Stories of the Century (1954)
Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.
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Episode 1 - Belle Starr
Release Date: 1954-01-23Railroad Detective Matt Clark and his assistant Frankie Adams investigate the stealing of a herd of horses belonging to the U. S. Cavalry. They learn that the leader of the outlaws is a woman named Belle Starr.
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Episode 2 - Billy The Kid
Release Date: 1954-01-30Matt and Frankie set out on the trail of cattle rustlers led by one of the West's youngest and most notorious outlaws.
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Episode 3 - Frank And Jesse James
Release Date: 1954-02-07Railroad detectives Matt Clark and Frankie Adams pursue the vengeful James brothers, Frank and Jesse, who declare war on the law after their young half-brother is killed in a police ambush.
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Episode 4 - Geronimo
Release Date: 1954-02-14Railroad detectives Matt Clark and Frankie Adams go after Apache chief Geronimo, who has been identified by Joe Burns, the night watchman of the railroad yards, as the leader of a band of freight-car robbers.
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Episode 5 - Quantrill And His Raiders
Release Date: 1954-02-21The U.S. Army calls on Matt Clark (Jim Davis) to help subdue an Indian uprising led by Sioux chief Crazy Horse. Frankie: Mary Castle.
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Episode 6 - Cattle Kate
Release Date: 1954-02-28Matt and Frankie head to Sweetwater, Wyoming where major cattle ranches are suffering heavy losses. A woman nicknamed Cattle Kate becomes the focus due the number of livestock she sells despite her small operation.
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Episode 7 - Sam Bass
Release Date: 1954-03-04Henry Plummer is elected sheriff of Bannack, Mont., on a law-enforcement ticket---but then he promptly turns to crime. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
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Episode 8 - Johnny Ringo
Release Date: 1954-03-11Matt (Jim Davis) and Frankie join a circus to trap an escaped killer. Frankie: Mary Castle.
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Episode 9 - The Dalton Gang
Release Date: 1954-03-18Psychopathic killer Harry Tracy's senseless brutality disgusts even the members of his own gang. Matt: Jim Davis.
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Episode 10 - Doc. Holliday
Release Date: 1954-03-25 -
Episode 11 - The Younger Brothers
Release Date: 1954-04-02 -
Episode 12 - John Wesley Hardin
Release Date: 1954-04-09 -
Episode 13 - Joaquin Murietta
Release Date: 1954-04-16 -
Episode 14 - Tiburcio Vasquez
Release Date: 1954-04-23 -
Episode 15 - Chief Crazy Horse
Release Date: 1954-04-30 -
Episode 16 - Black Bart
Release Date: 1954-05-06 -
Episode 17 - Henry Plummer
Release Date: 1954-05-13 -
Episode 18 - Bill Longley
Release Date: 1954-05-20 -
Episode 19 - Harry Tracy
Release Date: 1954-05-27 -
Episode 20 - Wild Bunch Of Wyoming
Release Date: 1954-06-03Outlaw Butch Cassidy's sense of humor proves his undoing. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
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Episode 21 - The Doolin Gang
Release Date: 1954-06-10 -
Episode 22 - Little Britches
Release Date: 1954-06-17 -
Episode 23 - Black Jack Ketchum
Release Date: 1954-06-24"Black Jack" Ketchum took Martha Cullen's husband from her and now he has talked her son into joining his gang. Matt: Jim Clark. Frankie: Mary Castle.
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Episode 24 - Tom Horn
Release Date: 1954-07-01Matt and Frankie witness a boy's murder, which plunges them into a Wyoming range war. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
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Episode 25 - Ben Thompson
Release Date: 1954-07-08Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and Frankie Adams trail a gunman who started the biggest prairie fire in Texas history as part of a swindle. Frankie: Mary Castle.
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Episode 26 - Clay Allison
Release Date: 1954-07-15The Civil War is long over, but two Southern sympathizers are still at it---terrorizing Yankees in the Southwest. Matt: Jim Davis.