Death Valley Days (1952)
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945 and continued from 1952 to 1970 as a syndicated television series, with reruns continuing through August 1, 1975. The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and hosted by Stanley Andrews, Ronald Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson. With the passing of Dale Robertson in 2013, all the former Death Valley Days hosts are now deceased.
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Episode 1 - The Hangtown Fry
Release Date: 1962-10-01Paul Duval is scheduled for hanging and he is desperate to ward off his execution. He concocts a very unique omelet he calls hangtown fry but refuses to divulge the recipe in hopes it will keep him alive.
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Episode 2 - The $275,000 Sack of Flour
Release Date: 1962-10-01Ruel Gridley pays off a bet by donating a bag of flour to a fund for Civil War wounded.
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Episode 3 - Suzie
Release Date: 1962-10-03After a clash with hostile Apaches the troops discover a lone little girl and return with her to the fort. Captain Reed and his wife Emilie take her in, name her Suzie and become attached. They then discover her grandfather Chief Nahnee wants her back.
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Episode 4 - Fort Bowie: Urgent
Release Date: 1962-10-08Helen is about to celebrate her wedding day not knowing Frank Girard is planning on ruining it. Having just escaped from custody he heads to Fort Bowie and the only thing that can stop him is the newly invented telegraph.
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Episode 5 - The Hat That Wore the West
Release Date: 1962-10-23John Stetson is not a well man when he heads west. He teams up with trapper Dan Wills and activity restores his health. But when an avalanche ruins a year's work, John's ability to make his own hats promises him a prosperous future.
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Episode 6 - The Last Shot
Release Date: 1962-10-25Farmer Carlo Farelli is looking for a wife and finds one in beautiful saloon girl Della. But the local farmer doesn't want Carlo's competition when it comes to his vegetables or Della.
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Episode 7 - To Walk with Greatness
Release Date: 1962-11-12An Indian treaty is endangered by three killer outlaws. A cavalry lieutenant, who they misled, is determined to be the one who brings them to justice.
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Episode 8 - The Grass Man
Release Date: 1962-11-13A horticulturist heads out west to identify new plants and encounters challenges.
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Episode 9 - Davy's Friend
Release Date: 1962-11-14Young Joel is disregarded by his traveling companions as they head to Texas right after the Alamo. He is sent off on a mission to get him out of way but ends up impressing everyone.
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Episode 10 - Bloodline
Release Date: 1962-11-15Dr. Max Richter is frustrated when a patient dies and he believes new techniques might save them. He's up against suspicion and stubbornness when he learns of blood transfusions then a royal prince is near death and in his care.
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Episode 11 - The Vintage Years
Release Date: 1962-12-19Daniel Quint is carrying an entire years savings for his religious community. He befriends Lorna on the stagecoach, not knowing she is setting him up to be robbed by her paramour Meadows.
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Episode 12 - The Private Mint of Clark, Gruber and Co.
Release Date: 1962-12-28Milton Clark and Emanuel Gruber are Denver bankers during it's mining days. They trade dust for coin but running short they produce their own coinage. The US government challenges them which leads to changes in the federal mint system.
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Episode 13 - Loss of Faith
Release Date: 1962-12-31Kitty pits Joe & Gabe against each other, as she convinces Joe to run against Gabe for sheriff of Pima County. Violence ensues.
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Episode 14 - Pioneer Doctor
Release Date: 1963-01-02Dr. Charles Edwards arrives in a rough frontier town to set up practice. He finds out that what he learned in his Eastern school doesn't always work among his less gentile patients.
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Episode 15 - Stubborn Mule Hill
Release Date: 1963-01-25Kit Carson, while scouting for the army, finds an old friend Edward believed killed in a massacre. Informing him his fiance has married the lieutenant vows revenge but an ambush by hostile Indians leads to a change of heart.
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Episode 16 - A Gun Is Not a Gentleman
Release Date: 1963-02-08Senator Dave Broderick and Justice David Terry are on opposite sides politically but also class background. After feeling publicly insulted Terry challenges Broderick to a duel but the senator has never held a gun.
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Episode 17 - The Lion of Idaho
Release Date: 1963-02-18William E. Borah, later to become a U.S. Senator from Idaho, is portrayed here as a young attorney defending a woman on a murder charge in Nampa, ID.
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Episode 18 - The Debt
Release Date: 1963-02-20A towns people try to stop Mexican bandit Tiburcio Vasquez.
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Episode 19 - The Train and Lucy Tutaine
Release Date: 1963-02-22When her cow is killed by a train Lucy Tutaine is outraged by the indifference to her financial loss that the widow can't afford. She decides to sue the railroad with few giving her little chance of succeeding.
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Episode 20 - Grotto of Death
Release Date: 1963-03-08A mine operator insists on having his workers continue in unsafe conditions that are prone to cave-ins. Finally someone decides to challenge him at the risk of losing his job.
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Episode 21 - Diamond Jim Brady
Release Date: 1963-04-04Diamond Jim Brady, one of USA's wealthiest men, is traveling through Texas on the railroad. He accepts the almost impossible wager of selling $100,000 worth of barbed wire to fence hating ranchers without ever leaving the train.
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Episode 22 - Phantom Procession
Release Date: 1963-04-12When Corbin is riding through a mysterious valley he is thrown from his horse and knocked unconscious. When he comes to he finds himself under the care of a family who relate the ghostly occurrences of the area.
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Episode 23 - With Honesty and Integrity
Release Date: 1963-04-18Crow Dog is arrested for a reservation murder with Barkie arguing for a murder. The judge and sheriff ensure a fair trial yet the Indian is convicted. Asking to settle his affairs, promises to return for his hanging. But his lawyer's legal point goes to the Supreme Court.
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Episode 24 - Coffin for a Coward
Release Date: 1963-04-21Clint Rogers finds Daley with other outlaws terrorizing and killing the citizens on his return home. The town won't fight back as it's divided by union and southern sympathizers. The murder of his friend Billy has Clint deciding to take a stand.
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Episode 25 - Shadow of Violence
Release Date: 1963-04-24Two mysterious men Bob and Jim arrive in town only to begin digging in the graveyard at night. The citizen are suspicions but the strangers remain tight lipped. The appearance of a tombstone reveals the men are famous outlaw brothers.
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Episode 26 - The Melancholy Gun
Release Date: 1963-04-26Johnny Ringo is an expert gunslinger with a mysterious past. His arrival in town brings concern but he confides in Myra he wants a more respectable life. But too many want to build their reputation by gunning Ringo down.