Kirby Grant
Sky King
Sky King (1952)
Season 3
Sky King is an American radio and television adventure series. The title character is Arizona rancher and aircraft pilot Schuyler "Sky" King. The series was likely based on a true-life personality of the 1930s, Jack Cones, the "Flying Constable" of Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County, California, although this claim is unverified. Although the series had strong western elements, King mostly captured criminals and spies, and found lost hikers with the use of his plane, the Songbird. Though the planes used changed during the course of the series, the later model was not given a number, but was still known as the Songbird. King and his niece, Penny, lived on the Flying Crown Ranch, near the town of Grover, Arizona. Penny and Clipper were also pilots, though still relatively inexperienced and looking to their uncle for guidance and mentoring. Penny was an accomplished air racer and rated multi-engine pilot, whom Sky trusted to fly the Songbird. In the third TV episode, Penny refers to Clipper as "my brother", so they are siblings. The musical score was largely the work of Herschel Burke Gilbert.
Released April 5, 1952
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Keywords: tmdb.ranch, tmdb.pilot, imdb.arizona-desert, imdb.two-word-series-title, imdb.monoplane, imdb.fixed-wing-aircraft, imdb.uncle-niece-relationship + 13 more, imdb.1950s, imdb.girl-sidekick, imdb.damsel-in-distress, imdb.arizona, imdb.modern-western, imdb.contemporary-western, imdb.airplane-pilot, imdb.female-pilot, imdb.uncle-nephew-relationship, imdb.based-on-radio-series, imdb.twin-engine-airplane, imdb.bamboo-bomber, imdb.ranch
Production Companies: McGowan Productions, Jack Chertok Television Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Mystery Horse
Dec. 29, 1957, midnight
S3E2 - Double Trouble
Dec. 29, 1957, midnight
S3E3 - Note for a Dam
Sky and Penny are held captive by a maniac planning to dynamite a waterworks facility.
Jan. 5, 1958, midnight
S3E4 - Bad Actor
Jan. 5, 1958, midnight
S3E5 - Fight for Oil
Jan. 12, 1958, midnight
S3E6 - Lost Boy
Jan. 12, 1958, midnight
S3E7 - The Brain and the Brawn
Sky investigates some suspicious happenings at the county fair.
Jan. 26, 1958, midnight
S3E8 - The Feathered Serpent
After a bird with an emerald attached to its leg lands in penny's garden, Sky King releases it to see where it goes.
Jan. 26, 1958, midnight
S3E9 - The Circus Clown Mystery
Feb. 22, 1958, midnight
S3E10 - Dead Man's Will
Feb. 22, 1958, midnight
S3E11 - Cindy, Come Home
March 11, 1958, midnight
S3E12 - Rodeo Decathlon
March 9, 1958, midnight
S3E13 - Abracadabra
March 11, 1958, midnight
S3E14 - Triple Exposure
March 9, 1958, midnight
S3E15 - The Haunted Castle
March 16, 1958, midnight
S3E16 - Man Hunt
Fearing he has killed another boy, Joe Belden, recently released from reform school, flees into the desert. Sheriff Hargrove knows that the Joe's opponent survived the fight, but also knows that Joe, now heavily armed, will think that the law officers are intent on arresting him. He calls upon Sky, whom Joe trusts, to join the man-hunt.
March 16, 1958, midnight
S3E17 - Danger at the Sawmill
March 16, 1958, midnight
S3E18 - Sleight of Hand
March 23, 1958, midnight
S3E19 - The Runaway
March 23, 1958, midnight
S3E20 - Stop That Train
March 30, 1958, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: April 5, 1952
Last Air Date: March 8, 1959, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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