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Series · 1955–1956Ended

Frontier

7.5·1 season·30 episodes·30 min avg.

Frontier is an American Western anthology series that aired on NBC from September 1955, to September 1956. The series de-emphasizes gunplay and focuses on the hazards of the settlement of the American West. It was only the second anthology Western series in television history, having been preceded by Death Valley Days. Frontier aired premiered on September 25, 1955, and ran sporadically in its last five months. Walter Coy narrated the series and starred in occasional episodes, which are dramatizations based on actual events. The program was produced by Worthington Miner.

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Paper Gunman
Paper GunmanUp next
Sep 25, 1955

A newspaper reporter determined to write articles about famous gunslingers finds that real gunmen are in short supply, so he decides to invent one. He buys a young man who hero-worships Clay Allison a holster and a frock coat and creates a reputation for him as a formidable gunslinger by publishing embellished accounts of exploits.

02
Tomas And The Widow
Tomas And The Widow
Oct 2, 1955
03
A Stillness In Wyoming
A Stillness In Wyoming
Oct 16, 1955

A range war breaks out between the cattle ranchers and the sheepherders in 19th Century Wyoming. The sons of the faction leaders meet and become friends, leading to tragedy when a hired killer of one faction kills one of the boys by mistake.

04
The Shame Of A Nation
The Shame Of A Nation
Oct 23, 1955
05
The Founding Of Omaha, Nebraska
The Founding Of Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 30, 1955
06
The Suspects
The Suspects
Nov 6, 1955
07
King of the Dakotas
King of the Dakotas
Nov 13, 1955

A French expatriate with a reputation as a duelist plans to create a cattle empire in the Dakota territory but runs into opposition from the ranchers he has mistreated.

08
Cattle Drive to Casper
Cattle Drive to Casper
Nov 27, 1955

A young wife insists on accompanying her husband on a 600-mile cattle drive

09
Romance of Poker Alice
Romance of Poker Alice
Dec 11, 1955
10
Ferdinand Meyer's Army
Ferdinand Meyer's Army
Dec 18, 1955
11
The Long Road To Tucson
The Long Road To Tucson
Dec 25, 1955
12
The Texicans
The Texicans
Jan 8, 1956
13
Mother Of The Brave
Mother Of The Brave
Jan 15, 1956

When ranching proves unprofitable, the Horn family begins a long trek across Western plains enroute to their Native England, but fall prey to a band of Comanche Indians.

14
The Ten Days Of John Leslie
The Ten Days Of John Leslie
Jan 22, 1956
15
The Devil And Doctor O'Hara
The Devil And Doctor O'Hara
Feb 5, 1956
16
The Captivity Of Joe Long
The Captivity Of Joe Long
Feb 12, 1956
17
The Voyage Of Captain Castle
The Voyage Of Captain Castle
Feb 19, 1956
18
Assassin
Assassin
Mar 4, 1956
19
The Hanging At Thunder Butte Creek
The Hanging At Thunder Butte Creek
Mar 11, 1956
20
The Big Dry
The Big Dry
Mar 18, 1956
21
The Ballad Of Pretty Polly
The Ballad Of Pretty Polly
Apr 1, 1956
22
The Well
The Well
Apr 8, 1956
23
Salt War
Salt War
Apr 22, 1956
24
Patrol
Patrol
Apr 29, 1956
25
A Somewhere Voice
A Somewhere Voice
May 6, 1956
26
The Hunted
The Hunted
May 13, 1956
27
Georgia Gold
Georgia Gold
Jun 10, 1956
28
Out From Texas
Out From Texas
Jun 24, 1956
29
The Return Of Jubal Dolan
The Return Of Jubal Dolan
Aug 26, 1956
30
The Hostage
The Hostage
Sep 9, 1956

Cast

1 credited
Walter Coy
Narrator (voice)

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