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When My Friend Flicka was broadcast into living rooms across the country (and many foreign nations as well), families would gather in the living room for a half-hour of fun and adventure for all ages.  Each episode began with Ken McLaughlin (Johnny Washbrook) riding toward the camera on Flicka.
 
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Johnny Washbrook and Flicka


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Below is a complete list of the series’ thirty-nine episodes.  Each episode normally took three and a half days to film.  The date listed is the original production date, and they are listed here in chronological order by date of production.  The episodes were all shown for the first time (in black and white) on Friday evenings, 7:30 to 8PM, on CBS-TV.  The episode “Phantom Herd” was chosen for the pilot, and it was the first episode to be broadcast—on February 10, 1956.  The series went head-to-head with some strong competition, namely Rin-Tin-Tin.  In March the following year, CBS moved the show to Saturdays at 7PM.  In April and May of ’57 they broadcast it on Sundays at 6PM, and June through August they showed it on Wednesdays at 7:30PM.  In September of 1957, NBC picked up the series and began showing the color versions.  They aired the show on Sundays at 6:30PM through December.  They moved it to 7PM in January of 1958, where it stayed until they showed the series for the last time on May 18th.  It went to be replayed on all the major networks over the years, and on the Disney Channel as well.      

 

“ONE-MAN HORSE”

Date:  September 30, 1955

Guest Cast:      
Simmons……..…HUGH BEAUMONT
Luke……………..DON HARVEY
Carl……….……..JOE HAYWORTH
Sheriff……..…....HUGH SANDERS
Storekeeper.......FORREST LEWIS

Directed by NATHAN JURAN
Teleplay by PETER PACKER and DEVALLON SCOTT
Produced by HERBERT SCHLOM
Director or Photography LLOYD AHERN, A.S.C.
Assistant Director GILBERT MANDELIK
Art Director THEOBOLD HOLSOPPLE
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JOSEPH SILDER
Set Decoration FRANK WADE
Properties MAX GOLDMAN
Recorded by BERNARD FREDERICKS

PLOT:  Ken is forced to let an armed outlaw ride Flicka to his hideout.  The man threatens to kill Flicka if Ken reveals the truth to the authorities.

 

“BLIND FAITH”

Date:  October 7, 1955

Guest Cast:       
Hildy…………………PAMELA BEAIRD
Dr. Gresham….……WILTON GRAFF
Doc Harrow……..….PHIL CHAMBERS
Ed Quinney…….…..ROBERT ADLER

Directed by ROBERT GORDON
Teleplay by NAT TACHUCK, ART BROWNE, JR. & CURTIS
KENYON
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography LLOYD AHERN, A.S.C.
Assistant Director GILBERT MANDELIK
Art Director THEOBOLD HOLSOPPLE
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Set Decoration FRANK WADE
Properties MAX GOLDMAN
Recorded by LYLE E. WILLEY

PLOT:  Flicka is blinded in a tragic accident, but Ken has faith that he can slowly bring her back to health.  (Pamela Beaird’s character of Gus Broeberg’s neice, Hildy Broeberg, like Sydney Mason’s character, Sheriff Downey, was a recurring role in the series.  Miss Beaird, also credited elsewhere as Pamela Baird and Pamela Beard, later appeared in several episodes of the Leave It To Beaver TV series, playing Mary Ellen Rogers, Wally Cleaver’s girlfriend.  The characters Mary Ellen and Wally eventually wed, and she played Wally’s wife in a reunion film Still The Beaver in 1983, and in the later The New Leave It To Beaver series as well.)

 

“A CASE OF HONOR”

Date:  October 14, 1955

Guest Cast:      
Crothers………..….PETER WHITNEY
Marshal………….…CRAIG DUNCAN
Doc Harrow………..PHIL CHAMBERS

Directed by NATHAN JURAN
Teleplay by JERRY SACKHEIM
Story by LORRAINE EDWARDS
Produced by PETER PACKER
Director of Photography, CLARK RAMSEY, A.S.C.
Assistant Director WALTER M. SIMONDS
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Filmed by RICHARD W. FARRELL
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WISE
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by PERC TOWNSEND

PLOT:  Sheepherders move into the valley, they and the cattle ranchers feud over rights to the grazing land, and Rob is accused of poisoning a water hole during the ordeal.

 

“A GOOD DEED”

Date:  October 21, 1955

Guest Cast:      
Tommy Martin…..….BUTCH BERNARD
Ed Martin……………DAN RISS

Directed by FREDERICK STEPHANI
Teleplay by MARY LACEY & KAY LENARD
Story by MARY LACEY
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS

PLOT:  Ken and Flicka help a disabled boy overcome his fear of horses with a young colt.

 

“CAVALRY HORSE”

Date:  October 28, 1955

Guest Cast:      
Sgt. Tim O’Gara…..….TUDOR OWEN
Stout……………..…….JOHN CLIFF
Colonel Percival.…......CHARLES EVANS
Lieutenant Dixon.........WILLIAM HENRY
Pete Slocum……….….ROBERT ADLER
Sheriff Downey…....….SYDNEY MASON

Directed by FREDERICK STEPHANI
Teleplay by DEVALLON SCOTT & JERRY SACKHEIM
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL

PLOT:  An Army sergeant who served with Rob is troubled over the fate of his horse.  The horse is destined to be put down and the sergeant cannot prove his ownership, so Ken and Rob lend their help.

 

“THE ACCIDENT”

Date:  November 4, 1955

Guest Cast:        
Doctor Tilton.…..….…DON BEDDOE
John Bronson………..ROBERT ADLER

Directed by FREDERICK STEPHANI
Teleplay by KAY LENARD
Story by MARIANNE MOSNER
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL

PLOT:  Ken is stalked by a wild cougar after he is thrown off of Flicka and cannot walk.

 

“THE STRANGER”

Date:  November 11, 1955

Guest Cast:       
Mason……………….JEFF MORROW
Hildie………….....…..PAMELA BEAIRD
Sheriff Downey….....SYDNEY MASON

Directed by ROBERT GORDON
Teleplay by PETER PACKER & DEVALLON SCOTT
Story by HAROLD SHUMATE
Produced by HERBERT SCHLOM
Directors of Photography LLOYD AHERN & JOSEPH BIROC
Film Editor JOSEPH SILVER

PLOT:  In his escape from the law, an escaped convict takes Ken hostage.  When the sheriff arrives, the fugitive offers to trade Ken’s life for his own freedom.  

 

“THE WILD HORSE”

Date:  November 18, 1955

Guest Cast:        
Hildy……….…………PAMELA BEAIRD
Jeb Taylor.……….…GUINN WILLIAMS
Harry…………………CHARLES CANE
Alec……………..……DENVER PYLE
Police Officer…….....TYLER MCVEY

Directed by ROBERT GORDON
Teleplay by GEORGE SLAVIN & GEORGE W. GEORGE
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography LLOYD AHERN, A.S.C.
Assistant Director GILBERT MANDELIK
Art Direction THEOBOLD HOLSOPPLE
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Set Decoration FRANK WADE
Properties MAX GOLDMAN
Recorded by LYLE E. WILLEY

PLOT:  Some suspicious strangers offer to buy Flicka and after Ken refuses to sell her, she disappears from her stall.

 

“ROGUE STALLION”

Date:  November 25, 1955

Guest Cast:       
Hap…………………..JOHN DOUCETTE
Matt Scott………..… CLAUDE AKINS
Sheriff Mason…….SYDNEY MASON

Directed by NATHAN JURAN 
Teleplay by KAY LENARD
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS

PLOT:  Rob McLaughlin and a rival rancher both try to capture a beautiful wild stallion, and Ken agrees to let his father take Flicka along to help catch the horse.

 

“THE LITTLE SECRET”

Date:  December 2, 1955

Guest Cast:      
Burton………………LOUIS JEAN HEYDT
Crain…………………ROBERT FOULK
Watanah……………JACK LITTLEFIELD
Natisse……………...SERENA SANDS
Keenak……………...CLAUDE AKINS
Marshal……………..CRAIG DUNCAN

Directed by NATHAN JURAN
Teleplay by JERRY SACKHEIM
Story by CHARLES MARION and ERNA LAZARUS
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Film Editor JAMES D. BALLAS

PLOT:  An Indian mother turns her sick baby over to Ken for treatment by a doctor, and an unscrupulous Indian agent wants to arrest Ken’s father for the family’s interference in Indian affairs. 

 

“ACT OF LOYALTY”

Date:  December 8, 1955

Guest Cast:      
Jed Colton……….….PAUL CAMPBELL
Cass Stevens……….ROBERT ANDERSON
Sheriff Downey…......SYDNEY MASON

Directed by NATHAN JURAN
Story and Teleplay by MARVIN WALD & JACK JACOBS
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography CLARK RAMSEY, A.S.C.
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Art Direction WALER M. SIMONDS
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by PERC TOWNSEND

PLOT:  Flicka helps a captured fugitive escape from jail, and some of the townspeople mistakenly think that Ken was behind it, since she will mind only him.

 

“THE SILVER SADDLE”

Date:  December 16, 1955

Guest Cast:      
Mr. Rawlins………..HERBERT RUDLEY
Billy Rawlins…….…BILL CHAPIN
Hildy………………..PAMELA BEAIRD
Sheriff Downey.…..SYDNEY MASON

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by MALVIN WALD, JACK JACOBS & CURTIS KENYON
Story by MALVIN WALD & JACK JACOBS
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by PERC TOWNSEND

PLOT:  Flicka is put into a competition for a silver saddle, and Ken is suspected of letting a rival horse loose so that Flicka can win.

 

“THE PHANTOM HERD”

Date:  December 23, 1955

Guest Cast:      
George Conner.......ROY ROBERTS
Charles Able ……...GEORGE ELDREDGE
Judy Conner…….…CAROL COOMBS

Directed by JAMES B. CLARK
Teleplay by PETER PACKER
Produced by HERBERT SCHLOM
Director of Photography JOSEPH LA SHELLE, A.S.C.
Assistant Director DAVID SILVER
Art Director THEOBOLD HOLSOPPLE
Film Editor JOSEPH SILVER
Set Decoration FRANK WADE
Properties MAX GOLDMAN
Recorded by GENE GROSSMAN

PLOT:  Rob McLaughlin plans to sell the Goose Bar Ranch after his entire herd of horses runs away to join a wild stallion.

 

“THE LITTLE VISITOR”

Date:  December 30, 1955    

Guest Cast:      
Fred Williams………...PETER VOTRIAN
Jim Williams………......LOWELL GILMORE
Norris………………….HERBERT DEANS

Directed by FREDERICK STEPHANI
Teleplay by NAT TANCHUCK & ART BROWNE, JR.
Story by HAROLD SHUMATE
Produced by PETER PACKER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Film Editor JAMES D. BALLAS

PLOT:  A spoiled boy--the son of a friend of Rob--visits the Goose Bar Ranch and gets in big trouble when an old mine caves in. 

 

“THE GOLDEN PROMISE”

Date:  January 6, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Clay Sorrenson...….....STANLEY ADAMS
Mr. Petterson…….…...J. STEVEN DARRELL
Mr. Carson…..…….…..MASON CURRY
Foreman……………….ROBERT ADLER
Hildy…………………….PAMELA BEAIRD

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by KAY LENARD
Story by NAT TANCHUCK & ART BROWNE, JR.
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHAN BASS

PLOT:  Ken and Gus decide to go prospect for gold and neglect their chores at the ranch.  Rob is irate, and in trying to accomplish all the chores by himself, he breaks his leg.

 

“BLACK DUST”

Date:  January 13, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Mrs. Harrington……...ANNA LEE
Andy Benson………..JOHN DOUCETTE
Ben……………………ROBERT ADLER

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by KAT LENARD
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by BERNARD FREERICKS

PLOT:  A construction crew reopen a mine, but while doing so block the way to grazing land and contaminate the local water supply.

 

“THE NIGHT RIDER”

Date:  January 20, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Sam Smith..…………...RICHARD CRANE
Joe Evans……………..WALTER SANDE
Sheriff………………….SYDNEY MASON

Directed by ROBERT GORDON
Story & Teleplay by TED THOMAS & JAN LEMAN
Produced by PETER PACKER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor, ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor OTTO W. MEYER, A.C.E.
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Recorded by PERC TOWNSEND

PLOT:  A ghostly night rider appears in the area.  Ken and Flicka pick up his trail, and end up solving a 10-year-old mystery.

 

“THE SETTLER”

Date:  January 27, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Martha Hunter….….…LURENE TUTTLE
Sam Hunter…………..TREVOR BARDETTE
Billy Hunter………..….LONNIE THOMAS

Directed by ROBERT GORDON
Story & Teleplay by DAVID LANG
Produced by PETER PACKER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Recorded by PERC TOWNSEND


PLOT:  An Ohio family headed for Oregon take shelter with the McLaughlins when the man’s horse runs away.  Ken and Flicka set out to track down the runaway horse, and the head of the family finds out what he’s in for.

 

“WIND FROM HEAVEN”

Date:  February 3, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Rufe Grimes…………...JOHN PICKARD
Steve Connell………....STEVE CONTE
Teddy Wallace………...STEPHEN WOOTTON
Chris Wallace.……..….JAMES ANDERSON
Mickey Grimes………...DONALD MCDONALD
Ed Connell.…………….BUZZY BOOKMAN

Directed by ROBERT GORDON
Teleplay by GEORGE ASNESS
Produced by PETER PACKER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Art Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

PLOT:  Ken’s father and the other ranchers are in a conflict with nesters, but Ken makes friends with one of their youngsters.

 

“THE WHIP”

Date:  February 10, 1956

Guest Cast:      
James Barrett…………HERBERT RUDLEY

Directed by JAMES CLARK
Teleplay by RIK VOLLAERTS
Produced by ALAN A. ARMER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SOMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS

PLOT:  Ken deals with a powerful black stallion with kindness, while the trainer it attacked thinks fear is the only way to train the animal.

 

“THE RUNAWAYS”

Date:  February 17, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Hannah….……………..MINERVA URECAL

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by KAY LENARD
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SOMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by E. F. GROSSMAN

 

PLOT:  Flicka runs away to join Rebel, a wild horse that Rob had been trying to break.  Meanwhile, the wild horse is mistaken for an albino killer.

 

“THE CAMERAMAN”

Date:  February 24, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Matt Barnes………….JOHN CARRADINE
Sheriff Downey……...SYDNEY MASON

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by JAN LEMAN, TED THOMAS & LOWELL HAWLEY
Story by JAN LEMAN & TED THOMAS
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by E. F. GROSSMAN

PLOT:  An old photographer attempts to photograph a herd of wild horses.  After saving the man from being killed in a stampede, Rob suspects the man of being a thief.

 

“OLD DANNY”

Date:  March 2, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Betty Jepson………...SANDY DESCHER
Martha Jepson…..….ANN DORAN
Hank Miller………..…ROBERT G. ANDERSON

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by KAY LENARD
Story by NAT TANCHUCK and ART BROWN, JR.
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor OTTO MEYER, A.C.E.
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by E. F. GROSSMAN

PLOT:  A neighbor decides to get rid of a dog because he objects to his neice’s affection for it.  Ken and Flicka step in when the little girl runs away with the dog and the dog is threatened by coyotes.

 

“ROUGH AND READY”

Date:  March 9, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Teddy Roosevelt…….FRANK ALBERTSON
Dan Foster…..……….WALTER WOOLF KING
Skinny Wilson..……....RICKIE SORENSEN
Wong……….………....HAROLD FONG

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by CURTIS KENYON
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by E. C. WARD
From an Idea by HARRY R. STRAUSS

 

PLOT:  Future President Theodore Roosevelt comes to town and intervenes in a range war between local ranchers and a cattle baron.

 

“THE ROYAL CARRIAGE”

Date:  March 16, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Jeb Taylor..……….……..GUINN WILLIAMS
Thaddeus Grimshaw.......RICHARD GARRICK
Jim………………………...ROBERT ADLER

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by CURTIS KENYON
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

PLOT:  Ken pitches in and helps his mother Nell make preparations for welcoming a visiting countess, and he also teaches some men a lesson about their horse.

 

“MISTER GOBLIN”

Date:  March 23, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Grandma Dodd………….JANE DARWELL
R. Geoffrey Hamilton.......PHILIP TONGE
Willy Dobbs……….……..TIGER FAFARA
Fred…………………..…..WESLEY HUDMAN

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by KAY LENARD
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STURSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor OTTO MEYER, A.C.E.
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decorator WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE

PLOT:  Ken brings a stray white colt home to the Goose Bar Ranch. (The lovable character actress Jane Darwell is remembered by many for her role as Henry Fonda’s mother in the classic film Grapes of Wrath.)

 

“REBELS IN HIDING”

Date:  March 30, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Silver Fawn…………JIM BAIRD
Mr. Forbes……….…ROY ENGEL
Thundercloud………FRANCIS J. MCDONALD
Grey Feather……....PEPE HERN

Directed by DONALD MCDOUGALL
Teleplay by LOWELL HAWLEY
Story by LORRAINE EDWARDS
Produced by  ALAN A. ARMER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Makeup by MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

PLOT:  An Indian, Thundercloud, runs off with his little grandson Silver Fawn to keep him out of the white school.  He treats Flicka after an accident, and an Indian agent is hot on his trail.

 

“LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL”

Date:  April 6, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Jud Hoskins……..…ROY B ARCROFT
Becky Hoskins…….JEAN HOWELL
August Hoskins……CLAUDE AKINS
Lieutenant Blake….CRAIG HILL

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by WARREN WILSON
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Makeup by MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

PLOT:  Ken hides Flicka in an abandoned barn so he won’t have to turn her out onto the range.  Ken is unaware that the building has been sold, along with everything within.

 

“THE UNMASKING”

Date:  April 13, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Harry Runyon……....SHEB WOOLEY
Mary Anderson……..JEANNE BATES
Styner………………..CLARENCE STRAIGHT
Judge Spencer..…….FORREST TAYLOR

Directed by ALBERT S. ROGELL
Teleplay by DAVID LANE
Produced by ALAN A. ARMER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Makeup by MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by BERNARD FREERICKS

PLOT:  Ken and a young husband-hunting woman both befriend a thief.  (Sheb Wooley was known for co-starring with Clint Eastwood in the TV series Rawhide.)

 

“REFUGE FOR THE NIGHT”

Date:  April 20, 1956

Guest Cast:      
U.S. Marshal……...…CRAIG DUNCAN
Tilly Rodman………...FLORENCE LAKE
Zack Kestro………….PAUL CAMPBELL
Gil Ferry…….…...…..GREGG BARTON
Ned Towler…………..KENNE DUNCAN
Dan Pruitt…..………..DONALD F. KENNEDY

Directed by ROBERT GORDON
Teleplay by JERRY SACKHEIM
Produced by PETER PACKER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Makeup by MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

 

PLOT:  Ken and his mother Nell are along on the ranch when an escaped convict shows up and takes over the house to hide out from the law. 

 

“AGAINST ALL ODDS”

Date:  April 27, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Doc Harrow………….PHIL CHAMBERS

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by J. BENTON CHENEY & LOWELL S. HAWLEY
Story by J. BENTON CHENEY
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by BERNARD FREERICKS

PLOT:  Ken finds a puppy in one of his rabbit traps, and it upsets the whole McLaughlin household.

 

“THE OLD CHAMP”

Date:  May 4, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Hercules……….….…..MIKE MAZURKI
Hoxie…………………..THOMAS B. HENRY

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by LOWELL S. HANLEY & JERRY SACKHEIM
Story by JERRY SACKHEIM
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by BERNARD FREERICKS

PLOT:  Rob competes in a bout with the wrestling star of a traveling medicine show.  Ken, needing money for the ranch foreman, puts Flicka up as a bet on the match. 

 

“THE MEDICINE MAN”

Date:  May 11, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Mark Hawk………….....PAT HOGAN
Deerfoot……………….CHARLES STEVENS
Essie Minifree………....BLOSSOM ROCK
Clem Minifree……….....JAMES MACKLIN
Roy Minifree……….......CHARLES HICKS
Buck Minifree……...…..WARD WOOD

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by GEORGE ASNESS & CURTIS KENYON
Story by GEORGE ASNESS
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by BERNARD FREERICKS

PLOT:  Prejudiced townsfolk are antagonistic toward a young Indian who begins treating Nell McLaughlin, and they try to stop him.

 

“WHEN THE BUGLE BLOWS”

Date:  May 18, 1956 

Guest Cast:      
Sgt. Tim O’Gara……TUDOR OWEN
Lieutenant Blake…...CRAIG HILL
Colonel Percival..…..RAYMOND BAILEY

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by WARREN WILSON
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Aart Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Makeup by MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by E. CLAYTON WARD

PLOT:  Rob is seriously considering enlisting to go back into the Army after visiting an old Army friend, and Gus has plenty of reason for trying to dissuade him.

 

“THE RECLUSE”

Date:  May 25, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Myra Raika……….…...ERIN O’BRIEN-MOORE
Fredericks……….....…DOUG EVANS
Glenn……………….….BARRY FRONER
Tuck……………..….….TIGER FAFARA

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by JERRY SACKHEIM
Story by NATHANIEL T. CURTIS & GEORGE ASNESS
Produced by ALAN A. ARMER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor JAMES BALLAS
Makeup by MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GLEN ELIOT, MP.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

PLOT:  Ken meets an elderly woman who acts strangely, and he thinks she may be a witch.  She turns out to be a former circus performer who lost her son when he was thrown from a horse long ago, and she blames herself for the fatal accident.

 

“THE FOUNDLINGS”

Date:  June 1, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Jeb Taylor………….....GUINN WILLIAMS
Mr. Brady………….…..KEN MACDONALD
Mrs. Brady…………….RIZA ROYCE
Sandy……………...…..RAY FERRELL
Paul………………..…..JIMMY KARATH

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by MURIEL ROY BOLTON
Produced by ALAN A. ARMER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Makeup by MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GLEN ELIOT, MP.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

PLOT:  Ken runs away from home and soon regrets it.  He comes across two very unhappy orphans who long to have a family of their own. 

 

“GROWING PAINS”

Date:  June 8, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Susan………………….REBA WATERS

Directed by ALBERT S. ROGELL
Teleplay by WANDA TUCHOCK
Produced by ALAN A. ARMER
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Direction LYLE WHEELER & WALTER M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editorial Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Filmed by JAMES BALLAS
Makeup by MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by BERNARD FREERICKS

PLOT:  A prize bull and a little girl both arrive at the Goose Bar Ranch, and the girl learns the unpredictability of the animal.

 

“THE LOST RIVER”   

Date:  June 15, 1956

Guest Cast:      
Shaginaw………….….FORREST TAYLOR
Johnson……………….DON C. HARVEY
Burke………………….JOHN PARRISH
Wong……………..…..SAMMEE TONG

Directed by ROBERT GORDON
Teleplay by JERRY SACKHEIM
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALT M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editor Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

PLOT:  Rob buys a horse with a Chinese brand on it.  He finds out the markings translate to “Evil comes to him who owns me.”  Many believe that the curse is the cause of mishaps happening during a dig for much-needed water. 

 

“BIG RED”

Date:  June 22, 1956 (Series Finale)

Guest Cast:      
Clint Taylor………..…DENVER PYLE
Barbara Schuyler…...JEAN BYRON
Shorty……………..…TERRY FROST

Directed by JOHN ENGLISH
Teleplay by CURTIS KENYON
Produced by SAM WHITE
Director of Photography KARL STRUSS, A.S.C.
Art Directors LYLE WHEELER & WALT M. SIMONDS
Assistant Director WILBUR MCGAUGH
Editor Supervisor ART SEID, A.C.E.
Film Editor RICHARD W. FARRELL
Makeup MEL BERNS
Set Decoration WALTER M. SCOTT & FRANK WADE
Sound Editor GENE ELIOT, M.P.S.E.
Properties FRANK SULLIVAN
Recorded by STEPHEN J. BASS

PLOT:  Rob is training show horse when it flees, frightened by a fire.  He and Ken follow the horse into rugged country, trying to get to the horse before a gun-wielding cowhand does.       

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The Lost Episodes

There were several episodes that were in the mill for production when the series abruptly ended, as evidenced by this script for an episode titled “Gallant Steed” that had been slated for final shooting on August 22, 1956.


The Lost Episodes

 

NOTE: Some original scripts from this television series are available for viewing at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in its Performing Arts Special Collections. They are a part of non-circulating collection of script materials for motion picture and television productions, 1955-1956, donated by Connie McGuigan in 1981 (Identifier: 709416).

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