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in 1966 as Wagon Train to the Stars. The show’s success was due to the show’s star power, as well as its strong writing and directing. Western novelist Borden Chase and future director Sam Peckinpah were among the writers who developed scripts that became episodes, with experience in other westerns such as Gunsmoke and Tales of Wells Fargo.
Wagon Train is an American Western television series that aired for eight seasons, first on NBC from 1957 to 1962 and then on ABC from 1962 to 1965. Wagon Train premiered
Revue Productions created a semi-anthology series based on John Ford’s 1950 film Wagon Master, with an emphasis on strong storytelling and quality direction, weekly guest stars are known for their work in motion pictures and other media, and a regular cast of characters to provide a touchstone for audiences. Wagon Train episodes cost over 40% more than most contemporary hourlong Westerns, with an initial budget of US$100,000 per segment (equivalent to $965,000 in 2021), allowing it to film on location in California’s San Fernando Valley and afford its expensive guest stars. In addition, there are also interesting facts about Wagon Train that you need to know. Each episode focused on characters and personalities who were part of a wagon train caravan from St. Joseph, Missouri to California. Regulars on the show guided the train through perils and adventures associated with the American West’s landscapes and inhabitants. The star vehicle format worked in tandem with series television’s episodic nature, giving viewers a weekly glimpse into the concerns of various pioneers and adventurers. Returning cast members gave the show consistency: audiences expected complaints and comedy from the train’s cook, Charlie Wooster; clashes of experience with exuberance in the wagon master’s relationship with his dashing frontier scouts. The interrelationships, problems, and camaraderie of the recurring cast greatly contributed to the sense of family that tied disparate elements of the series together.
Wagon Train is a Revue Studios-produced American Western television series. The 1950 John Ford film Wagon Master served as inspiration for the series. It aired in the United States for eight seasons, with the first episode airing on September 18, 1957, and the final episode airing on May 2, 1965. The show’s popularity is evidenced by its ability to survive a network switch and periodic cast changes over the course of its eight-year run. Wagon Train was number one in the United Kingdom two years after its debut, and it was in a constant battle with Gunsmoke for supremacy in the United States, with seven Westerns in the Nielsen top ten. By 1959, the show had firmly established itself in the top twentyfive programs in the country, bouncing as high as number one in the spring of 1960 and maintaining that position over Gunsmoke for the 1961–62 season. Wagon Train established a unique style in a field awash in Westerns, reminiscent of anthology drama but indelibly rooted in Western traditions.
The show aired for 284 episodes over eight seasons, with the first episode airing on September 18, 1957, and the last on May 2, 1965. For the most part, the series was broadcast in black-and-white. That changed briefly during the show’s fifth season, which aired on the NBC network from 1961 to 1962 to promote the sales of parent company RCA’s color television sets.
Because Wagon Train was still on the ABC evening schedule when the original Ward Bond episodes were broadcast on weekday afternoons on ABC beginning in 1963, the episode was given a new series titled Seth Adams Trailmaster to avoid viewer confusion. These syndicated episodes featured a new theme song, the Trailmaster Theme, written and conducted by Stanley Wilson. Later episodes from the John McIntyre era were syndicated as Trailmaster. After the series ended, all episodes were retitled to their original titles. The 75-minute episodes were usually syndicated separately and occasionally broadcast as movies on local stations.
Wagon Train was released on DVD in three episodes by Alpha Video in 2004. Timeless Media Group released a DVD collection of 12 episodes on three discs four years later. It also released The Complete Color Season, a 16-disc box set with season seven and 16 episodes from previous seasons, in 2008. Timeless Media Group released the series in eight one-season box sets from 2010 to 2013, with the seventh season missing the bonus episodes.
While a bank robber is planning his next hit, he is mistaken for a U.S. Marshal. The robber weaves a web of lies, hoping the mistaken identity will help him steal the money in the bank. GUNFIGHT
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY, BEN COOPER & DEFOREST KELLEY In 1875, a detective risks his life by joining a violent gang. His goal is to stop their rampage of murder and robbery, and expose their elusive leader.
POSSE FROM HELL
FRIDAY, APRIL 18 | 10PM
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY & JOHN SAXON
Four escaped outlaws have ravaged a town and kidnapped a woman. A tough sheriff’s deputy has gathered a small and unlikely posse, hoping to outwit and capture the criminals, while rescuing the woman.
STARTING FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH | 9PM ET
THE DUEL AT SILVER CREEK
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 10PM
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY
An orphan boy quickly becomes a man when he is deputized by the marshal of Silver City to help rid the town of a gang of claim-jumpers. This greedy and desperate gang will kill anyone who dares to oppose them.
STARTING SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH | 9PM ET
NO NAME ON THE BULLET
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 AFTER THE 10PM MOVIE
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY
When a deadly hired gun comes to town, the locals are terrified that he is targeting them. The town sheriff has learned that this gunfighter forces his rivals to draw their gun first, allowing him to kill them legally in self-defense.
THE COMMAND
SATURDAY, APRIL 5 9PM
STARRING: GUY MADISON, JAMES WHITMORE & JOAN WELDON
A refined Army doctor must learn to kill instead of healing. When the leader cavalry unit is killed by Indians, the doctor is obligated to take command and lead his men as they guard a wagon train on a desperate journey through Indian territory.
BUFFALO SOLDIERS
SATURDAY, APRIL 5 11PM
STARRING: TIMOTHY BUSFIELD, DANNY GLOVER & CARL LUMBLY
The true story of U.S. Cavalry Troop H, an all-black unit who bravely pursues an Apache leader and his warriors as they terrorize the settlers of the New Mexico territory shortly after the Civil War.
7TH CAVALRY
SATURDAY, APRIL 12 9PM
STARRING: RANDOLPH SCOTT & BARBARA HALE
A cavalry officer returns to his fort and learns his fellow soldiers died at the Battle of Little Big Horn. After accusations of cowardice and desertion, he volunteers to retrieve the body of General Custer from the battle site.
TOMAHAWK
SATURDAY, APRIL 12 AFTER THE 9PM MOVIE
STARRING: VAN HEFLIN, YVONNE DE CARLO, ROCK HUDSON & ALEX NICHOL
As the Army builds a road and a fort on territory given to the Sioux by a treaty, a legendary mountaineer and advocate for Native Americans arrives to fight for the territorial rights of the Sioux. His actions lead to a conflict with the cavalry.
STARTING SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH | 9PM ET
A DISTANT TRUMPET
SATURDAY, APRIL 19 10PM
STARRING: TROY DONAHUE, SUZANNE PLESHETTE & CLAUDE AKINS
When a West Point graduate travels to Arizona to join a cavalry outpost, he finds a fort full of unruly soldiers. He must prepare them to face a looming Apache attack, while distracted by his commanding officer’s wife.
THE HORSE SOLDIERS
SATURDAY, APRIL 26 10PM
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE & WILLIAM HOLDEN
During the Civil War, a Union colonel leads a cavalry division to raze a Confederate railroad depot. Challenged by a surgeon, and the presence of a belle who knows his plans, the Colonel must accomplish his mission. STARTING SUNDAY
THE BIG COUNTRY
SUNDAY, APRIL 6 2PM
STARRING: GREGORY PECK, JEAN SIMMONS, CHARLTON HESTON, BURL IVES & CHUCK CONNORS
A New Englander arrives in the West, where he becomes torn between two women and embroiled in a deadly feud between two families who are fighting over a valuable patch of land.
THE STALKING MOON
SUNDAY, APRIL 6 9PM
STARRING: GREGORY PECK & EVA MARIE SAINT
While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, a sympathetic retired army scout takes in a long-captured white woman and her half-Apache son, unaware that the boy’s father, a violent renegade Apache, is after them.
ONLY THE VALIANT
SUNDAY, APRIL 6 12AM
STARRING: GREGORY PECK, WARD BOND & NEVILLE BRAND
A cavalry officer is blamed by his men and his lady for the death of a popular officer. Now, he must find a way to stop an Indian attack on their fort. It might prove to be the only way to regain the trust of his men and the affection of his woman.
STREETS OF LAREDO PART 1
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 2PM
STARRING: JAMES GARNER, SISSY SPACEK, SAM SHEPARD & WES STUDI
Retired Texas Ranger Captain Woodrow Call is asked to track down and capturea crafty long-distance killer who uses a buffalo gun and quickly disappears into the countryside. Texas railroad expansion can’t move forward until this shooter is stopped!
STREETS OF LAREDO PART 2
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 4PM
STARRING: JAMES GARNER, SISSY SPACEK, SAM SHEPARD & WES STUDI
Captain Call learns he has more than just teenage, long-distance killer Joey Garza to hunt down, he must also bring the depraved outlaw Mox Mox and his gang to justice.
STREETS OF LAREDO PART 3
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 6PM
STARRING: JAMES GARNER, SISSY SPACEK, SAM SHEPARD & WES STUDI
While the posse continues their mission to capture or kill Joey Garza, Captain Call breaks off from his men to pursue Mox Mox. Meanwhile, Lorena searches for Pea and Joey’s mother while Maria tries to help her murderous son elude the law.
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 9PM
STARRING: JAMES GARNER, SIDNEY POITIER & DENNIS WEAVER
Apaches are on the trail of a pioneer family. When the family crosses paths with an ex-army scout looking for answers about the killing of his Indian wife, the four travelers ride together toward a dangerous confrontation in a desolate canyon.
SUNDAY, APRIL 27 11:30AM
STARRING: CHUCK CONNORS, CLAUDE AKINS & KATHRYN HAYS
After years away, a buffalo hunter is returning home with money in his saddlebags and a dream of a better life. When the hunter is tortured and robbed just outside his hometown by a trio of men, he vows to make the men pay for stealing his future.
ONCE UPON A TEXAS TRAIN
SUNDAY, APRIL 27 2PM
STARRING: WILLIE NELSON, RICHARD WIDMARK & CHUCK CONNORS
An outlaw and a Texas Ranger have a life-long personal feud, but now, as grumpy older men, they must put their differences aside and face a common problem - a young gang of outlaws ravaging Texas.
SUNDAY, APRIL 27 4PM
STARRING: WILLIE NELSON, MORGAN FAIRCHILD, KATHARINE ROSS, R.G. ARMSTRONG & ROYAL DANO
Based on a Willie Nelson song, a spirited preacher and his wife come from the East to Montana to serve a country church. However, when overwhelming problems develop, the preacher must take revenge and attempt to save a town from a gang of cruel men.
FAR HAVEN
SUNDAY, APRIL 20 2PM
STARRING: BAILEY CHASE, AMANDA RIGHETTI, MARTIN KOVE, BRUCE BOXLEITNER & A MARTINEZ In 1887, Hunter Braddock moves back to Far Haven, Arizona to start over with his two young children, but when his father-in-law is brutally attacked he must take on the corrupt forces strangling the town in order to protect what he loves most.
ON A WING AND A PRAYER
SUNDAY, APRIL 20 4PM AND 12:30AM
STARRING: DENNIS QUAID & HEATHER GRAHAM
An amazing true story—when their pilot dies mid-flight, a father attempts to safely land the small plane and save his entire family.
COUNT THREE AND PRAY
SUNDAY, APRIL 20 10PM
STARRING: VAN HEFLIN, JOANNE WOODWARD & RAYMOND BURR
A Civil War veteran, with a salty reputation, returns to his troubled town a changed man. While many test his new faith, he struggles to remain a man of peace and dedicates himself to rebuilding a local church and deal with the local single ladies.
MON–FRI 9AM-10AM ET SAT 1PM-2PM
STARRING: BARBARA STANWYCK, LEE MAJORS, LINDA EVANS, PETER BRECK & RICHARD LONG
MON–FRI 8AM-9AM ET SUN 1PM-2PM ET
STARRING: LORNE GREENE, DAN BLOCKER & MICHAEL LANDON
Join the Cartwright’s as they protect their Ponderosa Ranch while helping their neighbors and strangers. These were the days where family values and the fight for justice were backed up by six-guns that always had right on their side.
The Barkleys are the wealthiest and most powerful family in California’s San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s. Follow the family’s trials and tribulations as they confront all obstacles with the strength of family, faith, integrity, courage and teamwork. BONANZA, THE LOST EPISODES
SUN | 11AM-1PM ET | 3AM-4PM ET
STARRING: FESS PARKER & ED AMES
Set in and around Kentucky and Virginia during the colonial period preceding the American Revolution, Daniel Boone takes us on suspenseful action-filled adventures along with his wife, children, friends and fellow frontiersmen and women.
MON – FRI | 7AM-8AM ET 4PM-5PM ET 7PM-9PM ET MON–THUR 9PM-11PM ET SAT 7PM-9PM ET SUN | 9AM-11AM ET 7PM-9PM ET 11PM-12AM ET
STARRING: JAMES ARNESS & AMANDA BLAKE
Matt Dillon, US Marshal, aided by his deputy friends, Miss Kitty and the town doctor, he solves his crimes through keen observation, dedication, and plenty of grit.
MON – FRI | 10AM-12PM ET | 5PM-6PM ET FRI 3AM-4AM ET
STARRING: JOHN SMITH & ROBERT FULLER
Two orphaned young brothers hire a ranch hand and try to save the family’s spread near Laramie. Beyond ranching, the brothers host a stagecoach station for extra money, which always leads interesting characters to their door. Who will show up next?
THE RIFLEMAN
MON –THUR | 11PM-12AM ET| 3:30AM-4AM ET
MON – F RI | 6PM-7PM ET
SUN 6PM-7PM ET
STARRING: DALE ROBERTSON, ART FELIX & KIT CARSON
Jim Hardie’s services are often called upon when a stagecoach has been robbed or any related crime has been committed. With Jeb’s help, Hardie succeeds in finding the lost fortunes.
MON–THUR | 1PM-2PM ET 12AM-1AM ET SAT | 12PM-1PM ET 2AM-4AM ET
STARRING: LEIF ERICKSON, CAMERON MITCHELL, LINDA CRISTAL, HENRY DARROW & MARK SLADE
The High Chaparral ranch is owned by the Cannon family in the Arizona Territory during the 1870’s, led by John Cannon. To help him, he has his younger brother Buck, his son Billy Blue, along with his young Mexican wife and her brother, Manolito.
MON–FRI | 12PM-1PM ET FRI 1PM-2PM ET
SAT | 9AM-12PM ET | 6PM-7PM ET 1AM-2AM ET
STARRING CHUCK CONNORS & JOHNNY CRAWFORD
A Union Civil War veteran, marksman and widower returns to ranching when he buys a property in the New Mexico Territory. The Rancher plans to raise his young son to stand up for good, defend his rights, and protect his property.
SAT, APRIL 12 | 9PM ET SUN, APRIL 13 12AM ET
STARRING: RANDOLPH SCOTT & BARBARA HALE
A cavalry officer returns to his fort and learns his fellow soldiers died at the Battle of Little Big Horn. After accusations of cowardice and desertion, he volunteers to retrieve the body of General Custer from the battle site.
SAT, APRIL 19 | 10PM ET
STARRING: TROY DONAHUE, CLAUDE AKINS & SUZANNE PLESHETTE
When a West Point graduate travels to Arizona to join a cavalry outpost, he finds a fort full of unruly soldiers. He must prepare them to face a looming Apache attack, while distracted by his commanding officer’s wife.
MON–FRI | 2PM-4PM ET 1AM-3AM ET
STARRING: WARD BOND & ROBERT HORTON
After the Civil War, a wagon train travels toward California through the plains, deserts and mountains. Major Seth Adams, his scout, Flint McCullough and other characters face challenges as they head West.
FRI, APRIL 11 | 11PM ET
STARRING: TOM SELLECK, JERRY REED, MORGAN FAIRCHILD & CLAUDE AKINS
When two lively cowboys from Montana are set up by a crooked sheriff, they wind up on the run. After arriving in Nashville, the two open a detective agency together and are soon hired to prevent the kidnapping of a country singer.
SUN, APRIL 20 | 10PM ET SUN, APRIL 27 1:30AM ET
STARRING: VAN HEFLIN, JOANNE WOODWARD & RAYMOND BURR
A Civil War veteran, with a salty reputation, returns to his troubled town a changed man. While many test his new faith, he struggles to remain a man of peace and dedicates himself to rebuilding a local church and deal with the local single ladies.
BUFFALO SOLDIERS
SAT, APRIL 5 11PM ET SAT, APRIL 19 4PM ET
STARRING: DANNY GLOVER, TIMOTHY BUSFIELD & CARL LUMBLY
The true story of U.S. Cavalry Troop H, an all-black unit who bravely pursues an Apache leader and his warriors as they terrorize the settlers of the New Mexico territory shortly after the Civil War.
SUN, APRIL 13 9PM ET SAT, APRIL 26 4:30PM ET
STARRING: JAMES GARNER, SIDNEY POITIER & DENNIS WEAVER
Apaches are on the trail of a pioneer family. When the family crosses paths with an ex-army scout looking for answers about the killing of his Indian wife, the four travelers ride together toward a dangerous confrontation in a desolate canyon.
FAR HAVEN
SUN, APRIL 20 2PM ET
STARRING: BAILEY CHASE, AMANDA RIGHETTI, BRUCE BOXLEITNER, NANCY STAFFORD & A MARTINEZ
In 1887, Hunter Braddock moves back to Far Haven, Arizona to start over with his two young children, but when his father-in-law is brutally attacked he must take on the corrupt forces strangling the town in order to protect what he loves most.
ON A WING AND A PRAYER
SUN, APRIL 20 | 4PM & 12:30AM ET
STARRING: DENNIS QUAID & HEATHER GRAHAM
An amazing true story—when their pilot dies mid-flight, a father attempts to safely land the small plane and save his entire family.
GUNFIGHT AT COMANCHE CREEK
FRI, APRIL 11 9PM ET
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY, BEN COOPER & DEFOREST KELLEY
In 1875, a detective risks his life by joining a violent gang. His goal is to stop their rampage of murder and robbery, and expose their elusive leader.
FRI, APRIL 12 | AFTER 2PM
FRI, APRIL 25 | AFTER 10PM
SAT, APRIL 26 | AFTER 12:30AM
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY
When a deadly hired gun comes to town, the locals are terrified that he is targeting them. The town sheriff has learned that this gunfighter forces his rivals to draw their gun first, allowing him to kill them legally in self-defense.
SUN, APRIL 27 2PM ET
STARRING: WILLIE NELSON, CHUCK CONNORS & RICHARD WIDMARK
An outlaw and a Texas Ranger have a life-long personal feud, but now, as grumpy older men, they must put their differences aside and face a common problem – a young gang of outlaws ravaging Texas.
THE VALIANT
SUN, APRIL 6 12AM ET
STARRING: GREGORY PECK, WARD BOND & NEVILLE BRAND
A cavalry officer is blamed by his men and his lady for the death of a popular officer. Now, he must find a way to stop an Indian attack on their fort. It might prove to be the only way to regain the trust of his men and the affection of his woman.
SAT, APRIL 5 | 2PM ET FRI, APRIL 18 | 9PM ET SAT, APRIL 19 11:30PM ET
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY & JOHN SAXON
Four escaped outlaws have ravaged a town and kidnapped a woman. A tough sheriff’s deputy has gathered a small and unlikely posse, hoping to outwit and capture the criminals, while rescuing the woman.
SUN, APRIL 27 | 4PM ET
STARRING: WILLIE NELSON, MORGAN FAIRCHILD, KATHARINE ROSS, R.G. ARMSTRONG & ROYAL DANO
Based on a Willie Nelson song, a spirited preacher and his wife come from the East to Montana to serve a country church. However, when overwhelming problems develop, the preacher must take revenge and attempt to save a town from a gang of cruel men.
FRI, APRIL 4 11PM ET SUN, APRIL 27 | 11:30AM ET
STARRING: CHUCK CONNORS, CLAUDE AKINS & KATHRYN HAYS
After years away, a buffalo hunter is returning home with money in his saddlebags and a dream of a better life. When the hunter is tortured and robbed just outside his hometown by a trio of men, he vows to make the men pay for stealing his future.
SUN, APRIL 13 | 2PM ET
STARRING: JAMES GARNER, SISSY SPACEK, SAM SHEPARD & WES STUDI
Retired Texas Ranger Captain Woodrow Call is asked to track down and capture a crafty long-distance killer who uses a buffalo gun and quickly disappears into the countryside. Texas railroad expansion can’t move forward until this shooter is stopped!
FRI, APRIL 4 | 9PM ET SAT, APRIL 19 2PM ET
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY & WALTER MATTHAU
While a bank robber is planning his next hit, he is mistaken for a U.S. Marshal. The robber weaves a web of lies, hoping the mistaken identity will help him steal the money in the bank.
STREETS OF LAREDO
SUN, APRIL 13 | 4PM ET
STARRING: JAMES GARNER, WES STUDI, SAM SHEPARD & SISSY SPACEK
Captain Call learns he has more than just teenage, long-distance killer Joey Garza to hunt down, he must also bring the depraved outlaw Mox Mox and his gang to justice.
STREETS OF LAREDO PART 3
SUN, APRIL 13 6PM ET
STARRING: JAMES GARNER, WES STUDI, SAM SHEPARD & SISSY SPACEK
While the posse continues their mission to capture or kill Joey Garza, Captain Call breaks off from his men to pursue Mox Mox. Meanwhile, Lorena searches for Pea and Joey’s mother while Maria tries to help her murderous son elude the law.
SUN, APRIL 6 | 2PM ET SUN, APRIL 27 | 10PM ET
STARRING: GREGORY PECK, CHARLTON HESTON, CHUCK CONNORS, JEAN SIMMONS & BURL IVES
A New Englander arrives in the West, where he becomes torn between two women and embroiled in a deadly feud between two families who are fighting over a valuable patch of land.
SAT, APRIL 5 9PM ET FRI, APRIL 18 | 12AM ET
STARRING: GUY MADISON, JAMES WHITMORE & JOAN WELDON
A refined Army doctor must learn to kill instead of healing. When the leader cavalry unit is killed by Indians, the doctor is obligated to take command and lead his men as they guard a wagon train on a desperate journey through Indian territory.
SAT, APRIL 12 2PM ET FRI, APRIL 25 10PM ET SAT, APRIL 26 | 12:30AM ET SAT, APRIL 5 4PM ET SAT, APRIL 26 | 10PM ET SUN, APRIL 6 | 9PM ET SAT, APRIL 26 | 2PM ET
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY
An orphan boy quickly becomes a man when he is deputized by the marshal of Silver City to help rid the town of a gang of claim-jumpers. This greedy and desperate gang will kill anyone who dares to oppose them.
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE & WILLIAM HOLDEN
During the Civil War, a Union colonel leads a cavalry division to raze a Confederate railroad depot. Challenged by a surgeon, and the presence of a belle who knows his plans, the Colonel must accomplish his mission.
Q2 2025
THE HORSE
SAT, APRIL 5 | 4PM ET SAT, APRIL 26 9PM ET SUN, APRIL 6 | 9PM ET SAT, APRIL 26 | 2PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE & WILLIAM HOLDEN
During the Civil War, a Union colonel leads a cavalry division to raze a Confederate railroad depot. Challenged by a surgeon, and the presence of a belle who knows his plans, the Colonel must accomplish his mission.
SUN, MAY 4 | 5PM ET FRI, MAY 30 10PM ET
STARRING: GREGORY PECK & EVA MARIE SAINT
While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, a sympathetic retired army scout takes in a long-captured white woman and her half-Apache son, unaware that the boy’s father, a violent renegade Apache, is after them.
STARRING: GLENN FORD, INGER STEVENS & HARRISON FORD
Confederate POWs have escaped a fort and have taken the fiancé of an officer from the fort hostage as they flee. The engaged officer from the fort leads a pursuit party, not knowing he and his men are riding straight toward a trap set by the rebels.
STARRING: GREGORY PECK & EVA MARIE SAINT
While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, a sympathetic retired army scout takes in a long-captured white woman and her half-Apache son, unaware that the boy’s father, a violent renegade Apache, is after them.
SAT, APRIL 12 AFTER 9PM SUN, APRIL 13 | AFTER 12AM
STARRING: VAN HEFLIN, YVONNE DE CARLO & ROCK HUDSON
As the Army builds a road and a fort on territory given to the Sioux by a treaty, a legendary mountaineer and advocate for Native Americans arrives to fight for the territorial rights of the Sioux. His actions lead to a conflict with the cavalry.
SUN, MAY 11 | 3PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE & GAIL RUSSELL
When a gunslinger with a bad disposition is nursed back to health and desired by a Quaker girl, he finds himself having to choose between his lawless life or the peaceful world of his newfound love.
SAT, MAY 24 | 3PM ET
STARRING: CHRISTOPHER REEVE & TONY TODD
A former slave and his white blood brother have moved their families from the Carolinas to Texas. When the Civil War begins, their settlement is left unprotected from hostile Indian tribes and the former slave may be the only hope for peace.
FOOLS’ PARADE
SAT, MAY 3 10PM ET FRI, MAY 23 10PM ET
STARRING: JAMES STEWART, GEORGE KENNEDY, KURT RUSSELL & ANNE BAXTER
In 1935, a trio of inmates are released from a West Virginia prison with hopes of opening a general store using one of the ex-cons $25,000 savings from his 40-year sentence. A corrupt prison official and crooked banker are out to spoil the dream.
FRI, MAY 2 | 10PM ET SAT, MAY 17 3PM ET
STARRING: CLINT WALKER, VINCENT PRICE & ANNE FRANCIS
After years behind bars, a former gunman is determined to live out the rest of his days in peace. The West has changed and there are now many who have forgotten his history. Can he make a new life without being caught in the web of his past?
GUNSMOKE: THE LONG RIDE
SUN, MAY 18 1PM ET
STARRING: JAMES ARNESS, JAMES BROLIN, AMY STOCH & ALI MACGRAW
Retired Marshal Matt Dillon must clear his name after a lying witness makes him a wanted man – dead or alive.
GUNSMOKE: TO THE LAST MAN
SUN, MAY 11 1PM ET
STARRING: JAMES ARNESS & AMY STOCH
Retired Marshal Matt Dillon and his daughter track stolen cattle and discover a gang of cattle rustlers involved in one of the most dangerous and deadly feuds in the history of the American West.
FRI, MAY 2 12AM ET SAT, MAY 17 10PM ET SUN, MAY 25 | 1PM ET
STARRING: JAMES ARNESS & BRUCE BOXLEITNER
A rancher leads a risky cattle drive across Texas, with a team including his adopted son. The rancher’s men grow increasingly unhappy with his tough ways, leading to heated conflict between father and son.
SUN, MAY 25 | 10PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, JENNIFER O’NEILL & JACK ELAM
A Civil War veteran searches for the traitor who caused the death of a close friend. When the veteran’s quest brings him to Rio Lobo, he quickly learns the man he seeks is in control of the town.
SUN, MAY 4 | 1PM ET
STARRING: DALE ROBERTSON, MARY MURPHY & WILLIAM HOOPER
A U.S. Cavalry officer begins to understand the plight of the Sioux and arranges a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant. Meanwhile, a corrupt Indian agent and a vain general named Custer are threatening to derail the peace talks.
SAT, MAY 10 3PM ET SAT, MAY 24 | 1PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE & CLAIRE TREVOR
An unlikely mix of stagecoach travelers passing through dangerous Apache territory must work together when a threat from tribe leader, Geronimo, complicates their trip.
SAT, MAY 3 AFTER 3:30PM
FRI, MAY 16 | AFTER 10PM
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY
When a suspected horse thief is saved from the hangman’s noose by another man, the two are hired by a desperate and beautiful woman to guide her through Indian territory and back to her waiting husband.
SPRINGFIELD RIFLE
SUN, MAY 4 3PM ET SAT, MAY 17 1PM ET
STARRING: GARY COOPER
A Union army officer becomes the North’s first secret agent and investigates the theft of cavalry horses in the West. Forced to distance himself from everyone he knows, the officer deeply troubles his wife and son.
SAT, MAY 17 | 5PM ET FRI, MAY 30 12AM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, STUART WHITMAN & INA BALIN
A Texas Ranger gets help from a gambler in an undercover plan to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
SAT, MAY 24 10PM ET MON, MAY 26 | 1PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE & SUSAN HAYWARD
During World War II, a U.S. naval officer trains his construction battalion to build and fight, knowing that they may face a deadly attack from Japanese forces when deployed into dangerous territory.
SAT, MAY 10 | 1PM ET SUN, MAY 25 3PM ET
STARRING: ROBERT FULLER, GUY STOCKWELL, WOODY STRODE & PATRICK WAYNE
An Apache warrior chief is willing to offer gold, and even sacrifice some of his men, to get his hands on Richard J. Gatling’s powerful invention. It’s up to a cavalry lieutenant, his scout, and a tough rancher to end the chief’s deadly ambition.
THE SONS OF
SUN, MAY 11 | 5PM ET SAT, MAY 31 | 3PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, DEAN MARTIN & GEORGE KENNEDY
Katie Elder’s four boys, including the gunslinging eldest son, return to Texas determined to avenge the murder of their father and get the family ranch back for their mother.
FRI, MAY 9 | 10PM ET SAT, MAY 31 | 10PM ET
STARRING: CLINT EASTWOOD, SONDRA LOCKE & BILL MCKINNEY
They call him an outlaw, but he was a peaceful farmer and family man until renegades murdered his family and destroyed his farm. Now, there is fire in his eyes and determination in his heart to make each renegade face justice for their crimes.
SUN, MAY 18 | 10PM ET SAT, MAY 31 | 5:30PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, ANN-MARGRET & RICARDO MONTALBAN
A seasoned gun-hand is hired by a widow to find gold bars stolen by her late husband, so that she may return them and have a fresh start.
SUN, MAY 18 | 3PM ET
STARRING: ALAN LADD, OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND & DEAN JAGGER
A Confederate veteran battles prejudice and greed as he helps a woman save her ranch from a land grab, while searching for a cure for his mute son.
SUN, MAY 4 | 10PM ET SUN, MAY 18 5PM ET SAT, MAY 3 3:30PM ET FRI, MAY 16 | 10PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, KIRK DOUGLAS, BRUCE DERN & HOWARD KEEL
The story of a man who was shot, robbed, and imprisoned and later returns to steal a large gold shipment from the man who wronged him. The gold is transported in a heavily armored stage coach, the War Wagon.
SUN, MAY 11 10PM ET SUN, MAY 25 5PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE & ROCK HUDSON
After the Civil War, a Confederate and a Union colonel are forced to mend their differences, and fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
SAT, MAY 10 | 10PM ET SAT, MAY 24 | 5PM ET
STARRING: HENRY FONDA, KEENAN WYNN & JANICE RULE
When a tiny frontier town is ruined by a brutal and deranged stranger, the mayor rallies the surviving town folk to rebuild. Soon after the town is revived, the stranger returns. This time the people of this little town are ready for him.
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY
When a wagon train guide is left for dead after an Indian attack, he staggers into the nearest town. Wrongly accused of abandoning the wagon train, his escape rests on the smarts and speed of a borrowed and unpleasant horse.
SAT, MAY 3 AFTER 10PM FRI, MAY 23 AFTER 10PM
STARRING: CLINT WALKER & KATHRYN HAYS
When a tough, veteran United States marshal is sent to clean up a down-and-dirty Western town, he faces a scheme to remove his authority and ruin his reputation.
SAT, MAY 10 5PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, MARTHA SCOTT, ALBERT DEKKER & GABBY HAYES
During the early days of the Oklahoma oil boom, a greedy, self-assured oilman and a quiet, yet determined cowboy fight for the rights to oil on Indian land. All the while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men’s hearts.
SAT, JUNE 7 | 3PM ET FRI, JUNE 20 12AM ET
STARRING: DENNIS WEAVER
A routine trip for a motorist turns into a nightmare when a trucker is offended by his driving. Now, the motorist must find a way to escape the mysterious trucker’s deadly road rage and make it out alive!
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL
SUN, JUNE 15 12PM ET SUN, JUNE 29 | 10PM ET
STARRING: JAMES STEWART, HENRY FONDA & INGER STEVENS
A peace-loving father and part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek faces a showdown with a gang of vicious outlaws determined to take over the town and cause destruction, fear and death.
FRI, JUNE 6 | 10PM ET SUN, JUNE 22 | 5PM ET
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY, JOAN STALEY & EDGAR BUCHANAN
A greenhorn Colorado sheriff and his motley posse are determined to catch a gang of vicious train robbers and the woman they kidnapped. Will the sheriff decide to illegally confront the gang in New Mexico? The woman’s life may rest on his decision.
SUN, JUNE 8 | 10PM ET SAT, JUNE 21 2PM ET
STARRING: KIRK DOUGLAS, BURT LANCASTER & RHONDA FLEMING
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their teaming-up in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
SUN, JUNE 1 | 4PM ET SAT, JUNE 21 10PM ET SUN, JUNE 22 1PM ET
STARRING: BOBBY DARIN, EMILY BANKS & LESLIE NIELSEN
A man returns home from the Civil War, only to find his sweetheart is engaged to another man. Deciding not to win her back, he becomes the sheriff to ease his pain. Now, he is forced to deal with a notorious outlaw and trying to stop a range war.
SUN, JUNE 15 10PM ET SAT, JUNE 28 | 2PM ET
STARRING: CLINT EASTWOOD, VERNA BLOOM & MARIANNA HILL
When a mysterious gunman rides into a small lakeside town, he is soon offered free reign and good money to protect the terrified townsfolk. With outlaws coming to destroy the town and everyone in it, this fast and clever gunman is their only hope.
FRI, JUNE 13 AFTER 10PM MOVIE
SUN, JUNE 29 | AFTER 2PM MOVIE
STARRING: STERLING HAYDEN & EVE MILLER
With talks of a Civil War brewing, Southern saboteurs know they must keep Northern forces from using the U.S. train system. They devise a daring and dangerous plan to stop and capture a railroad engine, preventing the completion of a railroad line.
SAT, JUNE 14 | 10PM ET SUN, JUNE 29 12PM ET
STARRING: ELVIS PRESLEY, DEBRA PAGET & RICHARD EGAN
As the Civil War ends, Confederate soldiers are ordered to rob a Union payroll train. When the soldiers learn the war is over, they split the Union cash and go home. One soldier discovers a love lost and federal agents are coming to arrest him.
FRI, JUNE 13 | 10PM ET SUN, JUNE 29 2PM ET
STARRING: JOHN PAYNE & DAN DURYEA
An Army officer is sent to Laramie to find out why progress on the railroad has stopped. When the soldier learns an old friend is peddling cheap and plentiful booze to the workers at the railroad construction site, the two are headed for a showdown.
SUN, JUNE 8 5:30PM ET FRI, JUNE 20 | 10PM ET SAT, JUNE 21 | 12PM ET
STARRING: AUDIE MURPHY & JAMES STEWART
A railroad employee is trusted to secretly carry a large payroll. When his gunslinger brother steals the money, the railroad man takes off to hunt him down and persuade him to return the stolen money.
SAT, JUNE 14 | 3PM ET
STARRING: MARLON BRANDO, KARL MALDEN & KATY JURADO
After robbing a Mexican bank, two men have their getaway plan go wrong. When one bandit takes their one remaining horse and rides off with the gold, the other is captured. Years later, the two men face off in a deadly game of deceit and revenge.
FRI, JUNE 6 12AM ET
STARRING: KENNY ROGERS, TRAVIS TRITT & NAOMI JUDD
When a just-married couple is caught in the middle of a bank robbery, the bride is taken by the robbers. Now, the groom and a skilled bounty hunter search for the gang, hoping to find the bride alive.
FRI, JUNE 27 | 10PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, JENNIFER O’NEILL & JACK ELAM
A Civil War veteran searches for the traitor who caused the death of a close friend. When the veteran’s quest brings him to Rio Lobo, he quickly learns the man he seeks is in control of the town.
SAT, JUNE 7 | 10PM ET SUN, JUNE 8 1PM ET SAT, JUNE 21 | 4:30PM ET
STARRING: DEAN MARTIN, JEAN SIMMONS, GEORGE PEPPARD, JOHN MCINTIRE & SLIM PICKENS
In a Western town, a former U.S. marshal and a strong-willed widow work together to unite the townsfolk to fight back against a gang boss who is set on terrorizing them all in countless ways
SAT, JUNE 7 | 5PM ET SUN, JUNE 22 3PM ET
STARRING: VAN JOHNSON, JOANNE DRU & RICHARD BOONE
After Confederate spies successfully steal a newly invented gatling gun from Union soldiers, they must safely bring it to their troops. The spies mission becomes more complicated as they transport their secret cargo through hostile Indian territory.
SUN, JUNE 8 3:30PM ET SAT, JUNE 28 10PM ET
STARRING: KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, JOHNNY CASH, WILLIE NELSON & WAYLON JENNINGS
Set in the 1880s in the Arizona Territory. The story of an unlikely collection of people who board a stagecoach together, each of them bound for the same highly dangerous town.
SAT, JUNE 28 12PM ET
STARRING: KENNY ROGERS & BRUCE BOXLEITNER
When a card shark receives a letter from a distant and troubled son, he travels to rescue the boy and his mother. During a train ride, the gambler meets a friendly, prideful young card player and shares his wisdom.
SUN, JUNE 15 2PM ET SAT, JUNE 28 | 4PM ET
STARRING: KEVIN COSTNER, KEVIN KLINE, DANNY GLOVER & SCOTT GLENN
Four gunslingers cross paths on their journey to Silverado. When they learn the small town, full of their family and friends, is run by a crooked sheriff, the sharp-shooters join forces to save the day.
THE LEGEND OF 5 MILE CAVE
SAT, JUNE 14 | 1PM ET
STARRING: ADAM BALDWIN, JEREMY SUMPTER, JET JURGENSMEYER, JILL WAGNER & ALEXANDRIA DEBERRY
In the 1930s, a woman’s boarder shares wild tales of gunfights and treasure—until outsiders arrive, hinting at truth.
SAT, JUNE 7 1PM ET
STARRING: KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, JOHNNY CASH, WILLIE NELSON, MARCIA CROSS & JUNE CARTER CASH
When the James brothers abandon bank robbery for farm life, they seek revenge after their mother is crippled and their stepbrother killed in a bombing.
THE WARRANT: BREAKER’S LAW
FRI, JUNE 27 12:30AM ET
STARRING: NEAL MCDONOUGH, BRUCE BOXLEITNER, NICK SEARCY & DERMOT MULRONEY
U.S. Marshal John Breaker and his deputy ride to a town held hostage by a ruthless gang as they transport a prisoner through the West. With the fate of a community at stake, they must decide if they will abandon the town or make a stand for justice.
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD SAT, JUNE 29 5:30PM ET
STARRING: SAM ELLIOTT, KATE CAPSHAW AND TOM CONTI
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with a frontier family traveling to the Wyoming Territory. He becomes the family’s defender against a ruthless gang of violent men bent on taking all they have and robbing them of their dreams, lives, and futures.
TRUE GRIT
SUN, JUNE 1 1PM ET SUN, JUNE 22 | 10PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, GLEN CAMPBELL, KIM DARBY & ROBERT DUVALL
A one-eyed, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father’s murderer in the Indian territory.
THE SEARCHERS
SUN, JUNE 1 10PM ET SUN, JUNE 15 | 5PM ET
STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, NATALIE WOOD, JEFFREY HUNTER & VERA MILES
A Civil War veteran returns home to Texas and finds his niece has been abducted. Along with his nephew, the veteran embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue his niece from an Indian tribe.
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