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1.
The Deputy (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Deadly Breed
(1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Clay is curious and concerned when Chief Marshal Fry insists on personally handling the investigation into the activities of a pair of swindlers, one of whom happens to be a beautiful young... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Henry Fonda, Allen Case, Lyle Bettger, Susan Oliver
Votes: 32
2.
Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode:
Rimrock
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
After one man is killed and Slim is wounded, Jess goes after the shooter who was riding a pinto. He loses the trail but rides to Rimrock where he finds the pinto. He confronts the owner who happens to be the sheriff of Rimrock.
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Lyle Bettger, Susan Cummings
Votes: 103
3.
Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Lawless Seven
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Jess is framed for a murder after threatening a rancher who reneged on the sale of horses. Fearing he is going to be lynched, Jess escapes a posse only to land in an isolated outlaw hideout with outlaws he must join to stay alive.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Robert Fuller, Spring Byington, Lyle Bettger, Dorothy Green
Votes: 81
4.
Mr. Novak (1963–1965)
Episode:
Beat the Plowshare, Edge the Sword
(1965)
60 min | Drama
When Mr. Novak uncovers a tight knit group of four male students secretly living together in an unusual arrangement, he must also take on the person enabling the minors.
Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: James Franciscus, Burgess Meredith, Phyllis Avery, Caroline Barrett
Votes: 8
5. Combat! (1962–1967)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Combat!, a one-hour World War II drama series, followed a front line American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe
Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Hogan
Votes: 3,141
6. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,289
7. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
The adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.
Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson
Votes: 5,002
8.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Graydon's Charge
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Partners "Skinner Graydon" (Ken Curtis) and "Ortho William"s (Denver Pyle) in a mule team freighting business try to win the affections of a widow "Maimie Scully" (Cathy Lewis), who owns ... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Denver Pyle, Ken Curtis, Lyle Bettger, Cathy Lewis
Votes: 32
9.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Kite
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Festus finds a little girl out on the prairie. He learns she saw her mother get killed by a stranger. When he takes her to Dodge, Matt hears she was hiding when this happened but can identify this man who may already be in town.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 219
10.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Gunfighter
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
Jim Hardie is sent by Wells Fargo to Comanche, Texas to find the Rucker brothers who are hanging around there. Unknown to Hardie, John Wesley Hardin is there, a cousin to the Rucker brothers and still holding a grudge against Hardie.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Dale Robertson, Lyle Bettger, Jan Harrison, Joe Abdullah
Votes: 51
11. Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960)
30 min | Western
Sam Buckhart, an Apache, rescues a Cavalry officer who later funds his Harvard education. Buckhart becomes a Deputy Marshal in New Mexico under Marshal Morrison. He boards with Martha Commager and had earlier saved orphan Tess Logan.
Stars: Michael Ansara, Gina Gillespie, Dayton Lummis, Nora Marlowe
Votes: 102
12. Grand Jury (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Lyle Bettger, Harold J. Stone, Douglass Dumbrille, Richard Travis
Votes: 12
13.
Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode:
A Rare Vintage
(1964)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Saunders' squad is checking out a winery when a squadron of Germans enter carrying a badly wounded Lt. Hanley. Saunders and his men stay hidden until they can find a way to rescue Hanley.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Conlan Carter, Pierre Jalbert
Votes: 78
14.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Texas John Slaughter: Killers from Kansas
(1959)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Slaughter and a fellow ranger are to guard a bank shipment but the bank where they are waiting for the money to be readied is robbed and Slaughter is shot and his partner killed. Slaughter aims to find the culprits.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Tom Tryon, Lyle Bettger, Harry Carey Jr., Beverly Garland
Votes: 24
15.
The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode:
Skull
(1962)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
When Mark goes missing during a hunting trip, Lucas tries to get help to look for his missing son. Before he gets very far, both Lucas and Mark are taken hostage by Skull Ranch - a haven for outlaws.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Lewis Charles
Votes: 108
16.
The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode:
The Wrong Man
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
A corrupt marshal from outside North Fork goes after an outlaw with a price on his head. However, he sees an opportunity to make some extra money, so he murders an innocent man to pass off ... See full summary »
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 119
17.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Law and the Gun
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
John Welker's new bride is killed by bank robbers. John goes undercover to try and infiltrate the gang.
Director: John English | Stars: Lyle Bettger, Michael Ansara, Paul Carr, Don Diamond
Votes: 28
18.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
A Threat of Violence
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Lawyer Clay Culhane doesn't get the job with the mining company that he was first promised, after they learn he was once a famous gunfighter. But he soon finds a new client, a Mexican ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Cesar Romero, Lyle Bettger, Chris Alcaide, Jorja Curtright
Votes: 26
19. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,735
20. Official Detective (1957– )
Mystery, Adventure
Stars: Everett Sloane, James Griffith, Ted de Corsia, Steve Pendleton
Votes: 29
21.
Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
Episode:
Delo Jones
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Western
A fugitive from Virginia, Delo Jones, comes to Boonesborough ahead of a British contingent determined to arrest him for a murder. Daniel believes he may be innocent and plans a trap to catch the real killer.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton
Votes: 39
22.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
John Wesley Hardin
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
Hardie is the only witness to a robbery. A young man hoping to get his partner off, wants Jim scared off or killed before his trial. Hardie still hopes to determine who his partner in the robbery was even after John Wesley Hardin arrives.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Dale Robertson, Lyle Bettger, Frank Ferguson, Olive Sturgess
Votes: 71
23.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Sally Potter Story
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Sally Potter hitches a ride on the wagon train but being pretty helps and hurts her. Someone she knew catches up to the train and wants to remind her of who she is and where she came from, possibly ruining what she wants for her future.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Vanessa Brown, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 103
24.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Murder: Eyes Only
(1975)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The U.S. Navy's top "spy catcher" is killed by a powerful letter bomb while in Honolulu. Five-O's Steve McGarrett, while serving a two-week hitch in the Navy Reserves, is called upon to ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Harry Guardino
Votes: 126
25.
Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960)
Episode:
Full Circle
(1959)
30 min | Western
Sam travels to Clay Junction looking for an outlaw named Pete Falon. When he gets there, he meets a Sheriff who no longer has a good gun hand and a deputy who's been threatened by the gang ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Michael Ansara, Lyle Bettger, Gail Kobe, Wayne Rogers
Votes: 21
26. 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: 1,230
27. Rawhide (1959–1965)
TV-PG | 50 min | Western
Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming
Votes: 4,601
28.
The Outcasts (1968–1969)
Episode:
The Stalking Devil
(1969)
60 min | Western
Corey and Jemal pursue a $200 bounty to capture a fanatic known as the "black devil" who is terrorizing an Indian tribe by stalking men, women and children.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, William Windom, Rodolfo Acosta
Votes: 10
29.
Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode:
Incident of the Challenge
(1960)
Not Rated | 52 min | Western
Aztec Mitla saves Gil's life from a dust storm, in the last steps of his 1500 mile walk to find a legendary princess to save his village in Mexico. Gil accompanies Mitla to the nearest town... See full summary »
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 104
30.
Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode:
The Blue Spy
(1961)
Not Rated | 51 min | Western
A woman wanders into camp needing help. She is an actress who one of the men recognizes later. She worked as a Union spy during the war. Although most of the men hate her, one even more so as he was court-martialed due to her.
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 98
31.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Nightmare in Hawaii: Part 1
(1979)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
J.R. flies to Maui to visit a friend and is quickly arrested for stabbing a man to death. A crime he didn't commit. Barnaby and Betty fly out to help him and discover his friend's family is involved in marijuana harvesting.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 58
32.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
The Sunday Torch
(1973)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A series of arson fires has Honolulu on edge. Each fire occurs on Sunday and despite patrols by Hawaii Five-O and HPD, authorities haven't been able to catch the arsonist. So far, no one ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Al Harrington, Kam Fong
Votes: 136
33.
Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode:
Beyond Justice
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Slim is deputized to protect Stephen Collier, a murder suspect with a killer on his trail- and his lawyer, who's behaving very strangely. At same time a group of suffragettes arrives and the two events are related to everyone's surprise.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes
Votes: 72
34.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
Mr. Mute
(1961)
TV-14 | 49 min | Western
Two gunmen rob a Wells Fargo train compartment and then hide the money in the baggage of a fellow passenger, a clown whose stage name is Mr. Mute. When the clown unexpectedly decides to ... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Dale Robertson, Jack Ging, William Demarest, Virginia Christine
Votes: 37
35. Laramie (1959–1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
In the 1870s Wyoming Territory, Slim Sherman and his 14-year-old brother Andy try to hang on to their ranch after their father's death.
Stars: Robert Fuller, John Smith, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes
Votes: 1,480
36. A Man Called Shenandoah (1965–1966)
30 min | Western
A man shot and left for dead on the trail is found and revived. With no recollection of his past, he calls himself Shenandoah as he roams the West searching for his identity.
Stars: Robert Horton, Gregory Walcott, John Cliff, James Griffith
Votes: 218
37. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kraft Suspense Theater was an anthology series which featured a new cast and stories each week.
Stars: David Lewis, Francis De Sales, Harry Townes, Jack Kelly
Votes: 287
38. Grindl (1963–1964)
30 min | Comedy
Grindl is an employee of Foster Temporary Service, and her boss Anson Foster accepts a variety of jobs for his employees. Grindl works at everything from babysitting to theater ticket-taker... See full summary »
Stars: Imogene Coca, James Millhollin, Dee J. Thompson, Frank De Vol
Votes: 90
39.
Burke's Law (1963–1966)
Episode:
Who Killed the Rabbit's Husband?
(1965)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a doctor is shot to death, suspicion falls on his young wife who due to an abusive childhood frequently runs away and from time to time falls into a dissociative trance.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Gene Barry, Gary Conway, Regis Toomey, Leon Lontoc
Votes: 33
40.
Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode:
Night of the Quiet Men
(1959)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
At the same time Jess is bringing back the proceeds from a community wide cattle drive, Slim leases a rough section of the ranch to an ex-lawman who was a friend of his dad. Unknown to Slim, the lawman's hands are a rough bunch of outlaws.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford Jr., Robert Fuller
Votes: 88
41.
The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode:
Hard Justice
(1961)
30 min | Western
A cattle dealer, Vince Ober, has won a contract to supply beef to the army forts in New Mexico. Ober plans to increase his profit margin by stealing as many animals as possible and tries to... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Lyle Bettger, Jack Hogan
Votes: 9
42. The Virginian (1962–1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,155
43. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
44. The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1962)
30 min | Drama
Abraham Lincoln Jones is a lawyer assisted by his law clerk, young C. E. Carruthers, and his secretary Marsha Spear. His cases usually did not involve violence but rather "white collar" crime.
Stars: James Whitmore, Janet De Gore, Conlan Carter, Russ Brown
Votes: 72
45. Pursuit (1958–1959)
60 min | Drama
A short-lived anthology series, with a running theme. Each episode focused on a person or group that was being pursued. Charles Russell and Eva Wolas shared the role of the producer, while ... See full summary »
Stars: Joan Bennett, Dennis Hopper, Rip Torn, John Cassavetes
Votes: 50
46.
Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
Episode:
Nightmare in Hawaii: Part 2
(1979)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
J.R. gets into deeper trouble when he escapes from jail, gets blamed for the shooting death of his friend, and then gets seriously injured in a booby-trapped marijuana field. Barnaby risks his own life in order to save him.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 56
47.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
All the King's Horses
(1969)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A state investigation centers on Mike Finney, a former racketeer who hasn't violated the law since moving to Hawaii nine years earlier. But Charles Irwin, an ambitious counsel for a state ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu, Kam Fong
Votes: 164
48.
Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Turn of the Wheel
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Old feelings revive when a woman Slim once wanted to marry returns to Laramie. She is there to sing in the casino her boyfriend is reopening after finishing a trip to prison. She, her boyfriend and Sheriff Cory all have plans for Slim.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes
Votes: 67
49.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Portrait of a Hero
(1972)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Vietnam war hero who married into the family of an aircraft manufacturer is killed by a grenade tossed into an elevator just before the doors close. The elevator operator, Roy Elkins, ... See full summary »
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Robert Reed, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 89
50.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
Incident in the Kill Zone
(1975)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sergeant King Sherman endangers the public and the SWAT team he commands while preparing for his Lieutenant exams. His wife convinces him he'll pass his orals if he shows confidence in his leadership skills by projecting total authority.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Scott Brady, Lyle Bettger, Joseph Wambaugh
Votes: 37