Stuart E. McGowan
Director
Death Valley Days (1952)
Season 8
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.
Released Oct. 1, 1952
Episode 30 min
10+
Keywords: imdb.arizona-territory, imdb.arizona-desert, imdb.law, imdb.mountain, imdb.legend, imdb.desert, imdb.gunfire + 26 more, imdb.gun, imdb.death, imdb.american-west, imdb.old-west, imdb.death-valley-california, imdb.hosted-television-series, imdb.new-mexico-desert, imdb.classical-western, imdb.epic-western, imdb.borax, imdb.wild-west, imdb.mule-train, imdb.american-history, imdb.americana, imdb.law-and-order, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.arizona, imdb.globe-arizona, imdb.1880s, imdb.19th-century, imdb.gila-county-arizona, imdb.sleeve-gun, imdb.mojave-indian, imdb.oatman-massacre, awards.emmy-award-nominated, imdb.anthology-series
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Production Companies: sfm Entertainment, McGowan Productions
Network: Syndication
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S8E1 - Olvera
A Mexican official must decide between his fellow caballeros and his obligations to the U.S. Government during the annexation of California.
Oct. 1, 1959, midnight
S8E2 - "Gates Ajar" Morgan
A man goes too far promoting a phony religious philosophy based on the novel "The Gates Ajar", and must admit the truth if he is to save his friend and benefactor from a lynch mob.
Oct. 15, 1959, midnight
S8E3 - Sam Kee and Uncle Sam
Sam Kee, ostracized because he's Chinese, finds refuge at a fort after saving a soldier's life. He makes himself useful and befriends Lt. Burke who needs help after Apaches repeatedly steal the payroll. Sam is able to come to the aid of his benefactors.
Oct. 27, 1959, midnight
S8E4 - The Grand Duke
Russian Grand Duke Alexis is touring the West and the government assigns Buffalo Bill as his guide. The frontiersman objects but ends up bonding with the royal. An encounter with hostile Indians cements the friendship.
Nov. 3, 1959, midnight
S8E5 - Fair Exchange
Charlie and Phoebe Stoner are having hard times because of his drinking. Major Bullock arrives from the East willing to grubstake Charlie to learn his mining expertise. When valuable items disappear Bullock suspects Charlie but there's a simpler solution.
Nov. 13, 1959, midnight
S8E6 - The Scalpel and the Gun
Dr. Tom Bell stays out west after the Mexican American War but his belief in himself is gone. When a patient of his dies unexpectedly his medical practice is ruined and he thinks his only choice is to join with criminal elements.
Nov. 17, 1959, midnight
S8E7 - Indian Emily
After an army skirmish with hostile Indians prisoners arrive at the fort including an ill girl. Mrs. Easton nurses her to health and she adopts the Anglo ways but leaves after falling in love with Tom. She returns only to perform a heroic act.
Nov. 26, 1959, midnight
S8E8 - Hang 'Em High
Two competing teams race to complete a cross country telegraph line, aiding the Union cause. Also at stake is a bonus so when sabotage takes place suspicions grow. But Hudson learns it's Confederate sympathizers at work.
Nov. 26, 1959, midnight
S8E9 - Tribal Justice
The son of an Indian chief accused of the murder of a fellow tribesman faces trial.
Dec. 10, 1959, midnight
S8E10 - The Little Trooper
The MacArthur family arrive at Ft. Selden their new post in frontier Arizona. In the midst of hostile Apache actions the young Douglas falls under the watchful eye of Norkul who risks everything to protect the future commanding general.
Dec. 10, 1959, midnight
S8E11 - Ten Feet of Nothing
During a drunken evening in town, a miner gives a pretty saloon-singer half-interest in his apparently worthless claim, only to learn that the surrounding property contains a vein of valuable ore.
Dec. 24, 1959, midnight
S8E12 - Lady of the Press
Mike Ward arrives in Carson City and immediately clashes with newspaper owner Lauri Frick. He establishes a rival paper both working to improve things in frontier Nevada. What Lauri doesn't realize is who her secret contributor is.
Dec. 24, 1959, midnight
S8E13 - The Reluctant Gun
When artistic Billy Jackson is threatened by gunslinger Corbett, he shoots him in the back. Famed lawyer Temple Houston is asked to take Billy's case but because the crime took place with many witnesses Houston must work a miracle.
Dec. 26, 1959, midnight
S8E14 - His Brother's Keeper
Edwin Booth arrives in Downieville to do a Shakespearean show 6 months after his brother assassinated Lincoln. Town tough Rogan and his cronies try to prevent the performance. It's up to Jeb Hayes to show his son to stand up for what's right.
Jan. 9, 1960, midnight
S8E15 - The Devil's Due
Tom Dixon, formerly an outlaw, is trying to change his ways and marry his sweetheart. But he's wanted for a past bank robbery and the reappearance of fellow gang member Cassidy make it difficult to avoid trouble.
Jan. 21, 1960, midnight
S8E16 - Money to Burn
Carl, a destitute vagabond, stumbles upon $50,000 in Wells Fargo loot. He lives it up in a fine hotel but also sharing the money with those in need. He doesn't realize the original thief Browning and Hume, a bank detective, are on his trail.
Jan. 22, 1960, midnight
S8E17 - Dogs of the Mist
Steve Hewitt accidentally kills the dogs of miner Tully who had sent a desparate message. Haunted by his mistake he searches for the man while his friends suspect him of hiding a lucrative mine. Steve is guided by mysterious howling.
Feb. 6, 1960, midnight
S8E18 - A Wedding Dress
Marshall Bill Tilghman works in 1890's Oklahoma territory trying to bring in the Doolin gang. He methods are questioned when he first offers amnesty but gets sidetracked when he does a bride a favor, putting his job in jeopardy.
Feb. 13, 1960, midnight
S8E19 - Shadows on the Window
Lew Wallace is governor of New Mexico territory during Billy the Kid's murderous time in the 1880's. While dealing with threats to his life, worries of his family, he manages to write a novel that would become biblical best-selling Ben Hur.
Feb. 18, 1960, midnight
S8E20 - The Battle of Mokelumne Hill
California imposes a monthly tax on immigrant miners in the 1850's gold boom. Most groups grudgingly respond but the French resist violently. Lt. Bradshaw is tasked with enforcement despite his sympathy for the miners.
Feb. 19, 1960, midnight
S8E21 - The Strangers
A hate-filled drifter threatens successful rancher John Gaunt and his family.
March 3, 1960, midnight
S8E22 - Goodbye Five Hundred Pesos
In the years after California's conquest, an Army commander grapples with hostile citizens.
March 3, 1960, midnight
S8E23 - Forbidden Wedding
A couple face opposition to their marriage: the governor of California, whom the woman once rejected.
March 17, 1960, midnight
S8E24 - One Man Tank
Prospector "Dutch" Charley Koehn (John Bleifer)searches for gold for many years, but never finds any. He decides to settle down and buys a goat farm...and strikes it rich when he finds gold on the property.
March 17, 1960, midnight
S8E25 - The Man on the Road
John Raitt plays a drifter who befriends a boy whose father has been jailed for horse theft.
March 30, 1960, midnight
S8E26 - The Man Everyone Hated
A general planning to house Indians on a reservation finds himself hated by white men and red men alike.
April 1, 1960, midnight
S8E27 - The General Who Disappeared
The going gets rough for a corrupt politician. The governor of Montana has launched a reform campaign.
April 8, 1960, midnight
S8E28 - The Million Dollar Pants
The saga regarding the need for and development of blue jeans during the California gold rush by Levi Strauss.
April 13, 1960, midnight
S8E29 - Pirates of San Francisco
A sailor, a barmaid and a newspaperman join forces to clean up a lawless city.
April 14, 1960, midnight
S8E30 - A Woman's Rights
Bethel Leslie plays America's first female judge, who loses her life savings and her husband in a fight against corruption.
May 1, 1960, midnight
S8E31 - Eagle in the Rocks
Townspeople plan a vendetta when a Mexican outlaw is accused of killing four miners.
May 10, 1960, midnight
S8E32 - Cap'n Pegleg
A vengeful sea captain goes after the sailors he holds responsible for the loss of his leg.
May 12, 1960, midnight
S8E33 - Emma Is Coming
A singer wants to chuck it all and go home.
May 24, 1960, midnight
S8E34 - Human Sacrifice
An Indian chief's young widow fights an ancient ritual requiring her to be killed following her husband's death.
June 2, 1960, midnight
S8E35 - Pete Kitchen's Wedding Night
Cameron Mitchell plays Pete Kitchen, a stubborn Arizona pig rancher battling Indians on his wedding night.
June 7, 1960, midnight
S8E36 - Mission to the Mountains
On a peace mission, a rancher and an Indian meet a prospector who thinks they're after his gold.
June 9, 1960, midnight
S8E37 - The Great Lounsberry Scoop
Colonel Lounsberry is selected by General Custer to be the only newspaperman to travel with the troops leaving on a campaign against the Sioux.
June 24, 1960, midnight
S8E38 - Somewhere in the Vultures
A former prospector is hired by a young woman to find her fiance, who became lost in the mountains while searching for gold.
Oct. 15, 1959, midnight
Syndication
30 min/ep
13560 min
Oct. 1, 1952
April 24, 1970, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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