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- 1953–19556.6 (7)TV EpisodeDirectorHarold DanielsStarsCharles BickfordDon HaggertyStrother MartinPortland, Oregon police detectives investigate a series of vicious armed robberies that are perpetrated by a pair of gunmen wearing Halloween masks who hold up small shop owners just before closing time and viciously pistol-whip their victims after rifling the cash register. The police develop a lead that points to denizens of church mission in a rundown portion of town.
- 1953–19557.1 (19)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn PeyserStarsCharles BickfordWillis BoucheyLeon AskinTwo U.S. Immigration agents are sent undercover to Acapulco, Mexico to find the source of forged passports being provided to undesirables seeking to enter the United States.
- DirectorHarold DanielsStarsCharles BickfordEmile MeyerTracey RobertsA small town in the far west is being taken over by a gang of crooks who are trying to pressure the residents into voting them into office. The local sheriff tries old west tactics to fight them.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsCharles BickfordRhys WilliamsDonald MurphyA securities investigator goes after a swindler who's selling unregistered stock.
- DirectorJohn PeyserStarsCharles BickfordFrank JenksAaron SpellingThe Chicago police investigate a series of armed robberies perpetrated upon couples parked in lovers lanes with the same modus operandi - the thief steals the boy's wallet and then pistol whips his girlfriend. Since the victims agree that the thug was dressed as a hobo, a vaudevillian turned police officer agrees to go undercover and to see if the thief can be found one of the area's hobo jungles.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsCharles BickfordWendell HolmesHarry ShannonAn attorney in Vermont hunts the killer of a leathermaker who still used the old, traditional methods.
- DirectorGilbert KayStarsCharles BickfordGeorge D. WallaceMary Beth HughesThe Salt Lake City, Utah, police department are attempting to break up a chain of illegal gambling establishments run by the Syndicate. Although the police manage to knock off most of the dens, they still haven't identified the leader of the gambling ring. Similarly, the crooks haven't found the undercover cop who's supplying the information to the Vice Squad. The cops and crook engage in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to see who can identify the others' key personnel first.
- 1955–195630mTV-PG9.0 (437)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank SatensteinStarsJackie GleasonArt CarneyAudrey MeadowsRalph sells his bowling ball to get a last-minute Christmas present for Alice.
- 1955–1958TV-G6.6 (8)TV Episode
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsTim ConsidineDavid StolleryRoy BarcroftSpin plants a frog under the covers of Marty's bed. He is so angry that the Counselor sets up a boxing match between the two.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsTim ConsidineDavid StolleryRoy BarcroftMarty is fascinated by the horse at Triple R Ranch. He leaves a gate open and the white stallion corners him. At dinner, not wanting to seem too bookish, he says his hobby is playing polo.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsTim ConsidineDavid StolleryRoy BarcroftMarty shows up at the last moment to meet Spin in the make-shift boxing ring. He and Spin go at it for three rounds. Spin asks to change bunkhouses.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusAll the boys except Marty mount up on their Triple R horses. They have a great time chasing a woodchuck on horseback. Ollie observes that Marty is afraid of horses and devises a plan to gently get him accustomed to being around them. He brings the horse Sky Rocket to repair a loose shoe and has Marty pet him. Oliie also reveals that last year Spin was afraid of horses at the start of camp, just like Marty is this year. Eventually, Ollie coaxes Marty into brushing Sky Rocket.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusPerkins begins to pack Marty's things as he announced his intention to leave. At the evening campfire, director Logan tells the boys that he wants to win the rodeo competition against the North Fork Ranch at summer's end. Freddie is homesick and wants to leave with Marty when he does. Marty spends lots of time brushing his horse Sky Rocket. The boys short sheet Marty's bunk; he just takes it in stride as a sign that the others are beginning to accept him. When Freddie is heard crying from lonesomeness in bed, Marty takes the blame for it. He firmly announces, "I'm staying".
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusMarty's friends help him 'fix' his brand new jeans. The boys learn about horses and riding. Marty blows away the others with his knowledge.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusMarty is embarrassed by not knowing how to ride a horse so he does something drastic. Mr. Burnett offers to let Marty ride a horse away from the others.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusMarty gets in front of the others and shows he can ride. Spin and Mr. Burnett set up a snipe hunt.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusSpin and the other returning campers get Marty and the other greenhorns to do silly things in the quest to attract snipes. Perkins brings back a 'snipe' from the hunt.
- StarsDee AakerRoger BroaddusHarry Carey Jr.The tenderfoot give the older boys a little payback for the "snipe hunt". Marty borrows an alarm clock from Ambitious so he secretly practice riding before the others wake up.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusBurnett realizes Marty has gone riding alone. After Marty gets thrown off, Skyrocket saves him from a rattlesnake. Marty's arm is broken.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusEveryone waits to learn if Marty must leave because of his broken arm. Perkins lies to Marty's grandmother so he can stay.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusThe boys celebrate Marty getting to stay. The boys learn calf-throwing for the rodeo.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusAl and Ollie offer to teach Marty how to rope. Marty is allowed to ride again.
- StarsDee AakerRoger BroaddusHarry Carey Jr.Marty has been teaching Skyrocket to do tricks. Perkins wants to learn how to ride a horse. Speck and Russell accidentally cross paths with a bear.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusSpeck and Russell are trapped in a tree by a bear. Perkins and the mule frighten it away. Marty gets his cast removed.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusMarty worries about getting to go on a pack trip. Freddie's horse runs off with him. Marty saves him.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusPerkins tells the story of Jags the ghost. Spin takes a dare to sleep in the haunted cabin.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusMarty and Ambitious try to scare Spin and buddies by dressing up as Jags. Back at the ranch, the boys start practicing for the rodeo. Spin won't be able to come back to the Triple R if he doesn't win.
- StarsDee AakerRoger BroaddusHarry Carey Jr.On the day before the rodeo, Spin's horse is injured. The Triple R boys get their first look at the Northfork team.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusThe competition goes badly for Triple R when Freddie puts his boots on the wrong feet. Marty and Al help the team come back with their calf roping skills.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusMarty pretends his wrist is hurting so Spin can win the points he needs to win another summer at Triple R but Spin doesn't fall for it. Skyrocket's trick helps Marty win the bridling contest.
- StarsDee AakerRoy BarcroftRoger BroaddusTriple R wins the rodeo. Spin will get to come back to Triple R for free. Logan tells Spin and Marty they can stay to help with the round-up.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsTim ConsidineDavid StolleryRoy BarcroftMartin is aloof, dressed in a suit and way too proper for the other campers. He greets them with, "How do you do, gentlemen?" He is more than happy to let Mr. Burnett carry his luggage to the bunk house and wonders why he can't have a private room. He winces when Burnett calls him Marty, not Martin. When Bill asks Marty about what sports he likes, he replies no to all of them. He does have a collection of books about horses that he brought along, although he admits to having never been on a horse. The other boys feel a bit sorry when they learn he has no parents. Camp director Logan tell Burnett that Marty's dad was one of his military officer pals who was killed in action during WWII.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsTim ConsidineDavid StolleryRoy BarcroftOllie, head wrangler for the Triple R Ranch, herds the riding stock from the range into the corral where the boys arriving for summer camp can see them. Spin, a highly competent camper from last summer, jumps from the fence onto the bare back of his horse from last year, Sailor. Bill Burnett, the camp counselor, reprimands him. Freddy is a glasses-wearing tenderfoot whose parents are very protective. Speck has a penchant for pets of all sorts. Last to arrive is Martin Markham, the spoiled grandson of a rich grandmother who has raised him after his parents died. He has even brought his butler Perkins who will stay at the camp with him helping out in the kitchen.
- DirectorWard KimballStarsDick TufeldWalt DisneyHeinz HaberWith a combination of documentary footage and animation, the science and history of rockets, and the effects of space travel on man are illustrated.
- DirectorWard KimballStarsFrank GerstleRichard EmoryFrank ConnorThe show takes a look at how scientists are preparing for a flight to the moon, beginning with a live-action segment and then going into animation as the rocket ship takes off to film the backside of the moon.
- 1950–195530m6.9 (10)TV EpisodeDirectorWill JasonStarsWalter GreazaCharles BronsonRandy StuartDangerous criminal Vince Sanderson visits his estranged wife Laura who he abused leaving her with a scar. The treasury men set a trap to capture the low life but endangering the beleaguered spouse.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsStuart GermainAlan PennBruce Gordon
- DirectorSteve PrevinStarsRonald HowardHoward Marion-CrawfordEugene DeckersWhen a serial killer is sentenced to death, he issues a threat that he will kill Sherlock Holmes before he himself is executed.
- 1955– 23m6.1 (20)TV EpisodeDirectorMarcel CravenneStarsBuster CrabbeFuzzy KnightCullen CrabbeA captain in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa tries to keep the peace and battle bandit tribes while also taking care of his nephew, who lives with him at the Foreign Legion fort.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsJim DavisKristine MillerKenneth AltonMatt and Margaret arrive at Fort Huachuca, Arizona to confer with Al Seiber in the murder of a ticket agent. They learn of an Indian Scout turned murderous and set off after him after he kidnaps a young woman, Tonia.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockPatricia CollingeDarren McGavinWhen Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.
- 1950–19556.0 (13)TV EpisodeDirectorLeigh JasonStarsWalter GreazaFrances RaffertyEmory ParnellA bus-company owner decides to keep a little extra money for himself by falsely reporting charitable donations as tax deductions.
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsWalter GreazaBen WrightLouis Jean HeydtA heartless criminal sees an opportunity to take the troubles of a shaken Holocaust survivor and turn them to his own advantage.
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsWalter GreazaTed de CorsiaEmile Meyer
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsWalter GreazaChristopher DarkCarolyn JonesA businessman strikes a bargain with a gang of bootleggers to use his legitimate shipping company to distribute their illegal product.
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsWalter GreazaLamont JohnsonMort MillsWhen Harry is released from prison, his brother tries to keep him out of trouble. But a scheme sounds just like something Harry may want to do. His brother does everything he can to get Harry back onto the straight and narrow before it's too late.
- DirectorJohn PeyserStarsCharles BickfordRobert BrayDabbs GreerPolice detectives in Washington D.C. investigate the murder of a pair of security guards working in a downtown department store. Although they quickly identify a suspect, finding him in a large city with plenty of places to hide proves much more difficult.
- 1953–19557.0 (12)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn PeyserStarsCharles BickfordJess BarkerJoyce HoldenCapt. Osborn, Aircraft Commander of a B-47 Strategic Air Command, found that loyalty was the key to a dangerous mission.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsLouis HaywardNancy GatesPaul LangtonLanyard travels to Las Vegas in search of Nick Kohler. As soon as he arrives he discovers multiple police departments are interested in both Lanyard and Kohler's movements.
- DirectorRod AmateauStarsLouis HaywardRosemarie StackRoy RobertsLanyard flies into Beverly Hills from Reno and checks into the Beverly Hills Hotel. The clerk informs him he's already checked in...by his wife. Mrs. Michael Lanyard is waiting in his room with a story that they married in Reno and a license to prove it. Lanyard plays along for awhile as he tries to figure out who is playing the joke on him. The game stops being amusing when one of his friends is furious with him and Lanyard has no idea why.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsLouis HaywardJohn DoucetteJean WillesLanyard travels to Oklahoma City after receiving a desperate message from a woman seeking his help. It turns out she is in fear of her estranged husband and she fears he has kidnapped their son.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsLouis HaywardKristine MillerLowell GilmoreMike flies to Karachi at the request of El Radman. He wants Mike to protect his son Eli, the future High Priest, whose life is in danger.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsLouis HaywardJohn HoytJune VincentLanyard is asked to investigate the theft of a very valuable stamp. He is not interested in the case until two thugs attack him and try to warn him off.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderWalter ReedFriday and his partner Smith race against time to stop a series of brutal beatings of women in the Hollywood area. Just when they think they have their man, things change and very quickly.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsReed HadleyLisa MontellTol AveryThe police are in high dudgeon when Bart writes an article showing that 8 of 100 people prosecuted are found Not Guilty. So, when Bart tries to clear a girl falsely accused by her predatory host of robbery, they stymie his investigation.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderDan BartonSgt Joe Friday and officer Smith struggle to crack a case involving a cat burglar. With all their leads going nowhere and evidence scarce the case seems to be leading to a dead end. Then their luck changes.
- 1954–195526mNot Rated7.2 (120)TV EpisodeDirectorSteve PrevinStarsRonald HowardHoward Marion-CrawfordArchie DuncanMalcolm MacGregan will lose his family's Scottish castle if he can't make the mortgage payment, by midnight.
- DirectorSteve PrevinStarsRonald HowardHoward Marion-CrawfordArchie DuncanSir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his mysterious Farnsworth Castle. He had a clause inserted in his will that his death must be investigated by Sherlock Holmes. Holmes reveals traces of arsenic in the man's body and many suspects.
- 1954–195527mNot Rated6.6 (138)TV EpisodeDirectorSteve PrevinStarsRonald HowardHoward Marion-CrawfordArchie DuncanAlex, an advice columnist, advises a young woman, Susan, to break up with her violent fiancé. The groom-to-be pretends to be wealthy to mask his motive of acquiring the wealth of his intended bride. He beats Alex and threatens his life.
- DirectorSheldon ReynoldsStarsRonald HowardHoward Marion-CrawfordNicole CourcelHolmes is called to a boy's school in Belgium. A young student is in the monthly habit of writing the names of faculty members on the steps of a nearby church. Shortly afterward the person whose name was written down is found dead.