Four Feather Falls (1960)

Season 1

Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960. The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson: two allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, and two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog. Tex's speaking voice was provided by Nicholas Parsons, and his singing voice by Michael Holliday. The series has never been repeated on British television, but it was released on DVD in 2005.

Released Feb. 25, 1960 Episode 13 min 2+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Western

Keywords: imdb.dog, imdb.puppet

Production Companies: AP Films (APF)

Network: ITV1

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb

6.8

/120/

Trakt

/9/

TMDb

/3/

Gerry Anderson
Director

Nicholas Parsons

Kenneth Connor

Denise Bryer

David Graham

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S1E1 - How It Began

Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.

Feb. 25, 1960, midnight

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S1E2 - Kidnapped

Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.

March 3, 1960, midnight

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S1E3 - Pedro Has A Plan

Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?

March 10, 1960, midnight

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S1E4 - Pedro's Pardon

Pedro is pardoned by Tex.

March 17, 1960, midnight

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S1E5 - A Close Shave

Tex Tucker has a close call.

March 24, 1960, midnight

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S1E6 - Indian Attack

Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.

March 31, 1960, midnight

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S1E7 - Sheriff For A Day

Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?

April 7, 1960, midnight

S1E8 - Dusty Becomes Deputy

Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.

April 14, 1960, midnight

S1E9 - Gun Runners

Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.

April 21, 1960, midnight

S1E10 - Trouble At Yellow Gulch

Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.

April 28, 1960, midnight

S1E11 - Frame Up

Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?

May 5, 1960, midnight

S1E12 - Gold Diggers

Tex encounters some gold diggers.

May 12, 1960, midnight

S1E13 - Gold Is Where You Find It

Tex and the gang go looking for gold.

May 19, 1960, midnight

S1E14 - Trapped

Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?

May 26, 1960, midnight

S1E15 - The Best Laid Plans

Even the best plans can go wrong.

June 2, 1960, midnight

S1E16 - Escort

Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.

June 9, 1960, midnight

S1E17 - The Toughest Guy In The West

A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.

June 16, 1960, midnight

S1E18 - Ghost of a Chance

Marvin Jackson is trying to sell the Eureka Silver Mine, but the main buyer, Harman, pays Pedro and Fernando to pretend to be ghosts to bring the price down.

June 23, 1960, midnight

S1E19 - Gunplay

Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.

June 30, 1960, midnight

S1E20 - A Lawman Rides Alone

As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.

July 7, 1960, midnight

S1E21 - Jail Break

Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.

July 14, 1960, midnight

S1E22 - A Little Bit of Luck

Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.

July 21, 1960, midnight

S1E23 - Land Grabbers

The Circle Z Ranch is under siege from Morg Fenton and Big Ben, but Tex discovers it is outside his area of juristiction and cannot help defend it.

July 28, 1960, midnight

S1E24 - Once a Lawman

With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.

Aug. 4, 1960, midnight

S1E25 - Election Day

Usually Tex is the only one to run for the post of sheriff on election days, but this time Pedro makes a bid for the position.

Aug. 11, 1960, midnight

S1E26 - Gunfight On Main Street

Tex's old friend arrives in town looking for two criminals. Tex helps him, but they end up in a dangerous showdown on Main Street.

Aug. 18, 1960, midnight

S1E27 - A Bad Name

Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.

Aug. 25, 1960, midnight

S1E28 - Horse Thieves

Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.

Sept. 1, 1960, midnight

S1E29 - The Ma Jones Story

Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.

Sept. 8, 1960, midnight

S1E30 - Bandits Abroad

Fernando bears a striking resemblance to another master criminal, so Pedro comes up with an idea to get the reward money for capturing him.

Sept. 15, 1960, midnight

S1E31 - A Cure for Everything

A medicine man arrives in town claiming to have a cure for everything and almost puts Doc Haggerty out of business before he discovers the true source of the medicines.

Sept. 22, 1960, midnight