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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Vigilantes Begin

    • September 24, 1957
    • NBC

    Arriving in San Francisco in search of gold, Dion Patrick is almost shanghaied to China.

  • S01E02 All That Glitters

    • October 1, 1957
    • NBC

    A gold prospector is about to be hung for attempting to take back money from a dishonest poker player he thinks cheated him.

  • S01E03 The Noose

    • October 8, 1957
    • NBC

    Vigilantes disagree on whether to try or to lynch a man accused of robbing Dion Patrick.

  • S01E04 The Avenger

    • October 15, 1957
    • NBC

    Dion seeks vengeance when a reporter is murdered.

  • S01E05 The Search For Lucy Manning

    • October 22, 1957
    • NBC

    Rev. Spangler tries to help a young girl involved with notorious outlaws.

  • S01E06 The Lost Queue

    • October 27, 1957
    • NBC

    Thugs try to stop a group of Chinese immigrants from settling in the territory.

  • S01E07 The Regulators

    • November 5, 1957
    • NBC

    To silence witnesses against their boss, outlaws kidnap McGivern's wife, Martha.

  • S01E08 Man From Boston

    • November 12, 1957
    • NBC

    Jack is shot by a renegade and Dion tries desperately to get a doctor to help him.

  • S01E09 The Barber's Boy

    • November 19, 1957
    • NBC

    The Vigilantes are helped by a boy in their struggle to capture the vicious Regulators.

  • S01E10 The Magic Box

    • November 26, 1957
    • NBC

    Politics is a deadly game the way Martin Donovan plays it.

  • S01E11 Little Lost Man

    • December 3, 1957
    • NBC

    The vigilantes try to handle the mounting problem of juvenile delinquency in San Francisco.

  • S01E12 Strange Quarantine

    • December 10, 1957
    • NBC

    Quacks hamper an Eastern doctor's attempts to prevent a smallpox epidemic.

  • S01E13 Truce Of The Tree

    • December 17, 1957
    • NBC

    Lord Charlie fights for tolerance and brotherhood in San Francisco.

  • S01E14 The PO 8

    • December 31, 1957
    • NBC

    Patrick and McGivern seek a gold shipment stolen by a poetic bandit.

  • S01E15 The Coward

    • January 7, 1958
    • NBC

    Blackie Stewart is blackmailing Judge Jones over his wife. The Judge challenges Blackie to a most unusual duel.

  • S01E16 Panic On Montgomery Street

    • January 14, 1958
    • NBC

    Banker Seth Woods implements a plan to prevent a threatened run on the bank.

  • S01E17 China Doll

    • January 21, 1958
    • NBC

    Adam investigates trafficking in women from China.

  • S01E18 Mr. Valejo

    • January 28, 1958
    • NBC

    Don Mariano Valejo is leading the vaqueros' raids on Yankee settlements.

  • S01E19 The Alice Pritchard Case

    • February 4, 1958
    • NBC

    A plot to blackmail Alice Pritchard is uncovered but the blackmailer is murdered.

  • S01E20 The Man From Paris

    • February 11, 1958
    • NBC

    A Paris courtier is ridiculed because of his "unmanly profession."

  • S01E21 The Duel

    • February 18, 1958
    • NBC

    A series of duels is costing San Francisco some of its most prominent citizens.

  • S01E22 Sorley Boy

    • February 25, 1958
    • NBC

    McGivern promotes a fight between Sorley Boy McDonald and Tull O'Neil, champion of England.

  • S01E23 Gentleman From Philadelphia

    • March 4, 1958
    • NBC

    Matt Wayne seeks to kill Benedict for the murder of his partner. Benedict is later killed and Wayne is setup for his murder and sentenced to hang.

  • S01E24 The Marshal

    • March 11, 1958
    • NBC

    Outlaws murder Father Holzer when he takes in a youngster who was helping them.

  • S01E25 Death By Proxy

    • March 18, 1958
    • NBC

    When corrupt prosecutor Dan White is knifed to death in Chinatown, Marshall Wayne faces a return of vigilante justice as a tool for White's opportunist brother-in-law while preserving an opportunity for improved laundry service.

  • S01E26 The Street

    • March 25, 1958
    • NBC

    Matt unknowingly appoints as a policeman a man hired to kill him.

  • S01E27 J. Jimmerson Jones, Inc.

    • April 1, 1958
    • NBC

    Matt Wayne investigates the robbery of $50,000 from prospector J. Jimmerson Jones.

  • S01E28 Skeleton In The Closet

    • April 8, 1958
    • NBC

    A blackmailer has been murdered - but by which of his victims?

  • S01E29 Pipeline

    • April 22, 1958
    • NBC

    Doc Haley tangles with the owner of the water company when impure water brings on a cholera epidemic.

  • S01E30 The Foundling

    • April 29, 1958
    • NBC

    Matt thinks twice before arresting Alonzo Hicks; when Alonzo's in jail, Matt has to care for his wild son.

  • S01E31 Second Trial

    • May 6, 1958
    • NBC

    Matt investigates the death of a prominent citizen.

  • S01E32 The Inner Circle

    • May 13, 1958
    • NBC

    When investigating a murder, Matt uncovers a crime ring.

  • S01E33 The Golden Bride

    • May 20, 1958
    • NBC

    A prospector promises a girl her weight in gold - if she marries him.

  • S01E34 Murietta

    • May 27, 1958
    • NBC

    Mexican-American animosity stands in the way of a young girl's love.

  • S01E35 Shanghai Queen

    • June 3, 1958
    • NBC

    Trying to catch a gang of shanghaiing sailors, Matt almost lands at the bottom of the bay.

  • S01E36 Bridal Bouquet

    • June 10, 1958
    • NBC

    Dolph Parker imports a bride from the East and gets more than he bargained for.

  • S01E37 Golden Grapes

    • June 17, 1958
    • NBC

    A family feud involves Matt when the son is accused of robbery.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Dishonor for Matt Wayne

    • September 23, 1958
    • NBC

    The corrupt businessmen threatened with losing their illegal gaming money when Marshal Matt Wayne cracks down on crime frame him for murder.

  • S02E02 Mutineers from Hell

    • September 30, 1958
    • NBC

    Jeremy Pitt is hired to represent a ship's crew accused of mutiny.

  • S02E03 Lola Montez

    • October 7, 1958
    • NBC

    The arrival of beautiful Lola Montez causes quite a stir in San Francisco.

  • S02E04 A Girl Named Sam

    • October 14, 1958
    • NBC

    The Bandanna Gang is on the rampage, so Matt agrees to escort a group of settlers to San Francisco.

  • S02E05 The Salted Gold Mine

    • October 21, 1958
    • NBC

    Marshal Wayne suspects a con when a married couple start selling stock in a gold mine.

  • S02E06 Overland Mail

    • October 28, 1958
    • NBC

    When a series of stage holdups occurs, Matt is sworn in as a US marshal so he can take the case.

  • S02E07 Prince of Thieves

    • November 11, 1958
    • NBC

    Sam Crawford, the Prince of Thieves, comes to town and offers Marshal Wayne a percentage of all his ill gotten gains for his help. But Marshal Wayne arrests Sam Crawford for bribery and while jailed Crawford is able to rob a stagecoach.

  • S02E08 Hangtown

    • November 18, 1958
    • NBC

    Marshal Matthew Wayne's friend's dying requests leads him to disquieting Hangtown.

  • S02E09 Dangerous Journey

    • November 25, 1958
    • NBC

  • S02E10 Halfway House

    • December 2, 1958
    • NBC

    Travelers to San Francisco have been disappearing in the vicinity of an ancient inn.

  • S02E11 The Painless Extractionist

    • December 9, 1958
    • NBC

    While Dr. Pepper offers painless dental work to the people of San Francisco, his cohorts are up to no good.

  • S02E12 Old Sea Dog

    • December 16, 1958
    • NBC

    A commodore's son, misunderstood by his father, helps outlaws steal from the Navy.

  • S02E13 The Long Night

    • December 23, 1958
    • NBC

    Three men try to silence a murder witness who has refused protective custody.

  • S02E14 The Man Who Owned San Francisco

    • December 30, 1958
    • NBC

    Panic sets in when Jose Limantour claims title to two square miles in the heart of the city.

  • S02E15 The First Gold Brick

    • January 6, 1959
    • NBC

    Clay Kendall shows off the gold brick smelted from ore from his mine and convinces investors this is just the beginning. Marshal Wayne suspects Clay is conning the investors.

  • S02E16 The Painted Lady

    • January 13, 1959
    • NBC

    Is Maude Sorel, owner of an objectionable gambling house, socialite Julie Draton's mother?

  • S02E17 Bella Union

    • January 20, 1959
    • NBC

    Charly Tuttle is shot dead at the front door of the Bella Union on opening night. Marshall Wayne investigates.

  • S02E18 Crimps' Meat

    • January 27, 1959
    • NBC

    Joe Ryan tips Matt off about a gang that's shanghaiing sailors.

  • S02E19 Corpus Delicti

    • February 3, 1959
    • NBC

    Matt faces a court battle with Jeremy when he tries to have a man convicted on circumstantial evidence.

  • S02E20 A Turn in the Trail

    • February 17, 1959
    • NBC

    While trailing an outlaw, Matt gets involved with a conniving female.

  • S02E21 Wolf's Head

    • February 24, 1959
    • NBC

    Outlaw Charles Savage escapes from jail with one thing in mind - revenge against Matt and Jeremy.

  • S02E22 Cat's Paw

    • March 3, 1959
    • NBC

    Matt deputizes Wilma Fansler to help him solve a strange murder.

  • S02E23 Gold-Tooth Charlie

    • March 10, 1959
    • NBC

    A young Chinese man wants to break with the past - to join the underworld.

  • S02E24 Stampede at Misery Flats

    • March 17, 1959
    • NBC

    An eccentric old prospector is Matt Wayne's ally as he tries to solve a gold embezzlement scheme.

  • S02E25 Guns for King Joseph

    • March 24, 1959
    • NBC

    Jeremy's friendship with an Indian outlaw angers Matt.

  • S02E26 Deadly Tintype

    • March 31, 1959
    • NBC

    A defrauded insurance company asks Matt to work on a case of maritime larceny.

  • S02E27 A Hundred Barrels

    • April 21, 1959
    • NBC

    Matt investigates human traffickers, smuggling Chinese into San Francisco to work as slave labor.

  • S02E28 The Fugitive

    • April 28, 1959
    • NBC

    The first California extradition case conflicts with Matt's efforts to clear an accused murderer.

  • S02E29 The Fur Story

    • May 5, 1959
    • NBC

    The vigilantes try to drive a Russian fur company out of town.

  • S02E30 One Ton of Peppercorns

    • May 12, 1959
    • NBC

    James Coburn plays Matt Wayne's gullible cousin, who is victimized by a swindler as soon as he gets to town.

  • S02E31 The Bell Tolls

    • May 19, 1959
    • NBC

    The vigilantes insist on lynching a man accused of murdering the Attorney General.

  • S02E32 An Act of Faith

    • May 26, 1959
    • NBC

    Deputy Anthony Wayne tries to get a reluctant murder witness to talk.