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John McGreevey
Black Saddle
Overview
Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on ABC from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. The half-hour program was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television, and the original pilot was an episode of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, with Chris Alcaide portraying the principal character, Clay Culhane. For syndicated reruns, Black Saddle was combined with three other Western series from the same company, Law of the Plainsman starring Michael Ansara, Johnny Ringo starring Don Durant and Mark Goddard, and the critically acclaimed creation of Sam Peckinpah, The Westerner with Brian Keith, under the umbrella title, The Westerners, with new hosting sequences by Keenan Wynn.
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Seasons
Season 1 (1959)
No overview available.
20 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Client: Travers
1959-01-10Episode 2: Client: Meade
1959-01-17Episode 3: Client: McQueen
1959-01-24Episode 4: Client: Dawes
1959-01-31Culhane is investigating the death of Ben Dawes, a wealthy middle-aged bachelor who took a mail-order bride.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: Client: Starkey
1959-02-07June Starkey arrives in town to ask Culhane to find her missing husband.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: Client: Tagger
1959-02-14Episode 7: Client: Robinson
1959-02-21Episode 8: Client: Martinez
1959-03-07Episode 9: Client: Northrup
1959-03-14Ty Northrup, ex-lawman turned renegade, and his wife arrive in Latigo, but Marshal Gib Scott orders them out of town. Mrs. Northrup is unable to travel, and Clay Culhane tries to talk Scott into allowing them to stay until the woman is well enought to move on.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 10: Client: Steele
1959-03-21Lawyer Clay Culhane agrees to defend Bill Steele, one of three men being held by Marshal Gib Scott for robbery.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 11: Client: Mowery
1959-03-28Episode 12: Client: Braun
1959-04-04A recluse hires Clay Culhane to obtain an injunction keeping trespassers off his property. While attending to this matter, the lawyer is startled by an encounter with a famous general who is believed to have died heroically.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 13: Client: Banks
1959-04-11Teenager Dick Banks maintains an interest in guns in spite of his father's opposition. Clay Culhane, who sees a similarity to the start of his own career as a gunfighter, befriends the youth.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 14: Client: Jessup
1959-04-18Rancher Lon Jessup is charged with robbery and murder by two Chicago detectives. Jessup tells Clay Culhane that he was involved in a robbery but had nothing to do with the murder.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 15: Client: Frome
1959-04-25Episode 16: Client: Nelson
1959-05-02Culhane runs into two brawling men, each of whom claims he's a lawman and that the other is his prisoner.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 17: Client: Neal Adams
1959-05-09An injured man, Neal Adams, arrives in Latigo and tells his friend Clay Culhane that he is being unjustly hunted. Clay learns that Adams is a wanted man and his pursuer is a bounty hunter.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 18: Client: Brand
1959-05-16Episode 19: Client: Reynolds
1959-05-23Jealousy causes misfortune between two females and one greedy gambler.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 20: Client: Vardon
1959-05-30
Season 2 (1959)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Freebooters
1959-10-02When the crooked Major overtakes the town he murders Nora's father.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: The Saddle
1959-10-09Culhane helps Marshal Scott catch three escaped prisoners. He recognizes one of them as the son of Judge McKinney, a man who encouraged his legal career.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: The Long Rider
1959-10-16While Marshal Gib Scott is riding to Albuquerque, his horse goes lame and the marshal gets a ride with Pa Scales's wagon train. Scott, Pa Scales and son George come across two men, one whom is injured and a woman. Pa identifies the injured man as a wanted criminal.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: The Hotel
1959-10-23Episode 5: Client: Peter Warren
1959-10-30Episode 6: The Freight Line
1959-11-06Episode 7: Murdock
1959-11-13After Murdock is found not guilty for the murder of a couple in Latigo, his step-son admits that he is terrified because he knows Murdock did commit the murders. Unfortunately, it's a case of double jeopardy and Marshal Scott is very, very upset about the injustice that has been done.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 8: Apache Trail
1959-11-20Apache Ulzana comes for King when Chata escapes his captivity and returns with vengeance on their mind.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 9: Four From Stillwater
1959-11-27Episode 10: The Deal
1959-12-04Episode 11: Change Of Venue
1959-12-11Carla wants vengeance against Tom Brandon, she thinks he murdered her sister Maria.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 12: Blood Money
1959-12-18Episode 13: The Killer
1960-01-01Four men and a dog are found dead. Unable to explain who or what killed them, the townspeople live in constant fear.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 14: Letter Of Death
1960-01-08Episode 15: Mr. Simpson
1960-01-22Episode 16: Means To An End
1960-01-29Two business partners disagree over the books and one ends up dead, Culhane is asked to help the widow find out the truth.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 17: The Indian Tree
1960-02-19A fight ensues when stolen money winds up in a most unusual place.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 18: The Apprentice
1960-03-11Clay Culhane tangles with the gunslinger who first taught him how to use a gun.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 19: Burden Of Guilt
1960-03-18Episode 20: The Cabin
1960-04-01Episode 21: The Return
1960-04-08When Marshal Scott arrest's Chance Crawford, he discovers that his brother is right in the middle of the it. His brother claims he was kidnapped and held against his will. Crawford claims Jamie Scott is the mastermind. Who's right?
Runtime: N/A min
