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Gerry Anderson
Four Feather Falls
Overview
Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960. The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson: two allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, and two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog. Tex's speaking voice was provided by Nicholas Parsons, and his singing voice by Michael Holliday. The series has never been repeated on British television, but it was released on DVD in 2005.
Key Crew
Producer: Gerry Anderson
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (1960)
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39 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: How It Began
1960-02-25Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Kidnapped
1960-03-03Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Pedro Has A Plan
1960-03-10Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Pedro's Pardon
1960-03-17Pedro is pardoned by Tex.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 5: A Close Shave
1960-03-24Tex Tucker has a close call.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 6: Indian Attack
1960-03-31Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 7: Sheriff For A Day
1960-04-07Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 8: Dusty Becomes Deputy
1960-04-14Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 9: Gun Runners
1960-04-21Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 10: Trouble At Yellow Gulch
1960-04-28Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 11: Frame Up
1960-05-05Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 12: Gold Diggers
1960-05-12Tex encounters some gold diggers.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 13: Gold Is Where You Find It
1960-05-19Tex and the gang go looking for gold.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 14: Trapped
1960-05-26Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 15: The Best Laid Plans
1960-06-02Even the best plans can go wrong.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 16: Escort
1960-06-09Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 17: The Toughest Guy In The West
1960-06-16A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 18: Chance Of A Ghost
1960-06-23Marvin Jackson is trying to sell the Eureka Silver Mine, but the main buyer, Harman, pays Pedro and Fernando to pretend to be ghosts to bring the price down.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 19: Gun Play
1960-06-30Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 20: A Lawman Rides Alone
1960-07-07As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 21: Jail Break
1960-07-14Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 22: A Little Bit of Luck
1960-07-21Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 23: Land Grabbers
1960-07-28The Circle Z Ranch is under siege from Morg Fenton and Big Ben, but Tex discovers it is outside his area of juristiction and cannot help defend it.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 24: Once a Lawman
1960-08-04With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 25: Election Day
1960-08-11Usually Tex is the only one to run for the post of sheriff on election days, but this time Pedro makes a bid for the position.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 26: Gun Fight On Main Street
1960-08-18Tex's old friend arrives in town looking for two criminals. Tex helps him, but they end up in a dangerous showdown on Main Street.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 27: A Bad Name
1960-08-25Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 28: Horse Thieves
1960-09-01Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 29: The Ma Jones Story
1960-09-08Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 30: Bandits Abroad
1960-09-15Fernando bears a striking resemblance to another master criminal, so Pedro comes up with an idea to get the reward money for capturing him.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 31: A Cure for Everything
1960-09-22A medicine man arrives in town claiming to have a cure for everything and almost puts Doc Haggerty out of business before he discovers the true source of the medicines.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 32: Teething Troubles
1960-09-29Rocky gets toothache but won't let Doc Haggerty remove it.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 33: Buffalo Rocky
1960-10-06When several horses are stolen, the only suspects seems to be a buffalo...
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 34: Safe As Houses
1960-10-13A stranger arrives in town claiming to be able to sell things to people they didn't even know they wanted.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 35: First Train Through
1960-10-20The railroad finally comes to Four Feather Falls connecting it to Dallas, however someone keeps sabotaging the tracks.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 36: Happy Birthday
1960-10-27The 'fastest and bestest in the westest' arrives in town, worrying Tex that he will attract other gunmen to the town.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 37: Fancy Shooting
1960-11-03The townspeople plan a party for Tex's birthday.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 38: Ambush
1960-11-10The train from Dallas is robbed of $10,000.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 39: Ride 'Em Cowboy
1960-11-17Tex takes part in the rodeo against Silver City's best rider, Bart Stevens.
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