Frontier

1955–1956 · Ended · 1 season · 30 episodes · Western · United States

Creator Morton S. Fine · Channel NBC · Starring Walter Coy, Scott Forbes, Leo Gordon

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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Episodes

30 episodes · September 1955 – September 1956
  1. Episode 1: 1. Paper GunmanSeptember 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.
  2. Episode 2: 2. Tomas And The WidowOctober 2, 1955
  3. Episode 3: 3. A Stillness In WyomingOctober 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.
  4. Episode 4: 4. The Shame Of A NationOctober 23, 1955
  5. Episode 5: 5. The Founding Of Omaha, NebraskaOctober 30, 1955
  6. Episode 6: 6. The SuspectsNovember 6, 1955
Show 24 more episodes
  1. Episode 7: 7. King of the DakotasNovember 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.
  2. Episode 8: 8. Cattle Drive to CasperNovember 27, 1955
    A young wife insists on accompanying her husband on a 600-mile cattle drive
  3. Episode 9: 9. Romance of Poker AliceDecember 11, 1955
  4. Episode 10: 10. Ferdinand Meyer's ArmyDecember 18, 1955
  5. Episode 11: 11. The Long Road To TucsonDecember 25, 1955
  6. Episode 12: 12. The TexicansJanuary 8, 1956
  7. Episode 13: 13. Mother Of The BraveJanuary 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.
  8. Episode 14: 14. The Ten Days Of John LeslieJanuary 22, 1956
  9. Episode 15: 15. The Devil And Doctor O'HaraFebruary 5, 1956
  10. Episode 16: 16. The Captivity Of Joe LongFebruary 12, 1956
  11. Episode 17: 17. The Voyage Of Captain CastleFebruary 19, 1956
  12. Episode 18: 18. AssassinMarch 4, 1956
  13. Episode 19: 19. The Hanging At Thunder Butte CreekMarch 11, 1956
  14. Episode 20: 20. The Big DryMarch 18, 1956
  15. Episode 21: 21. The Ballad Of Pretty PollyApril 1, 1956
  16. Episode 22: 22. The WellApril 8, 1956
  17. Episode 23: 23. Salt WarApril 22, 1956
  18. Episode 24: 24. PatrolApril 29, 1956
  19. Episode 25: 25. A Somewhere VoiceMay 6, 1956
  20. Episode 26: 26. The HuntedMay 13, 1956
  21. Episode 27: 27. Georgia GoldJune 10, 1956
  22. Episode 28: 28. Out From TexasJune 24, 1956
  23. Episode 29: 29. The Return Of Jubal DolanAugust 26, 1956
  24. Episode 30: 30. The HostageSeptember 9, 1956

Credits

Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
30 minutes
FIRST AIRED
September 25, 1955
LAST AIRED
September 9, 1956
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
California National Productions, NBC

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