeeper; he and his protege deal with a variety of medical (mostly psychological) traumas.

Stars: John Howard, Frances Mercer, Philip Tonge, Marie Blake

Votes: 29

40. The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956)
Episode: Renegade Stallion (1955)

Not Rated | 26 min | Western

An elderly prospector searching for gold finally strikes paydirt, but before he can file a claim, he is killed by a pair of drifters who stampede a wild horse herd over the man's body to ... See full summary »

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Blaze

Votes: 12

41. Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1955– )
Episode: Carlton Story (1955)

26 min | Drama

When the kindly doctor that founded the hospital and gave Doctor Hudson a position there is taken ill, the board of directors vote for Hudson to take over.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: John Howard, Chet Stratton, Diane Brewster, Carleton Young

42. The Whistler (1954– )
Episode: Silent Partner (1955)

Mystery

Rancher Matt Robertson plots to murder his business partner Wilk Haines and frame a hot-headed young ranch hand for the crime.

Director: Joel Malone | Stars: Charles McGraw, Jon Shepodd, Hugh Sanders, Sally Fraser

Votes: 12

43. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959)

30 min | Family, Western

Rusty was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache in Arizona, and helped establish law and order in and around Mesa Grande.

Stars: Lee Aaker, James Brown, Rin Tin Tin II, Joe Sawyer

Votes: 858

44. Destry (1954)

Approved | 95 min | Western

A dishonest mayor and powerful criminal dominate a small western town. But when the town's sheriff dies under mysterious circumstances, Tom Destry, son of a famed gunman, is called in to put an end to the corruption.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Lyle Bettger, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 1,635

45. Rails Into Laramie (1954)

Approved | 81 min | Western

A railroad sends an agent to Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the railroad from building its line into the area.

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: John Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea, Joyce Mackenzie

Votes: 425

46. The Whistler (1954– )

30 min | Mystery

Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.

Stars: William Forman, Danni Sue Nolan, Arthur Franz, Dorothy Green

Votes: 58

47. The Roy Rogers Show (1951–1957)
Episode: Hard Luck Story (1954)

Approved | 30 min | Family, Western

The Hard Luck Insurance Company claims that it will insure a rancher for the rest of his life for just one payment. Roy suspects the company is a racket, and sets out to investigate.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Pat Brady

Votes: 20

48. The Roy Rogers Show (1951–1957)
Episode: The Young Defenders (1954)

30 min | Family, Western

Outlaws kidnap a fur trapper trying to get his valuable pelts. Meanwhile, his two children are left, alone and frightened, in a mountain cabin.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Pat Brady

Votes: 21

49. Calamity Jane (1953)

Passed | 101 min | Musical, Romance, Western

The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey

Votes: 10,885

50. The Man Behind the Gun (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Western

An undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson, Philip Carey

Votes: 802